Evening journal., 1902-05-05
AGED BOYER RESIDENTS DEAD
Three Die Within Short Time Other
News Of Stata Capital
Special 20 the Evening Journal

i, Dover. May 1.-TWO OF DONcr's old :
est citizens and they are probably
3 two of the oldest men on the PENN
eula have crossed the silent river Cap
3 tain Pulnal B. Norman father of Mrs.
lCelia b. Kellum and of State Auditor
5 Pmnal b. Norman. Jr., passed away
peacefully on Saturday after Sc years
of an active life, part of which was
spent on the high seas. His funeral
service was held at his daughters
home. on Governors avenue, last
night, and his body was taken from
Y Dover on the 10 o'clock Delaware road
train this morning for interment at
b Lewes.
D George A. Moore, Dover's Oldest
white resident. and father of A. B.
D Moore, proprietor of the Dover Marble
. Works died during a Sunday after
[ noon nap yesterday, at the residence
e of his son. on Bradford street Mr..
Moore was Sc years Old and had been
r active until during the past winter.
b His body win be taken to Milford for
interment tomorrow morning on the
u 10 o'clock Delaware road train.
The funeral ofAIrs. Mary r. Cooper,
wife OF the late Magistrate Peter l..
y Cooper. and mother of the late Dep
uty Attorney General Peter l.. Cooper,
Ir.. the third member of the family to
;. die almost within a year. will take
place tomorrow afternoon at 2 O'Clock.
!. with burial in the Cooper lot at East
;. Lake Cemetery. Funeral services viii
be- held at the residence of her son-in-
r. law. Thomas ]. Stevenson.
n The Rev. George w. Williams. the
Methodist pastor at Preston, Md, who
u came to Dover and won the hand and
= elheart Of one of her fairest daughters,
Slhas been spending his honeymoon
= here. because of the serious illness of
=, the brides brother James Satteriield.
a The young minister is also a singer,
Il ! possessing a tenor voice Of wide
k range and sweetness, and he sang two
IS lsolos in Wesley Church yesterday.
Nj a greater crowd that gathered in Do
yer for the inauguration of Governor
e Hunn poured into town today. The
l. attraction being Pawnee Bills Wild
d West Show
A large congregation in Second NJ.
Z, T.. Church last night heard the Rev.
= p. r. Campbell preach his sermon on
e Trusts" For in one hour so great
I. riches is come to naught,' was Mr..
Campbell's text, and he proceeded
, with a strong arraignment of the COM
ss binations of wealth that are grinding
into the bone and sinew OF the Ameri-
/ can people.
sr The Wilmington Conference Acad-
n, emy ball team defeated the strong
Harrington team Saturday by the
score of o to 8.
Walter Binfoot Carriss who played
as catcher on the Pennsylvania ball
squad the first part of the season, and
~ who is regarded as a promising
catcher. was i'm this city yesterday Wis
tng his parents.
Wesley NJ. T. Sunday school has
y elected the following officers: Super
W intendent. Professor p. i. Cross prin-
a. cipal of the Wilmington Conference;
vi assistants. Professor Wesley Webb
e. and Mrs. ~ b. smithers; secretary
le William S. Haman; treasurer, Frank
n, H. Caeson: Librarians. Charles B
ea Prettyman. Joseph r. Honecker and
Y Thomas f. Dunn, organist Miss KATE
3. Haman; superintendent of infant de
ne lpartment Mrs. e. Haman and Mrs
c Steven Martindale.
49, / nc cLlONS MlluAuHANA 1NAANAthN'
Academy ball team will cross bat
he with the FELTON, team next Saturday a
n the Academy grounds.
an Edward f. Reynolds has been ap
pointed a commissioner in the divOrc
tic case Of Rachel A. Turner VS.. William
int Turner. and Henry Ridgely. Jr., wa
ey appointed commissioner in the case O
nd MARY NJ. Abercrombie VS.. AleXande
.p- Abercrombie.
superintendent James T. Carroll, @
St. the Kent county free schools, will hol
sr- an examination for first and secon
ir- grade certificates in Dover next Satm
day
at Almost every day many carloads Z
he pine logs pass over the Delaware raj
er- road. They are from twenty to thirt
The feet long, with the ends sawed o.
is square. They are sent to the co;
ces mines. where they are used as brace
of where the pillars have been robbed {
der coal.
Dr. n. Washington, of Gumbor
lay has Just graduated from the BaltimOi
ore Medical College. He was formerl
ces "a school teacher in Sussex county.
a. unrn Har=~A