Evening journal., 1891-05-02

BUSY SCENES IN THE COUNTY
JAIL YARD AT NEW CASTLE.


law has made hitherto quie
spot one of the busiest places in thu
state, The county jail yard WAS bust
ling, noisy part Of this city yesterday
Commissioner Sutton's carts we're COINS
In and out of the yard, hauling out thu
broken stone all day, and soon after moor
the half dozen carts hauling the new
stone from the cars at the Battery
station, began work In earnest. TIL.
stone arrived about IL o'clock yesterday
morning.
There was such constant moving II
and out Of the yard by the teamsterl
that 1t required the continued efforts OF /
warden and an assistant to open and Gloss
the heavy gates and guard the entrance
Twenty two condemned men were hare
at work on the stones. Some we're usinf
the heavy sledges to crumble the larg,
rocks, others were using the large
hammers TO break the finer pieces, others
were raking the stone and trimming thI
piles, while others were shovelinf
through the screen and Into the carts the
broken stone.
The material is put through many
stages. When the stone reaches tbs
Battery station from the Brandywine
qusrries 1t is unloaded and thrown into
carts by three negro prisoners who are
always guarded by a warden On reach
ing the jail yard 1t goes to the men with
sledges, and then 1t is taken by those
with the hammers.
When the latter are through with il
the stone is broken into very fine pieces
These are then thrown against large
screen and the powdered stone and pieces
fall In two separate piles The screen is
Tia en- lifted away and the piles are
shoveled In two separate carts, the one
receiving the pulverizsd material being
almost water tight
The stuff is then hauled out on the
New Castle causeway and then the
ooarser stone is carefully spread over the
road The fine stuff Is scattered over
this and a superb road bed Is thus made
The prisoners condemned TO hard labor
are working well, although their shoes
are rapidly leaving them and .hsir food
is indeed light The first man to give
any trouble to the officials was William
Mitchell, colored, who WAS brought from
Wilmington under a thirty days SEN
tence on Thursday. When taken into
the yard and handed hammer he re-
fused TO turn Il" AMI con tinued to dis
obey orders for three minutes. the time
given him to decide,
He twas then seized and hurriedly
thrust into 10 or the dungeon cell
When evening came Mitchell was
handed loaf of plain dry bread, and a
match with which to find the splgot and
heln himself TO water, The cell is In
total darkness all day. The same menu
was served the rebellious prisoner yes
terday morning and evening The bread
was not cut, but in the whole loaf Il is
thought by everybody that Mitchell will
give way TO day and consent to work
To Have Base BAH Renewed.
The New Castle Base Ball Club was or
ganized last evening. with p. q. Madden
as manager and captain. The team. Al
organized, is a strong one, but IL will b.
improved on as the season advances.
The grounds will be put into condition
on Monday. although they will not need
much repairing, and the players will al
once 60 into hard practice The opening
game Of the season will be played with
the South Side Grays OF Wilmington.
on Saturday afternoon, NAV q.
TIE New Castle boys will wear their
new black uniforms on that occasion
The composition OF the home team will
be as follows: McCafferty, II. /; Vallette.
rf Madden, c Carlin, Id. Wiswell.
CT. Shearer, So. Langston, 80
Shelley, 3b pr Duffy, 2b. Although
the players are badly out Of practice
they intend to win next Saturdays game
and keep clean the record throughout the
season. They will not play any games
away from home before the middle OF
June
Big Reception TO Captain GibAson.
The Coon Hunting Club will have the
biggest time In its history this evening
Samuel Gibason. the former captain OF
the club, now resides in Wilmington.
and few days ago he announced bis
Intention OF visiting the club this
evening. Accordingly the rooms Of the
Iona Club on Delaware street have been
secured, and they will be handsomely
decorated with flags and Chinese
lanterns A large tree will stand In the
centre Of the room, and live oppossum
will be stationed in one OF the
top boughs. All OF the dogs belong
ing 70 the organization will be
placed Ia an adjoining room to give a
concert They will be deoked out In
green and yellow ribbon. At II o'clock
committee consisting Of Captain B. p
Conner, David Wright, James Glover
and John @ Gears will meet the ex
captain at the station and escort him Il
the club room. No soda water or sarsn
pRriila will be allowed In the buildiuf
and the festivities will cease promptly
at II As o'clock
Rousing Reception 20 MAN.
Samuel j. Beck. a prominent youp,
man who Is connected with several ly,
organizations IN this city, was tendsre,
3 rousing reception by his many friend
last evening at the residence Of Edwar,
Daily, and the occasion was one tina
will long be remembered A delegation
Of young men and women came suddenl,
In upon the young man just after he ha,
dressed to call on his best girl III
was Informed that as he had reache,
his majority at noon yesterday. III
friends could not SEQ the event pass 3,
without some notice. After spendin,
two pleasant hours in social Amusement
the party were startled BY a sudde,
burst OF heavy martial music In front o
the house, aud In a few moments tn
First Military Band Of twentv-f ou
pieces, under the leadership Of Professo
Hermann. hled into the room. Altar
brief concert the entire party proeeede,
TO the dining room. where an excellen
collation. was served Mr.. Black was tn
recipient OF many congratulations fror
his visitors and handsome gold watc
from his parents, who live in Florencs
S. G.
Flowers for Prisoners.
The Floral Mission Band Of the Youn
Woman's Christian Temperance Unto
| came 10 this city from Wflmtnoto,, ,s.