Evening journal., 1901-09-18
OLD CHURCHES
IN CAPITAL CITY
Dover Carpenter Builds ROuSe
ID Eight Days Time.
Social News


Dover. Sept 1S.-The work on the
Farmers Bank is progressing rapidly.
The stone masons are placing tier on
tior of Indiana limestone which gives
promise of making an imposing stuc-
ture
James Hirons. one OF Dover's con
tractors, recently BUTT a large eight
Hoomed, two-story frame house on the
Huntington farm. near Dover. in
eight days. On the ninth day it was
turned over to the plasterers TO receive
lath work. The house was raised
sheathed, weathered-boarded, floors
put down, and shinglcd in eight days.
Mr. Hirons has built number OF
houses this summer. One feature of
his building is in sheathing without
scafiolding No scaffolding Is erected
until the roof is ready for raising.
IL Is estimated that about 1000 bas-
kets of peaches have been shipped
| from the Dover station The reason
for the small quantity of fruit shipped
at the Dover depot lies in the fact that
the fruit centres for shipping are at
! Wyoming. three miles below Dover on
! the Delaware railroad, and at Ches.
weld and DuPOnt's, two and fom
miles north of Dover. Several year,
ago when the great peach centre q
Kent county was at Wyoming, the buy
ers congregated there where the frui
was in enormous abundance. and thus
that place became the great market
| and Dover suffered. Wyoming has re-
tanned it's prestige as a fruit centre
and the buyers still go there. thus
leaving no market at Dover depot
Dover contains two very old
churches each having been built near
the first Of the last century. These are
the Episcopal and the Presbyterian
The brick and mortar composing thes,
structures appear not 10 have been af
facted by the weather,and are as sole
as they ever were. apparently. The
Presbyterian Church is built in III,
colonial fashion, with a gallery al
around, supported by pillars Tn,
windows have high arches. Tn,
front is a square brick tower after tn,
fashion Of the old English churohe.
land contains on it's summit, the bel
fry. In this churchyard rest tn,
bodies Of John NJ. Clayton and Colone
Hazett. and many other distinguishes
lDelawareans.
The Episcopal Church has a Xix,
tower and belfry. though only on,
story high, and in its yard are buriet
many Of DOver's prominent citizens
governors senator's. chancellors. tn,
monument to Caesar Rodney is erect
ed there. In the Presbyterian Churcl
the Constitutional Convention OF 1S3
met and framed Delawares State Con
stitutiOn OF that date i'm which Tn
Hon. John NJ Clayton figured 81
prominently
The old elm trees which arch Stat
street so beautifully are beginning Z
shed their brown leaves AT one tim
there were many OF these trees +
r Dover, Dut through the ravages of In
y sects or caterpillars. they have die
q and have been removed. after attain
q ing a good old age. The Green cor
d tanned a number Of these trees at on
1t time.
Farmers report that the Keiffer pes
I orchards are not as heavily loade
4 with fruit as they were last year. an
that the fruit. in consequence, is Of
finer quality. larger and more .perfec
j, This is not to be understood to mea
"a light crop 10y any means. for Ia
.c years crop was enormous. They wi
soon he ready for shipment
BE- SOCIAL NOTES.
Miss Eugenia Denney. who has be,
summering at Rehobcth. is visitiI
friends at Milford.
State Senator S. S. Pennewill was
N Dover visitor yesterday.
p DR.. Salisbury. Of huntsville. NJ,
O., was visitor yesterday at the capt.
city
Miss Beatrice Mast who has be-
visiting in Pennsylvania, has return
n tosDOver
a Colonel Charles Treidler was NJ
nc ford visitor on Saturday
c. John II. Jones has returned fire.
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