The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-12-03
NEW CASTLE NEWS
Correspondence of the REPUBLICAN.
NEW CASTLE, Dec. B.

NEW CASTLE, Dec. g.
A fortune teller has caused the arrest of
O young man here, and he Is now In Jail
awaiting the next term Of court to answer
the charge of larceny of gun, horse
blanket and carriage whip, the property
of r, Eben Watts. On last Saturday
night the articles disappeared from his
livery stable and Watts was unable to
trace the theft to any Of the colored men
around his stable.
So last Monday he visited Wilmington
and there consulted a fortune teller. He
wanted to recover his gun valued at S32
and the Is worth Of other articles, after
telling. ef-Aisloss to the woman she told
him that little man had visited his stable
and that she could sec the gun In parts
blanket was at a brick house in the city
Watts returned home, but could not
imagine on his way who the thief could
be. When he reached the stable he asked
the hosteler If any white men had been
around the stable on the night the goods
were taken. He replied that there was no
white man around but Isaac Dugdale, q
young man employed by Patrick keegar.
a short distance below this city.
Watts appeared before Magistrate Jan.
yier aud swore out warrant for Dugdale's
arrest.
Yesterday afternoon Constable Flem
ing arrested him on the farm. He denied
at first that he knew anything about 1t,
but finally broke down and acknowledged
that he had She gun Part OF 1t was
found in his trunk and the other parts
concealed under his bed He had used II
file to remove certain marks from the gun,
He was taken before Magistrate JanvIer
and held in 5000 bail to appear at court. =
The Delaware river has been rough for
the past two days. Yesterday small
skiff with two men in 1t capsized off
New Castle The steamer Major Reybold
was on It's up river trip and rescued the
men and took them to New. Castle. The
skiff was recovered by yacht and taken
here also The names of the men could
not be secured as after drying their clothes
at a hotel they left for their destination,
The local lodge of the Jr. O. U. A. NJ
will hold debate next Tuesday evening.
The second anniversary of the b V. NJ.
Sodality will be properly celebrated In St.
Peters church OH Sunday evening Decem-
ber 10, A special musical program Is be.
ing rehearsed. Several postulants will be
admitted into the sodality that evening.
John Wright, student attending the
Commercial College in Wilmington had
his ankle sprained on Saturday, while
playing football against the Delaware
Field Club and is now confined to his
home.
Mr.. Burleigh of the Delaware School of
Oratory will be at the NJ. E. Church Oh
December &.
There was a tremble in the voice Of Mr..
Pagan as he reported at the meeting of
City Council last evening that New
Castle is in the back ground with little
towns down the State as regards light
and water. He favored arc lights In every
part of the city. He described at length
tho workings Of Milford and Smyrna, and
tho band still plays.
The Trustees of the Commons with 400
acres of land have given the water works
Company enough money to buy two or
three water works and yet there is no
money in the treasury to give our schools
but there is money for Attorneys fees.
City Council paid some bills, talked over
affairs in general and adjourned to meet
cn the regular time. The city charter is
once more pigeon holod