Evening journal., 1891-05-25
MEMORIAL DAY PLANS.

MEMUhlAL DAl ILANo'
ACTIVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR ITS
CELEBRATION AT NEW CASTLE,
John j. eermlsy Appointed Chief Mar
shall Of IN ProcsssIon-P Preparations for
the oratorio of Esther-sermon on
Merdeeai, the Jew-Matsri rial for she
New Jstty-ro Dredge the Channel.
Special Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL
NEW CASTLE, May 26.-At the regular
muster of Captain Evan s. Watson Post
G. A. r, In It's headquarters in the City
Hall on Saturday evening, Colonel John
j. Gormley wss chosen chief marshal of
the Aemotial Day parade. The chief has
iseued his first general order which states
that the post ana all old soldiers and
sailors of the city will meet at the City
Hall ut z. 10 o'clock on Saturday morning
ia full dress uniform. The line will
form on Delaware street, right resting on
Orange, In the following order: Chief
marshal and aids, (mounted); platoon Of
police: Drum Major Albert Naylor aud
The First Military Band % men; Cap
tain e. G. Boyd and Company q, N @ d
25 men; Harmony Css le, No 6. X g
e 40 men; Commander Bull and Captain
Evan s. Watson Post, No 5. G A r,
40 men; visiting posts and old soldiers;
hearses containing flowers In charge OF
Memorial Day committee; carriages. The
procession will move at Z 30 o'clock.
going to Water street, to Harmony. to
Market aud the Immsnuel Churchyard; !;
to Chestnut, to Vine, to Mt. Salem
burying ground; to Harmony, TO Union,
to ST. Peters Churchyard to Union, to
The NJ E. Cemetery TO Union, TO the
U. A. "a. z burying ground; to South,
to Seventh, to the Presbyterian Gene
terry; to Washington avenue, TO
Ninth, to Delaware, to City Hall,
The members Of the W. @. T. U will
provide and serve ths luncheon in the
second story Of the City Hall TO all the
participants In the parade. After taking
the refreshments the soldiers will 60 to
Wilmington on the 10 IL train and par
ticipate in the parade there. 0ne or twO
posts from Wilmington are expected to
participate In the parade here.
Oratorio Of Esther.
The oratorio Of Esther, which will bt
given in the Opera House on Friday ant
Saturday evenings, by over eighty oi
| New Castles young sizgars, under tn,
/ direction of Professor Drucken miller, Il
4 the principal topic Of conversation now
/ Last evening the ministers In the various
| churches talked on the story of Esther
| Rev. T. E. Martindale, in the M 8
| Church, preached an eloquent sermol
/ from the text: There Was a Certain
Jew Whose Name Was Mordecai The
church was crowded and the congrega
tion was mere than pleased with tn,
mastery discourse Fhe speaker out
lined the life and character Of Mordecai
how he triumphed by constant fasting
aud praying, ard how, when exalted
above everybody except the King, hs
remained me elk aud true to his God.
Full rehearsals for the oratorio will b'
held on the Opera House stage this even
ing and Wednesday evening The per
formers will don their ancient costumes
become acquainted with each other AM
sing few of the choruses The pro
/ grams for the entertainment will b
| issued to morrow aud will be very inter
esting. They will be In pamphlet forr
and contain, beside many interesting fes
lures, the full synopsis OF the beaatifu
piece The work OF altering the stag
settings will begin to- morrow.
Base Bail In the Rain.
The Columbia ClHb OF Wilmingto
reached this city late on Saturday aftei
noon in a drizzling rain and was de
termined to play the scheduled game wit
New Castle Both teams agreed on fv
innings, and although the grounds wer
very wet and heavy mist was falling
an interesting game was played. TIL
visitors took the lead at the start, bu
they were soon overtsken by New Cast
with Shesrer's long two. bagger an
Duffys hit to right. The home club the
went ahead and remained there, throug
the excellent battery work of Skelley al
Madden. The score. at the close of IL
game. was 5 to 3. Base hits-New Cast
4, Columbia 8 Errors-Hew Castle
Columbia
Large Quantity of Lumber.
Large piling small piling oak and pil
whole pieces and angle blocks of all siz
are in cars and in piles on the PennsY
vania Railroad Company's wharf, avail
, | ing transportation to the new jettY
Finn's Point The lumber is Rrrivii
here and being carried across to the jet
{ every day Marine Contractor Ira Lu
: is carrying the lumber used by c. h. N
Lean, the first contractor. Everythil
. will be used in the big contract, exec
= tue stone, will be handled here.
Yesterdays Services.
The BIZ monthly services in the coun
d jail were largely attended yesterd
afternoon. Revs. J NJ Wise and FAC
ariah L. Walker conducted the servicI
Z which were very interesting
Watson Post. g. A. r attended t
M E Church in full dress uniform ye
o terday morning and listened to a m
b mortal sermon from Rev 7 e. Marti
dale. The text was: ARE You vi
a Us. or With Our Adversary"
Z Twilight services began in Immanu
Church last evening and they we're wei
attended. The fete that was held on t
g la Wn Of the rectory by the children
e that parish, on Saturday sfternoo
netted S39.
/. The first consignment OF jsil stol
e which arrived here on Saturday from D
J w. & N Railroad Company, is in cars
the companys barges. 1t will ia
: several days to remove the stone to I
Z sil yard
y The congregation Of the M E Chur
= realized a handsome sum of money frl