Middletown transcript., 1902-11-01
81. GEORGES ITEMS


ST. GEORGES ITEMS
1 Miss Mary Roberts is visiting in viii
mington.
H. G. Clark was in Philadelphia severa
days last week.
F. Hildebrand and wife spent Saturday
in Wilmington.
H. G. Taylor. of Wilmington. was in
town on Sunday.
D. w. Cush, of Delaware City, was in
town on Monday.
F.J Hyde and wife have returned from
a trip to Philadelphia.
Mrs. Margaret Reybold paid visit to
Wilmington on Friday.
| Mrs. Kate Smith, of Porters, visited
relatives here on Friday.
James Paynter has returned from a
trip to Maryland friends.
Mrs. Joseph Grassland has gone to Phil
adelphia for several weeks.
Gus Weik and family spent Sunday
with relatives near New Castle.
Mrs. Tillie McMullen visited her son in
Wilmington part of last week.
Mr.. Van Arsdale, of Washington, d.
c., is a guest at the Manse this week.
Miss Alice Walmsley, of Summit Bridge,
is the guest of friends in town.
Mrs. M. J. Gray and son, Irwin, visited
relatives on Bohemia Manor on Sunday.
Bert Wells, of Townsend, spent part of
last week with H. @. Dolson and family.
Mrs. J. w. Carrow, Jr.. and Mrs. James
White were visitors in Delaware City on
Tuesday
Large parties from the cities are daily
taking advantage of the fine bass fishing
in the canal.
William AapriI and family, of Chesa-
peake City, visited John Crompton and
wife on Sunday.
Mrs. Clarence Pool, of McDonough,
spent Sunday with her parents, A. N.
Sutton and wife.
Mrs. M. ]. Gray left on Wednesday for
a visit to New Castle, Wilmington, Darby
and Philadelphia.
G. M. Riley was guest on Sunday OF
Deputy Marshal James Clark and family
near Delaware City.
Mrs. Henry Runner, of Wyoming, has
been spending week with her aunt,
Mrs. Thomas Mccoy.
Miss Sadie Belville has returAed to her
home in Wilmington after spending last
week with friends here.
George McMullin, of Norristown, Pa,
was the guest of his mother, Mrs. Tillie
McMullen over Sunday.
M. J. Gray and wife entertained Mrs.
Harry Dennison and Miss McDaniels, of
New Castle, on Monday.
Misses Annie Todd and Mary Hastings,
of Kirkwood, were entertained by Mrs. |
Clark Thompson last week.
D. H. Roberts, of Philadelphia, spent
Sunday and Monday with his brother,
William Roberts and family.
Mrs. Mary Garman has returned from
three weeks visit to Rev. R. A. David
son and family at Falls Church, Va.
Mrs. Joseph Yearsley and daughter and
Miss Jennie Bender, of Port Penn, are
visiting their mother, Mrs. Charles Bend
ler
Mrs. Maria Racine, of Porters, and Mrs.
Fred Racine and daughter, of New Cas-
tie, we're entertained by James Paynter
and family on Monday.
We are glad to report great improve
ment in the condition of Edgar Carruw
who has been critically i'll with compli-
cation of diseases for the past six weeks.
A band of gypsies are camping near
Kirkwood and some of them are seen on
our streets daily, entreating the Passerby
to let them reveal to them the mysteries |
of the future.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Metho-
dist Church are preparing for festival |
and supper to be held in the Odd Eel
lows Hall on Friday and Saturday even
ings, November 14th and 18th.
The ladies of the Presbyterian Church
have just closed a very successful sale of
''the old and the new." The net pro-
| l. 10 ,oI, LoI
used for repairs on the interior of the
church and manse.
Rev. Mr.. Jester, of Bozman's, Md, was
the guest of Rev. ]. H. Geoghegan and
assisted in the revival services which are
being held nightly in the Methodist
Church. The meetings are increasing in
interest and great results are anxiously
looked for.
Fifteen members of the Past Grand Of
ficers' Association, of Wilmington. paid
fraternal visit to National Lodge, No. 80,
on Tuesday evening An enjoyable time
was had and after partaking of an abund
ant collation. they returned to their homes
well pleased with their visit.
What might have been serious catas-
trophe was prevented by the prompt
action of our citizens on Monday morn
ing, when fire was discovered in the
livery stable of L. ]. McWhorter. The
fire started in the Office and caught from
small oil stove which Mr.. McWhorter
had left burning while out around town
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