Evening journal., 1890-03-25
NEW CASTLE IS BOOMING.
A Board Of Trade Will be Formed Va igl
school Alumni-Presentatio

Special Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE, March 25-The petition
which has been circulated for tho past
month for mass meeting of citizens to
be called, to organize Board of Trade,
has about 150 signers which includes all
the business and professional men in the
city. The work of circulating the paper
has been in charge of Charles II. Clewell,
John r. Stoops and William ii Clark.
and these gentlemen expect to secure a
few more names.
On Friday evening. April 4, the
meeting win be held in the Opera
House, and will be called to order
at o'clock, In all probability, by DR..
John J. Black. Notices will be sent to
each signer in due time, so that all other
arrangements for that evening can be
broken, and each one will be enabled to
fulfill his promise. Two bands of music,
and every minister and lawyer In the
city will be invited, and are expected to
be present. Everything necessary to the
success of the meeting will be gratuit-
iously furnished. The Opera House and
printing will be donated. Three hundred
seats will be reserved for business men
and freeholders, and the management in
tends to have the arrangements complete
in every detail.
Directly sitter being called to order the
meeting will temporarily organize and
remarks only will be heard. The duties
and advantages of Board Of Trade will
be fully explained. Nominations for
membership will be heard and the mum
Der OF members constituting New Gas.
ties board will be named. The date and
method of election will also be decided
upon. The persons interested will not
only receive printed notices Of the meet
ing, but will be called upon by the man
agement and personally notified 80 that
there can be no Misunderstanding.
The object of this new organization
will bo to encourage manufacturing in
dustries to locate here, to rebuild the
city market houses and establish pub
| lie market to beautify the city, and to
promote aay other laudable mo tive, bene.
| fetal to the community or its inhabi-
tants. Should this new,body be supplied
with good, strong public spirited men, 1t
will be the biggest boom the old town
has ever experienced and the evening
will be one long TO be remembered.
Vincent j. Brennan, superintendent
and manager of the New Castle WOODEN
Mills left yesterday afternoon for Mas
sachusetts, where he has accepted po-
sition with fabric manufacturers. Mr..
Brennan, who is an estimaAle man az
we'll as a thorough superintendent, wal
greatly beloved by the employees of the
mill, and they procured handsome gold
headed cane from Philadelphia yesterday
morning, and asked James G. Knowles
the proprietor OF the mills, to present II
to Mr.. Brennan. Accordingly, the en-
gines were stopped about fifteen minutes
before the time for his departure. and
nearly 200 OF the employees assembled il
the yard. Mr.. Knowles stepped on {
platform and calling for Mr.. Brennan tC
do the same, made very pretty presenta-
tion speech, speaking of the latter In the
most glorious terms. Mr.. Brennan
gently lifted his hat and holding tn,
cane In his right hand. made beautiful
speech. He complimented, thanked anc
entertaining manner for nearly ten min
ntes. He was given three rousing cheers
and hurried to catch his train.
The public sale of the stock and farm
ing implements belonging to Ezekiel
WheatleY, tenant Of Penn farm, No, Q
/ Of the New Castle Common, took plac
i HbhhtIQA11 huA N0o A1A hSAJ AAA1AA11 -,
farmers and other people from all owe
the county. The horses brought from
400 to &f6n and the COWS from a29 +
$40. Mr.. Whsatley will occupy the fArr
or William Cam, on the river ROAD, mex
week. aud James McElwee Of Newpor
will remove to Penn farm tomorrow
The executive board OF the High Schoc
| Alumni met last evening at the residenc
| q 49, MnLonaw nd uo a. oata a
business relative to holding the annua
banquet III June next. The services of
caterer were unanimously dispensed wit
and the following committees were al
pointed: For the collection of dues, Mis-
Mary Fleming "a, and J M. Davidson
"a; banquet hall. d. n. Wilson, 50,
p Challenger 80; Miss Nellie Wis'
'S4, f. w. Hoffman. o6i en-
tertainment ]. I. Challenger, 8-
Miss Regina Mahoney, 'S2, Mis-
Nellie Wise, S4 toasts, J. NJ. Davidson
S4; j. 4. Challenger, "a and d. L
Wilson, 's5i menu, Miss Carrie Downey
honorary, Miss Kate Mahoney, honorary
and Miss Mary Fleming, s4 The boar
then adjourned to meet again on II
FIRST Monday evening in May All tn
active members of the board except on'
1 AeOEHe FlNAcis o. &uN al Nhc SA~VAhNl
members except one, Miss Regin
Mahoney, 81, were present at the meet
ing, which was an enthusiastic one. Tt
High School Alumni has membership {
more than forty, and its last banqu'
was an occasion that will not soon
forgotten by the members present.
Constable Lancaster will sell the pei
sonal property Of Harry Watson at pul
sale in front Of the old Court House, o
Monday next.
Matthew Chamberlain, the well know
musician, has accepted position in ia
Delaware Iron Works.
The Board Of Education win meet
monthly session this evening in Its chan
Der, in the old Court House.
Abram RothrocK, formerly a foundi
boss in the Delaware Iron Works, n
,, moved his family to Wilmington ye
terday.
STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS.