The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-23
NEW CASTLE NEWS.
What Is TranspfrinE In the Pretty Town On
the Delaware.
Correspondence Of the REPUBLICAN.
New Castle Oct. 90.


New Castle. oct23.
1t was bad enough for New Castle peo.
pic to have to suiler the ordeal of reading
n eike story about tile registrars in Sun :
day paper. but We had the same thing
dishGl up to us last evening In the AS
tonisher.' which oil . tells the truth
Otner Afternoon p ars to-day TEEN
with an account u nie mad dog scare
The live correspon-~...s just found out
the news after forty-eight hours duration.
when 1t appeared IN the REruBLIcAN.
There were eighteen valuable dOgs shot
here yesterday. They had ali been bitten
by tha mad dog on Saturday.
Among the dogs bitten was one belong
Ing to a party named Marquess. On Sat
hand and lacerated two OF his fingers.
Last evening hia hand was swollen and
black ana 1t Is feared that he will have
Trouble with tho Injured member.
There are four ears OF corn at tho salo on
OF Joseph 5. Goodwin which wers raised by
Joseph Petit of State Road. One OF the
ears measures 1884 inches and contains
lO29 grains. Next. .."-
bot OF $40 TO Si0 was made here yes
terday tnat PennsylYania Will give Hast
ings 10000 majority.
Ephraim Bun has returned home. He
has been under treatment for some time
at the Homeopathic Hospital, Whining
ton. lie epeaks very highly of the doctors
anu uurbeS ut tult INSTITUTION.
twenty young men have furnished the
room at the marble yard and formed a
club entitled the N. X. G.
Wilbur Meredith. our leading news.
paper server and cigar and tobac eco dealer,
Yesterday recaived handsome gold
locRet us prize for number Of tobac CO
Tags sent to the manufacturer by him.
Ihe Citzsiis's Cornet Band OF this city
has been engaged to play at the kepuDii-
caIi inass nesting ut Delaware CITY next
Friday evening. The Democrats of Red
Lion Hundred put the band announce.
ment Oh their posters and then did not
hire the band. They could not afford to
pay tho band, as money was wanted in
Wilmington to buy up tax receipts
Inc fueerai of Mrs. Mury Fitzgerald
took place yesterday morning. lnterment
was made in St. Peters Cemetery.
st. Peters L. A. B. society ut its meet
lug on Sunday decided to hold grand
public rally IN the near Iuture. The So
ciety SCteu TO withdraw from the WiI.
nlngtOn Uuion because the Union ha s not
been supported by clerical aid as the
priests did not seem to favor the move
ment.
Something new has developed itself
"ltiln lew iays which shows the ncom.
petnnce and ignorance Of the uemo ocra tic
pirty-so culled-is not confined wholly
To national affairs, but manlfests itaeIf
everywhere, even In our local concerns.
general assessment OF taxes occurs
every four yeurs. Tue last oil these as
sessInents rur New Castle Hundred, legal.
~ considered, was made and returned by
Harry MeCauley i'll February, 1898. was
examined and approved OF by the Levy
Court commissioners, and thereby recog-
ni4ed us tho general assessment for said
hundred, which the law expressly enjoins
Shall stand aud be acted on for four
yeals." tDel. Laws. chap xI. sec .
duplicate thereof was In due time
lodged with the receiver OF taxes who ac-
tutily collected the taxes In that year by
authority OF the same.
Now after such acceptance and approv-
al OF llr. McNauley's general assessment
so confined by action under 1t Tor one
year, 1928 the Levy Court Comm lss toner's
had nothing further to do with 1t. They
were funcLo olflcio. All their powers are
derived from The Legislature, nLd that
body has said as above stated. The Ouiy
true general ussessinent in this hundred
10 lhat made by hcJauley. conlirLIed and
acted upon by the Recsiver of axes.
Mc,auley lett tho State and Hunter was
appointed in his room. Hunter seeing
that a new wanuual asseHsneut would bring
little each into his golfers. That only
pei son arriving at age. coming into the
hundred since tile general assessment or
who had been cmlttad in It, proceeded to
make ana ulii maze amt return another
general assess menL i'll which he paid no
regard to the reui anil general assessment
which was tnat OF 1895 by Ills Predecessor,
raiSing lht ussessinent OF many lowering
otiiprs, smashing things generally and
leaving mems names of the list that were
on that OF the general assessment.
II Id to De pre- su med that the Levy Court
Commissioners naNtnH onco pad McGau-
Icy for his work legally performed. again
reimbursed Mr.. Hunter for his work OF
suporEogatlon done against law aud to
the injury OF tho taxpayers and depletion
OF the county treasury. Thus 1t Will ap.
pear that tho tpxes demanded from the
people OF tue hundred are without autho
lty of law, anc tine payment OF them by
any ettzen theteJy is purely voluntary.
Ihe mattec viii bo brought INTO court.