Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-31


day. OF the Delaware railroad. They
wiz be assisted by Horace B. Harrison,
lof Wilmington. baritone; DR.. j. Kon-
Trad uhlig, tenor. u Clayton; Mrs. Mir
liam Sheppard Davidson, soprano, Do
lver; Miss Blanche Brown, violinist.
Wilmington; Miss T.. Lucille Hooper
pianist, of Atchison, Kansas. The party
viii consist Of thirty-one members.
The pubic schools will open Septem-
her 3. and the Board OF Education
has adopted the new policy OF having
only one session per day fOr one week,
only In order that the pupils gradually
may accustom themselves TO the work
after a long Summer OF pleasure seek
ing. The collector recoipted to the
treasurer for taxes collected during the
/ first three days Of collections 10 the
amount Of S3.7SO.2S. The State gave
the board S25436 for outside students
/ President George NJ. Jones appointed
the following committees for the en-
lsuing year: Education Committee,
! Ezekiel Cooper. Henry Ridgely, Jr,
land William III. Walker, Property Com
mittee. w II. Walker, w. 8. Haman
and Maurice Hartnett; Ways and
7 Means Committee NJ Hartnott, w. S.
Hannah and the Rev. J. 3. Turner.
I The w. c. r. u. win convene in
State convention in Wesley Church
on October II. The townspeople are
preparing for 200 delegates. An enter
tanning program is being arranged
The public library will be opened IA
formerly, three days a week. owing TO
The success attendant on the entertain
mont given for its benefit on May 81
Magazines will be on the tables and
new books viii he added as needed.
The old causoway at Woodland Beach
has not only brought all communica-
ton with the Kent county people at 4
standstil. but has brought the Levy
Court and the contractor for a new
, causeway also at a standstill The
difficulty with this particular road al
ways has been to stop the tide from
sweeping II away and cutting deep gut
tors across IT, The Levy Court en-
j. ployed steam dredge TO bui,d an en-
ban1lQegA, but this was attended by
,uetR 38re II next contracted with
~. = Morrison, OF New Castle to drive
:. enough pidng 10 insure q good perma.
|At'AAA ANnN iNA AAN AOMAANAl UAlAt vi 81
200, but when the contractor arrived
I upon the spot he refused TO begin with
out new contract for $4,000. This
ended the fasco. and all the contract
was declared of
b George A. Millington has purchased
, OF the Janvier heirs the Capitol Hotel
a aud rumor has It that he will again
assume control.
e Real estate sales have been numerous
a this week. William Dody, OF VanKeek
, Hill. Toronto, Canada, has purchased
Y OF Miss Mary 10 Holt, her thirty and
e a-half acre farm. situated near Little
r Creek. for $1,000.
g Dr. L. s. Conwoll has purchased the
= Cooper property in Wyoming.
e The Richabell Allaband house, in
Y Camden, this week, was purchased by
,. w. ID. Richards for $3.50.
p John Mason, Of Dover, has sold t
5, Dennis Cannon, for $500. his Nortl
IS street house.
e The Atlantic Refining Company /,
?, experimenting with mules for road pur
poses, and has recently brought e
p this place three fine ones, each weigh.
ing one-half ton.
s The pulpit OF the Presbyterian
b Church, OF this town. viii be occupied
by the Rev. J. T.. Franklin tomorrow
d. morning. The Rev. j. b. Turner has
r. not returned from his vacation yet.
The Rev c. S. Baker ID. D.. presid
b hing elder OF this district, has been ap
" pointed "a delegate to attend the Ecu
g menical Council to be held in London
j. England. William Salisbury is also ,
y delegate. The conference meets mex
month
n Dover sent FOG excursionists to Allan
20 tic City last Tuesday.
m The Rev. S. b. Hiley. the new paste
IT of the First Baptist Church, will as
b. sumo his duties tomorrow
II The Kent County School Commits
sioncrs will meet at Dover in tho stat
d House on Friday. September 6.
II The tomato crop Is very short in thi
r. section. and as Gamers are anxious {
obtain all they can, they offer bette
[ prices than formerly The fodder Gro
Il. is being harvested. Next week will b
Al busy one for the farmer
te Peaches sold yesterday in Wyomin
d as high as s1.15 per basket for III
Z finest yellow fruit. Whites sold as To-
} as forty-ivc cents. At Milford the
d brought lower prices-averaging frol
<. fifty cents to dollar. Frank W. Dav
sold ten baskets to James Cartridge, {
p Wilmington, for S1,65 per basket.
The wheat crop is about twenty %
cent. of last years yield, but prices AZ
very Cow. some offering as low as fort
A, five cents per bushel, but this was f
n discolored grain. The farmers ha,
had a prosperous year, being real
damaged only in their wheat crop I
reason OF the excessive rains. whiC
I'd prevented threshing, and caused u
ze grain to deteriorate in quality. Son
IN farmers have not threshed yet
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