Evening journal., 1892-01-09

THERE ART no NEW CASES AND
BUT FEW .oLD ONES.

moutA-A schooner Makhs hecofus
To Form Society for Chorus Work
and Voice Culture.
Special Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE, Jan. "A death has oc-
CURED ia this city or hundred nearly
every day for several weeks. the grip
and pneumonia Is now fast dying away
and no new cases have been reported
since Wednesday This SIS supposed to be
because Of the frosty weather The latest
victim of the dreaded trouble was a child
OF Thomas Rogers, mechanic living on
Clymer street. which died yesterday
afternoon The fatality that has existed
here since the FIRST of Dec EN-
Der is thu greatest that has
been known here fol- years At first
only the aged residents were the victims,
hut of late infants and children have
died from its effects. The busiest estab
lishment in the city has been that Of
Funeral Director G. Il. Clewell, who has
returned from one funeral to make ar
engagements for another.
Firat the Grip, Then Pneumonia
Police officer George Hetherington has
returned from Lancaster county, Pa
where he went last week to attend the
funeral OF sister The relative had
been taken with The grip which devel-
oped into pneumoAis. While the police
man was there his brother also died and
was buried on the day following his
sster's funeral Pneumonia was so
prevalent in that locality that on the
same day that Mr. Hetherington's brother
was buried, an old couple, Mr.. and Mrs.
Stubs, were buried in the same grave.
All Of the dead we're first seized with
grip,
All the young vocalisss and musicians
Of the city will assemble in the City ball
at z 80 o'clock on Monday evening to or
ganlze q singing society or glee club.
This is not for the intention OF giving
public entertainments, but for rudimen-
tary study, voice culture and chorus
drill, and it is intended to make its
meetings more profitable than those of
any singing society ever formed here.
Professor Drucken miller has been en-
gagged to instruct the soci ETY., aud this
will alone insure its success. As the fees
and expenses viii be very light, it is
hoped that as or 100 members can be
secured TO start the movement. tn
meeting on Monday will be short one.
A weIi-kDown Resident Demented.
officers are searching for Alfred Hance,
a resident OF Vine street who recently
became demsnted, and 1t is now feared,
will take his own life Hance Is a we'll
known citizen and has always been known
as an upright and temperate man. He
has been suffering with mental paresis for
several weeks, his first violent utterRnce
being a threat to take the life of Super
intendent Borie Of the Delaware Iron
Works. Hopes are entertained for his
entire recovery If placed under proper
treatment ct once
Quick Work on shIpboard.
The schooner James Judge, Captain
Burton Davidson, sailed from Philadel-
phia, Thursday afternoon, December IL,
for Brunswick, Ga, with us tons Of
railroad iron. She arrived at the latter
port on December %. discharged her
cargo, loaded 900 railroad ties, sailed
for Philadelphia on January 2 and passed
up the river to Philadelphia on January
z, making twenty-one days from port 60
port, While at Brunswick there were
two holidays, during which time no work
was done, thus reducing the actual sail
liE anu MNLAAuE NAllc w AAAClCtn AA1
which for the distance sailed and the
cargoes handled is not often excelled.
Incidents OF the Day.
Teas, coffees and pure spices, at Boyle's
Adelphia Lodge, Knights of Pythas
will attend the funeral of exCollectoi
William Fl. Barr in body on Monday
afternoon. The members of the lodgE
/ will meet Rt the K Of p. Hall shortly be-
/ fore 2 o'clock, the hour for service il
the NJ E Church.
Another large gang .of prisoners from
the Wilmington Municipal Court was
brought over yesterday afternoon. They
had to plod along over thu snow and icy
pavements from the station TO the jail
bound together by letters.
James w. Burris, John Il. Emory,
Thomas Slack and John Moody, all promi
nent farmers OF this community, hav'
advertised their stock for sale and will
remove from the hundred in March.
New crop fancy N. o. molasses, Boyle
Clarence Shockley, well-kn
young farmer OF this city, has decided t.
remove from the Penn farm Of the New
near Carcroft, during the month o
March.
DR.. Keene Of Philadelphia arrived here
yes .erday for a short visit to Raw. p. B
Lightner at Emmanuel rectory.
The body of Peter @. Schenck. whicl
was recently deposited in a vault at tb
Presbyterian cemetery will be remove,
to Trenton.
Members of the First Baptist Churcl
are rehearslng for an anniversary ceie
bration in the church on next Thursda,
evening