Daily Republican., 1885-02-26
FOURTH EDITION,
Trustees Of the Poor.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Trustees OF the poor was held on We'd
nesday. William II. Mooney, John M.
Solomon and T. l.. j. Baldwin, new
members OF the Board, appeared and
were sworn in. Superintendent Guth-
RE presented the following report !;
Total number of inma tes at the aims
house, pa white men. 1o4 white
women, SO; white children, 8 colored
men, II; colored women, lS colored
children, 8; insane white men. % in.
sane white women, 80; insane colored
men, Q iniane colored women, .. In
crease over the same period oflast year,
80, being greater number than ever
before. Tie following deaths were
reported January 80, Thomas Work
man, aged AZ years, Mill Creek Hum
dred February o, colored child, Coop
or, aged three months, APPOINTMENTS
Hundred February IL, Nicholas
Chouneir, aged ~ .Christiana Hundred;
February "a Samuel Vaheil, aged S5,
Wilmington Hundred.
The contract for furnishing 200 bed
steads and % springs for the new
Icounty Hospital was awarded Crook &
J Megratten fpr 81 38 for bedsteads and
81 40 for springs, they being the lowest
bidders.
+, n. Budk and Jason Davis ap.
peared befor, the Board and asked the
IN tiuence OF ,he Board with the Legisla
ture asking pr the passage Of an act 10
make the Site road from Wilmington
past Hare'i Corner a county road.
! Strong arguments were presented in
favor of mixing it county road
amongst wbch was the fact that, after
raising 81, 5Oi for repairs of roads and
after giving 900 OF that amount tt
the city of New Castle, and $500 bein 5
allowed tor Errors, there was not sui
ticieut left tokeep the road and other
i that needed sepairs in order. 1t wal
also representa- that the road would
: be used extep,ively by the county il
reaching the u-w almshouse. The mem
y, bors OF the Hard were requested u
4 sign the petitbn to the Legislature il
= favor of the tIlnsier, and also TO address
e letter to theLevy Court IN favor of IL
II The requeS was discussed by tn
e mem bers, wh.n on motion of Mr.. Hos
!. singer, the Bard declined to sign tn
y petition, behaving that the citizen
re should ask TIN Legislature :or more au
Z thoTity in the matter.
Mr.. Jemisot, from the farm com
tee, reported Tat he had secured ID. 4
Haines to sup'rintend the almshous
1t farm, and tina James Morrison ha'
i been employed ii the ice house.
st was agreed, uIsn the suggestion of MI
lie Cooch, that allpurchas.s for the ,farr
/ should be paddy orders on the Count
l. Treasurer.
IL The Levy Cont came in during tn
10 session of the Bard and we're provide
y with seats. The meeting had bee
u called TO consul in regard to the pr
At sition TO traItfer tie Insane depar
T. ment of the pes county buildings
the State for thu purpose of making IL
State Institutidi. A conference toe
place between he two bodies, whio
u, resulted in the appointment of a joil
=, committee 10 lay tue matter before u
State Legislature Tue following gent
men compose It'd committee For ii
~ Levy Court, + imond Hartman, 5
~ ShallcIoss, j S Tay!o j. T. Cheat
-" and j. II Mach-y.
For the Trustees, y. william
j. W. Cooch, Hilton Lackey. A.
Hossinger and T l.. J. Baldwin.
I've The Board thea adjourned.