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WILMINGTON. DELAWARE, SUNDAY. DECEMBER 18,1898.
ONE CENT
t instructions Relative to
irity's Right to Aid
linority in Agreeing.
FAIL TO COINCIDE
I That Vote Now Stands
to 1 for'Conviction.
jpt Into Court Yesterday After
I for Further Instructions
rom Judge Bradford. Some
Want a Discharge While
One Member Says No.
'twelve jurors who are to decide
Richard R. Kenney's fate are
ed in their room in the Federal
a short time yesterday they were
I from confinement at their own
j, and during that time came into
art to receive further instructions
jdgo Edward G. Bradford.
rees so far in its delib
ave now been out over
-four hours and have failed to
I verdict.
rday afternoon the jury sent a
nication to Judge Bradford, the
ce of which was a request for ad
to how far the views of the
y cuuld be used in aiding the
y in arriving at a verdict.
communicatioq also asked
r the Court had any further in
ns to give the jury,
ary came into court, was given
uctions and again retired. At
ck last night tiie jurors suspended
id went to bed on the cots which
n provided. Kenney's fate iayet
in.
i Bradford was at the Federal
l for a greater part of the day.
Shortly before 3 o'clock he received the
communication from the jury. Tiie
Judge immediately had District Attorney
Lewis C. Vandegrift, aud Senator Ken
ney and counsel notified, at the eame
time sending word to the jury that he
would haye them come into court where
in presence of the. defendant and counsel
for both sides, he would give them the
desired information.
Senltor Kenney, who is stopping at
pthe Hotel Wilmington, came to the
BBHeral Building in company with Levi
Bird alid Mr. Kennev's private secre
Mtry, Adjutant-General Garrett J. Hart.
Htr. Biggs was the next to appear, while
|Pie district attorney waB the last to ar-!
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jury disagi
s. " They Ii
ive.
The defendant, with counsel and Mr.
Vandegrift, took the seats occupied by
each respectively during the long trial'.
Judge Bradford was already on the
bench when the bailiff appeared at the
head of a long line of sleepy looking
men—the jurors—who in Indian file
silently entered the room and mounted
jury box.
United States Commissioner 8. Rod
Rxnond Smith called the names of jurors
g|^tt|,35 o'clock as follows:
fiEil in Callaway, of Little Creek
\-^Htred, Sussex county, foreman;
!S|aWrge Reynolds, Cedar Creek: Richard
Pilling, Mill Creek; Andrew T.
■Mfniomas, Cedar Creek; William G.Bryan,
^■Wilmington; David Rees, Kenton; James
Price, Wilmington; James Hossinger,
White Clay Creek; Frank R. Carswell,
Wilmington; Samuel H. Baynard, Wil
mington; Samuel E. Matthews, Gum
boro; William J. Cannon, Seafard.
Judge Bradford addressing the jury
said that he bad received a communica
tion from the members of that body ask
ing to what extent the views of the ma
jority of the jury could be used in aiding
the minority in arriving at a verdict.
The communication also asked if the
Court had any instructions for the jury.
Judge Bradford said, "Gentlemen, if
any juror, who, after consultation with
his fellow-jurors has reached a fixed con
elution and that is a fixed conclusion
from which he will not change, then that
juror would violate his oath in chang
ing." Judge Bradford said he thought
he had made these instructions clear in
bis charge. j.
"Your verdict should be uniform, it
represent the opinion
[member of your body, after an intelli
rgertt and conscientious comparison and
Consideration in the jury'room of the
(views of the individual jurors. Your in
vestigation of the evidence should be
■narked with due deliberation and your
minds should remain open to conviction
by arguments which commend them
Ives to your judgment. The very ob
ject of the jury system is to secure un
Imity through comparison of the views
$ld-tlwougti.argument among the jurors
Vnemselves.
"If a large majority of the jurors after
deliberation in the jury room, differ in
their conclusion with the minority, it is
jroper for those composing such minor
ty, in view of the fact of such differ
ence, to review the grounds of their own
conclusions in order that, if possible, un
animity may be reached in accordance
with the principles of law heretofore
laid down. But no juror should ac
? [uisce against his individual judgment
n the conclusions reached by other
jurors, whether constituting a majority
or a minority of your whole body. For
your verdict must represent the real
opinion and judgment of each member
of the jury.
"With respect to your request for in
structions I have to sav that if you or
any one of you desire further instruc
tions on the law in the case, make such
known to the Court and the Court will
send it to you. Or if you or any one of
rou desire the charge re-read, make it
mown and the Court will re-read it."
The jury did not wish any instructions
n law or did not desire that the eharge
/Should be re-read.
Juror Price, who is secretary, of the
Jary, addressing the Const, said. "May it
>lea*> your honor, if an exprasnou from
of each
should
the jury is proper at this time, I would
say that there is one man—"
Judge Bradford interrupted Mr. Price,
stating that an expression from the jury
of that character was not proper at this
time.
Juror Samuel H. Barnard'stepped for
ward and said: "What the secretary
wanted to say, I think, was that it is
utterly impossible for the jury to agree
and we ask to be discharged. 8ome
of the jury have now been kept from
their business for two weeks and in view
of tiie absolute certainty that we will not
agree we ask to be discharged."
"We don't want to be discharged,"
spoke up Juror Frank R. Carswell, "I
think this jury can be made to agree."
The Court told the jury that it was an
unheard of thing to discharge a Federal
jury at this Btate of the proceedings.
That the deliberations iiad not yet i ceil
of such length ns to warrants discharge.
Hence the jury should retire again and
continue their deliberations.
As the jury filed out of the court
several of them complained to the Court
that the sleeping arrangements should
be better. The Court expressed regret
that cots had not been furnished the
gentlemen the night previous and as
sured them that cots would be on hand
for their convenience last night. An
effort to get the beds Friday night had
failed.
Judge Bradford came back to the
Federal Building after supper last nighi
and remained there until 10 o'clock, at
which time he bade the Bentinel-like
bailiff and Deputy-Marshal Clark good
night and went home. The Judge will
be at the Federal Building today to re
ceive any communication from the jury.
At 10.30 o'clock last night the jurors
were allowed out in the corridor to
stretch their weary limbs before retiring.
At 11 o'clock, the cots having been ar
ranged in the corridor of the second floor
the twelve men and the bailiff went to
bed.
The result of the ballots already taken
has been ciiculated in rumors to all
effects. The first report had it that the
vote stood 8 to 4 for acquittal. Then
during the afternoon 10 to 2 in favor of
conviction was the popular report.
After the jury came in and had again
retired the impression prevailed among
those in the court room that the jury
stood 11 to 1 favoring a verdict of guilty
and it was said that Frank R. Carswell
was the lone man who held out for a
verdict of acquittal.
Such is the status of the Kenney case
this morning. The jury unable to agree
and the fate of United States Senator
Richard R. Kenney, charged with aid
ing and abetting and conspiring with
William N. Boggs to defraud the First
National Bank of Dover, remains in the
balance.
GOINCTWSOUTH AMERICA.
The Gunboat Wilmington Selected to
Develop Trade Where a Vessel
Has Seldom Appeared.
Word was received here last night that
the War Department at Washington has
selected the gunboat Wilmington to
make a cruise for the purpose of showing
the American flag in the extreme interior
of the South American continent, visit
ing localities where seldom if ever any
warship lias keen seen.
As soon as tiie repairs on the vessel are
completed ai Norfolk she will start on
her mission of peaceful commercial ex
tension, from which results of the high
est benefit are looked for, not only to the
United States, but to the undeveloped
and extremely rich regions where she
will call. The Wilmington draws only
nine feet of water and was especially de
signed for the service for which she iB
now designated.
She will first ascend the Orinoco to the
limits of navigation, afterwards proceed
ing several thousand miles up the
Amazon and its principal tributaries,
and finally she will explore the Parana
system debouching into tiie Rio de la
Plata. The work already mapped out
for the ship will consume several years
and if expectations are realized it is
probable that she will remain perman
ently on the South American Station and
continue constantly on river duty.
Wilmington'B namesake will no doubt
give as good account of herself on this
mission as she did in battle during the
recent war.
Changeof Bells.
Two taps will soon be the signal that a
fire is extinguished.
Chief Engineer Sasse and Assistants
Joyce qnd Purcell ol the Fire Depart
ment have decided to substitute for alarm
box No. 2, at Twentieth and Market
streets, No. 143. The single tap will be
sounded as heretofore and the two taps
to follow will indicate to the firemen that
they can with safety put away their ap
paratus and horses.'The change will not
be made until some mechanism arrives
for the box.
Mrs. Bayard's Present.
The reading room of Old Swedes
Church, in the parish house has been
presented with several dozen views and
a stereoscope, some beeutiful pictures
and a list of popular monthly ana week
ly magazines oy Mrs. Thomas F. Bayard.
Mrs. Bkyard and Mrs. Hilles have' con
tributed sums of money to be used in
decorating the church and the tree for
the children of the Sunday school. The
last will be remembered also with Christ
mas cards.
Leave Monday.
For a number of vears Joseph R.
Whitney of No. 802 Washington street,
has been chief clerk of the general
W. & N. Railroad.
He has been appointed general freig
and passenger agent of the Lehigh & Nt
England Railroad, with headquarters at
Pen Argyl, Pa., and will
day for his new office.
Finger Lacerated.
While handling iron at the MoCul
lough Iron Worie yesterday morning,
Jamee F. Haws, of No. 809 East Seventh
street had one of the finger* of hie right
hand badly laoarated.
ht
ew
leave on Mon
Wanted in Philadelphia for Com
mitting Over Twenty Bur
glaries Quite Recently.
ARRESTED ON MARKET STREET
State Detective Wltsil and Officer Mc
Bride Take Two Noted Thieves,
Duvld Cunningham, Alias
"Ducky," aud James Mc
Craig Into Custody.
Through the efforts of State Detective
Walter Witsil and Officer McBride, David
Cunningham, alias "Bucky," and James
McCraig, alias "l'eggy," two noted Dela
ware crooks, had about twenty burg
laries, committed in Philadelphia, fas
tened on them last night.
The men were arrested on Market
street yesterday"afternoon and landed in
the City Hall a few minutes later.
The Philadelphia detectives have been
on their track for some time, but could
not locate the men until yesterday, at
which time they were found to be in
Wilmington, and Chief of Police Dolan
was notified to be on the lookout for
them.
Detective Witsil and Officer McBride
were not long in laying hands upon the
men.
"Bucky" Cunningham has an excep
tionally bad record having spent the
earlier days of his life in the Ferris In
dustrial School.
Since then he has seved many terms
for larceny. About two years ago he
sawed his way out of a cell in the City
Hall this city and escaped.
He was being held at that time for
Chester authorities and was not cap
tured again for several months and
would not have been so easly caught
then but for his woman who was known
as "Snuffy Mag".
Last evening Detectives Dennis Butler
an d R. J. McKenty of Philadelphia, ar-»
rived in this city and escorted the two
young men to the Quaker City.
Cunningnara was only released from
the Eastern Penitentiary on August 2,
after serving a three years' sentence for
larceny.
Among the houses robbed by the men
are No. 1632 Reed street, house at Twen
tieth and Dickinson streets and house
No. 1432 South Seventeenth street.
The last job that they wgre on was
performed on December 9, arid among
the painder they stole were two watches
and a chain with a Masonic mark and
some clothing.
They even robbed a couple of new
houses of all gas fixtures and electric ap
pliances. ,
During the Philadelphia detectives'
investigations much of the stolen goods
was located, and the purchasers were ar
rested at once and gave the officers
valuable information as to the perpetra
tors of the crime.
The men were taken from the City
Hall in this city last night to the French
street P., W. & B. station in the patrol
wagon, accompanied by Detectives But
ler and McKenty. >
The men went without the formality
of requisition papers, as they were not
at all anxious to be tried for stealing in
Delaware where the whipping post is
conspicuous and useful.
Tiie men are old offenders and have
been in many Pennsylvania robberies.
They have served time in Media jail.
When "Bucky" sawed his way out of
the City Hall about two years ago, it
was found out that his woman, "Snuffy
Mag" had furnished him with a
which he left behind when he vacated.
He is a daring fellow and hung around
the outskirts of the city for many weeks
after his escape, and gave the police
several good long chases after him.
The two Philadelphia detectives who
came for the two men last night have
been on the case since it was first report
ed to the police.
Cunningham lias been arrested many
times but never under the same name.
The last terra he served was under the
name of James Clark.
so
saw
AN ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING.
Trustees of the Delaware Hospital
/ Discussing the Advisability of
Erecting an Annex.
The matter of alterations is now oc
cupying the attention of the trustees of
Delaware Hospital. At a recent meeting
they appointed a committee to consider
the matter.
Their report is to comprise their best
judgment as to whether it would be feas
ible to make temporary additions or pre
ferable to block out a plan for the future
development of the hoBpitel on perma
nent lines. The movement may result
in the erection of an entirely new hos
pital building and the changing of the
present structure from a hospital to an
administration building.
The committee, as named by
trustees, includes Tilghman Johnson,
E resident of the hospital corporation;
lenry C. Jones, Holstein Harvev, Mrs.
Ferdinand L. Gilpin, Mrs. Charles G.
Rumford and Mrs. William Hall Porter.
They have called in the services of E. J.
Dallett, of Baker & Dallett, architects, to
assist in their task. Primarily the ques
tion for them is to decide upon the use
of the *2,500 realized from the Temple of
Fame. This was intended for increas
ing the accommodations for the training
school for nurses, the building being
over-crowded. Should a plan for a new
hospital be adopted, that would permit
the use of the present structure for ad
ministration ana training school pur
poses.
the
Will Nominate Officers.
A meeting of the members of the
Bayard Legion will be held tomorrow
evening and offioera nominated for the
ensuing year. The election will be held
the following Monday night.
VICTIMS BY THE SCORE.
Grip Again Playing Havoc Amongst
a Large Number of the Resi
dents of This City.
he T o h . e she 8 ha°s r elca^d u!e° grip isVrtm
nate and rather a rare individual, for
there is no doubt that the grip is very
much in evidence in this city. The mal
ady is in epidemic form, and its victims
are found in all sections of Wilmington.
In support of this statement is the uni
versal testimony of the druggists that
sales of quinine, ipecac, glycerine, calo
inel, and other medicines used to check
the disease have been larger than for
manv vears K
Physicians are almost unanimous in
the opinion that grip is contagious, and
thev base this conclusion on the fact
that whenever the disease makes its
entrance into a household it rarely leaves
before two or more members of the
family are included in the list of vie
thus.
It is, therefore, important that persons
B h ffe m ng h fr ° 1U a ". a , tta f ck of , the g , rip
should be separated from the other
merabers of the family, and particularly
should this precaution be observed
where children are likelv in come in
contact with the Datient 1
The men of the medical fraternitv have
observed one particularity about the
cases which have recently demanded
their attention, and that is, that persons
who enjoy good health are just aVliable
to succumb to the malady as are those
whose condition is far below the
normal.
Thus far the disease has been of a light
type, and the complications which have
been noticed in previous vears, involv
ing pneumonia and catarrhal affections,
are said to be rare. It is asserted, how
T r ';l ba V he prompt *? ieea °! a<
physician are necessary whenever the
m°. mS d '? eas °. a PPe ar , an( i
suit hi serious trouble i " nCtk>n " ay r6 '
suit in serious trouble.
A large number of well-known young
ladies of this city took part in the mas
querade party given December 15 at the
residence of J. Logue, No. 112 West
Twenty-ninth street. Games of all kinds
were in progress until 11 o'clock, when
refreshments were served. Miss Bertie
Dickerson and A. Kelley were the suc
cessful couple of the many partaking in
the cakewalk. Miss Rose Foley was in
excellent humor, and moBt of the amuse
rnent can be credited to her. Music was
furnished by friends, assisted by Miss K.
W. Farrell. Among some of the guests
present were:
Mr. and Mrs. John.Logue, Sri,
and Mrs. John Logue, Jr., Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Kelly, Miss S. Dickerson, Miss
J. Lvnn, Miss Ida Thompson, Miss B.
Dickerson, Miss K. W. Farrell, A.Kelly,
P. Aaron, P. G. Pranold, Frank Sicrest,
H. Underwood, Charles Carlisle, Ed
) ward Kelly and a number of others.
The party adjourned at a late hour
| and left in a body,
Masquerade Party.
Verdict Favored Plaintiff.
In the Cecil Circuit Court at Elkton
on Friday the jury in the case of Arthur
Atwell and wife, of Newark, Del., vs.
the receivers of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, which has been on trial for
several days, rendered a verdict for the
plaintiffs for *1,850. The suit was for
damages for injuries alleged to be re
ceived by Mr. Atwell, who was caught
in the gates which separate the north
and south bound tracks at Newark Sta
tion, the gates being worked from the
depot. Mrs. Atwell was, according to
the testimony of her physician, injured
and her health impaired.
Two Accidents.
A team owned by William Frederick,
of Marahallton, ran away from Lancaster
avenue and Union street yesterday morn
ing and the wagon colliding with a tele
Lancaster avenue aud
was completely demol
phone pole at
Searles stieet,
ished.
While Alexander Baxter was driving a
heavily loaded farm vragon in Delaware
avenue, yesterdav, the right front wheel
broke down. The wagon, after being
unloaded, was removed to a wheel
wright shop.
Ordination Services.
At St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, on
Friday, Bishop Cnrtis officiating, Frater
Alphonsus, of the Capuchin Order, of
Wilmington, was raised to the diaconate;
and in the Cathedral, today, Frater
Alphonsus and John Smith, the latter
a Jesuit and also of Wilmington, were
ordained priests. Todav, James J. Mc
Kenna and Peter J. lirennan, of Wil
mington, were given the order of ton
sure.
Ready for Mustering Out.
All is ready at the armory for the final
proceedings in discharging the Third
Battalion from the service tomorrow.
Major Houston is to arrive about 12.30
and begin paying off the men at 1.30
o'clock. The mustering out board will
probably be occupied a week with clear
ing up their business.
Orphans' Court Sales.
Two sales of realty were made at the
Court House yesterday morning by order
of the Orphans' Court. The Sarah A.
Reynolds property was Bold by James E.
Bradford, administrator, to John K.
Bradford, for *1,725. For *5,950 Wil
lard Saulsbury, Jr., purchased the prop
erty of the late Leah J. Bird.
Inquest on du Pont Victims.
Some time this week Deputy Coroner
James T. Chandler will probably hold
inquests on the deaths of Robert Mcll
henny, John Wright, John Moore,
Thomas McCann and Samuel Stewart,
the victims of the du Pont explosion.
Register of Wills Crossan has granted
letters testamentary on the estate of
Catharine W. Howell, late of Pencader
hundred, to Mary H. Scott, of Buffalo,
N. V.
lion aB(1 Terrorized the
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ARRESTED AND BROUGHT H^RE
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Given a Hearing Before Magistrate
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Daley—Two Released on Payment
of Costs and Remainder of
the Quartette Sent to
New Castle.
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*, i ntp hour wenicr/lnv
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Detective Jones, of the P., W. & B. rail
re <" el f d a dispatch fromC aymont
about tiftake the^ffion and°to comTat
*? ,' 0 tofflw r s and canture
a ?° sse ot ° mcers and ca P ture
miscreants.
It was also reported that Station-master
Baldwin's son had been held up by the
lnen ' aild tl,at lbe 8tat ' on was in the
Possession of the men and they were
ferorrizing the whole community and
'T? 1 ? 8 . 1 *' ° ve J the ra,lroad employes in
a W ' iand ® d " anner - . . , „ ,
Assisted by Officer Michael Maloney
and s P ecial offlcer s Gordy and Truman,
Detective Jones swooped down on the
a i d captured^ John Zimmerman,
Albert Krause, Charles Slofer and I red
er ™C Martln ' . , , , .
. wera a hard looking lot and
bad >" 8 ' r . eturned from •"■»!» work , at
a< B^Zy wera hiToxTcated andTrHto
e-v-L*? cat d d trled to
i They were given a hearing last night
' beforeVagistrate Daley who 8 fined them
$5 an d costs amounting in all to *10.26
each.
Harry Baldwin, who was acting as
station master at Claymont in place of
his father, who was away on business,
testified that the men acted in a dis
orderly manner all the afternoon despite
his expostulations and he was forced to
send for Detective Jones.
One of the men went so far as to par
two said they preferred going to New
Castle jail and serve their three
months and save the amount of fine and
—*•»>**"»+jijiflgtcj
Mr.lcosta.
It was at first thought that the men
had been implicated in the hold-up and
robbery at Chester, Pa., earlier in
tiie day, but this theory was soon ex
ploded.
DIVORCES NOT GRANTED.
Several Who Would be Free Again
Still Remain Firmly Bound bjr
Nuptial Knot.
Considerable time was consumed yes
terday by the Superior Court in consid
ering divorce cases.
The cases of Wigglesworth vs. Wigeles
worth, Bacon vs. Bacon and Smith' vs.
Smith were laid over until Monday.
Decrees of divorce were handed down to
day in the cases of Emily J. Miller vs.
Edward P. Miller, Florence N. H. Fisher
vs. Samuel G. Fisher, and Lena Callahan
vs, John K. Callahan.
The Court refused to grant divorces in
the cases of Mabeile L. Caulk vs. Fletch
er Caulk and Bessie M. Hickman vs.
Harvey P. Hickman.
Upon the application of Charles W.
Smith, Francis M. Walker was appoint
ed commissioner to take testimony in
the divorce case of Margaret J. Benson
vs. John H. Benson, Jr.
General leave to amend was obtained
by the plaintiffs in the damage cases of
McBride am} Bradley vs. the P., W. &
B. railroad and Wilcox, administrator,
. the Wilmington City Railway Co. In
the case of William L. Wilson vs. Joseph
M. Price, W. T. Lynam for the pur
chaser secured a rule for a writ of posses
sion returnable next Friday.
Adjournment was taken until Monday.
On Friday, the 23rd, an adjournment
will be taken until January 3, the 10
days' vacation under the rules, allowing
cases to go to judgment. '
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Temperance Meetings.
A series of meetings will be held in
the cause of temperance by the W. C. T.
U., of this city.
Meetings will be held for twelve con
secutive nights, and the assistance of
Dr. N. W. Tracy, of Kentucky, will be a
feature of the occasion. Dr. Tracy il
lustrates his talks by means of a criterio
scope, and some wonderful views are
shown The women of the Temperance
Union are busily engaged in preparing
for the meetings. Mrs. James Vanars
dalen is president of the organization.
Dredging Work.
The work of dredging the Christiana
river will be commenced tomorrow.
It has been decided to widen the river
fifty feet.
This addition of
fifty feet to the width
of the river will be found to be very
valuable. J. J. Fitzpatrick, who is re
moving the rock, has experienced some
little trouble on account of the ice, hav
ing to break his way through in going
to and from his barge on which his ma
chinery is.
A
of
the
When Mustered Out.
On being mustered out of the Delaware
Regiment Lee Hearn will resume his po
sition with Robert Kenyon, tobacconist.
Mr. Hearn is anxious to shake the blue,
for he says that he has had enough of
soldiering.
The bank clearin
ing yesterday were
corresponding period last year being
for the week end
13,340, those for the
ROUND ABOUT TOWN
Charles H. Scott is indisposed.
J. Wilken Strahorn has the grip.
T. Howard Lewis, of Albany, is in
'Zs Ida Rommel is spending a week
with relatives in Baltimore,
The Association of Orthodox Friends
is preparing to hold a series of meetings.
_Mrs. Warden Rambo, of North East,
Md., is spending a few days with rela
lives in this city.
Miss Mabel Parvis was the guest this
week of her Bister, Mrs. Hugh C. Browne,
nn Madison street
. „ . ,
James L. DeVou, who is suffering from
the effects of a stroke of paralysis, is
somewnat Detter.
J- E. Barmtz, of the Carlisle, (Pa.)
bar, is in town, the guest of ex-City So
licitor William T. Lvnam.
A roll-call of members and Christmas
, n offering will be held at Delaware Ave
rail- nue Baptist Church on Wednesday even
in „
Mrs - Martha J ' Palmer - of No - 929
Keed street, was buried at West Nottin g
ture ham Cemeterv, Cecil countv, Md., yes
terdav
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the Miss Margaret Johnston who is a Btu
the | I'orter a school, at Farming
ton is expected home next week for the
and holidays.
in A branch road to Ureenbank and Mar
shallton will shortly be built by the Wi -
mington and Brandywine Springs Rail
way Company.
the Miss Harrison, of Lexington, Va., who
has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
red- James H. Hoffecker, on Gilpin avenue,
has returned home,
and Mary, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Felix
at Gildea, of No. 7 South Harrison street, a
victim of diphtheia, was buried privately
to yesterday afternoon.
Webster Carter and Elwood Davis,
who attend the Western Maryland Col
lege, are spending the holidays with their
parents in this citv.
as Twelve-year-old Annie Marshall was
of taken home from school on Thursday,
suffering with heart trouble. Dr. Patter
dis- eon is attending her.
Miss Sarah Bancroft read an interest
to ing paper on "Oar Opportunities" at the
monthly meeting of the Young Friends'
Association on Friday night.
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lhe thirty-sixth anniversary of the
proclamation of emancipation will be
celebrated by the colored people of Wil
—*•»>**"»+jijiflgtcj on Monday, January 2, 1899.
Misses Martha and Elizabeth McCaul
ley who are at Wellesley College, of
Wellesley, Miss., are visiting their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel McCaul
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ley.
New brakes have bien put on three
of the cars of the Wilmington City
Railway Company, and all cars will be
similarly equipped as soon as practi
cable.
Quite a number of Wilmingtonians at
tended a tea given by Mr. and Mrs.
George V. Massey at their residence
at Pelham, Germantown, on Friday
evening.
D. F. Troy, of this city, was elected to
the advisory committee of the Pennsyl
vania railroad to represent the Maryland
division. He received 2,460 of the 3,268
votes cast.
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A quiet wedding took place on Friday
at the parsonage of St. Paul's M. E.
Church; when Miss Cora L. Humes and
Charles N. Lloyd were married by
Dr. W. L. S. Murray.
Arthur, infant son of William and
Elizabeth Stewart, of No. 104 East Four
teenth street, who died on Wednesday,
was buried at Riverview Cemetery at 2
o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Rev. Father Budds, the noted orator
and missionary of South Carolina, will
preach in St. Paul's R. C. Church,
Fourth and Jackson streets, this evening
at the vesper service on "Faith."
Mrs. Mary A. Burroughs, mother of
George Burrougns, train dispatcher of
the r., W. & B. railroad, in this city,
died of erysipelas at her home near
Chase, Baltimore county, Md., Thurs
day.
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Next week tenants aud landlords will
give the usual notices in reference to va
cating houses on March 25, and it is .ex
pected by real estate men that there will
be a good demand next year fer medium
sized houses.
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Announcement has been mad ; of the
engagement of Miss Helen Miller,
daughter of Mrs. S. F. Miller and grand
daughter of the late William Slemmer,
of Norristown, Pa., and Dr. William C.
Pierce, of this city.
Hugh A. Garland, a son of Spottswood
Garland, and one of the bright young
men in this city, has filed with Pro
thonotary Woolley hie certificate admit
ting him as a student-at-law. He will
read under Senator Gray,
Colonel Andrew C. Gray, judgo advo
cate general of the National Guard of
Delaware, and one of tiie promising
young lawyers at the local bar, is con
fined to the house by sickness, Dr.
James A. Draper being in attendance.
Rev. J. Y. Dobbins, D. D., of Brook
lyn, came to Wilmington on Friday to
baptize the little daughter of Dr. Eg
mont T. Negendank, and in the evening
attending prayer meeting at Grace
Church, of which he was formerly pas
tur.
It is expected that John J. Cornell, of
Baltimore, will attend at Friends' meet
ing, at Fourth and West streets, at II
o'clock this morning and also a meeting
which has been appointed at his re
quest, at the same place at 7.30 p. in.
A cordial invitation to attend is ex
tended.
Marshal and Mrs. John Cannon Short
have sent out invitations to the marriage
of their daughter, Miss Lillie
Short, to William L. Mcllvaine. The
ceremony will take place at the home of
the bride's parents. No. 13 East Four
teenth street, on Diesday evening, De
cember 87, at 8 o'clock;
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