Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-08-17
DELAWARE CITY
AND VICINITY.
The Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal to be Well Stocked
With Fish.
Special Correspondence Every Evening.

Special Correspondence Every Evening.
Delaware City, Aug. 17.--Miss Alice
Vail, nurse in charge OF the local
Child Health Centre. returned to duty
yesterday after a three weeks vaca-
ton. and weighed, measured and in
spected twelve children and instructed
three mothers In the health and care
OF infants.
The Mayor and Council received
communication last night from the
department OF Commerce. Bureau OF
Fisheries, Lacrosse, Wise. which |
stated that the first consignment of |
fish will arrive on the g.O5 train this |
morning. Councilman r. l.. Cofer will
meet the train with an empty recep- |
tacle and take the young fish up to
the widewaters OF the canal and plant
them. The communication did not
state what species OF Ash were being
sent, but pike. perch and black bass
We're asked for.
Mrs. Thomas T. Whiteman enter
tanned the following guests yesterday
evening with n porch plate supper:
Judge Prckett and wife and daugh-
tiers, Josephine and Florence, of Will
mington. Miss Mcclellan, Of Avondale.
Pa. Mrs. Edward Reybold. Mrs.
Agnes Reybold, of Delaware City.
and Mrs. c. A. Bonine, OF State Col
'legc. Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Willis. OF Phil
adelphia, are guests of Mrs. Joseph
Barger for few days.
|, Tho barge shipments OF soft coal
which were so numerous during the
~.
of considerably here OF late.
Miss Rachel Cats returned home
yesterday after spending seven weeks
with her sister, Mrs. Leon Vining. of
, Salem. n. J.
, Rufus Yearsley has purchased the
old Robinson Hotel property from the
Bavarian Brewing Co. for $4,000.
Mr.. Yearsley has been conducting an
ice-cream and soft-drink business In
the old bar room of the hotel for some
time, while Frederick ID. Bender and
family have been occupying the hotel
. quarters. Mr.. Yearsley expects to oc-
= cupy the living quarters OF the prop
e erty also just az coon as Mr.. Bender
t vacates. and has put his other dwell
g ing up for sale.
n which was towed out of the cana
basin Tuesday night and made t.
a anchor In the river on account Of 6
e cargo OF explosives, WAS still anchored
X In the river last night. 1t was learne,
d fby the canal officials that besides hav
ing dynamite aboard she also wa
carrying n quantity of detonators an,
fuses. Before she will be allowed (,
go through the canal. her cargo o
4 dynamite and decorators will have 4
be separated and taken through sep
:. arately. The shipment Is from the 4
1. du Pont de Nemours and Compa n,
!" at Deepwater Point, n. ]. consigne
to Norfolk. Va. from where It will b
. shipped to Chile. s. A.
10 Road Supervisor w. ID. Clark an
Ie force are making repairs to the bridg
81 across Dutch Neck Creek betwee
r. here and Port Penn. They are putin
le in new planks. new joists and a ne,
railing along both sides OF the bridg,
l. The repairs are expected TO be com
s. pleted by the end OF the week.
N Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Mcconnell, {
lie Cleveland, Ohio. arrived here yester
NJ day by motor and will spend a wee
e. with Mrs. McConnel's sisters, Mr.
IL fJohn Clark and Mrs. Frank Schunde
he afaer which they will go TO Colts, Nc
g. for a weeks visit. The trip by mote
ts was made via Pittsburg, Gettysbur
Of and Baltimore and no tire trouble d,
layed them until they arrived in De
n aware City and were turning I'M
er Clinton street when they picked L
a a nail and had a puncture.
MT The Inspection Boat Josephine
Of with Colonel Brown and George V
4. Miller. Of the Wilmington office, c
board, entered the canal at this poll
today on an inspection tour.
George Householder returned
- Morton, Pa yesterday after a Wis
with his mother, Mrs. Mary Hous
holder.
ne Miss Mary Givison Is visiting frien
sa in Chesapeake City this week.
ia Mrs. Charles Metzgar returned hon
d. yesterday after few days visit
nd Philadelphia with relatives
er Mrs. Stewart Fritts and son, Fran
rn Mrs. Callahan and daughter, Kat
ed crime, and Mrs. Ray Thompson,
3D. Rensselaer,. N. Y. visited friends he
and in st. Georges yesterday. TIL,
lie motored from Rensselaer, to Washin
as ton, ID. c. and from here expect
Ter return home by way of the Delawa
OF, Water Gap after spending a few da
there.
Mrs. John Sehunder. who has be
Ill this week, was taken sudden
- worse Tuesday night and was remov
~ to the Delaware Hospital that mig
i!e about nine o'clock.
ne DIR. and Mrs. w. w. Ellis and daug
mo ter Margaret and son Walter motor
IN to Delmar yesterday TO visit relativ
ic- They expect to return sometime II
IN evening.
ris. Old Glory Council No. -, Jr. o.
M. will meet tonight.
Mr.. Thomas j. Whlteman Is a ca
vi didate for State Senator from I
ma Fifth Senatorial District.