Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-11-24
FIRST EDITION.
From New Castle

IMPROVEMENTS - PRGPARArIoNs AoAnsr THE
| hPANlAhDs--THE ALLEGED BCRGLAns-Do ooM-
mo EVENTS CAST SHADOW BsFoHs
Correspondence Of he Commercially
NEW CASTLE, Nov. "a.
One OF the houses built by Mr.. Dobbins has
been completed and occupied,
There ia talk OF a battery to be erected by the
government, near New tie, to protect tho
Delaware from the possible invasion Of Span
ish fleet in case Of war,
Twelve new houses have been erected in the
immediate neghbOrhOOd OF the Methodist
church, since the irst Of September last and
two more are to be built II possible before next
spring.
MIR. H. Jefferson returned home Al . O'Clock, a
happy and a married man. lie was vlsitod later
i'll the evening at his residence by the lately
ganized Orpheu5 string baud.
Mr. l.. NJ. Chase has been presented with
very large can 'as sign, by the proprietors of the
E1fry EDening
Our Town Commissioners are making every
endeaVOr to effect tie necessary imprOvem ntS
CO quent upon our growing importance. New
streets have been opened in every rection, anu
the old ones as far as possible, made better.
One OF the burglars bears a very strik ng re-
semhance to the editor Of the Aliddletown Tran.
script, 30 much 81 that We were Informed by one
who ID well acquainted with Mr. r., that he
supposed that 1t was he when he saw him, (Mc-
A gentleman from the Sodth, who s an officer
in the Cuban army, was in town, on Saturday
His cousin was one of the ,ill-fated crew OF the
Pirgtuus Gnd WAS shot by the blood-thirsy
SpanIdrjs. The gentleman spoke hopefully OF
the cause OF Cuba anu expressed the nope that
should there he n war, Delaware wodd some to
tie front IN the cause Of freedom.
1t has been iutim mlted and inde3d the supposi-
tion il not at all ltra,iOlal that there may be
attempt to rescue the "bdrBlars" now in our
all httnutiOu HuFIun y
that institution by setting fire to houses on the
outskirts of the town and ,hus giving parties
engaged in this des gn better OppOrtunit to
accomplish their object. In view Of his our
city fathers have employed guard to patrol
the limits Of tic town during the night. This
IL as 1t should be, and We are glad that we are
blessed with town guardians who understand
and appreciate the situation.
We have learned from Official" sources that
it was want of work, aud not want of money,
which caused Messrs. rasker N Co, to suspend
operations here. They still are in operation
in Philadep phla but OF course withia much re-
duced force, as they only employ now one thous-
anl hands or 80. This only bears us out in
what We have already raid concerning this firm
III a previous Issue OF the OoMaERoIAL' Work
on the now mills has not been altogether stopp-
cd though in great measure. The hrm ex.
pecta and in all probability will, resume opera
lions fully in the early spring, and then New
Castle will be as happy as 1t was during the past
nlne mOhths.
Two Of the so called bank burglars were wit
lesHes from then cell windows OF the scenes at
he whipping ON saturday. II, as Campbell says,
'' coming events east their shadows before, we
can Imagine that this must hrve been very
interesting spectacle indeed for them. 1t may
not he out OF place to state here, with all defer
ence TO the h b. correspondent, that there is
no truth whatever in that sensa ional report to
the fleet that they were in Mary land during the
election in that State. We happen to know from
the best authority that no such person as was
stated has visited the prisoners, aud hence the
story can have no foundation in fact
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