The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-20
NEW CASTLE NEWS



Correspondence of tho Republican.
New CASTLE. April 20.
Magistrate Pancoast, of Salem, N.
j., was the guest of Magistrate Jan.
Iyler yesterday. Both Magistrates are
expert checker players and they visit
ed the jail and Mr.. Pancoast played a
few games with Ed. Stroud.
A surprise purity was given on We'd
'nesday evening to Elsie Lancaster In
honor OF her thirteenth birthday. The
young folks spent couple OF hours
right joyfully. Elsie received many
handsome presents. Refreshments
were served.
! Constable Israel Riding yesterday
was presented with rifle, which he
values highly. 1t was brought from
Germany. many years ago. by the late
Mr.. Mantz. who was until the time OF
his death, the champion rifle shot OF
Delaware.
Mrs. James Wise and Mrs. Stack. who
have been indisposed for the last Few
days, are reported much better to-day.
"Chonp John" gems to have struck
the ng place this time. Al the
tfat OF mn auction last evening there
W We y few present. except NUM-
h OF Jys and idle eightseers. The
II op of New Castle do not allow
lsu,. d person to pull them with the
sort of articles he sells. IL Is eonsld-
cred that his stay here Will DO short
one and none will like 1t better tha3
the ladies'. to see him clear out OF the
city.
The clothing men OF Wilmington are
Cunning hard after the New Castle
trade. Yesterday Max Ephraim. OF
the New York Clothing House. was al
the Gilpin House with samples OF his
clothing. In the afternoon Wallace
Connolly. from Hamburgers' clothing
house, arrived here OH the same bust
ness.
4 Orbid Porter. the butcher, has con.
nected himself with A. Davidson, and
will start butcher shop here on next
Monday.
Snad came in In good numbers yes
terday Every boat averaged over 60.
THE prices were down to traders
Iprices-below $50 per hundred.
Yesterday afternoon Constable Rid
ling sold the stock of Theodore jaEis
ljewelry store on landlords warrant.
lHanf has been trying to meet his rent
bill, but owing to being unable to col
lect any OF the bills owed to him, he
could not raise money enough. l1anf
low all around and he has the sympa-
thy of good thinking and respectable
people as no has several hundred dol
lars which lie hus been unable to col
,lect.
, Wall paper, &c up. at Stoops'.
At the last General Assembly, am ong
tho many com panies incorporated was
the Riverside Terra Gotta Company.
Since then very little has been heard
of the company until four or live
weeks ago 1t became known that a
number Of capitalists were about to
commence business on tho Taylor L..
Dixon farm, short distance below
this city.
The parties interested most in the
enterprise here ara Taylor l.. Dixon
und james q. Shaw. On Wednesday
"a wharf builder was here making esti'
mates for the building OF wharf op.
lposite The ground where brick yard
and works will be established.
Tho clay on this farm is inexhausti.
bile. as after digging to u depth OF &C
feet the clay was still fonnd. The
company will manufacture fire and
iron bIick and all kinds of ornamental
clay work for fancy buildings.
Among the outsiders i'll the enter
prise are capitalists from New York,
New Jersey aud Phllad elphia.
When the company was chartered II
was considered that it would ouly bt
u myth. but now the very same people
ARE going around with all Il told yol
SO" air.
!, When the company will begin oper.
iations could not DO nscertained but II
was learned that as eooE ne the lead
ling capitalist In the company arrives
home from California that the work
will soon begin.
lilo New Castle CORRESPONDENT OF
the REPUBLICAN knew where the stolen
horse was ana made Inquiries from
the state detectives and Wilmington
lpo Ice, but could not find who lost the
horse. Mayor Herbert had on Mon
day notified the man where he could
find his horse. ami tho Mayor claims
that Lynch Is entitled to the reward.
The schooner Nina Bell, from fhila
delphia Tor Cieutugos. which arrived
at the Delaware Break water yesterday
had her forward house bully damaged
yesterday by fire breaking out OF
board.
EA.sheriff Simmons was in toHl
last evening.
Mrs. Beniz and Mics Addie l.. Bentz
. of Wilmington. were the guests o
Mrs. j. Harvey Stewart yesterday.
Mrs. Riley, st. Georges, Is visiting
here.
Tho mammoth British tank bark
Falkland. Captain Roberts. from Liv
erpool March 3, via Hulyhead. MRref
IS With cargo of purple ore, rasset
up yesterday after mosttemepstuou
and thrilling passage. She was di
vested of sails, her decks are swept
and her crew bruised and worn out
On March 81, when In latitude 1875
longitude So, ~, size experienced hur
ricane and the wind blew with sue
). force that the vessel was hove dow
OIL her beam ends and her cargo Il
1.-THE between decks shifted SO that sh
WIS canted In periDous position
Amid the fury OF tho storm, with tn
seas breaking completely over her, tn
matches wero lifted aud the men. q
:. tho peril of their lives, went below I,
: trim the cargo and bring her up on q
o even keel once more.
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