The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-09-18
NEW CASTLE NEWS,
Whnt !. TranspIring In the Pretty Tow
On the Delaware.
OF the ltEPuBLIcAN

of the ltEruBLIcAN
New CASTLE, Sept. 1s.
] The compositions OF tho little girls
on New Castle. which the REPUBLICAN
iIs publishing with pleasure, are read
by the majority OF the people here.
Neither the teacher nor any one else
has touched the essays in any way.
The children made the researches
themselves, and In their own way ex
following essay 10 from the pen OF O
ten-year old girl. 1t spe6ks for itself
| New Castle was founded by Peter
Menuit, Swede. In 1851. lie began
to erect a town upon the hank that
went sloping downward to the sandy
beach, and his only claim to the I'm
mortality that has been allotted to him
lis that he created what Is now New
Castle. The Swedes gave the place
they had discovered the name OF New
iStockholm. When.,t the Dutch con
lquered 1t, they dubbed it Sandhoee
then New Austel and then Fort CASH
Imer. Afterward 1t was known as
Grapevine Fort, then Delawaretown,
finally New Castle. Twenty years after
the Swedes had settled here, the
place and the command of the river
they came right under the uoses oil
the Swedes and built Fort Cnssimer
The battery Is beautiful and pictar.
esque spot. but has OF late teen de
molisEed. Sitting under the large,
shady tIecs you have a lovely scene In
front OF you. Below the rising and
ebbin2 tides hurl the tiny ripples upon
the pebbly beach. and tho perpetual
wash OF the waves make that gentle
and constant music, when IL among
the most grateful OF sounds OF nature
Away to the southwark sweeps The
Delaware shore line aud In the dis
Itance you can see the steep,es of Della
ware City.
To the left, farther in the distance
old Fort Delaware lifts Its battlementt
Iabove the surface of the stream. dc
mot know why the place is called "tht
battery" Perhaps couple OF centu
aries ago the Swedes may have built
here a breastwork with which to mon
ace their hated Dutch rivals, who helc
the fort just below us there upon the
Ilrlver bank. New Castle has very many
! Iold buildings. One OF the Oldest |:
! 1.-THE Old Tile House, built by VIM. Penn
and in which he lived. The first sehoo
built in Delaware was In 1900 which
WAS built on the N ". side OF the I'm
manuel Church. The first schoo
teacher was Everett Peterson. wllt
started q school OF twenty-five pupils
in 1857. About two hundred years agt
New Castle was town OF about ont
hundred houses, ncwit has propert!
valuation Of several millions and 400
Inhabitants. There are eight churche
lin New Castle-six white and tw'
in N Inn m q
oldest. II was built about 1920, nnt
was tho first church built IL New
Castle.
The iirst Catholic Church was bull
lin 1907. Between William street ant
Fourth street, there used to stand al
Iold Quaker Church nearly 100 Year
Iold. Right before II there ls largt
tree; it "a 100 yeats old. The tree Il
there yet Among the manufacturing
Industries ara tho Delaware lrol
Works. which was built in 1875 and Il
one of the largest tube works In III
country; the wooden and cotton mill
land the flour mill. The old Cour
House, in which court was held befor
Its removal to Wilmington, Is now oc
Icupied by different clubs. the pos
, office and also tho mayors Office. HI
jail is situated Ia the central part o
the city. The pillory and whipping
post relics are still the punishment
Imeted out to criminals for some OF
fences. While other States conside
this old punishment only a relic o
iharbarism, the Inhabitants OF Delaware
adhere TO 1t, and probably will TO
many years to come.
New Castle Is beautifully situatet
for manufacturing business, hayin
an excellent water front The larges
lyoasels from all portions OF the world
In 1876 there was d flood In New Castle
1.-THE water coming up to Fourth street
You could sail all around in boats o.
the battery. MAGGIE INwLEIt.
The Democrats and Democrat pa
per are trying to raise hubbub ovel
an imaginary piece of political new:
started by u friend or rather relative
of we'll known Republican. Heur,
IL. McMullin ID ali right and whei
iNovem Ter comes he will be all right
still, for the voters OF this hundret
will support him. There are no sort
heads in the Republican party here.
George WoolsoD, Sr, an aged man
about 20 years OF age. died here yes
lterday afternoon after six hours OF III
ness.
] New Castle seems to be the hardes
possible place In tho world to got the
iGuu5e III IL poISUu iohtiI btulou'
Tie Columbia Athletic Club held 1T
election for directors yesterday an
the deepest interest was manifested
iEighty.three votes wore cast, and tn
following were elected; Harry w
IHushebeek, Samuel i. Bacon, Harr
w. Herbert. j. Albert Foster, j. Miltol
Davidson, G. Edwin EGltlas, Thomal
ID. Wiso, ]. Harry King end William j
Holman.
BY one of tho boilers in the Delawar
Iron Works commencing to leak yes
terday three departments wer
Obliged to shut down
The base ball season is about owe
i and now we will lave tho footba
teams.
Sam Lily has returned from Oceal
I Grove where he has spent the summe
Mrs, John II. Martin has returned
homo flom Philadelphia.
Mrs. Atkinson and daughter an
Miss Julia Burton, OF baltimore, al
! the guests of Miss Booth.
| Miss Katie Fay. Philadelphia, ant
IiMiEs Mary Gately, New York, have re
j turned home from q pleasant visit t
Mrs. Eagin.
The Chtnaman Is not dead. Ho 10
lPEiiadelphia under the care OF
i Chinese physician.