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DELAWARE CITY. Special Correspondence of Gazette and Journal DELAWARE CITY, Feb. 11.-Mrs. Julia Brewer has purchased the 60x100 feet of ground corner of Clinton and Harvey streets from Patrick Henry Lodge, No. 11, L O. O.F., and will erect a fine residence on it. Two herring, the first of the season, have been caught here at the Chesapeake & Delaware lock by a seine net. The ruins of the late fire are rapidly being cleared away. Philip Borger will commence to build as soon as the weather settles. The cannery lately run by William E. Cleaver Bett which was closed last year on account of his failure, will be started up again this season by a Philadelphia company. Mr. Horner, who bad charge of this factory some years ago for William G. Knowles of Philadelphia. will superintend the cannery. A Mr. Pancoast will enter into partnership with William Beck and start a cannery here. Mr. Beck will consolidate his mince meat business with that of canning. DELAWARE CITY, Feb. 12.-Thelittledaughter of Ellwood Cornellus was badly scalded yesterday, by its mother knocking a kettle of hot water off the stove. It is doing as well as can be expected. The supposed panther which has been terrifying the farmers and colored people in the vicinity of Red Lion, met its death on Wednesday night by being run over by the Delaware City accommodation train due here at 7.15 p. m. The animal proved to be the wild cat. DELAWARE CITY, Feb. 14.-The funeral of William D. Clark took place on Saturday morning at 10 o'clock and was largely attended. The services were conducted at Greenles by the Rev. George A. Paull of the Presbyterian church, assisted by the Rev. W. C. Alexander of Middletown. Newton sang a very solo. The priate Mrs. Virginia pall-bearers were appro- F. McIntire, E. D. Cleaver, John C. Higgins and J. T. Price. Among those present were F. A. Churchman and wife, J. 9 H. Cleaver, John H. Rodney, Esq., and 8 others. The Delaware City National 8 Bank was closed out of respect for the deceased. The body was interred in e the family vault in St. Georges cemetery a by the remains of his wife. The last 3 time the deceased was in Delaware City . was at the citizens meeting on Thursday e night, February 3d. f Word has just been received here that four barges were sunk and 12 driven 1 ashore on Friday night in Chesapeake bay g the wind which prevailed. and a The during steam tugs high Clyde General I.J. af1 Wistar left Chesapeake City on Friday 0 with a tow of 16 barges for Balof four 8 e timore, ternoon consisting light smoothly and 12 loaded ones. The tow moved along, and by night was out in the bay, when the wind commenced to blow hard from the north-west, completely covering the tugs and barges with spray. The wind increased into a regular gale and snapped e the tow lines like pipe stems, leaving the y barges to the mercy of the waves. The r tugs tried hard to get the boats together h again, but failed. The barges beat against r each other and were in danger of being t swamped, until finally 12 of them drifted e ashore and four sank. The reports are so y meagre that it cannot be learned yet if any n lives were lost. Most of the barges had families on them.
