Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-02-02
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Dover, Jan. %. The Col. Haslet
Chapter, Daughters of the American
Revolution, of this town has elected
the following officers for the ensuing
year: Regent. Mrs. Elizabeth h. An
derson; Vice Regent, Mrs. Richardson
Registrar, Mrs. Richard K Kenney;
Historian, Mrs. Mary Draper Bailey;
Secretary, Mrs. Anna S. Wharton
Treasurer, Mrs. NJ. Sypherd; Chap
lain, Mrs Miriam II. Fisher.
Abraham Moore, aged 20 years, re-
siding at Leipsic died yesterday at his
home. He was brother Of the late
James S. Moore OF this town, who died
| about six weeks ago.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Agricultural Society OF
| the State of Delaware will be held in
the office Of the society in the Court
House here Tuesday, February It'll. at
. O'Clock. At this meeting it will be
| decided whether fair shall be held
| this year or not.
Joseph X. Pyle of this town is at the
Philadelphia Methodist Hospital, where
an operation was performed upon him
for peculiar affection. In July last
Mr.. Pyle was Mt the farm OF his son-iii-
law, Joseph Rash, and was cutting
band at "a threshing machine when the
knife slipped, cutting deep cash in
| his left side, penetrating both Innings
and fracturing one of his ribs. The
wound soon healed on the outside, but
the ribs failed to knit. The wound had
to be opened to heal on the inside and
to take out the fractured rib.
A club known as the Calumet Club
has been organized here with the
following officers President, Isaac
Stein; Vice. President, William b.
Watson: Secretary, William ii. Morgan
, Treasurer, John Mag, Jr. Trustees
William Wood, Harry Vane, Howard
! Baker, John, Mag, Jr.
Dover, Jan. 81. Stephen Cole
] colored, was arraigned before SOUR,
5 Hutton, yesterday, on charge of TIL
3 larceny OF turkey from Levy Cour
Commissioner benjamin l.. Hurd, nea
Dover. Samuel Short, a mel chant o
' this town, testified that Cole had soil
Z him a turkey about the time Mr.
q Moore missed his fowls. Cole was he'll
q in 1900 bail for court. in default Q
which he was sent to jail.
4 The Rev. Alfred Smith. ID. ID.
pastor of Wesley NJ. E. Church, thi
q town, has had calf to one of tn
largest and most influential churche
u in Wilmington. This makes the thir
time during the present conferene
ia year that Or. Smith has received tn
!, call. At the third quarterly conferent
! Of Wesley NJ. T.. Church. three month
r ago, DIR. Smith was asked to retur
!. for the third year, and Presiding Eld'
/ Baker was instructed to do all in h
: power to bring about his return. No
N withstanding this fact, q meeting {
i, the official board was held yesterda,
or when the request Of three months af
was reaffirned.
=, Magistrate Peter L. Cooper, who hi
= been confined to the house for wes
4 past with the grip, is no better. I. \
i, Jones, one of Dover's foremost me
m chants, is also confined to the hou
ic with the grip.
=. Dover, Feb. 1.-Detectives B.
~ McVey and N. H. Hutchins have ca
:, tured twe, colored desperadoes, n
thaniel Williams and William Pierre
IA charged with burning new railroad ii
IA near Greenwood in December La
az valued at 800. Williams is now
,s Georgetown Jail under $1,000 ba
~ ~ Pierce is In jail at Denton, N
ne Sheriff John B. Wharton yesterd
IN afternoon sold the property of Geor
!; G Miller. 107 acres of land in MOI
az Murderkill hundred, to A. B. Mag
nd for 81, 700.