Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-08-21
BUILDING CONTRACTS AwAeoep.


siOntsts BY the Hundreds.
Special Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL
NEW CASTLE, August 2l-The Build.
ing Committee Of the Board OF Education
met last evening. aud opened proposals
for the additional new building at the
High School The bids were Us follows:
james q. Jemison. $685. Hsnoe & Wise,
! 1925 Ball q Morgan, 1885. the c NJ
J tract was awarded TO Jemison The
work will be commenced at once The
improvements will include an annex FOR
recitation and cloak rooms. Every effort
will be made to have the work completed
IN a few weeks.
His Liberty Restored.
Lem White, a young white man
who was convicted Of horse stealing at
the February term OF the county court.
completed six moi this sentence at the
county jail yesterday His cell door
swuug open and. after bidding his fellow.
| prisoners good bye, he walked out into
the open air, free man.
Bertha Jane Jackson the colored girl
who Is held without bail for initiating
Lutrezia Bosgia and succeeding in nearly
killing her family with Rough on
| Rats. still protests that she IA innocent
and declares that nothing can be proved
against her.
The w. s. Is Here.
The Wilmington aud Northern Rail.
road Company hes gained foothold here
and it viii doubtless take away some Of
the lucrative local freight traffic from the
p. w. & b. Company. The new company
was ready for operation yesterday when
the railroad slip at the Delaware Iron
Company's long. wharf was completed,
Hereafter cars consigned to this company
or TO other firms In this city over the b.
d o. or w h N roads. will be removed
from the W. & n pier below Whining ION
70 the new slip by floats Outgoing con
signments will also DO sent over these
roads from the new slip.
an Heiress Badly Injured.
Little Annie Genoh, who recently in
herted several Thousand dollars when
her father, Hans Gench received his big
fortune, is suffering from painful and
perhaps serious injury, which she re-
ceived YESTERDAY Annie aud little Mary
Coming, daughter Of Patrick Cunning,
became involved in a quarrel yesterday
afternoon over Annie's good fortune
The hot words which passed between the
two were soon found ins efficient aud
blows were resorted 10 for a settlement
In the alteration Annie was kicked or
struck on the knee cap and the blow took
away temporarily the use Of that leg.
This morning warrant was issued for
Mary 5 arrest.
Excursions for Hundreds.
The Christiaua NJ E. Sunday school
gave it's annual excursion down the bay
this morning. The members aud friends
OF the school, numbering over 300. ar
rived 10 this city In at least 100 convey
ances Of various sizes aud sges early this
morning The committee OF arrange
ments hustled about the wharf. selling
tickets and arranging for the care Of tbs
mammoth lunch baskets and the excur
sionsts boarded the steamer Thomas
Clyde for Woodland Beach at o o'clock.
The colored Nelson's excursion Il
Pennsgrove yesterday was one OF tbs
largest and most successful ever giver
by them. About 200 came from viii
D mington and accompanied the New Cas-
tie eScursionists.
Leader vallette Of the City Corne
I, Band, Is busily engaged in preparing
program TO be rendered on the moon
light excursion to be given by the ban
p to Lincoln Park to !. orrow.
u Seminole Tribe No T. I . r NJ wi
give its annual moonlight ex"ursio
" down the bay next month aud the Frs
Military Band and Orchestra will play.
gay party OF Wilmingtonians, In
Gliding young and old men and women
= which was cruising about the river an
bay on the tug James McFadden, touche
here last evening and came ashore Tn
g company Of exenrsionists were escorte
u to the county jail but, ne 1t was too lat
in the evening TO receive visitors there
d they had to be content with an inspeC
e ton of the outer walls.
b rersonal.
Miss Mary King and Miss Maggie Coz
s don have gone 70 Ashland, Pa, to Is
Z. euperate
i Miss Nellie Wise is entertaining MIS-
Maggie Sands OF Chester. Pa
il. Professor 5 Richardson Cotton, VIII
y spent his vacation here, left for his hnm
% IN Connecticut Yesterday, and will joii
> his company next week,
Mrs s w Turner aud daughter, Mis-
h Mary, visited New Castle friends yester
T. day.
e Chief Of Police John NJ. Hanson /
spending his vacation ia Chester.
Miss Amelia Manlove returned hom,
q yesterday from visit to friends at Lin
! wood
! Miss Stella Simmons aud Miss
Beatrice Coffman visited Wilmington
friends last evening
Manager w. H. Bradley Of the re-
organized base ball club will 60 L
9 Wilmington tomorrow to complete the
new schedule Of games
II Catcher P g. Madden OF the New
d Castle Club, will play at Eddystone, Pa
Q to morrow afternoon.
il Mrs. M Houseman went to Phila
dephia this morning
, Rev n M Browne, formerly pastor o
: the N. E. Church. passed through tbh
city en- route for Ocean Grove
Sheriff Simmons vas in Chester las
evening attending lodge meeting.
" lillian Il Tsliffero, Jr, attended
concert in Wilmington last evening.