Evening journal., 1896-02-13
A HARVEST OF WATCHES
Suspicious Characters Pockets
Filled With Them.
AKOEHER sUsPE0TsTgAMREa MOVE

a
The Fruiter Bernard Does Some suspic-
ious Manouvreine In the Rlver-stm
working In Vain with the Aureoie-A
Sermon Upon the Foundations OF the
Church.
Special Correspondence Evening Journal.
NEW CAsTLE, Feb. 13.-Policeman
Morgan did q clean plece OF detective
work last night when he shadowed and
caught q well dressed stranger who
proved to be regular walking gold brick.
The railroad station people were con-
sidersbly annoyed by suspicious
looking stranger who Was rattline around
the station and that vicinity after the
arrival In town OF the 10 o'clock train.
Officer Morgan's plans worked success
fully and by iO.40 o'clock he had the
stranger In the warden's Office at the
county prison.
While the jail officers "went through"
the captive he WAS the picture OF nm.
easIness and despair. Twelve gold and
silver watches and other iewelry were
taken from his pockets
The prisoner Is a Polish Jew, giving
the name Of Joseph Ogueky. "a years old.
in addition TO the watches on him he
had fl7 In money.
R,ck Upon which The Church Is Founded.
Rev. S. BsAttieSWylie, at the regular
prayer service IN the Presbyterian
Church last evening, delivered an address
upon the text;
"And Simon Peter answered and said
into him. Thou art the Chrltt the Son
OF the living God. And Jesus answer cd
and seld unto bin: = Thou art
Peter and upon this rock will build my
church, and the gates OF hell shall not
prevail against It."
The speaker said that so many differ
ences and divisions OF creed aud sect had
been caused By this one utterance Of the
Master that the beautiful lesson contain
ed in II WAS frequently overlooked. In bis
opinion there was no doubt that the
Master never intended TO establish his
church on such a weak aud erring Eman
as Peter. but upon the Messiahship, tho
divinity Of Christ which had Just been
confessed But the wonderful confes-
sion and Immediately the rich promises
following were enough to stir the heart
Of every faithful believer ia that Church
AoE1 HhADuntertl Aneto4
Early yesterday afternoon the lead q
colored steamer Bernard, Captain Nc
Grath, bound for San Antonio. Cuba. Ia
ballast from the Quaker City Fruit
Company, was sighted coming down the
river. When eff this city the Bernard
hove to and circled around for ten min
utes, landing at Pennsville and then
crossing to this city where she stopped
81 Pier r. Just what sine took on at
Pennsville or nt Pier + Is not known but
she ia suspected Of carrying munitions
Of war.
Many Watched the Pool Players.
Az the Columbia Athletic Club LAST
night another tournau0nt began on the
pool tables. 20 try for the gold medal
already won. once BY Samuel Mitchell.
There vas q large.cr0wd present 10 see the
opening which was very interesting
White made a straight run OF hitesn and
there were several ruus of fourteen
The standing now is: King, rs; Oountis7,
73; Case, 73; White, u; Logan, 6S; Kirk,
81; Mitchell, 81; Boyle, 52
Condition OF the Grounded steamer.
Tuesdays low tide seems to have left
Tue btlllfn steamer ANleoie astounu just
below this point, imbedded in a soft but
unvieldy resting place. At each hlg b
tide the tugs Columbia and Juno, two OF
the strongest fowboats on the river,
pulled on the grounded ship and the
work OF lightering her cargo Of petro
leum etill goes on.
Still another vessel struck bottom ia
the Delaware river yesterday. She was
the Atlantic transportation liner Bar
rowmors, Captain Waite. bound for
London. The place she grounded was
cherry Island, but she hoated and pro-
ceeded