The sun., 1901-04-15
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.

This week the Levy Court will in
spcct the various county bridges.
The chors of ii number of the churches
repeated the Easter music yesterday.
\ new shipyard is TO be constructed
ii Petty's Island on the Delaware river
near,Camden.
The philharmonic Band will give a
free concert in Epworth Nj. Il. Church
tomorrow evening.
Rev. l.. r. Carholson will read "A
paper on "Mallammcdanism at the
preachers meeting today.
The funeral of Bayard Widdocs took
place yesterday afternoon from his late
home, Choatc street. Newark.
Thomas Nj. Shapcspearc who died in
Chester On Tuesday, was buried in Red
clay Creek cemetery yesterday
y shuillchoard for the amusement of
the letter carriers has been placed in
the day room ut the lmstpifice.
.\molc. who was on the pitching staff
Of the Wilmington Athletic Association
team. will pitch for Buffalo this year.
a meeting of the candidates for st.
Peters baseball team will he held this
evening in the school room ut s o'clock.
The Delaware and Atlantic Telegraph
md Telephone Company has issued !,
new book showing about l,500 Subscrib.
trS.
Harry Enmons, whose residence at
t;or,lon Heights was destroyed by fire
recently, is preparing to build new
house.
William Alahlcr, of Second street near
King is very i'll. He is 81 years Of age
md is suffering from a complication of
diseases.
This is the last day upon which the
lsseSsors' hooks will he hung up in the
ollicc of the Clerk OF Council for in
spection.
sive IL smoker tomorrow evening in its
"luh room, corner of Fifteenth and
French streets.
Miss Kate McClafIcrty took her child
ren's dancing class to FarnhurSt on
saturday evening and entertained the
nmates of the Delaware State Hospital.
a drcdgc is throwing mud out Of
Brandywinc creek to fill in along the
line Of the T., w. \ b. Railroad Com
mny's cutoff road near the old bone
mill
Architects Charles Henry \ Son, of
tkron. Ohio have received estimates
for n large church c,liice for the First
United Presbyterian congregation of
his city.
William j. Brown has received the
ontract for the superStructure and
thaS. IL. Anderson for the foundation
and brick work of Richard Patzowsky's
morocco factory.
The funeral OF James Graves, Il re-
tired farmer Of Brandywine hundred,
near ELAN. took place yesterday after
noon. Services We're conducted in
SLOAN Methodist Church.
The scmi-annua convention of the
Local Preachers Association of the Viii
mington VI. Il. Conference will he held
in Ebenezcr NJ. II. Church, Mill Creek
hundred, May "a. 25 and 26.
Lincmcn Of the Delmarvia Telephone
Company are placing 200 feet of new
"ahle in position beyond Market street
bridge to replace the cable burned by
the Blumcnthal fire few nights ago
The quarterly meeting of the Mill
,'tcr!; Hundred Mutual Fire Insurance
Company was held Saturday at the
Hotel l.afa. cttc Reports of the officers
how the company to he in good cond'
ton.
The funeral Of George Lawrence took
place at o'clock yesterday afternoon
from his late home. No. 42S East Fourth
street. Services were held Mt the house.
Intcrmcnt was made at Wilmington and
Brandywine cemetery.
Secretary Cahill of the Board of
Health reports that there were 2S deaths,
so births and 10 marriages reported dur
ing the past week. For the correspond
| ing week last year there were 80 deaths,
A. births and marriages.
| The funeral of John III. Picrson took
place at 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon
from his late home, corner Vandever
avenue and Buena Vista street. Ser
vices were held at the house and in
tcrment was made at Wilmington and
israndywine cemetery.
The funeral Of Miss Kate Burk will
take place Mt . o'clock this morning
| from the home of her father. Michael
Rurk. No 3O9 Seventh avenue. High
mass will he said in st. Pauls II. G.
Church. Intcrmcnt will be made at
Cathedral cemetery.
! Rubbish that was bcing burned in
the yard of Frank Hasson. No. I'll
| West Ninth street Saturday. set fire to
Il shed in the rear of the residence of
George +. Lang. No. 715 West Ninth
street. The blaze was cXtinguiShcd
with few buckets of water.
When work has been completed on the
steamer Rio Grandc, Of the Mallory
Line, which is now in the drydock at
the shipyar,ls of the Harlan & Hollings-
worth Company undergoing repairs, an
other steamer Of the Mallory Line, the
San Marcos. will he delivered for a
general overhauling.