Evening journal., 1913-07-15
.SWIMS TO
SHORE FROM
BROKEN BOAT
Wilmington Party Has Un-
pleasant Experience in
River Near Reedy
Island
HIGH BRED COWS
KNOW MILKING HOURS

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DELAWARE CITY, Del, July l5.--A
boating party from here, composed Of
Henry Torbert, William A. Hagan, John
Cannon, Howard Money, Clarence Mes,
sig and George Enger. went down the
river on Saturday evening in the sloop
Nagabond as far as Woodland Beach.
lhe officers of Old Glory Council, No.
l2, Jr. o. u. A. NJ, we're installed on
Thursday evening by Deputy State
Councillor Harry j. Rothrock, assisted
by Past Counsellor Charles Wipf, Of In
dustry Council of New Castle, and staff.
The Sunday school picnic of the Pres
byterian Church here will be held at Au-
gustine Beach on Thursday, july PA.
The annual picnic of the Methodist
Episcopal Sunday school will be held on
Thursday.
Frank Derricksons while fishing for
scIrgeon with his father in the river
near here, on Friday, fell overheard. He
was pulled out by his father
There are no dogs running at large
here as the result of an ordinance passed
by City Council
Tho dredgc Bob Morris, belonging to
the Chesapeake and Delaware Cana
Company. will complete dredging the
harbor this week.
Tho stmgeor dqhing has taken an.
% NJ. slump Tho fish are scarce al
present, end ,'e bringing high prices
john Tugend caught . sturgeon on Fri
day ehst netted hha aearly sll5. The
s.h santaiicd - ;o'Unds of caviar and
d ssse, l2j aounhs Tl;r FISH ARE bought
b. lanes r. Sullef Inc caviar is
shipped 20 ptilede.pbia and New
Iufi-, while the tnsat .Ves e. Phila-
d-lphlu. baltiinofs aAr Nas York. The
,tyiar now sells ior 50 5 pound, while
lhs neat brings 20 csntn q pouni
dressed.
Inc dance given IN the gymnasium al
Fort Duront on last Tuesday evening
was :, success in every WAY. The gym.
nasium was beautifully decorated for the
occasion.
Some Of the residen- have started
preparations for tho building Of theiI
curbs. According 90 the notice issued by
Council. the work riust be finished hN
August I or the properly owners will
be subject TO fine cf - for each day
that the work remains unfinished
a boating patty that left here last
Friday evening had quite an exciting
time on the river near here. when the
engine became disabled Those in the
party were. Nir and Mrs Roy w
iIeeran Of Wilmington; Miss Katherine
Cook and Claude Jordan, Of this place
The trim was made In the launch Clara
belonging To Mr. keenan,. When arriv
/ ING near Decdy Island the cngin
stonred aud could not be 'starteslJ lhte
an hour Mr. Keenan, decided 70 swim
ashore Removing some Of his clothes
I ne swan over n mile TO Bakers Rang
| Lighthouse. n mile above Port Penn
/ ISeopef Harrington Of tho lighthouse
went hack 20 tho disabled launch in hii
hoat with MIR Keenan, The women nn'
Jordan were taken into tho lighthouse
keepers boat and taken ashore
where Mr.. Harrington brought the three
back here in his automobile Keenan, re
mained on the launch over night. Tie
boat was towed here ON Saturday morn
inc hv Clarence Nessig's launch.
John Tugend caught drum fish II
the river near here on Wednesday that
WEIGHED about 10 pounds This fish was
the first ono caught near here IN the last
fifteen years The fish was purchasec
bv William Ball. proprietor cf the Della
ware City Hotel.
Trout fishing in the river near her'
will soon be on George Iugend am
Harry Armstrong caught . near her'
on Saturday morning,
As the result Of game wardens being
on the watch along the canal here. yer,
few fishermen were along the canal OF
Sunday. In order to fish in the Chesa
reake and Delaware canal the non-resi
dents must procure a license Fishing
with n pole has been prohibited on th'
towpath side Of the canl because th'
lines become entingled IN the telephone
wires and hinder communication alonl
the canal
Samuel T. Walker. who lives on par
/ of the Colhurne estate about two mile
I from here has 4 herd Of cattle that h
is vorv proud Of There are thirty hea'
Of cattle in the herd Every day Al
milking time the herd comes 70 the barn
ward and stav there until they ar
MIXED After being milked the cattl
return 10 the pasture themselves. ON
black Holstein COW is the lender If tn
hcrd. and the remainder of the cattl
/ follow her. The COWS are MIXED at 43
and J J 30 in the morning.
Farmers about here have finished cut
ting their wheat. The reports from III
wheat crop are very good. The recen