Evening journal., 1902-03-13
HAPPENINGS OF A DAY IN
TOWNS OF THE STATE


Augustine Pier. Willard Salisbury in
stituted the suit against Otis for Will
liam J. Thompson, of Glouceser, who
is interested in the well-lmown Della
ware bay resort, at which his steamer
has landing rights. The Equitable
Guarantee and Trust Company, of Will
lmington, is surety in the suit
Sheriff Frank Reedy has returned toI
Dover for reQuisition papers, in order
to bring the five men arrested in
lCedarville. n. j.. for catching terrapin
in Delaware waters. to Delaware to be
tried. The requisiuon papers, it is un-
derstood, had to be obtained before
the prisoners could be brought through
New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The
five men. Lewis Newcomb, John and
Horace Blizzard. Alfred Bradford and
William NJ Moore, have given bond for
their appearance before the sheriff
when he returns to Cedarville. Mean
time they will appear before the COM
hitting magistrate at Bridgeton from
day to day, until Sheriff Reedy returns.
The State Board of Education will
hold an important meeting at the
State House one week from today, that
being the occasion for the boards
Quarterly meeting
Several steel coal cars passed down
the Delaware railroad today and Gre
ated no little interest because of their
size and capacity. The cars are about
the size of an ordinary box car.
James II. Patterson has been re-
stored upon the pension lists and has
been granted a reissue of pension at sS
per month.
The Rev. William p. Taylor, a
prominent Methodist minister. sta
TONED at Beckwith and Spedden, is in
Dover this week and called upon sew
eral friends here and procured
financial help toward the Will
! mington Conference Academy debt for
his charge. Mr. Taylor is greatly in
terested in the institution.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sterling and
children have been the guests of Mrs.
Anna Armstrong, Of Smyrna, during
the past week
Mr.. and Mrs. Gideon Speakman, Of
Belmont Hail. Smyrna, are entertain
ing Miss Lucille Ross. of Seaford, and
Miss Dora Wilds. of Dover
Mrs. Rose Levi has gone for an ex-
!
Mrs. Harry Ford has received
a message stating that her sister, Mrs.
G. w. Postles. is seriously i'll at De
laine. Fla. Mrs. Ford left Immediately
for that place
AT the Robbins Hose House
on Tuesday night the fol-
lowing nominations were filed,
the nominees to be elected next Mon
day night: Chief r. J. Campbell as
lsistant George G. Clendaniel: second
assistants. r. y. Simmons, William II.
Morgan, John w. Jones and J. E.
Pierce.
The Peoples Building and Loan As
lsociation will meet Monday next,
March II, at the Robbins Hose House.
Mrs. Il. L. Cross and children of the
Wilmington Conference Academy, are
visiting relatives in Carlisle, Pa.
GIFT OF MISS KANE.
The benefcent act OF George f.
Bowerman, the Wilmington book ex-
pert and librarian of the Institute Free
Library, who donated a complete trav-
cling library of fifty-three volumes to
1.-THE State Library Commission for free
y
ltricts in the lower part of the State.
has been most literally followed by
. Miss Florence Bayard Kane, the State
lorganizer of Libraries. engaged by the
/ commission with offices at the State
House.
Miss Kane has donated two magnif-
cent travelling Libraries, in quartered
oak cases nicely finished. These cases
lare to travel through the agricultural
districts of the State wherever they or
ganize a school grange, Sunday school
and lodge library. They include some
books lust out of the "bookeries" and
fresh from the press. From works OF
biography. history and nature study
bv some of the most standard authors
they grade down through fiction ant
verse to the books that will interest
the smallest child
Miss Kane has decided to donate the
books to the State in memory of DR.
John *. Kane. the eminent Delaware
physician, her father, and her sister
both OF whom died several years ago
AT an adjourned meeting of Counci
) last evening, President, Postles VIII,
presided, stated that the trolley meI
We're not prepared to submit thci
plans. AS the meeting was held es
] pecially for the trolley and the rail
road flower plot discussions. action
was taken on the flower plot matter.
/ Arley B. Magee and George NJ
J Jones, representing Council, and tn,
railroad, respectively, had prepared
ordinances which were identically tn,
! same. The work is to be commence,
soon. and only one side of the pave
ment is 10 be torn up at a time Whel
That side is done the other side is Z,
, be worked upon. After both sides ar
widened, then the laborers are to worl
on the flower plot, the work to be un
a der the supervision of the Street Com
mittee of Council The plot is to b.
thirty-eight feet in diameter. FINAL!
the ordinance was passed giving the
;, railroad the privilege of starting tn
work as soon as possible. The stor
of Reeder e Deiss has been moved t,
. give room for the pavement. Counci
also instructed Clerk Cooper to motif,
an persons whose pavements are ii
. bad shane to have them relaid befor