The sun., 1901-03-29
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.

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| The King street line Of the Peoples
galway is being wired.
The Rev. William Jefferis preached at
st. Matthews Church last night.
William Fox, of Leipsic, has been
granted an increase of pension to SIS per
pionth.
| Albert Il. Polk OF Georgetown, attor-
iicy for the recent General Assembly,
WAS in Wilmington yesterday.
i llat Isey. H. II. sAdasas, who comes
Efrom Easton, Md, to Union Church, will
preach ut Union on Sunday.
John Masten has given up his position
| It the Diamond State Steel Co.. works
% enter the railway mail service.
\ deadlatch key which was dropped
III the corridor Of the postotiice awaits
I'm owner ut the registry department.
Mrs. Ellen Riggs, widow Of Andrew
Riggs, died ut her home, No. Il Toory
Road. Rockford, yesterday, aged 20
years.
The Rev. Richard Ii. Nelson, d. D., Of
Philadelphia, will be the speaker at the
meeting for men in st. Andrews Church
this afternoon.
The ladies of ST. Patrick's Il. G.
3hurch, Fifteenth and King streets, are
,repairing to hold Il bazaar during the
month of May.
reception was given on Monday
lfternoon to Mr.. and Mrs. Leatherman
It the residence of the brides parents,
80. West Tenth street.
The Junior Auxiliary and Babies
Branch thereof of st. Andrews Church
will give IL tea in the Sunday School
.oom on Saturday afternoon ut o'clock
William Il. Dockstadcr, manager of
Dockstader's Theatre, has signed with
she New Auditorium Pier Co., Atlantic
city, to manage the pier in the coming
season.
Archdeacon George G. Hail. rector of
st. Johns Church, and the Rev. HUI
bert w. Wells, rector of st. Andrews
Church, exchanged pulpits Wednesday
evening.
The blue birds have come. the frogs
have begun to chirp and the equinoctial
torn has become Il matter of history.
What is there to prevent man from
investing in his spring pants?
Frank Corbett. of No. 200 South Mon
oc street, was injured ut the yards of
he Harlan Il Hollingsworth Company
N Wednesday afternoon, by an iron
plate falling on him.
The Junior Auxiliary of the diocese Of
Delaware, instead of sending a mission
ary box to the orphanage at Matanzas,
cuba, as was intended, will send it to
the Children's Orphanage at Jamestown,
Pa.
The Rev. c. 4. Grise having been
transferred from Union Church. this
'ity, TO the NJ. Il. Church ut Easton,
Nd. the Rev. II. n. Cantwell will sue
recd him as editor of the Peninsula
Methodist.
The new quarters of the Samuel Lees
oo.. at Fifth and Market streets, are
'apidly becoming fixed to the require
ments of the firm, and Mr.. Lees ex-
pects to be open for business on Satur-
lay morning.
At st. Jonh's Episcopal Church, NJ
Elliott avenue and Market streets, ON
Sunday morning the offertory selection
will he new arrangement of the
'Falms' by 1.erman for duet, baritone
solo. and chorus or quartet.
AT the shipyards of the Pusey & Jones
Company and the Harlan & Hollings-
worth Company. mud dredge is en-
gagged in removing the sewer deposits
from the bed of the river in order to per-
nit the launching of new ships
The steamer Brandywine of the Will
mington Steamboat Co., which has been
III the line for several weeks undergoing
! spring overhauling, will he placed in
'ervice on Monday when the steamer
City Of Chester will be taken off and her
hnll will receive a coat OF paint.
The committee to apportion the debt of
the Conference Academy at Dover has
elected William II. jackson of Sails
llry. Md, as president. and Presiding
Elder Thomas u. Martindale of the
SALISBURY distfet as secretary. The ap-
nortionment for Salisbury district is to
be made today, -.