Evening journal., 1889-10-16
ElRe Al NEW CASTLE.
The Impressive Obseauies Over Mrs.
William T.. Patterson.

The impressive ODsequies over MIS-
william r. Patterson.
Special correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE. Del, Oct Icy Yesterday
evening. lust as the second act in Fan
chon, the Cricket" had been in progress
about fif cen minutes. It was suddenly
interrupted by persons leaving the Opera
House ia an excited manner. lnvestiga-
tion as to the cause Of the excitement
showed that the Riverside Rolling Mill
was on fire. The bell on the Presbyterian
Chapel at DobbinsYille rang out the
alarm. and Immediately the fire company
responded with one of their engines and
the hose carriage But when they ar
rived at the works it was found that the
fire had been gotten under control by
means of the large pumps in the mill,
and SO the services of the company were
dispensed with Only small portion Of
the roof was injured and it will not inter
fere with the works at all oday The
loss is Of hardly any consequence.
The funeral Of Mrs William p Patter
son took place yesterday afternoon from
her late residence at the Manse on Water
street at 2 o'clock. Before the services
commenced, the little daughter for
whose life the mothers was sacrificed
was baptized by the Rev. DIR. Robert
Patterson of Philadelphia. The father
held the infant over the breast Of its
mother while the benediction of the holy
baptism was pronounced. Mrs. Patter.
son was robed In a white satin shroud
and lay In her casket as though she had
but Just fallen asleep as indeed she
had. At her feet was an anchor and In
her crossed hands were rose buds. Her
dark hair was parted from her brow,
showing all its perfection. AS the con-
gregation and friends Of the pastor
passed the corpse subdaed sobs could be
heard, showing how greatly and uniyer-
sally beloved was this noble woman
After all had seen her DR.. Patterson be
gan reading the funeral service. AS sooI
as he began there were death-liSe
stiffness, which was only broken from
time TO time by sobs OF those assembled
When he had concluded he
introduced Rev. Mr.. Terry, formerly
preacher in the NJ Il. church This gen
tleman spoke in a beautiful manner
eulogizing the departed Then DR.. Ster
ritt of Philadelphia. offered PRAYER. In
his prayer, he invoked the Divine bless
ing on the members of her bible. class
They being present in body, such a
mournful wall broke the stiffness of the
place that the Doctor nearly broke down
in sympathy. Rev p. b. Lightner then
pronounced the Benediction. After the
relatives had taken their last view Of the
remains and were about to turn away,
Mrs Beck, Mrs. Patterson's mother
tainted and was with difficulty resusci-
tated As she went down stairs she was
supported by her two sons. All along
the route of the funeral procession stores
were closed, and houses were draped out
of respect to her memory AT the grave
yard, Dr. Patterson concluded the service
and then the members of the Bible class,
with sorrowful countenances, cast their
black badges into the grave They had
also a pillow made of white carnations
aud Marshal Neil buds with 'OuI
Teacher in purple immortelles There
were about thirty carriages in line, The
pall-bearers were DIR. Stewart, William
Greer, Richard Cooper, John Johns, vii.
liam Mccoy and Alexander Cooper
The non arrival of the French Man Of
\ War 'tArethuse, which was expected tC
pass up yesterday, oceasioned a great
deal Of disappointment to the many
watchers who had assembled TO see hei
pass.
The steamer Lord Give Of the Ameri
can line from Liverpool for Philadelphia
passed up yesterday at o'clock Shi
had quite a number Of immigrants
aboard
Quite large amount Of freight was
brought here by the Major Reybold yes
terday
While some young boys were playing
'shinney" yesterday some OF them began
throwing stones at passing cab. The
driver after demonstrating with them,
got down from his scat and catching
Eddie Wise, pushed him over and gave
him blow with his knee as he fell. Eds
father, Q. v. Wise, hearing Of the occur
renee, swore out a warrant for the driver,
who by the way had charge Of one Of the
funeral cabs He was told TO come to the
mayors office when the funeral was over,
but he discreetly went to Wilmington.
Three prisoners. two females and a
male, were brought over yesterday by
Officer Scott
Robert Longland was in town few
hours yesterday.
MIR Jacob Richardson Of Wilmington
spent yesterday in New Castle
"Fanchon the Cricket was admirably
performed by the Seymour -Strattor
Comedy Company last night The at
tendance was much better than on the
preceding night The boys in the pea
nut gallery" are disgrace to the city
and their ill-timed aud uncalled for ap.
plause should be suppressed.
THE OYSTER TRUST.