Evening journal., 1892-12-15
THAT BATTERY STATION
Many Prominent People Ask
for the Improvement.
GAN 30 LONGER STAND THE STORM

Company II, First Infantry, Receives the
Lawton Trophy as an Award for the
Most men-Complimentary Words
From Colonel simpson-A swindler
who Operated with Success.
Special Correspondence Evening Journal.
NEW CASTLE Dec. 15.-Hundreds Of
names of prominent citizens and freehold.
ers will, this evening, be sent down TO
Superintendent r. L. Holiday at Clay
ton praying for a new station TO be
Immediately erected at the Battery
which is the terminus of the New Castle
branches, Delaware railroad, where
patrons of the train are obliged to stand
out IN beating storms or piercing wind.
The petitions were circulated by the
EVENING JoURNAL correspondent about
a week ago and the names have been
signed by everybody who saw the blanks.
Nothing in the city is needed more inst
now than station at this place and 1t is
believed that the superintendent will
attend 20 the matter at once. The views
of prominent people on the subject have
been unanimously in favor of it as will
be seen by these few appended.
Mayor Frank Il. Herbert "Think Il
will interfere somewhat with the busi-
ness Of the physicians who now have
plenty of work with colds and sore
throats For the health Of the passen-
gers, however, that building there is es
sential.
J. II. Eliason-"That building should
have been put there long ago, even #
it only benefited one person it would be
an advantage to scores of travellers, how
ever, and means more business for the
road
+. L. Chase-'1f the company does
not give us this station syndicate
ought to be formed az once TO provide
the city with other means of transit. An
electric road here will be certainty il
the Delaware railroad company does not
do more for the city"
DR. w. II. kuntz-"I will gladly sign
a petition for that improvement, espec-
ally as it is also necessity"
Several prominent women patrons
We're obliged 20 wait for the trains in
neighboring houses and then run the
risk Of getting to the platform too late
"wild West" Pool Playing.
Proprietor Charles Hoffman, Of the
jefferson House, has purchased from a
Newark, n. j., firm, a novelty ON the
plan Of a pool table. This was pat.
ented by Uirnoche an Italian, Septem.
Der, 1882 II operates like clock work.
There are guns with pool balls in them
ranging in number to correspond with
the blackboard or talley- sheet Each
player takes a gun /, 2, B. A, g. etc,
ranging one after the other. then
places the cue ball in the muzzle Of the
gun. This answers for a bullet. Then
the player shoots at the balls that
have been spotted on the table, If you
succeed in making a shot. the ball
shot at has to go into a pocket at the
opposite end, then 10 goes into a trough
and rolls back TO the player and so on
the one getting the most points that
is on the balls struck by the cue ball
wins the game which is 80 points.
Company II Gets the Lawton Trophy.
Colonel Simpson. inspector of rifle
practice Of the First Infantry, n G. d.,
was here last evening TO present to Com.
pany H the handsome trophy, "The Last
Shot, offered by William Lawton. the
well-known Wilmington merchant.
There was a good attendance of guards.
AANhf "fAAI NAA1A AlAAAf lHt NNlNnhI All
nOunced that this company had produced
the largest number of qualified
marFsmen in the regiment and had, there
fore, won the prize beyond dispute. The
trophy Is Rogers group representing
brave soldier whose uniform is pierced
with bullets, being home from the field
by contraband, having just received
a mortal wound The colonel congratu-
lated the cOmnQuv ON ifa aelf mild ,,a
perseverance and said that the members
would lose nothing by supporting their
commander even though it did require a
little time and effort. The trophy was
placed on exhibition in the company's
parlor.
Merry Christmas for Johnny.
John Townsend, of New Castle. and
Miss Linda o. Bartholomew, of Camden.
n. j., were welded on Wednesday even.
ING in Camden The narlor ~ NJ,