Middletown transcript., 1900-11-17
DELAWARE CITY

Mrs. John Patterson spent Saturday in
Wilmington.
Mrs. Hoefer and son have returned to
Phiadelphia.
Russell Pennington spent Sunday in
Philadelphia.
The trolley cars brought So fishermen
here on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. Craig visited the Quaker
City on Saturday.
| Rev. Alfred Scott visited friends in
town on Tuesday.
w. E. Bradley, of Philadelphia, is in
town for few weeks.
Miss Annie Ayers, of Philadelphia,
spent Sunday in town.
Mrs. Emma Robertson is visiting her
brother at New Leeds, Md.
Misses Lettie and Elizabeth Pennington
spent Wednesday in McDonough.
Mrs. William A. Price and daughter
spent Wednesday in Wilmington.
The Misses Dunlap, of Wilmington,
visited relatives in town on Sunday.
Miss Gulia Heather is entertaining
Miss Lula Heather, Of Warwick, Nd.
Miss Rebecca Clark is very much in
disposed, and is confined to the house.
Miss Annie Hunter and her nieces
have returned from protracted visit in
Nd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bofngton, of Philadel-
phia, recently visited her mother, Mrs.
| Aker.
Misses Alice Foard and Lizzie Pen
nington have returned from Philadel-
phia.
The ladies of the M. E. Church met at
Mrs. A. Pennington's on Monday after
noon.
The monthly meeting of the w. G. T.
Q. met this week at the home of Mrs.
Hines.
Mr.. Wise, of New Castle, was entertain
ed on Monday by Mr.. and Mrs. George
Craig
Miss Anna May Pennington, of Chester
town, Md, is the guest Of her brother
and his wife.
The choir in the ME- Church has been
reorganized, and on Sunday last the sing
ing was first class.
1t is said that saftey gates are to be
placed at all the bridges on the Chesa-
peake and Delaware Canal.
A short time ago an American Eagle
was seensin this vicinity and watched in
its flight north by several persons.
Mr.. and Mrs S. Lewis and sons who
visited Mrs. Lewis mother Mrs. Hines
have returned to Philadelphia.
Rev. and Mrs William J. Hamilton
gave tea on Tuesday evening to the
teachers of Christ Church Sunday School
Miss NJ, Janvier accompanied her sister
Mrs. Harmon to Townsend; Miss Janvier
entertained also Mr.. Harmon and family.
Rev. H. S. Thompson has rejoined his
wife and daughter in Baltimore where
they are visiting Mrs. Thompson's brother.
Miss Emma Clark and Miss Cassis
Newton have been guests of Major and
Mrs. Van Andrews at Fortress Monroe, Va
The contract for the building of barn
on the Reeves farm was given to William
Oakes, who will begin the work next
week.
The leaders of st. Paul's R. G. Church
will holda supper in Central Hall Thanks
giving night. Tickets 35 cents. For bene-
| fit of the Church.
The wind on Friday prevented the men
employed on the bulkhead working and
sunk one of the pile drivers. Work was
not resumed until Monday.
David Higgins, very recently resident
of the town, died in Wilmington last
week and his remains were brought to St.
Georges Cemetery for interment.
The Misses Craven and Stare of Salem,
N. j., and the Misses Burkham, of Phila-
delphia, were entertained by Lieutenant
and Mrs. Mitchell at Fort Dupont.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard McMullen and
children and Miss Gertie Hutchinson, of
Wilmington, were entertained Saturday
and Sunday by their parents Mr.. and
Mrs. George Hutchinson.
DIR. and Mrs. F. s. Dunlap entertained
Mr.. Robert Justis, Mrs. Justis, Miss Mel
lie and Mrs. Ball wife of Congressman
elect DR.. L. Heisler Ball, all of Brandy.
wine Springs, on Wednesday.
H. c. Clark is having another house
built. The upper portion of the town is
greatly improved by this ambitious ener-
getic citizen. The house in process of
erection is on the northwest corner of
Fourth and Washington streets, and will
eventually be the means of selling more
building lots in that vicinity, as this is
the only house in that part of the town.
| The old friends of Rev. B. F. Price
twice pastor of the NJ. E. Church here,
will be glad to hear of the tribute paid
| him by the ministers Of the Wilmington
Conference. They have donated win
dow for him in the NJ. E. Church at
Hopewell which was recently repaired at
an expense of $4,000. Mr.. Price is
resident of Elxton and the oldest member
of the Conference.
A large pumping plant will be erected
for the government at Fort Mott on the
Jersey shore, opposite Fort Delaware, for
which bids were opened at Capt. Lafitte's
Office on Fifth street. The following were
the bids: H. @. Clark for pump, boiler
and tank-house, 81, 7,2SO; boiler, pumping
machinery and tank, $7,675; Water dis
tributing system, $1,79O. New Jersey
Foundry and Machine Co., of New York |
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