Evening journal., 1890-10-07
The "cATcH ON" GAME.


y. Stanley PaImer's Great Tnveption-l
Rev. Joshua Brinckley Dead.
Special Correspondence EVENING JouRrAL
NEW CASTLE, Oct. THE new game |
of Catch On" which was invented by |
j., Stanley Palmer, one Of the most in |
telligent men ever incarcerated In The Jail |
here, promises to become more famous
than pigs in Clover" or any puzzle |
game that has gained world wide re-
nown. The game was invented by MIR.
Palmer about two months ago, and
patent was Immediately applied for.
Prominent New York men interested
themselves In the invention. and Louis
Schlesinger, the well-known manufacturer
of games, of No. 80 Park Row,
applied for and received the agency.
The game at once became popular and
Mr. Palmer received many fattering
offers, but declined them until the game
| Is given a fair trial In the New York
markets. 1t is very pretty piece of
work, and the best ones are made of fin
ished olive wood, with variegated satin
covered apartments. 1t consists of q
series Of twelve receptacles called
pockets, numbered from to 10 inclu-
sive; two dodecahedral or 12-faced dice,
with faces likewise numbered from l to
| 10. Each receptacle or pocket is hex
agonal, shape which allows an arrange
ment of great elegance and upon which
much of the interesting variety of the
game depends The dice are so numbered
that the sum of the numbers on any two
opposite sides is always equal to thirteen.
Conversely, the hidden side of a die may
be Immediately known by subtracting
the number of the side exposed to view
from -
Mr. Palmer stated yesterday that he
sought no notoriety or fame as the in
ventor of the game, and had taken pre-
cautionarY measures long since, that
where ever the puzzle was offered foI
sale, the name of the inventor should be
kept entirely secret The invention Is
the result of months of study aud brair
work, and Mr. Palmer Is kept busy all
day, reading and answering a large
amount of mail matter, and in making
! plans for the sale Of the game
The statement made that the inventor
is in prison for passing several forged
checks on farmers in this vicinity is en-
tirely false. He had large dealings will
more than few farmers In this neigh
J borhoood and in all of them he paid cash
and his transactions were far above re-
proach. In his dealing with Mr. Peter
, of Christiana, he had not the slightes In
tention of defrsoding him, but gave hin
; q note on 8 Western bank, when Their
was no money there to pay 1t. He ha'
9 depended solely on the action of frien'
. to satisfy the claim when 1t was due, bu
: sickness came into his family and hi
9 wife was lying at the point of deaf
3 when the note went to protest. Ia
g transaction with Mr.. Peters, though b
| l. "a frn
/, forgery.
Mrs Palmer has been in this city fo
!. several days, assisting her husband !
I his work with the new device and open
I ing negotiations Cor its final disposition
;, 1t is probable that the invention. besid
y becoming famous as toy, will be foun
y indispensable in the school room, whel
1t greatly facilitates the explanation {
p addition. MULTIPLICATION, etc I'll
: Teachers Institute" has taken hold (
= the device, and highly commends it
y every teacher.
il other News.
Of The Women's Foreign Missionary S,
IS ciety Of the NJ e Church held its reg
r. lar monthly meeting and q parlor ente
tainment at the home of Mrs. Thorn
Frazer last evening. At the close of .
business session refreshments we
served and a social hour was spent by {
gs members and their friends.
The funeral of Rev Joshua Brinckle
d father of Rev. Nathan Brinckley, t
in pastor of Mt Salem NJ E. Church. W
N. held yesterday afternoon at o'clo
le from his late residence on William
n. street. Services were held at the hou
and interment was made in Ezion chur
i'll Yard. Wilmington. The funeral was 9
tn tended by many brother ministers a
is friends Mr. Brlnckley was "a years oil
re and was one of the founders Of the De-
re ware conference, of which he had alive
a been a member, and held supernumers
relations at the time of his death.
n was well known,all over the state and b
lie at one time been presiding elder.
sh George A. Smith, wife and child
" Morton, Pa, are the guests Of Postm
SIS ter j. Manlove.
ire The tug Juno was in the harbor il
IN. night awaiting orders.
ne A number of New Castle people
in attending the performances of
re Bennett Moulton Opera Company in
Academy of Music, Wilmington, {
Ith week
no A young man Of this city recen
rs borrowed $50 from the father of his
I'D. tended wife to help defray the weddi
ry, expenses, but when he proposed to
nd girl she said "No" The $50 was !
paid back.