Middletown transcript., 1901-02-16
PENINSULA NOTES

Rev. William L. Freund was installed
as pastor of Hanover Presbyterian Church,
Wilmington, Tuesday night.
N. Barsky, J. Litchenbaum, L. Topisky
and Israel Weiner have been elected di-
rectors Of the Hebrew Charity Associa-
, ton, of Wilmington.
The Board of Trade committee to con-
slider the project for the removal of Della
ware College from Newark to Wilmington
! met in the latter city Monday evening.
The Hodcarriers and Laborers' Union
in Wilmington has decided to demand an
eight-hour day, with pay at the rate of
1926. The change may go into effect
May l.
Many trees have been damaged by fire
in Brandywine Park, Wilmington, and
Park Superintendent Leisen proposes to
prosecute persons found starting such fires
in the future.
George w. Hitch, Laurel's broom man.
ufacturer, wants the farmers of that vicin-
ity to plant 500 acres of broom corn this
year for his factory. He expects to get
from this planting from 100 to $50 tons of
cured stock.
The Right Rev. Bishop Coleman will
Confirm class of twenty persons at I'm
manuel Episcopal Church, at New Castle,
on Sunday morning, February "a. The
Rev. Frank Merton Munson, T. D., will
assist at the services.
1t is stated that most of the Whining
ton bootblacks have agreed not to do Sun
day work. In case Sunday work is done,
prosecutions are threatened. The Ital-
ians desire to close, but the colored boot
blacks may keep open.
The Government ownership of the |
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal is now
being advocated before Congress by prom
inent men of affairs of Philadelphia and |
Baltimore. The plan would be to make |
the canal free waterway, with draft |
sufficient for sea-going vessel.
Mrs. Katherine Lucas, of $40 Marke.
street, Wilmington, was singeing fowl,
when her dressing sack of lambs wool |
became ignited and she was partially en-
veloped in flames. She was burned
about the throat and head, but not seri-
ously.
Funeral services over Cornelius w.
Taylor, late chief clerk to Superintendent
Barnard, of the Maryland division of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, were held Mon
day evening at No. 5O4 West Ninth street
Wilmington, and interment was made
Tuesday in Baltimore.
Professor James E. Carroll, the newly
elected superintendent of the Kent
county public schools, will hold his first
examination for first and second grade
certificates next Saturday in Dover.
This will be for the benefit of teachers in
the county who are teaching without a
certificate, or whose certificate have ex-
pired.
The funeral of Isaac Thomas, one of
the bestknown residents of Kent county
who died at the age of II years, was held
from his late home, near Marydel Tues
day moIning, Services were held in
Thomas Chapel, a Methodist church
named for the family of the deceased, and
which is situated few miles from the
Maryland line.
In the Superior Court at Wilmington
5he trial of the case of Frank H. Thomas
and wife against the Pennsylvania Rail
'oad Company, which has been pending
'ince 1897, was begun. The Thomases
sue for S300.50 for carload of pears
shipped from Wyoming in 1895, to man
n Erie, Pa. While they were in transit
he consignee failed to send the remit
anoe for them, as agreed upon, and word
was sent to the agent at Erie not to de-
liver the pears. But the pears were de-
ivered and were not paid for Hence the
'uit. II
The Wilmington City Railway Com
1any will locate its new power house on
he north side of the Braneywine river
below the present Lea's Mills, where it
will have water front of about 300 feet.
Plans are being made under the super
'ision of James Pagan, of Wilkesbarre
Pa, an engineer of the United Power and
transportation Company. Tie machin-
'ry is to cost about $75, 900, and the build
ngs are expected to cost about the same 6
mount. The main car barn of the COM
oany will remain for the present at Della
ware avenue and Dupont street.