Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-28

A.. the meeting of the Trustees of
poor Yesterday afternoon, the
.le snent nearly an hour on the
uOao.srion of permitting aged married
qu.,iss TO room together and give to
GU couple two beds for one room.
e'su aged man and wife named
,loovs ~ who have been occupying
6ed. desire two, and although two
Ssis we're ordered at the last meeting,
,Ss order was not filled because Of the
s-rense The order was then rescinded
~ vote of the board and after an ap.
"a bv Mr.. Parker, seconded by sew
ri members, the last act was re-
scinded ana on motion of Mr.. Horri-
seconded by several members, the
80 directed Supt. Blackburn TO
Sore So two spring beds, with mattresses,
or5erd for the room of the aged couple.
0'Dr Ball asked whether he could
.ocnre PERMISSION TO allow couple
S.om his district, Hockessin, to come
!, under the same conditions. The
o,unle. Lemuel buckingham and wife,
wofild not then be separated.
III said the woman is about 6S years
,id veinhs 400 pounds, and is unable
20 walk. She is 81 inches about the
sbdomen. with waist of 81 inches,
Jronsical. and cannot live long. The
Snsband weighs about 80 pounds.
Permission was granted to have the
reonle placed in the hospital, also to
hermit the ambulance to 60 after the
woman.
Willard Durham, a driver, asked for
an afternoon and night of weekly, and
when Supt. Blackburn was questioned
sbout the matter, he said Durham
bss the same time off as the other
reonle. every other Saturday after
boon and Sunday" and the matter
was dropped.
lanes Graham, driver and stable
man. was granted an increase from S5
to IS per month.
The bids we're taken up and the fol
lowing contracts awarded:
Beef-Fore and hind quarters, Max
Matthes, ga cents per pound; other
bidder, John II. Devine, rs cents.
Butter-Odessa Creamery Co., q
cents per pound.
Bresd-A. II. Angerstein, 315 cent:
Dry Goods-W. Harold Smith & Co.
Drugs-Oscar Draper.
Groceries William r. Frank.
Shoes Wright & Davidson, mems
shoes, sl4715; women's shoes, 81
cents; mems slippers, 80 cents
women's slippers, 80 cents other bid
der, NJ Monaghan, mems shoes, 81. AZ
women's shoes, sLOS; mems slippers
85 cents; women's slippers, 30 cents.
Coal-Conly Bros, Big Vein George
Creek, S3.45 for first grade; secon,
grade, g. 40 per ton; egg and stove
1876. The other bidders we're Whit
Bros, Big Vein Georges Creek, 50. As
No. 2, 50. 40; egg and stove, So. 50, AM
Charles h. Ten Weeges, Big Veil
Georges Greek, 1855; No. 2, So. 40
anthracite, egg and stove, $3.50.
The farm committee was instructe
70 thresh and sell the wheat at once
The crop is the heaviest that has eve
been grown there. A hay tedder wa
ordered for the farm. Supt. Black
burns farm report for the year shove
that e., 9l0 50 worth Of truck was gat b
cred off the farm at the market rate
last year.
DR., Ball Of the committee on Law
reported that the law required th
printing of 500 annual reports
pamphlet form lot QlSLfluullOnf an
Mr. Parker stated that he would loo
after the work, If a committee of thrt
was appointed to supervise it. 1t
estimated that the work Will Co
about slOO. Messrs. George, Denn
son and Jester were appointed to loo
after the work.
The members Of the finance commi
tee reported that the expenditur
were So, 396 less for the current YET
than for last year. One Of the men
bers attributed the saving in part
the mild winter of 1905-06. The e.
penditure for the quarter was less th'
The current corresponding quarter
last year by nearly 81, 200.
Farmer Brown has been confined
bis home, near Stanton, for the pa
month, suffering with jaundice, al
ID the meantime Superintende
Blackburn has been farmer and
charge of the whole establishment.