Evening journal., 1891-06-01
LAST PERFORMANCE o. .'esl HER"
A vIsItHag Bass Ball Olub Shat ost-A
Braksman Ipiursd.

A NtatttAE mass Dali Shnn oH~e 0%~
Braksman Injured.
Special Oori espondence EVENING JOURNAL
new CASTLE June 1.-The last per- +
} formanee of the oratorio of ''Rsther" was
given In the Opera House on Saturday !
/ evening. and the rendition Was, II posi-
bls 80 be, superior to that Of the pre-
cedinQ night The audience was none
! the less appreciative and called for more
than few ancores. The acting OF o. O.
| Whitnack. as "Haman, was very Rue,
/ and the singing OF George W. Eckles,
, "King Ahasueras, was splendid, and
proved conclusively that Mr.. Eckles is
one Of the finest baritones in the state.
The singing and acting Of Mrs. Drucken'
miller, "Qneen Esther" and Miss Bessie
Bswell, "Zerish, could not be excellsd.
Professor Druckenmiller is being praised
9 on all sides for his brilliant work in
s drilling the participants to such com
plete perfection, eclipsing all previous
+ attempts.
! Engine No. As, drawing the 8 30 New
Castle accom- On modation train from VIII
mington, broke her eccentric at Farm
hurst on Saturday evening, and the entire
| train had to be sidetraeked The pas
senpers In the three cars alighted and
: promenaded about the pretty little
station, waiting for the next train. which
: is due here at Til o'clock During the
s long and wearisome interval. Thomas X
Lancaster, the young cornetist, who is
z playing with the City cornet Band,
J. entertained the party with two fine solos,
"Killarney" and 1.-The Last Rose OF
e Summer" which were requested by his
e hearers. There were forty Ave musicians
y and as many old soldiers In the party,
and they succeeded admirably in passing
the time pleasantly.
!. The greatest match game Of base ball
/, that was ever witnessed at Battery Park,
y WAS played there on Saturday eftsrnooa,
y betwsen the New Castle Club and nine
- calling itself the Volunteer from VIII
- mington. Such a score was never heard
Z OF here before as resulted In this game.
q !, The visitors were but plRyrhings on she
diamond In the hands OF New Castle s
players and at no time did they succeed
In getting a man away from third base
oo Skeley and Madden were the battery for
W W New Castle aud did splendid work, while
:. Carlin, SheaIer, Wiswel and Mc0rory
~ supported them with long hits when they
- came to bat HueY and Bullock were this
- visitors battery, but they could dc
- nothing with New Castles batters. The
81 score was as follows:
be SslqRtssfi SsW dsstie.... e.. gg--.s
~ The Glover Camping Club kai
organized by electing the following
49, officers: President, q w. Herbert
d secretary. D. Il Wilson; treas urer, Nd
.ce G. Rogers; commissary, A. Y. Foster
nv The club will go to Telehester on az
Ericsson Line steamer In July. and On
camp there fo- week
nhe Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society OF the NJ K Church had mad
1 &C. -. N WWtlunfrofor1 fhf
,en evening to visit its former president
Ars E. l.. Hubbard, hut owing to
!, misunderstanding the trip wa
'ns abandoned The society will, however
req meet In monthly session to night
August Dickerson of No 72S Pin
aed street, Wilmington, was badly injure
not by being squeezed between freight car
on the Delaware railroad opposite Lea
ohl Flour Mills on Saturday night. DickeI
~ son was engaged in coupling cars at th
- time OF the accident. Three Of his I'll
were broken and he sustained severn
ted bad bruises He was placed on board
nos Wilmington train and at once conveys
TO hie home.
,42 The palace steamboat Republic pass
ers, down the Delaware yesterday, with b
Inv. flags unfurled TO the breezes, and abol
1900 happy Philadelphans aboard
i, was her first excursion of the sesso
and the steamer presented q handson
49, 49, appearance as she ploughed the waters
: the bay.
e l. Wilson, Jr, Of the Census b
ian, reau, Washington, d. O.. arrived hor
cars on Saturday for a brief visit to 0
he friends here. he win leave this eve
ing.
hird New Castle Lodge. A P. A., win he
owe strawberry festival in the Opera Hou
,a CatuWduu a
the Hushsbeck Orchestra will give co
eerts each evening
'tts' A large party Of cyclists from the w
my mington Wheel Club rode into this cl
MT last evening and registered at the Jeffe
re- son House In the evening several
them gave an exhibition Of fancy ridir
was The Surgeons" and "Mammoosel
ter eighteen shad fishermen, captained
men John A. Walls and Joseph II. King, ]
lom spectively tussled with each other In
game OF ball at Battery Park on SatI
Abe day morning
i ~ The Mt Vernon Band gave picnic
76 the Battery to about 500 of their frieI
te7 and admirers on Saturday afternoon, 9
TON in the evening the Silver Leaf Band 81
an entertainment.
Mr.. and Mrs Daniel Maloney Of Toy
the send, were the guests of Professor d.
the Tonss ana family vastarday
Ania The frst dredging machine to do
the work in the river off Firms Point arri,
rrow IN Saturday and is now at work there
Professor Frank s. Duncan's condit
ar remains unchanged and his friends
rdAy very anxious about him.
: for Daniel R. Wolfe is filing the posit
tried Of organist at the Presbyterian Chu
ven during the illness of Professor DHncan
Elk Treasurer Herbert, who is now
an sole owner OF the Opera House, '
- - probably make expensive alterations
: H. improvemen to the building this 81
. mer, with view to encourage en-
- Ps.A tainments by home talent.