Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-08
NEW CASTLE.


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New CASTLE, Sept. LAS compared to a
few weeks ago the prospects for a busy fall
| trade at both the Delaware and Riverside
iron works are very bright. The Delaware
| iron works, since their resumption, have
been running on full time and new hands
are taken on daily. The company recently
received the contract for furnishing a
number of miles Of wroughtiron pipe for
| the big oil line being constructed III West
ern Pennsylvania by the Producers Oil
Company. They are at work now on this
order and car loads of material are being
forwarded daily.
Orders for pipe and tubing for the me
| chanical department of the Worlds Column
bian Exposition at Chicago, are also being
filled. Among the other big contracts on
hand are the manufacture of trolley poles
for the Central Railway Company Of
baltimore and the Philadelphia Traction
Company, and iron casing for the Union
Construction Company of New York, who
are engaged in laying the wires under
ground there. The Riverside rolling mills
which are feeders for he Delaware iron
works are also having lots of work. LEAFS
mills, the New Castle wooden mill and
Triton cotton mil are ali in full blast.
Joseph Whit, a German residing on
Orange street, recently made deliberate
attempt at suicide. For several weeks past
he has been on q protraGled spree, and a
lew days ago he became attacked with the
disease common to drunkards He left
ms home early in the morning and pro.
ceeded to the narrow dyke, Just north Of
town, and jumped in the water with the
Intention Of ending his life. Fortunately
Tor him the water was not over his head,
and the only way for him to drown him
self was to lie down. While he was no.
moving portion of his clothing prepare.
tory to getting into his watery grave, sew,
1f fHia 1.
and prevented him from committing The
rash act. Whit said that he was deter
mined to die and wanted to remain there,
and IL was all that his friends could do to
get HIM home. lie says he will vet die BY
his own hand. Whit has wife and
family, and formerly resided iii Delaware
City.
New CASTLE, Sept. 2,-Thc army of local
sportsmen who were out with the rising of
the sun yesterday morning after the fes-
tive reed bird had Il good day of il and the
number Of birds bagged far exceeded ex-
pectations. The birds were quite plenti
ful though the ilocks were small iester
DAY shooting made them very wild and II
Will take about another day for them TO
become accustomed to the noise, and then
they will fly in larger iocks and closer
together. The report that the season
would he an utter failure is denied now by
1airly good one after all. The birds,
though not in their prime, are in good
condition and sell readily at 30 cents pcr
dozen. Rail have not As vet made their
appearance, AS they generally arrive about
4 week after the season opens. The largest
bag ol reed birds here Yesterday was made
by Ieter Remptcr, the champion, who
brought home 10 dozen Among the others
VINO had a successful day of ii were Joseph
u. King, 7. w. lIanf, A. II PAdberg, *.
Mayor Hanson and Frank King.
NEw CASTLE Sept. 3.-shouldthe dreaded
cholera obtain a fuOthold in this country,
there are certain portions Of New Castle
where the disease would thrive. Hungarian
row, in Dnbblrsville Il most filthy loculitv
would be an inviting place for the spread
Of the disease II could be introduced very
easily here by the foreigners who are com.
ing and going to and from the larger cities
continually, and once started it would be
q hari matter to check the spread Of il
among this class Of residents. The city rs Il
whole IS fairly clean Al present and the
sanitary condition better than IL has been
for some time, but there are lotspf room
Tor Improvement, and Council would not
make 4 mistake il appropriating at its
next meeting sufficient amount to clean
the filth and dirt from the cutters and
sewers throughout town Al least the
ABOVE IS the opinion of II well known citi- |
zen, as expressed to your correspondent
recently.
Harry Dillon of this city. the Young |
man who was thrown from Il carriage and |
seriously injured on the Wilmington |
cause%ay yesterday morning and was |
afterwards sent to the Delaware Hospital |
was removed to his home on Water stract |
TINS morning. His condition was reported |
as slightly improved The injuries consist |
OF u severe scalp wound, broken jaw hone,
cut and bruised face and spraincd back.
Dillon is the son Of Robert Dillon and was |
employed as n clerk at the Star Hotel. lie |
Will probably recover. Ills father has been
critically i'll Tor some time past, and the
shock OF his sons misfortune made him
much worse.
NEW CAsTLE. Sept. "a runaway team
created great excitement in the rIprof parl
q the rlty late yesterday sitcFN,"r The
team, which was composed nj q pNg horse
ana tWo.seat carriage, came i'll from the
Wilmington road aud dashed M Vine
street at a fast rate. The horse was bruised
and bleeding and the carriage partially de.
mollShcd At the corner Of Delaware
street, where the runaway turned Harry
Clouth, Wilmington cyGIist iunped ii
the carriage and attempted Ia stop the
horse. lie had an exciting ride As FAR Is
Market street, but owing To the absence of
a bride he was unable To check the run
away. AT the corner of Market and
Harmony streets the team was afterwards
halted. II was learned that tile occupants
were thrown from the carriage, and a
woman, Whose name could moi be ascer
tanned, was seriously injured. The mans
name was Nuada, and he resides il VII
There were five iisttc encounters in town
saturday night in quick succession. Two
young men on Market street, who we're
Jealous over young woman, wped NJ
ne dust before a large crowd of SPECTATORS
Another young man interfered in the
interests of peace, and as usual in such
Eases got the worst of ii. shortly after
ward, IN the same locality a married man
iane home intoxicated and was knocked
out IN three rounds by his wife. At one
y the hotels little later Il colored bar.
ender got into an alteration with a
irlnker and was severely whipped. He
.4rned around and struck his antagonist
with silver waiter. badly cutting him in
ne heck Hungarians in Dobbinsyilc,
VINO we're tut Of beer, pummeled each
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