Evening journal., 1891-07-18
TWINKLE LITTLE STAR
"ooG-DAYs" ATTACK ON A COR.
RESPONDENT.

The EaitorIsss and Ruddesisss New
CASTLE Star Strikes sDag-rhey Read
the evening JournaI''-Goorge Rus
sePs Brave Act-salemandera ON the
wavs-Tntersstiag News and Personal
Notes.
Special Correspondence EvRNINa JosRNAL
New CASTLE, July 1S Your cores
pondent is hardly able to write this
morning He has been made the subject
OF a strong personal attack by the editor
OF the New Castle Star It was the
langest editorial thst bas appeared in
New Castles paper for two years Your
correspondent has been trying to decide
all this morning whether the al tcle is
from the 'fertile" brain of young Wagner
Mozart, the boy editor, the learned ex
mayor or Foreman Wbeatley. He has
come to the conclusion that it must have
bsen done by all Of them, assisted by a
lawyer.
The editorial charges your correspond
eDt with being the author Of story of
the day, which appeared in the EVENING
JOURNAL lsst saturday After describ
ing your correspondent as a generally
bad and worthless person, it censures
him for the criticisms that have occa-
siOnAlly appeared Ia the EVENING Jour
NAILS New Castle letter, on the news
paper work Of the Star. The criticisms
were not attacks" by any means, and
would not be considered as such hy any
impartial newspaper man The Star has
not only been an uneouth and bad look
! ing sheet for some time past and utterly
devoid Of bright news, but IL has
been full OF errors As no effort was
ever made to correct these your CORES
pondent took the liberty to correct the
errors II any effort was made 70 make
the Star, which Is New Castles repre-
sentative and only newspaper, readable
sheet, instead of a patent medicine
poster, peer Of the Wilmington Re-
publican, your correspondent would do
all in his power 10 help 1t along When
your correspondent was interested in
similar enterprise and it was found that
the local Advertising and subscription
lists would not meet the other end" it
was promptly stopped. That is what New
Csstle people have long been waiting
for the Star to do. Simply stop.
saved From Drowning.
Gscrge Russell a well-known colored |
man, saved the life OF little white boy !
yesterday afternoon Little Joseph |
Johnson, II years old bad gone IN to the |
river to bathe and the rolls from pass |
ing steamboat washed him out beyond his |
depth. He struggled with the waves
desperately, but finally began to sink, I
and when Russell first saw him nothing
was visible except hit hair. Russell was
passing In boat, and letting craft and
everything else 60 he plunged into the
water with his clothes on aud lifted the
drowning boy to the shore.
1ney All Read IL.
As last evening was too warm to re-
main 10 the houae nearly all the Della
ware street merchants sat outside their
doors during the Intervals between the
visits OF one customer and another. Here
they enjoyed the inyigorating Delaware
river bretzes. To glance down the long
column Of business men from the unper
end Of the street, the sight was an inter
esting one. Nearly every mau was
resd ding a newspaper. tour Of inspec-
tion developed the fact that all but two
were reading tbs EVENING JOURNAL.
visitad nv ,alem Rxcursionists.
Over 500 excursionists came to New
Castle yesterday morning They were the
members and friends of the Young Mems
Christian Association Of Salem, N. j.,
and they were brought to this city on the
steamer Major Rey bold &, be transferred
70 the Thomas Clyde. The party spent
an hour on the wharf of the PhilAdelphia
and Salem Navigati Company, or
walking through this city. In the even
ing the transfer was made at Delaware
City.
Tent Services to Begin.
Rev w. j. Cambron pastor Of the
First Baptist Church, announces tat
the gospel services in the tent on Bat
terry Park, will begin at 4 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon. He has issued invita-
tions to prominent people In the other |
churches TO unite with his congregation |
in this evangelIstic work sad the ser
vices will doubtless be largely attended |
Personal and other Matters.
The infant child Of James Foster Of |
Market street, which died on Wednee
day, WAS buried yesterday afternoon IN |
st. Peters cemetery.
The Philsdslphia and Salem Naviga
tion Company Is handling great quanti-
ties of freight, which is shipped from
Philadslphia to all points on the Della
ware
Anumber OF young folks, some of
whom are visitors here, took short
cruise down the river last evening in
Captain DeakYne's open yacht Stella
MRS. M w. Irons OF Wilmington has
been visiting Mrs. Robert Dillon Of
Water street.
Miss Annle Miller Of West Chester,
Pa, Is On visit to friends and relatives
here
Mrs G. O. Whitnack, son and daughter,
rttarned from Collins Beach, where they
have been on a long visit, last evening.
g Allan Smith, and not Barney Smith,
as erroneouSly stated, has accepted the
position in the New Castle Woolen Mills,
made vacant by the promotion Of Moses
B. Fleming 20 time keeper
Edward and William Hudson and
Joseph l.. Penuell have gone TO Atlantic
City.
Company H, n G. d will drill no
more during the warm months.
DR.. Tybout is attending Peter
Skovosky, a Hungarian, who was badly
Injured by falling pipe at the Delaware
Iron Works on Wednesday evening.
Miss Emily Gray has been the guest OF
her cousin, Miss Greta Cooper OF Water
street
f, 8 Rogers has accepted an excellent
position with the frm OF Moore, Son &
Co., Philadelphia ice manufacturers.
Rev. Kensey ] Hammond Of the High-
lands Episcopal Church, visited the rec
tory at Immanuel Church last evening.
j Rev Fred E. McKinsey Of Port Penn.
stopped at this city yesterday on his way
to Philadelphia.
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