The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-20
NEW CASTLE NEWS.
what Is Trnn-pirina In ti,e Pseit, Town on
the Delaware
corre.pouasnoo OF the Republican.
NEW CAsrLr. August 20. 1s95.

NEw CASTLE. August 90 1895.
The Hushebsck Orchestra. OF which Will
liam @. Grimes was a charter member
held o meeting last evening and appoint
ed a com mittee to secure floral onerlng
The funeral will take place tomorrow
afternoon at O'Clock. Services will be
held at the Al. Z. Church and interment
will be made In the adjoining cemetery;
There were hosts OF men In the Della
ware Iron Works yesterday morning
could aoarcely believe their eyes and had
IL not been that 1t was day time they
would have been badly ecared ABOUT the
first week OF July word was received mere
that Samuel Cox had died at North East
from sunstroke. Sam lived here for sew
eral years and worked in the foundry.
His many friends felt sad when they
learned OF his death. Imagine their open
eyed surprise yesterday morning when
Sam walked into the foundry ano began
to work. 1t was false report and Sam is
yet worth more than 1900 dead men.
Captain Hammers OF the Nameless base
ball club stated today that his players are
all In fine form for the great game 10 9e
played tomorrow at Augustine Pier. He
says that In addition to playing good
ball all his players are runners.
Yesterday afternoon about O'Clock the
police tug of Philadelphia TIED up TO tine
Delaware street wharf to give Governor
Hastings and staff Of Pennsylvania a
chance to visit the jail. f. III: Munso1,
Jr.. escorted the party to Hotel Gillis:
Deep interest was taken In the post and
pillory and the cat. During the stay tne
and as he has q big heart he promptly
.'pard oned" nineteen tramps who claimed
Pennsylvania as their home.
The way he signed their discharge was
by giving roll OF notes to the warden,
and so the hretory Of New Castle jail will
tell in years to come how offenders were
liberated by Governor Hastings. While
the Governor was on his tour OF inspec..
had mi
scramble among the tramps by throwing
handfuls OF silver In the air. The party
left on the 5.37 O'Clock train.
The funeral of Robert j., the infant son
OF James Jordan. will take place this af-
ternoon. Interment will be made at the
Presbyterian Cemetery and services con-
Quoted by Rev. DIR. Proudfeit.
st. feter's Sunday School went on Its
annual picnic to Pennsvllle today.
party of young people lett this morn.
ing for a days outing at Platts mills.
The Naval Reserves at Augustine Pier
is attracting the people from here. Those
who have visited the camp assert tbat the
drills are interesting. Over zoo VIII go
which makes two trips in order that the
signal drill may be viewed.
j. Harry King treated the Board OF Di-
rectors of the y. A @. to Ice cream last
evening at the saloon OF John A. Wallis
The battery for the Nameless team to-
morrow will be Workman and Taylor.
with Ziegler as sub pitcher.
Mlssee Beulah Gordon and nj. Denney
OF Pennsgrove have returned home after a
visit to New Castle friends.
Miss Nellie G. Wise has returned homo
from q visit to Pennsgrove.
MIR. and Mrs. GLAND have returned home
from Atlantic City.
Buy your shoes at McGrory's.
Messrs Wright OF Buffalo. O., II. Bump
of Vermont and W. O. Kennoy of Phiiadel.
phia are at the Jefferson House.
The Government inspectors inspected
the river off here yesterday and took tha
soundings They were aboard the Mer.
maid.
The many friends of Captain Vent are
pleased to learn of hls transfer from the
tug Juno to the tug Reese.
The Falcon stopped here yesterday and
eareral went to Camp Farragut.