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Special Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE. Fek. 19-The building
boom Of last year, which has made New
Castle a much buster city is about to be
exceeded during the coming spring.
Already contracts are out or bids are open
for several new buildings to be commenced
next month. William White will have
two frame houses built, on Vine street by
Contractor J. @. Jemison. John Thomp-
son will have two erected by contractors
Hance g. Wise, on Orange street. Conn-
Gilman Lunt viii build two shree story
dwellings on Chestnut street. In additso |
to those above named several will be
erected in Shawtown.
The Womans Christian Temperance
Union held its regular weekly meeting,
IN its quarters In the City Hail yesterday
afternoon. Mrs K. Challenger Mrs. A.
X. Davidson, Mrs. Ira Lunt, Mrs. j. T.
| Cannon and Mrs j. Naylor were elected
delegates TO the county convention to be
held at Hockessin on the 9th inst.
other business of Importance was trans
acted.
John Shields, the daring tight.rope
walker, gave another exhibition OF his
skill last evening before a shivering
multitude. He walked the rope, which
was forty feet high, his only light being
the huttering blaze from kerosene torch
on one end Of the rope He also walked
in the afternoon and performed on the
trapeze at night
Rev. p. B. Lightner will deliver lee
ture In the old Court House this evening
on his travels abroad. The address has
been prepared with great care and will,
no doubt, be heard by q large audience
| The proceeds will be for the benefit Of
the Young Mems Guild.
George Montgomery is still danger
ously Ill at his home on Eleventh street
Senator Gray arrived here last evening
| for a short visit to his old home
The damage to the NJ r. Church
caused by fire there on Monday evening
will reach 5000.
J.. Irwin Yanarsendalen, II. Wilson,
John Blount and John Hammers were In
Wilmington yesterday.
v. j. Brennan of the New Castle
Wooden Mills is in New York City to-
day.
William Rogers and Edward w. Eagle,
formerly Of this city but now Of VIII
mington, were here last night.
In the M. r. Church last evening Rev
DR.. Hubbard announced that John Ham
mond wished to emphatically deny the
report published in the EVENING jour
NAL OF yesterday that he was drunk in
Wilmington the day before. Hammond
| claims to have gotten In some trouble in
Delaware's metropolis with some colored
people, although not stating of what
nature that trouble was, and that he was
pursued by an officer to Orange street
wharf, while trying to hide from the
blue coat he slipped and fell into
the river. He further says that he could
not get out because there was nothing
to grasp, but after crying for help was
assisted TO land. The night Waterman at
the ]. Morton Poole CompanY's wharf,
| who saved John from a watery grave,
was seen this morning and he stated that
the man had all the appearance Of being
intoxicated, but after being revived he
refused to take an Aeye-opener" which
the Waterman offered him. Notwith-
standing the above, John, In telling his
thrilling experience to some friends on
arriving home, stated that he may
| have taken a little too much,
In telling the story yesterday, your
correspondent certainly did not intend 10
e ..Ss 49, rrnestion on the M. f. Church
I The work that has been done there dur
ing this revival is highly commendsble.
Many of the strong men and women who
have been brought into the church are
! not only ardent Christians, but bid fair
to become pillars OF the church.
William n. Funk, employed in the
Delaware Iron Works. has been granted
an increase of pension.