Evening journal., 1895-10-21

Passed Up Yesterday Afternoon Open
ing Football Game at Battery Park.
Special Correspondence Evening Journal.
NEW CASTLE, Oct. 2l.-Although
electricity for lighting purposes has been
practically knocked out. the movement
for better light has bad the effect Of
giving the city ab,ut the best In the
East and by far the finest light In Della
ware. The improved gas burner will be
used and an arrangement has been made
with the New Castle Gas Company by
which that corporation takes all risks
At special meeting Of City Council on
Saturday night there we're representa-
tlves present from the New Castle Gas
Company and the Wilmington City
Electric Company Mr.. Elissou pre-
sented an agreement from the gas CON
pany contracting to supply the city with
seventy gas lights supplied with the
improved and powerful burner OF 3D.
candle power--to bs burned every night
and all night throughout the year, for
81, 500.
This was as good an arrangements as
Council could hope to make, and Mr..
Pagan offered q resolution, accepting the
agreement Of the gas company to assume
entire control OF the lights. except for
lighting, and this resolution was adopted.
That settled the light question and every
body seeme satisfied.
Last night, Delaware street presented
picturesque scene. The new burners
were In uss from Fifth to Front and the
street WAS like It is on bright moon
light night, when rays Of \ new moon
shine brightly through the tall trees
party Of men standing near the Gilpln
House, read manuscript by the light OF
the mayors Office lamp, sixty feet away
first Contest on the Grldiron.
The football season Was opened at
Battery Park. on Saturday, with Alva
and @. A. O. as the opposing elevens.
Each team was about evenly matched
with the exception that the
Alvas have had more exper
i,nce, having played several games,
while the New CASTLE boys have not been
on the field together until this game
heavier than O. A. @. but they could
make no impression only by repeated
dashes through left tackle.
The features Of the game we're the
tackles OF Case and Rodney Not once
did Alva get around the ends OF O. A. o.
A special feature was the all round
playing Of Countiss. the right half back
OF Q. A O. This Is his frst game and he
was Ia every play. He made the only
touchdown of the game For Alya,
Huxley and Smith did great work, repeat
edly breaking up tue @ A. 3 interfer-
epe4. Harry also played a good game At
end
The game started with the ball IN
possession OF Alva They kicked IL of
TO Bndgewater but he was tackled on
the twenty FIVE yard line Then The
home club lost he ball on tumble BY
repeated rushes through left-tkckle
Alva carried the ball within few feet Of
the goal liue q A Q msde a stroug
stand and held Alva for four downs and
by dashes into the line and using the
turtle-back trick carried the ball back to
the twenty-f five yard line. After several
more downs and tackles, time Was called
for the frst-half
The c. A. o kicked of In the second
half and Smith, of Alva, caught the ball
but Was tackled on the thirty Ave yard
line. The O. A O., In a series Of downs,
forsed them back with the ball IN their
possession, within ten yards OF goal line
Here Countlss broke through and got
the ball from Quarterback Huxley and
scored the only touch down. Lancaster
kicking the goal. Score to 0 Time
Twenty minute halves Rsferee-Jsn-
weir. Umpire-Mask. L'nesmen- II IT.
man and Wilson.
Indiana Comes steaming Back.
At 10 40 yesterday afternoon the new
battleship Indiana, which nov ranks in
the first class Of the world, csme steam
ing up the Delaware and gave New Castle
three piercing f-ars from her powerful
siren In answer to some American hags
that we're run up
She left Boston shortly before midnight
on Friday. Upon her tunnels were
painted the figures IS 81, representing 10
knots the speed that she displayed on
her trial trip ThS indiana has a sIren
that beats anything IN that line hereto
fore constructed by the Cramps, and the
noise she made with It coming mp the
river astonished people for miles around
The average speed from Boston harbor
to the Breakwater was 70 90 knots Der
hour. the vessel having passed the latter
point about o'clock yesterday morning.
Governmental officials made 4 test OF the
Indlana's coal consumption, extending
over a period OF six and a half hours, and
working under all conditions. A deal Of
mathematical calculations, however,
must be made before the amount of coal
consumed can be Known. and this will
take probably a week The Indiana will
now be st Cramps yard until she goes
into commission. which will be at an
early date, possibly next month.
Blew Up the Wrecked steamer.
In two terrific blasts the old wrecked
steamer lying of this city Just above
Bulkhead bar, was blown to pieces sat
urday afternoon and avery obstruction
having been removed. Inspector Bunting
and the machines and woIkmen returned
10 Philadelphia. The last charge was so
powerful that the scow and mschines,
although then some distance from the
Fpot, heaved MP and down on the troubled