The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-09-29
NEW CASTLE NEWS.
Among the essays submitted recent

| Among the essays submitted recent
ly by the class of girls in Miss Wen
,delPs room was tho following from
the pen of clever little Miss of 10
years OF age. The essay speaks for
itself.
Sand Hoeck has always been the
principal place on the South River, as
well as In the time of the Engllsh as
!. of the Dutch. 1t is now called New
Castle, by the English. New Castle Is
situated on the west eide OF the river:
upon q point which extends out with
candy beach. aifording q good land
ing place, better than can be found
elsewhere, on that account. 1t lies lit
tie above the bay, where tie river
bends and runs south from there. SO
that you can see down the river south.
wardly. The greater portion OF 1t pre-.
lsents beautiful view in perspective.
land enables you to see from distance
the ships come out from the bay and
sail up the river. Early explorers were
quick to recognize this site for town
and took measures TO obtain possess
sion OF the same.
IStuyvesant. in tho name of the West
India Company, bought from the In
dams all the land lying between the
lMinquas Creek (now Christiana CreeK)
and Bomties Hoeck (now Bombay
Hook. About one Dutch mile or four
lEnglish miles, below Minquas Creek,
was q promonotory of fast land jut.
ting out into the Delaware.
This point. known as Sand Itoeck,
was used by stuyvesant as a site
for Fort Cassimir. all traces of
which have been washed away. The
fort Is believed to have been where the
Episcopal Church now stands The
settlement of the Dutch at Fort Cas-.
sinner created much dissatisfaction
J among the Swedos. On June 18th.
l167l. it was ordered that no vessel
above New Castle. to traffic. The
town dixie was authorized to be built
by the magistrates. juno 4th, 1875.
The New Castle Gas Company was
chartered. February nth, 1857. and
organized September 10th. 1857. with a
capital stock OF $50. In shares of
1910. The incorporators were Thomas
I. Tasker. Howard j; Terry, Jamee
ICrippen and Peter II. Nandevor. Mr..
ITasker was elected president, an Office
still held by him till recently. The
city OF New Castle is In delaware. The
population, given In Mitchell's School
: Atlas, for 1890. was 40I0. There are
: many fine buildings in New Castle.
, among them being the Smith mansion.
on Front street, whore George Wash
Iington was once entertained; the
where there are many curiosities;
the Leslie mansion, on the lawn.
which 10 very large, there Is also
the court house, on Delaware st. The
lold Academy on the school green. is
94 years old, being Euilt in 1900. There
are five churches i'll Now Castle, the
ElPresbyterian, which is the oldest
WIab l,,ii tn oI -
\ being made 1908, the Episcopal. was
4 built III 1879 and enlarged in is2o, the
dMethodist Church WINS erected in 1850.
4 1t is single story building. seats five
hundred persons has carpcted floor,
4 stained glass windows, and u plpe or
gan.
A The Catholic Church ia very pretty,
Its stained glass windows are beauti
full, IL was built in 1870. The Delaware
4 Iron Works Is very largo building,
land employs about 600 men and boys.
4 Tho Opera House, which Is very large
\ building also. was built in 1879. In il
the Columbia Athletic Club has it's
slgymnasium. There is ono newspaper
!. printed in New Custle. that is the Her
aid. New Castle is q very old town.
There are some very old curiosities
here. HElTY McCAuGHAN.
The other side of the dog ordinance
llb Iubb as lllkti cSlluE, eultl u LhApuy tk
. Hast evening" who framed the ordi
nance but those who are now trying
ito defeat 1t. The city council will be
untrue to their trust II they do moi
enforce the law. 1t seems that some
Ione Is trying to gain the confidence oil
Ia certain element in order to get theil
votes next spring for mayor. New
Castle believes in rotation OF Office, and
There will be no second term this time
n If we have law then enforce 1t. II
y ian offender is prevented from being
tried before the mayor the law states
that some one else can act. 1t Ia only
Just to the clerk of council that he die
not ask for the special duty Of regis
tering the dogs 1t was placed on hli
shoulders and he could not get out O
tho responsibility.
The base ball club. which will come
here to-day, will be as follows:
0'Connor, catcher; Kelly. s. g.. Mea
ney, pitcher; Chlld's. . b.; Moreloch
Is b.; Sinnott IT,. Mcfarland, RI. Hag
gerty, cf.; Hines. b. There Is very
little interest manifested in tho game
i'm consequence Of the team hero being
devoid OF home players, An Afternoon
Taper stated Madden would play cub
istitute. The statement was untrue.
Five members OF st. Peters L. a, b
Society will attend the meeting OF tbs
IWilmingt OH Union OF the L. A. Is. So
lcietles at Ashland to morrow after
noon at $50 O'Clock.
Tomorrow morning tho masses il
: st. Peter's Church will DO at 80 ant
1850 o'clock. 1his is the winter ar
Management.
When Faino. the italian who was
convicted of muir Ter at the Court o
oyer and Terminer, was brought ovel
hero yesterday afternoon on his wa,
from the van into the jail he criet
and moaned.
Senator Gray paid a visit to New
Castle yesterday. Doubtless h,
brought over some whitewaeh tc
daub on pext Tuesday evening at the
Dem ocratic meeting at the Opera
House.
Howard Comegys, of New York, is
the guest of New Castle friends.
Mrs. Mllligan and two daughters. o
Philadelphia. are the guests of Coun
Gilman and Mrs. John Martin.