Evening journal., 1890-04-04
NEW CASTLE EVENTS.
Base sBall-Roard of Trade-City EIec
tiun-Chiefs Raised.


Special Corr 1ondence EVENING JOURNAL.
New Ca rLE, April A mass meet
ing Of citizens will be held In the Opera
House here this evening for the purpose
OF considering the advisibility of organic.
ing Board of Trade. The Hushebeck
Orchestra will discourse music before the
meeting is called to order. which will be
at 3 30 o clock. The professional men Of
the city will be seated on the stage and
chairs will be reserved for ladies' and
business men. Nearly 100 business men
have pledged themselves to attend the
meeting and many more are also expected
TO be present The advantages
Of Board of Trade will be thoroughly
explained EOne Of the principal things
whlch the new organization will be asked
20 DO, will be to form q stock company 10
rebuild the old city market house. aud
re establish first class farmers market.
Pamphlets will be issued and sent to large
manufacturing firms for the purpose OF
persuading them TO establish plants
here The movement Is certainly a com.
mendabie one and II live Board OF Trade
is successfully organized this city and its
inhabitants will be inspired with new
vitality
The base ball fever has already reached
this city and seems to be more contagious
than ever before The Wilmington Club
is being championed by many bets of
various kinds, and degrees have been
made as TO its standing at the end OF the
season. A large number Of New Castle
people drove to Wilmington yesterday
and witnessed the opening game with
the Athletics. Among the local players
the or ganization Of clubs is being talked
OF with much enthusiasm, and the
chances are that there will be two or
three good clubs in existence
in few weeks Sc. Peters
/. A. B. Society has organized the
following strong team Madden, C. and
% Langston, p. and 2b j. Carlan, 1b:
McCaiterty 2b. and c. p. McCue 30. and
p Watson, S. Tobin, H.. Gallagher,
CT. Griffith rf Two mines from the
society will play game on the battery
ON Monday afternoon. should the weather
be pleasant The above nine will then
go into constant practice, be uniformed
and play games In Philadelphia and
Dover. II is also said on good authority,
that strenuous effort will be made to
reorganize the once famous Nameless
Club.
Seminole Tribe, Ne. IL. o. R. NJ.
held raising of chiefs last evening,
with an attendance of about twenty. FIVE
members. A large haclS-load Of chiefs
from Wilmington arrived early In the
evening, and participated in the exer-
eises. The following were the chiefs
raised: Prophet. George Pustill; worthy
sachem, Harry McNally; senior saga
more, Jlmes Downham; junior saga
more. Thomas Morgan; chief Of records
George w. Cline: keeper Of wampum.
james 4. Connor; trustee for eighteen
months, James Downham. widows and
orphans trustee, William H. Terry.
After the ceremony corn and venisou
were served In abundance, and the visi-
tors departed at a late hour.
The Citizens ticket for the city elec.
tion on Tuesday next Is now complete
and In all probability it viii be the sue
cessful one. The men on the ticket have
al confe nted to run. and as they are all
prominently engaged In business thev
viii make competent Office holders. The
ticketsnow reads as follows For Council.
Thomas Frazer and Henry A. Denuison
for treasurer, William ]. Ferris; for
assessor, Henry Williams. Mr.. Ferris is
the retiring city treasurer, but the other
candidates have never held public Office.
The Red Star Line steam barge Annie
n. Morris, conducted. by Captain New
love Of this city, lay at the Delaware
street wharf last night.
George f. David and family, formerly
OF this city, but now Of Woods Holl.
Mass, are visiting relatives here. Mr..
David, who is in the employ Of the U. S
Fish Commission, will leave for San
dusky, Ohio, on Monday, but his family
will spend the summer here.
City Council will hold its regular
monthly meeting in the mayors Office, this
evening. The meeting will adjourn at
;. 80 o'clock to attend the mass meeting
in the Opera House.
The funeral of Samuel Cunningham
TOOK place yesterday The remains were
taken to Hartley. Del, for burial.
Rev. P. b. Lightner will lecture in the
old Court House, on Thursday evening
next, on Greece"