Evening journal., 1893-09-12
AFFAIRS IN NEW CASTLE
General Complaint That the
Police Are Not Hustling.
VAEDAIs DAMAGING PROPERTY

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NEW CASTLE, Sept. 1e-J. II. Rogers
and other Water street residents are in
dignant over the behavior of q gang Of
yonng men and boys on the Delaware
sireeb wharf and IN the docks near there
on Sunday. One Of them was boiling
over with rage when he met an EVENING
JOURNAL reporter last night. Before
you give us any more gush about Mayor
Herbert and his police force, said he.
'.just come down to the river with me
for a few minutes and III show you
where a gang of bad boys stood and
threw oyster shells all day long. never
stopping for dinner Now I'm
taxpayer but Mr. Lea pays
much heavier tax and feel
more sorry for him than / do for my
SELF The devilish gang threw stone
after stone, shell after she'll upon the
roof and in the spouts of the Lea Com
pRny's grain elevator until the roof
was almost covered, the spouts filed |
and the building cut and torn. Worse
than this, however, these unrestrained |
vsndals are rapidly filling up the
Delaware street docks which were
deepened only recently at such heavy
expense Since the last storm and wash
out I'll wager a horse that if they We
thrown one stone overheard they've
pitched ton into the docks / don't |
know what in thunder policemen do
here anyway but draw big salaries"
Big Meeting OF COlored Preachers
The me embers of the Preachers relief
Association Of the First Episcopal Dis
trict OF the T. A. M. E. Church will
hold their quarterly meeting in
the u. A. NJ e. Church, on Union
street, this city, ON Thursday. The first
session begins at o'clock in the morn
ing, In issuing the call for the meeting
the presiding officer urges the ministers
TO bring with them their subscriptions
to their district church paper, The Mes
seages, and that Printer II. A. Roop
must have his money
Athletic Association Arrangements.
The new athletic association was tenn.
porarily organized at meeting in the
rooms Of the Hushebecz Orchestra last
Light. O. Edwin Eckles was the presi.
dent of the meeting and w. J. Hofmann
was secretary. Samuel II. Bacon. the
temporary treasurer was elected by
ballot and instructed to collect an
initiation fee from all persons in the
city who had signifed their intention Of
becoming members Committees were
appointed to secure a temporary home
and to prepare constitution aud BY laws.
Too Chilly fora swim,
Aubrey Steven Williamhoian. an
English apprentice on the British ship
Easemere, was drowned on Sunday. and
His body has not yet been recovered. The
Easemere had just arrived from London
and anchored in the Delaware river. The
Young man plunged overheard for
swim. but the chilly water was too
much for him. and he soon went down
Ia sight OF mis- ship.
Come, Policemen Wake Up.''
Before the city fathers make so many
new ordinances, said a Delaware street
citizen last night, "why don't they re-
quire the policemen TO enforce the
ordinances that we now have. Now
there seems to be no attention paid TO
the ducks aud geese running at large
the corner lounging law and the laws
against blasphemy and noisy conduct.
What we want is an awakening of the
police force"
The International stn Holds Her own.
The tug Protector, which arrived at
the Delaware Breakwater yesterday. re.
ports the tug International holding her
position under steam at the Five
Fathom Bank She slipped aud buoyed
ner anchor. She has been placed there
as a temporary iightship in place of the
one that went down in the recent storm.
Sunday school Convention Here.
Members and co.workers Of the U.
A. Nj E. Sunday school are busilv en-.
gagged in arranging for the twelfth
quarterly session Of the Sunday school
convention of this conference which
will convene In New Castle on Thurs