17 Jun 1881
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Newspaper
Wilmington Daily Gazette
Location
Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1881
Page
1
The Bush Crown ship arrival with 300 cab and steerage passengers is reported alongside horse racing coverage. Lenavis achieves a victorious career, with Derby and Ascot mentions. Calls for renewed incentives to boost domestic performance in horse racing abroad.
The First Presbyterian Ubaureh Sub pay School took a morning trip to Cape May aboard the steamer Thomas Clyde, with about five hundred on board despite rain. Tomorrow Friends First Day School will excursion to ML Cuba, and next week Friends Social Lyceum will visit another location. The Swedenborgian Sunday School enjoyed a trip yesterday. A mare awaiting owner is at Delaware House in Halles. return it to the Chief of Police after proving ownership and paying expenses. A baby born aboard the West eamer Germanic and named Mary Germavnca Vanderbilt Phillips has arrived in Youngstown, Ohio with its mother. Vanderbilt reportedly won a $25 bet by displaying the baby to cabin passengers, then gave $50 to the mother and helped raise a $300 purse for her care in New York Hospital.
Corrected timetable lists Wilmington departures and arrivals with routes to Philadelphia Delenla and beyond. It notes train numbers, times such as 7.30 p.m and 6.84, and mentions connections via Broad Street Depot and Wilmington lines.
The regular meeting saw the Water Committee back the Patrick Haughey petition for a water line extension on Delaware Avenue. The Street Committee favored a sewer contract at Third and Adams streets and an ordinance to raise patrolmen from 22 to 81 across eight districts passed on third reading. Budget figures for water, street, and payroll costs were reported, with notices of school-boarding petitions and plans for new grades on Oak and Harrison Streets.
A large party from Fourth Street joined an excursion to Woodlawn Beach aboard the Crown Was. The ship left at 7:00 and returned before 4:00 PM with music from Rid band of Reading and a beach crowd including a Centerville, Md group. Police issued fines for threats and disturbances while city transit car accidents prompted repairs. The British Down channel news noted depth limits and planned widening. A One Price Clothhouse sale on June 18 offers special deals and gifts. Mayor Allmond enforces discharge of firearms ordinance before the Fourth.
A decomposed body was discovered in a Philadelphia residence on Oxford Street. The deceased, supposed to be Max Markhouse, appeared to have self-inflicted a throat wound with a razor. blood pools and gore marked the scene. The room showed signs of a struggle and the coroner may be called to determine cause.
Public notices list Sheriff Clark selling Wittlam Fields and others at the city hall on Saturday at 2 pm, including properties on Seventh and Second streets and near Newark depot. An accident at Fort Lee injures several youths, with one death, and local ads promote medicines and clothing.
The note praises Miller’s Good chew for relief of sore mouths and recommends it as the sole tobacco to request at a drug store. It asserts Bob’s favor toward the product and mentions a small price and availability details.
A farm laborer Thomas H Applegate was arrested on a charge of abducting Sarah Mount after a night ride with a woman. The mother claims the daughter is missing while Applegate says they were with Miss Mount near Morford Woods and Shrewsbury River to view the lunar eclipse. He was released as the defense contends the girl is not missing and hidden by her mother to force marriage.
The report outlines a dispute over drainage work amid alleged illegal pipe installation. It notes a waterway accident near a depot and references multiple individuals, locations, and authorities as investigations consider action.
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