The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-08-19
della WARE
CITY NEWS.
From our Correspondent.

From our Correspondent.
! Della ware City, Aug. 9.--Dela
ware City may be quiet little place
with the old time street lamps still
in use, but when the people oflWil-
mington seek cool place on warm
day they generally select Delaware
City as the ideal spot. At the ter
minus In Wilmington hear all hands
exclaim; "My, oh my, but it S dread
fully warm" With rush they
board the trolley cars for this place
and the warm air hits them in the
face But as the car glides over
Third street bridge and by the
mammoth plant OF the Diamond
Steel Company, there is cooler air.
South Wilmington is soon left he.
hind and as the car whilzes along by
Eden Park the cool breeze comes and
the passengers settle in their seats.
As the handsome residences between
there and Rose Hill are passed the
men laugh because the hats of the
female passengers are tossed about by
the stiff breeze. AS the car goes
bowling down Kelley's hill the hats
are removed and the locks fly in a
struggling fashion about their own.
er's faces. The fields Of first class
corn are passed as well as the we'll
bred stock and orchard of Levy
r Courtman Megginson. The hand
som, res dence and grounds at Stoec-
kle station next attracts attention
and then Boothurst and the Button.
woods. The Edwards farm where
gold was discovered some years ago is
passed and then YOU are on the high
bridge.
"What Inconsistency" remarked
Judge Gray one evening "to put 4
bridge over a track where few
trains pass daily and let the tracks
GO at grade where an express train
passes every few minutes. From
this bridge there is a sp!end Id view
from the Farnhurst buildings to An.
CUISINE Pier and along the delaware
river with PennsviIle plainly luming
up.
Historic New Castle with its jail
and old buildings and cnterprlslng
citizens fade away as well as the Ma.
tional Tube Works Knowles Wooden
Mills, the linton Cotton Mills, Dob
binsville. and the Brick ward where
Addlcks will make bricks and en-
ploy voters. Then pretty riverside
Park and Colield Beach are passc !
with a longing 10 Oathe in the salt
water What beautiful country
now looms up. See the mansions
and barns that are a credit to the
country and see the huGdgcd swans
belonging TO r. b. Rogers and which
caused SO much legal work at Patter,
son.
Lawyers, bankers and business
men reside between here and the
city and then the car spins over the
railroad AMI the courteous crew tells
You that Delaware City is reached.
There is rush for the lochs ty1
there comes boat and it is a grand
sight to see her 90 into the CANA.
Now then for a days Joat.ng and
= fishing On the canal Success is al
ways good and then before retUyujn.
home The REPUBLICAN, isLOUght from
Albert Clayton and the eXclirsiynSt
can read all the news on their wa,
home.
Mrs. Robert Johnson Of ~aSsatraS
NJ, has returned home after spend
ing a few DAYS with her sister, Mrs
+ Hughes.
c. CIeaver of Odessa. was in Della
ware City Saturday with his brother
Frank Cieaver.
Rev J. L. ArmOr and wife We're
the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs, Pete
Ceaver On saturday.
L. Swan was in this town TO-DAY OF
his way to Wilmington, lie liza
finished his thrashng If wheat hicl
yielded between tweuty-three and
twenty-four bushels to the acre
which was somewhat less than Iii
yield last summer His tomato vine
arc very high, but the tomatoes scare
Mss Maud FILLMORE Of Chester
called on many OF her friend, IN thu
town on saturday.
Mrs. lsinberger ol this place wa
in Wilmington saturday.
Mrs. Amos Collins, wife OF MAYO
Collins Of this place spent the day il
Wilmington.
William PecMnann. ESQ, Of Ger
many and son William. from Marcus
Hook, Pa, cnioyed pleasant trolley
ride from Linwood, IA TO DeIawar,
City.
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