The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-09-17
NEW CASTLE NEWS
What is Transplrinz In the Pretty Town
on the Delaware.

ot the Republican.
NEW CASTLE. Sep. II.
This city was thrown into fit OF ex.
element yesterday morning by the
colored man aged about IS years, had
died of sporadic cholera
On Saturday evening aboutS O'Clock
no was taken with vomiting which
continued for two hours. pr. ]. Leroy
Fisher was called In and on examining
the man found that his tenn perature
was four degrees below being normal
and his breath was 10y cold. He was
also seized with an awful purging and
yesterday morning after being III for
only eleven hours he died.
The doctor called on DR.. John j.
Elacs and described the case to him,
and the two physicians agreed that
sporadic cholera was the cause OF
death. DIR. Fisher i'm medlately called
on Mayor Herbert and asked that the
house be Guaranteed. The Mayor
was placed in strange. and at the
same time an unenviable position,
from the fact that there was no board
OF health In the city.
City council has committee OH
Heath and Nuisance, but the doctor
ild not deem 1t advisable to walt until
they were hunted up. Finally, after
being spoken to by pro mlnent citizen
VINO presented the case that IL the
pest would spread that tho Mayor
would DO the one who would receive
The blame. Mayor Herbert according,
Il placed the house under quarantine
restriction and appointed special Of.
licer to SEQ that the people kept away
from the house.
In the mean time Undertaken Gle we'll
took charge OF the remains and en-.
Onlmed them. In the absence OF n
health ouicer DR.. Fisher dislnte,tei the
house.
The news having sproad the people
in the Goighbor hoo became alarmed
;Inc at once rush was nude for the
drug store to secure dtsinieetants. The
supply soon ran out however.
All day groups OF people were found
on the corners OF streets discussing the
matter. About threo months ago d
called attention to the fact that New
,-astle had no Board of Health. Tue la w
IS worry plain on the subject.
Some of the people vera OF the
opinion that II the man had died of an
Infectious or contagious disease the
body should have been buried yester.
remain for two days.
Dohbtnsvllle has coma to the 'front.'
again with its hands dyed in crime. 1t
Iis unnecessary more to dwell on the
not and its consequences OF few
years ago. On Saturday night. Patrick
Leonard and Harry Riding nal some
words and engaged in littls shuttle.
sometime artor wards Riding wlsI
standing IN the birroom OF thu Dob.
uinsyilie hotel wien he was called out.
sido by a man who. 1t Ia stated is u
uonrder ut Leonard's house.
Riding had made but two steps out.
side the door when no WAS struck on
Tho top of tho head with a hltrnet
tanl lie was foiled to tho ground bv !
IthB force OF the blow. lie got up
twice, and was knocked down each
time ho did Sc.
Friends went to Rldiny's asslsta nee
ana prevented Leonard from commit.
.tltg any further assault on the man
When picked up 1t was found that
the blade OF the hatchet had mado a cut
in Il ding's head thu full length ot the
hlsde and over nn Inch.
l. le injured man was removed to.
lal5 home, where he was attended BY
lDr Black. who stwod thu wound
Ihe man yesterday was In wapl;
condition FROM tho loss OF bloc unl
the stlock. Had the wound been in
Ilcted half an inch further back death
would have been instantaneous. na tLet
lblade would have gone through his
brain. Should modification set In thu
doctors will have a hard struggle to
save the mans life. Riding's assallant
has not been arrested
The greatest game OF ball of the
season was played hero on Saturday,
Every one paved bali. The visitors
came under the name of the Crescent !
CLUB OF Philadelphia. hut it was com
stituted OF players from the Crescent.
lIoga and WynnewoOd 1t took ten
innings to decide the game. Had
Leach kept cool in tho first two in.
lngs the visitors would have been
whttewashed.