Evening journal., 1892-02-03
NEW STATE PENITENTIARY
That is What the Levy Court Wants
Instead OF an Annex TO the Jail.

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Next session-rrustses of the Poor
Elsctod This Afternoon.
Levy Court reconvened at 2 o'clock
| yesterday afternoon.
The monthly work report OF Sheriff
Simmons was presented and accepted II
! sh9wed that during January prisoners
made l,75S hours on the atoneplle. "A
carloads Of stone were received and IA
carloads Of broken stone we're shipped to
different points in the county
The bad weather made 1t impossible FOR
the men to work during twenty days IN
the mouth
President Buckingham named the fol-
lowing committees to revise the assess
ment;
Brandywiae hundred, Grub and
simpler
CbTistiana hundred Ktlgore and Buck
ingham
Mn Creek hundred, Buckingham and
Knlgore.
White Clay Creek hundred ellis and
sutton
New Castle hundred Sutton and ellis
! Red Lion hundred, Clark and Eliason,
Pencader hundred Elias N aud Clark.
J st. Georges hundred, Jolls aud Eliason.
Appoquinimlnk hundrsd, Hutchinson
and Grunb
Blackbird hundred Simpler and Kill
gore
! Wilmington, First district Hutuhison.
Hickman and Clark
Z Wilmington, Second district, Clark,
Hickman and Hutchinson.
! Wilmington, Third district, Hickman,
Hutchinson.
The books were handed In by the as
3 SCISSORS and some Of the committees wen 4.
. to work on them. The assessors Of Wi
[ mington hundred were discharged until
, to morrow.
I The report Of Receiver Of Taxes Dickey
, COR the mouth Of January showed the
I +, following figures: Receipts $4S, 003. co;
: expenditures. $26. 35s.51 balance in
bank, February, l, 1921, ga 81 The re-
; 6ort was adopted.
8 The clerk Of the peace was instructed
8 to procure tue necessary duplicates flor
/, the county treasurer for his use during
s the next fiscal year
|. Court adjourned until 10 o'clock this
morning
The Levy Court met this morning at IL
o'clock. The assessment books were
n locked in the safe Ia the office OF the
It clerk of the peace, and as Clerk
e Eiason was engaged IN drawing the
J. Blackburn jury in the court above they
/ could not be obtained.
70 At 10 80 o'clock a recess was taken anS
se the commissioners wait ed in a body upol
o. the grand jury to hold a confer.
la ence ia relation to the proposed
t, changes upon the Jail at New Castle
y Messrs Buckingham, POLLS, Eliason an'
j Sutton madel remarks before the grani
5 jury.
s They expressed themselves as being
e, opposed to any change beinI
6, made in the present building
r, IS considering the rapidly increasing
lei population Of the county Il vii
d. only have transitory remedy
They advocated letting the matte
rest until the next session 0
the Legislature and urge upon that bod
er the necessity for building state pen
~ ! Tertiary for long term prisoners
~ The idea the Grand Jury entertaine
"a was to addlanotherlNer he jail struc
II ure and put in another tier Of cells.
r They we're, howev r, very fav bly, n
n pressed vita the view taken by the Lev
Court and will probably use ID
suggestions in the report to be made ii
latter psrt Of this week. Both side
fran ! admitted that the present buildin
OF is entirely too small, bulkthey think tbs
AT the state should pay for keeping the Ion
term prisoners,
\. After the conference court adjourne
A. until l. 80 O'Clock this afternoon. wht
lie they will work Jon the assessment lis
this afternoon.
be The 6rst business that came before Il
ar, Levy Court this afternoon MAS to ele
four Republican Trustees Of Il
D,ow a. fob tha r,lapaa nf Dam
- cratic Trustees Now and CLOUD, Dsy
and Huegins, whose term expired. TIT
was no opposition TO the nominations
zen 20 part OF the Democrats, and the 81
ion rotary cast the vote Of the bod
'es Blackbird hundred-Walter None
nts to succeed r. w higgins.
200 Appoquinimink hundred-Dr. Thorn
me A. Ems, to succeed Mark q. Davis
st. Georges hundred-Merritt y. w
lite. to succeed.PJ6 iden { "A A. NowlHI
ooh Brandywine-W Wesley } Husbands,
'ui succeed William j. Cloud.
oiu The new trustees we're nominated
the commissioners from their respect
has hundreds.
Use, Walter S Money is a young farm
ing who lives near Blaekbird
M. Dr Thomas A Enos is 8 practiei
physician at Townsend.
.ors MerrltO y; MINUS Is "el-Auo
far farmer near Middletown.
ted Wesley Husbands is a farmer n
, ~ Rockland
Sheriff Simmons appeared before
Levy Court and stated that
3 70 feet OF FIRE hose was bat
the needed at the county prison. Sho
oor a FIRE break out there at any time,
Vide said, the white women's apartme
his could not be saved The hose will pro
blv be ordered
- At the Mercy OF he Waves.
~ Charles Cump and Flavleo CRnale,
Liug two men who were blown out to sea
! y the New York STRENGTHENING scow, "
1eFi picked up by the steaI
Ethahurpa vesterdaV When found II