The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-01-16
NEWCASTLE NEWS.


~ ths Dslawars.
Correspondents Of tho Republican.
Nzw CAbr.r Jan. i8.-Hard times
are Gettin< harder here evory day.
OF course The olosing Of the cotton
mills has made it a little worse, but
70 some II would BE- n blessing for
them to stay closed down. refer to
tho poor children who work therein.
In tho spinner room there are children
working who are not ten years old.
and they are getting no schooling
and only earning one and two cents
an hour. A law against child labor In
the mills should be put into operation
or the Society. fortheP Prevention OF CRU
city TO children should be called to tie
matter. But IL is. alas, too true that to-
day thereare not more than 225 peo-
pie at work. although the population
is nearly $500.
Assessor William J Hunter has COM
pIeted hie assessment of this hun
dred and has hung up his assessment
books Now is the time to keep your
eyes open and see II you are properly
assessed. There is some high kicking
over the value at which some proper
ties are placed at, white their neigh,
bors are not near as highly assessed.
This will be a great social week In
New Castle Tonight there will be
q surprise prrty, Thursday night we
will have q wedding and a ball, and
Friday night another ball.
The members OF the camping club OF
the q. A c., who went to Delaware
City yesterday report having had q
delightful time.
Yesterday afternoon officer Tobin
arrested "a stranger near the depo t.
He was setting strangely and the officer
thoughtful better to arrest hir.
Tbs board OF the directors of the G.
A. Q. held an important meeting last
the :. NJ. T. R. Club it is under.
stood will rent the second floor OF the
Red Meh's Hail for It's headquarters.
The membership Of the club han SO In
creased that the present room ts too
| small tb properly accommodate the
| membets. Then there 10 neat stage
In the He'd Mems hall. and as the club
gives weekly entertainments 1t will
be just the place which tho club
needs.
A scene was created alcng Seventh
street last evening by q down town
woman going to saloon and order
Ing her husband to go home. He did
\ not delay after he received his orders
nor did she delay much either for she
followed him closely and ehe did moi
fail to give her dear husband u bit oil
| her tongue"
1.-THE colored people, who were hello
for court yesterday In Wilmington Tor
+, the larceny OF chickens from the dlf.
| ferent farmers near bore, came over 10
jait yesterday afternoon. They TO,
ceived the jeers OF the hoys with MI
unconderned air. One of the colorsd
women said she thought 1t too bad
the way one oil The market men tried
to cheat her when buying the chickens
from her.
She honestly thought that the chic.
kens should weigh more than they
did and she found out that they did,
100. fer the man 10 the market whom
she WIS selling them to placed a little
box under the scales SO that they
could not go down. and therefore be
had double advantage on the poor
woman. The farmers around here nre
OF the|opinlon that theparty who buys
the stolen chickens should receive just
the same punishment as tho party who
steals them.
Mrs Orr has returned from Phila
delph,a after visit to friends.
Gus Weik 10 On n visit to friends
here. He has been for some time pas
engaa led in the barbering business u,
| Galenn, Md.
john O. Common is visiting Phiiadel
phla frlends-
The anniversary OF the Baptis
Church Sunday school this evenin.
prom Sos to be grand affair. A de
lightfui program Eas been arranged
and nt its conclusion u plentiful suppl,
OF refreshments will be served rher,
Will te a small admission fee charged
in order to keep the rush OF boys ou
who dongregate on such occasions.
A morning paper states:
"Uhless present Indications fail til,
the New Castle aud Wilmington eiec
trio railway will lie built and III opera
ton by June next. The original cor
porafors are determined to push tht
road to completion. and there is ne
doubt that IL will 10 built.
The rumor that the charter OF thu
Asse nbly had been sold to the vii
minEton City Railway Company is un
true A man in a position to knoy
said yesterday that this rnmor wal
CAUSED by the fact that Preston Lei
and Willard salisbury, the preaiden
and vice president OF the Wilmington
city Railway Company, are stock
holders III the New Castle and vii
mlnEton Company. This company Ii
Wilmington has nothing To do wilt
tho new company ut ali. as MessI S
Lea Rnd salisbury are merely stock
holders In their individual capacity"