Evening journal., 1912-03-26
DELAWARE CITY
NEWS HAPPENINGS

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DELAWARE CITY, Del, March 26
Friends of William Oakes are back
Of a movement to have him reap
pointed as county constable.
Young members OF the Catholic
Church expect to produce the play
diamonds and Hearts" in the near
future.
Nearly all the shad fishermen here
have launched their boats and expect
to begin fishing soon Twenty-Five
boats from here will fish this spring
Services were held in the Presby-
terian Church on Sunday by the Rev
Mr.. Mathers, OF Princeton Semi
nary.
People wEo use the road between
here and Port Penn complain Of wa
ter on the road between Stewart l..
Beck's home and st. Georges Creek
Charles II. Jefferson whose home
was destroyed by fire recently will
rebuild.
Superintendent Arthur r. Bennett
will change the trolley schedule as
soon as a second car arrives.
Mrs. William COltharp who is in
at the Homeopathic Hospital in VIII
mluBlOns is Improving.
Tho government boat Lieutenant
Crosby is undergoing repairs at the
Kensington Shipbuilding Company at
Philadelphia.
A raft of telegraph poles belonging
to the Wilmington and Southern
Traction Company passed out Of the
canal on Sunday morning, bound for
New Castle.
William Ball. proprietor of the eDl-
aware City Hotel, will repair the
pavement in front of the hotel
The election to be held here on
April 2, promises to be spirited Will
liam M. Householder, William A. Jes-
ter and T. T. Vail have announced
their candidacy for Mayor.
Republican and Democratic meet
ings to choose delegates to the State
Convention will be held this week.
Personals:-William Bright, OF
Philadelphia, spent the weekend
here-Mrs. Macdonald of Camden, n
j., stopped at the Delaware City Hotel
on Saturday while visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. John Sweeney-Mr. and Mrs.
William d. Clark were Wilmington
visiotrs on Saturday-George r. Der
wood of Philadelphia, was a Della
ware City visitor on Saturday,
Hiram Pleasanton spent the week
end with friends in Wilmington
| Frank Pierce Of Chesapeake City
spent the eek-end with friends in
Delaware City-Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Hudson are visiting friends in Hen
derson, Md.-Mr. and Mrs. George
keeney we're Wilmington visitors on
Saturday-Miss Edith Megargee spent
the weekend at Horsam, Pa.-Fred-
erick McGratk and Miss Lillian Arm
strong were st. Georges visitors on
Saturday-Isaac Manner was a Will
mington visitor on aturday-Charles
O'Neill spent the weekend with his
| parents here-Mrs. William p. Stan
| lev and daughter Dorothy, have re.
turned from Baltimore, where the,
visited friends-William Todd and
Clifford Deputy, both Of Kirkwood
wore visitors at the Delaware City
Hotel on Saturday vening-Willian
NJ. Householder was a Wilmington
visitor on Saturday-Arthur Dun
wood, of Philadelphia. was a Della
ware City visitor on Saturday-Mrs
Thomas Thomas was a Wilmington
visitor on Saturday-Miss Mabel +
Il fearsley spent the weekend IN VIII
mington-Mrs. William II. Mattisoi
and her sons Byron and William
spent the weekend i'm Philadelphia
Louis Pierce of Chester, stopped a
the Delaware City Hotel on Saturda,
EVENING". Ryan Carly was a VIII
mingtOn visitor on Saturday-Johr
| McCue who has been working at
Marion, South Carolina, returned her,
on Saturday-Mr. and Mrs. /. Wainei
spent the weekend with friends in
Philadelphia-John S. Pador, of Phil
adelphia, stopped at the Delaware
! City Hotel Saturday-Greta Holiday
who goes to West Chester Norma
School and who has been home on a
ten-day vacation, returned to West
Chester on Monday morning-Mr. and
Mrs. c. w. Blake and their daughter
spent the weekend visiting friends
at Pleasantville, n. J-Mr. and Mrs
]. d. Evans, of Philadelphia, stopped
at the Delaware City Hotel on Sun
day-Paul Goslin of Wilmington
spent the weekend visiting friends
here-Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hicken
and son Elwood, are spending a few
days with Charles Hickens parents
Philip Oliner was a Delaware City
visitor on Sunday-James Alfree was
a Philadelphia visitor on Sunday
Harry Snyder, who has been visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel NJ. Hicken re-