Evening journal., 1891-01-02
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Special Correspondence EVENING JousEAL.
NEW CASTLE, Jan 2-The New
Castle Building and Loan Association.
after existing ten years and nine months.
has wound up affairs and there are many
happy homes here in consequences
Secretary Vanarsdalen has been sitting
in the City Hall this week and paying
the shareholders who have not borrowed.
The dividend was over one-half la excess
OF the principal. The time for the loan
to run out was greatly prolonged by
depreciation In the value OF loans during
the dull season, which lasted two years,
and many mills we're closed then.
All the government ano .ther public
Offices were closed yesterday In observ-
ance of New Years day. The disagree
able weather prevented the ancient Gus
tom of making calls and many people en-
joyed holiday at home Ia consequence.
John w. Eckles. father of Represents
tive George w. Eckles, and one OF the
Oldest farmers In the state, Is lying
seriously III at his home on the northern
city limits he has been failing in
health for number Of years, and his
friends have but slight hopes Of his re-
covery.
County Tax Collector Israel Riding
has paid the treasurer SO 900, which is
FL, 300 more than the amount published
In the WILMINGTON papers early in the
week. The collectors duties have been
very heavy the last two years, and he at
tributes the present low condition of
the county treasury TO the refusal Of
farmers to pay their taxes. He states
that he has been compelled to repeat his
visits to many Of the most successful
/ farmers and land owners in the state,
| because they plead utter inability to pay
their taxes while farm products are 80
cheap
The ancient white Cap Band" has
resumed operations and has trounced two
men and is on the warpath for the third
one. The second victim was a young
man named Bishop, who was called from
| his home, and when be reached the street
| found himself in the centre OF a crowd of
hideous- looking masked men. Bishops
| offense was that he had been resting
too long, and he was hogged for
vagrancy. The band OF avenge works
entirely informally, accomplishes its
purpose and departs quickly.
IL is said that petition is being cireu.
lated TO have the D 30 morning accommo-
dation train for Wilmington leave twenty
minutes earlier. This is meeting with
great disfavor among the patrons Of the
train, who not only object TO the desired
change, but consider that any more
petitions to the railroad company would
be intolerable, iHasmuch as It has already
| given to New Castle one Of the best train
services in the United States.
James E Biggs and Harry w. Frazer
are contemplating removing to a town ID
Pennsylvania In a few weeks. Mr.
Biggs has the largest mems furnishing
store in the city and Mr.. Frazer is
prominent grocer.
Floating ice has disappeared from the
surface of the Delaware, although navi-
cation is still interrupted now by
heavy fog. There were no new vessel,
in the harbor yesterday. The tug @, w
Morse arrived to tow the ocean tug B
w Morse, which was stove in by ice, K
Philadelphia, for repairs.