The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-28
NEW CASTLE NEWS.
What Ii Transpirins In the Pretty Town
On the Delaware,
Correspondence Of the RnpUpLIcAs.
NEW CAsru.n April %, 1894.

NEW CASTLE. April %, 1884
Everything was hustle here last |
night with the frienda of the different |
candidates for the Sheriff nomina ton.
Meetings. in favor of Glllis and Finn |
were held and both were we'll attended. |
Several wagers we're made on the re- |
suit, the heaviest bot being $50 TO $40. |
The vote here to-day will be about $50
and ellis will receive 200 OF all the
votes cast Vandever and Wright
seem to have the lead here for Coro-
ner.
Fourteen couples constituted the
party that took straw rido from
here last evening. The party left
town about T.30 O'Clock and drove to
Newport, to Wilmington aud back to
New Castle. Fish horns took con-
spicuuus part In the musical part OF
the program. Two stops were made
on the trip. All agreed that they spent
i O truly pleasant time.
Packages called for or delivered free
. In New Castle by steamer Reybold.
Round trip ticket TO Philadelphia SO
) csnts. Cattle are not exposed on the
4 deck this year. Passenger accommo-
dalton better than ever.
Hear tho Brownson Quaftctte-Opera
r House tonight.
II was rumored around town here
1 yesterday that Frank Duke, Pole,
i while employed in the Delaware Iron
a Works had been killed. When the
:, REPUBLICAN, arrived II contained the
news. however. that tho man was not
o dead but had been injured about the
], head and that he would lose one eye
and that he was at the Delaware Hos
: pital In wilmington. For news both
n bright and fresh the RIPBBLIoAN leads.
Duke and colored man had been
"a unloading iron sheets in the bell weld
= department., and after throwing q
8 sheet off the cur The end OF 1t struck u
n post, bounded back and struck the
n man In the head. 1t cut him like 0
= knife from the eye to behind the ear,
=, and the eyeball was so belaed out that
II DIR. rybout deemed it advisable to re
10 move the man to the hospital.
Mr.. A. Nj. Hizar requested me- las
evening to state that he paid the tin'
I, and costs for John Mccall on Tuesda,
!. evening and that Mccall was fre'
q man and not prisoner when he work
u, ed for him. The county was sayet
" sixteen days board for Mccall by tn,
n. transaction.
" John W. Cookies has opened baker.
oe on Fourth street, where John kelt.
~ used to be In the business. MIR. Cooke
Ie has beFn in the business for severa
ei years in the south but disposed OF hi
;, Interests there anu came U0ftn
ia New jokes new tricks. new ballads
=, new apts. new faces at the minstrel
:, tonight.
~ A team belonging to Ex-sheriff Alva
=, Alien ran away lear the United State
10 Hotel yesterday afternoon. MIR. Woo
~ who was driving the team at the tim
W had his clothes badly torn and the L
y. W. Il u. railroad watch box was slight
III ly damaged by the team coming il
u contact with 1t.
- The Brownson Quartette. aeco N
70 70 panied by several other Wilmington
~ ians. including Dooley and Revbolu
q. will appear ut the Opera House &c
~, night In refined minstlalsy. y Roc
-, -. number of reserved seats have bee
~ sold.
", Miss Maggie Harper. Wilmington
~. spent yesterday with friends here.
NJ key. and Mrs. s. b. Wiley huve r,
~ IL turned home from two weeks trII
% Miss Annie Conroy. who hAs bee
W. spsnilng two weeks in WILMINGTON
has returned home.
-. The five-year.old boy OK John HeI
~ DIRK, who has tecn indispoSsd fo
about two months. Is very low.
Miss Maud Hainmel Camden, N. J
h., Is the guest of Miss Mary ID. Rocket
~ Miss Lizzie Sipple of Farnhurst
~ visiting her sister, Mrs. David Steel,