Evening journal., 1890-05-13
Ngw cAsrLg BASE sALL cLue.
All the Players Signed Church Festival
Sunday Debauchery.


NEW CASTLE, May, l3 This city has.
at last, a base ball club. It's name Is
1.-THE New Castle Base Ball Club, and It
is ready to play ball with any club Of
resident players A meeting of the
stockholders was held last night and all
the players were signed. They are men
who bear an untarnished reputation for
good ball playing. They will be in con
stant practice for nearly two weeks begin
ming with this afternoon. before the frst
game is arranged Their uniforms viii
be ready by Monday morning, when thew
will try to shut out one of the local mines
in 'skrub" game. The management Is
particularly deslrous of arranging games
with all the down.state clubs on
the home grounds, as the New
Castle Club will travel through the state
in the months Of July and September
The first game will be with the Della.
ware College team, on next Thursday
week, on the academy grounds at
Newark on its trip down tho
state the club would like to play at Mid
dletown, Smyrna. Dever, Newark. Cam
den, Milford aud Seaford. The following
is the batting order of the team; White
lock, If. Madden, c MoCaughan, ID
Nallette, b Shearer, rf McCaferty,
CT Wiswell, 20. Lunt, p.; Langston,
p Challenger. ss. William HI. White.
lock has been chosen as temporary mana
ger OF the club, and all communications
addressed 20 aim will receive prompt
attention.
Much excitement was created about
town last night about o'clock by an
alarm being sent out that prisoners were
escaping from the county prison. A
crowd Of small boys who were playing in
the school green imagined they saw a
man on the northwest wall, lowering
another man into che green. They re-
ported that this man ran towards viii
mington, while his accomplice drew the
rope up and hid behind chimney on the
Jail roof, at the north end. The sheriff
was at once notified and a thorough
investigation was made, which developed
the fact that no prisoner was missing.
When the multitude IN the school green
heard Of this it dispersed.
There are many reports being circulated
as TO what caused the alarm to Be sent
out. Two ladies who were walking down
Market street. few minutes before the
alarm Of 'jail break was heard, said
this morning, that they heard some
body, sounding as II he was on the wall,
say In distinctly audible tone. "Let 20
your end, and you had better wait
II is the opinion Of many that the men
on the wall were pals OF some Of the
prisoners and had come there with tools
and mechanical Appliances to assist the
criminals in making a wholesale escape
after the old town had begun TO slumber.
1t is thought that these men intended Ia
get on the roof and there remain In hid
ing until their opportunity Of lowering
ropes, etc, arrived.
The congregation Of the NJ. r. Church
will open bazaar and festival In the
Opera House to night TO continue
throughout the week. The committee in
charge have spared no pains to make the
display handsome, the program interest
ing and the refreshments and novelties
that will be offered for sale Of the very
best quality. Many new features will be
introduced, which promises to attract
more than ordinary attention.
Shad were very scarce yesterday after
noon and evening aud were ia great de-
mand. The traders wagons were SO mum.
erous on the Delaware street aud battery
wharves that those places were almost
impossible The fish sold for $i3 Del
hundred.
II has been reported. on good authority
that crowd Of youg men and boys from
this city assembled in the thicket OF
woods, few miles below here, on Sun
| day morning In the woods two kegs o
beer were awaiting their arrival Tn,
youths spent the day in debauchery. anC
were brought home, late at night, BY
searching party.
An amusing incident occurred on Sixth
street yesterday afternoon. A woman
household goods were sold at public sale
but after the sale was eonsummated she
refused to allow the goods to be removed
claiming that they had not brought one
half their value. Auctioneer Vining anc
Crier Downey received their money, and
with the assistance of the clerk, the
woman was persuaded TO let the goods
go.
The Iona Club went TO Wilmington il
a large hack last night and visited Mrs
William Collins, who recently moved tC
that city. The club returned home earl,
this morning after spending most en-
| joyable evening
/ The new trains which run from viii
mington to this city were well patronize,
/ yesterday. The accommodation trains
were well filled with passengers and tn,
new schedule governing them seems d
meet with tho approval of everybody.
Miss Ella Schenck, formerly Of thi
city but now Of New York, is at tn
Gilpin House.
Lieutenant Boothe and Corporal White
lock will attend the Third Pennsylvani
Regiments ball in Philadelphia tonight
Harmony Castle No 8, X. g. + electer
several new members last night. Fiv
/ took their first degree.
William H. Whitelock, the well know
musician has purchased handsome sill
yer cornet gold plated and mounted
/ from Henry Distin Of Philadelphia.
GarGeld Cann NJ . Snns nf Nntnran