The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-28
NEW CASTLE NEWS.
Correspondence of the REPUBLICAN.
New CASTLE, August 2s.

Correspondence of the REPUBLICAN,.
| New CASTLE, August 2s.
Base ball in New Castle will be taker
from its Rip Van Wrinkle state to morrow
when the Delaware Cipy team will meet
the Z. A. q. Jrs. at Battery Park. There
| will be no charge of admission to the
game, but a collection will be taken up tc
| dcfray the expenses of the visitors. The
batting order will be as follows:
Delaware City G, A. c. Jrs.
Hodson, 3b Vantine, II
Rhein 2b Ccuntiss
Ropp ID Newlove IS
]. Holiday 50 Brl1gewaterp
McAdams McCnep
O'Ncil p King 80
Oliver Dovis ri
NJ. Holiday RI Kirk 2b
j. Brown II Case Of
j. Mcintyre CT Ball Id
Miss Mamie Fields Of Philadelphia has
been the guest of Miss Hattie King,
Red Lion NJ. H, Sunday school spent
yesterday at Washington Park.
A iuit festival will be held in the town
hall on Saturday evening for the benefit
of the First Baptist Church
There will be u big turn ont on Sunday
Of pleasure seekers for Washington Park
on the Railroad Conductors excursion.
Tho Misses Patrick, Chuf and Mulhol-
land of Philadelphia are spending week
in New Castle
Misses Katie Grady and Annie White of
Wilmington spent yesterday az the guests
of Miss Celia Collins.
Miss Hetty McCaughan is visiting in
Philadelphia.
Misses Sallie and Lena Roth and Clara
Gropp of Wilmington have returned home
after q pleasant visit to Mrs. Samuel
Groenbaum.
New and second hand bicycles for sale
cheap or trade by Stoops.
John NJ. Davidson has returned home
from few days stay at Cape May.
Mrs Crane, Mrs. Armsteat and Mrs.
Griffin of Philadelphia, were the gnests Of
Joseph II. King yesterday.
Yesterday afternoon while Joseph
Suavely's little boy was playing on the
back porch of the residence he dropped
lighted match into a basket of clippings
of dress materials, and there beinga stiff
breeze blowing at the time tho flames
quickly spread over the porch. Mrs.
Suavely gavo the alarm, and J. Harry
Rogers was quickly on the scene, and put
out what might have been a big fire.
George Ford, bricklayor employed at
the Delaware Iron Works, accompanied
by John Wolson, his helper, yesterday
entered one of the furnaces for the purpose
vi FcllnluB IL. Incfe muSU nave Deeu
leak somewhere or else they entered tho
furnace too soon, for they were..overcome
by the gas, and it took several hours to
resusctate them.
The manner in which the Water Works
Company has managed its affairs and
treated the city of New Castle will be air
ed ut length tomorrow in the local paper.
The Mount Vernon of this city and the
Newark band furnished the music in Del
aware City last evening for the colored
Odd Fellows parade in honor of the
lodges anniversary of that place
A party of gentlemen from Wilmington
came over yesterday and accompanied by
Charles Hoffman spent the day fishing ut
the jetty.
Mrs. Howard Young and two children
and Miss Lulu Young of Philadelphia are
the guests of Miss Lydia Moore.
Mrs. Wier of Christiana is the guest OF
Mrs. Porter.
Tho Misses Cooper Rodney, Truss, Mrs.
DUNCAN and daughter, Mrs. Wylie and
son constituted n party of New Castle
people who spent yesterday at Cape
May.
When the road scraper went over tho
road it took up the stakes of the trolley
road, thereby neccssitating re-survcy.