Evening journal., 1894-03-16
STILL CATCHING FISH,
Indications of the )..Biggest
Season for Years.
ONE sHADwEIeHED SEVEN POUNDS

ONh bnAD W nldnnb DIV On AOoNbo
Fishermen Greatly Encouraged over the
Catches Made BY Their Fellow-trappers
So Early In the season-superinten
mccoy WIN Sell Out All His stock aud
Implements Next Week.
Special Correspondence Ev ,ninR Journal
NKw CASTLE, March 10
Fishermen Lancaster ard Duncan
again hauled In SOM nne Delaware shad
yesterday-six In all. This makes for
them total catch this week Of twenty
nine. with every indication that they
will end the week with a record Of forty.
One OF the shad caught yesterday
weighed seven pounds, solid weight and
brought fancy price The other shGd
fishermen are greatly encouraged at the
prospect for shad this season-bOth In
quantity and quality. The work Of hang.
ing In Is going ON now all over town.
A scarcity Of the funds necessary TO
equip them has prevented a score OF men
from starting out in their skiffs early
this season in search of the staple fish.
At least thirty or forty fishermen, how.
ever. have succeeded ia equipping their
boats and will start out IN earnest next
week Some will not trust TO luck In
the river, but will set out for points
down the bay below Port Penn and
Reedy leland. John A. Walls and
Joseph II. King, SCENTS and shippers, are
getting their storehouses in shape for. a
busy season
Converts to the Single Tax Idea.
Ever since the lecture of Mr.. Post In
- Ia nnaaas,, l,at,s
there has been strong sentiment grow
ing In favor OF the single tax, as de
scribed by the intelligent New Yorker
before the large and interested audience
Last evening, one Of the rising young
advocates Of these George theories, sub
mitted to the EVENING JOURNAL reporter
the following communication for publ
cation:
Editor of the Evening Journal.
SIR Accept my thanks Tor your report OF
the controversy between Professor X. y,
Thompson and our fellow -t0wnsman, Hsrold
Sudell. at the New-Century Club last Friday.
a newspaper gives the news. an organ sounds
forth the tunes at the VII Of the master s
is one newspaper-its name Is the hVENlN0
JOURNAL The land question is the question
OF the hour, Men work 20 secure food, cloth
ing and shelter. The source of all production
is the land; II is the primary, the passive
factor In production. Labor is the active
other men-the second lactoria production
Is Il not wrong 20 permit y few men 20 OWL
and 70 hold the iandTthe nfst factor IN pro
alleged leaders at Washington and for one
am ready for free trade and single tax on land
values. A FORMER PRoTEC1IONtsr.
New Castle, Del, March l3, 1894
Incidents Of the Day.
superintendent t-elect David Mccoy oil
the county almshouse. at Farnhurst. will
sell all his stock and farming implements
on the Common farm-Centre Hall-nexi
Tuesday and on Thursday he will sell al
his household goods at public auction
H p. Bullen, to whom he has sub-let th'
farm, will take possession on March 26.
Auditors Mc6rory aud Dalby, of tn
Trustees Of the Common are now a
work, assisted by Secretary Ferris. OF
the annual statement to the people O
New Castle, which will be circulate
after March 25.
Local weather prophets say St. Pat
ricks Day and the twenty-four hour
following will be beautiful spring days
Carload after carload OF iron lues an
tubing, made at the Delaware lro
Works here, is being shipped to To
Angeles, California, as fast as the good
can be manufactured.
Comedians OF the Young Mems Ten
perance Club have arranged an entertain
ment for the insane patients at the Dell
ware State Hospital at Farnhurst to
morrow evening
State Commander Vantine, on beha
OF Watson Post. g. A R.. has engage
his old friend, ex-CommRnder p.
Ayars, of Wilmington, to give a stereoi
ticon exhibition In the Red Mems Hal
March 81
Private sales OF household goods an
business equipments have been going q
here this month. and have been found
be much more ,prohtable than publ
vendues.
Work on the high bridge is beir
pushed by the railroad foremen, and q
force Of workmen has been increased
twenty Eve.