Middletown transcript., 1902-11-15
DELAWARE NOTES

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ted Postmaster at State Road.
Work has begun on the new water
plant in Milton, and the pipes are being
laid in the town.
The annual inspection of thelWilming-
ton companies of the National Guard
will begin on December 1st.
John Ruth, of Edge Moore, had his
back sprained and leg broken Friday
by tree falling upon him.
Stanley Frazer, player on the Del
aware College football team, broke his COL
lar-bone while in practice scrimmage.
Wilmington's striking moulders have
returned to work, having been granted
81 cents an hour. They asked for 273.
While going home Michael McClaf-
ferty, of Wilmington, was assaulted by
unknown persons, who kicked him bru-
tally.
citation is after persons who are violating
the law near New Castle by shooting
rabbits.
The Wilmington Water Department
have completed the purchase of the Well
din property, on which is it proposed to
erect new reservoir.
The building OF the Brownson Library
Association, of Wilmington, which was
badly damaged by fire, has been repaired
and put into fine condition.
Walter H. Crossgrove, of Wilmington,
is i'll, and blood poisoning Is feared from
the effects of sleeping on nail in the
stables of the United States Express
Company.
While trying to board street car,
William Voss, superintendent of the
Wilmington plant of the American
Car & Foundry Company, fell and
painfully sprained his ankle.
While visiting the grave of his wife in
Mt, Salem Cemetery, Henry McCrea, of
Wilmington. veteran of the civil war,
was striken with paralysis, and is in a
serious condition at his home.
The ordinance granting the Delaware
Suburban Trolley Company the use of
the streets of Newark has had q third
reading in the Council of that town and
the company will be required to furnish
bond for 5000.
Charles Reoski, of Wilmington, was
sent to the Homeopathic Hospital Satur-
day suffering from blow of a piece ofiron.
He had been at work at the works of the
Lobdell Car Wheel Company, when the
bar of iron struck him on the cheek.
Jacob A, Rills, of New York, will de-
liver an address at conference of the
Associated Charities, to be held in Will
mington on November 10th and 18th,
when an attempt will be made to arouse
interestin charitable and reform work.
At the shops of the Harlan & nollings-
worth Company a tool is now in use
which bores out a 30-inch cylinder.
The tool averages 81 feet minute and
the work is equal to that ordinarily made
with tools that have speed of ito 2a
feet per minute,
While Victor 2ulock, a laborer, was
walking on trestle bridge over the
Brandywine River in Wilmington, he
saw train approaching from each end,
and had to jump into the creek to save
himself. He landed in mud waist deep.
and his fellow-workmen fished him out.
Local coal dealers of Wilmington Mon,
day received several hundred tons from
the Philadelphia & Reading Company,
the first of any amount received there
since the strike. In accordance with
their promise, the dealers reduced the
price to 81 at on, and are filling all or
ders.
Miss Emily Read, only remaining
member of the Read family and relative
of George Read, signer of the Declaration
of Independence, and an authoress of
note, is dying of paralysis at the home of
Mrs. John Fl. Rodney, a relative, in New
Castle. Miss Read has been active in
literary work for many years. She con-
tributed to some of the best managazines
and to the Encyclopedia Britannica.
She is 20 years of age.
After cunning trip down the Della
ware River In skiff Saturday night
Harry Mullin and Edward O'Connor, of
Wilmington, were homeward bound
when in some manner O'Connor's gun
was iolted and exploded. The charge
tore Mullins rubber boot and passed
through the planks of the boat, tearing
large hole, through which the water
rushed at rapid pace. The hole was
filed with coat, while the gunnes
pulled for the shore for dear life, and !
beached the boat. They went home by |
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