The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-09-01
NEW CASTLE NEWS.
Correspondence of the REPUBLICAN.
New CASTLE, September |, 1896

Last evening In the X. of p. hall a meet
ingof about 10 Union Republicans was
held for the purpose of forming club in
New Castle. The meeting was presided
over by Joseph Orr, with f. l. Rogers as
secretary
The Hoffccker and Willis Union Re.
publican Club was then formed
The following committee was appointed
to draft bylaws and rules for the club:
James g. Shaw, Jr., John NJ. Hance and
K. l. Rogers.
1t was then adopted that the officers
consist of president, four vice presidents,
two SeCrctar les and room committee of
three. The following officers were elect.
ed:
President--Joseph Orr.
Vice Presidents-James Il. Davis, VIM.
Hnshebeck, John McCann and Robert
Wright.
secretaries-E l. Rogers and James f.
Committee on Room--Samuel Walls, j.
Harry Atkinson and William Pedrick.
Treasurer-Wiliam Etchells.
All those present then signed the roll.
james q, Shaw, Jr., Il, l. Rogers, John
b. Nining and J. +. McIvor were named
as committee to secure. suitable ban.
ner for the from. of the hall
The meeting was addressed by Charles
he felt highly pleased at the start the club
had made.
Last April the Union Republican club
was formed in Wilmington with only 10
members and to-day the roll contains tho
names of hundreds of staunch followers
of Mckinley and Hobart He extended a
formal invitation to the club to attend the
mass meeting in the Wilmington Opera
House on Wednesday evening, September
n ht, II Il ,,I
and Hessburn of Ohio
The following evening no doubt the
prospective Governor and Congressman
for Delaware will be the guests of the Hof-
fecker and Willis Union Republican Club
of New Castle.
There will be a meeting of the Union
Republicans of New Castle hundred held
on Wednesday evening for the purpose of
nominating candidates for the offices to be
voted for ON Saturday and delegates to the
constitutional convention meeting Tho
first meeting of the newly organized meet
ing will be held on Thursday evening.
Inc Democrats are getting ready for
their nomination election and L. 4, Ella.
son and Thomas p, Morgan are named as
candidates for Representative. For Road
Commissioner Samuel I. Landers and
Richard Armstrong are the aspirants
Tho latestrepor here is that the mur'
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Jersey pines at Mount Holly N ], Con
stable Miller Of that place met the mon,
but they got away from MIN.
Hc secured their coats and they have
been identified. When the men ran to
wards the pines, Miller fired three shots
and the last struck Cromwell. Fifty men
are now hunting for the murderers,
Chicken thieves are in search of fowls
in this section, and on Sunday night at.
tempted to break into Frank Bush's coop.
Everything is in readiness to take down
the machinery at the Delaware Iron
Works to be shipped to Russia.
John Il. Stoops last evening stated to
your reporter that from the amount Of
loaded shclls, shot, etc, sold yesterday
the reed and blackbirds stand poor
show to-day
SO great was the demand that he had to
telegraph for an extra supply
This morning soon after daylight gun
ncrs could be seen hurrying out of the
city with their guns and with bird muir
der in their eyes.
Mrs. George Rennie and son Archie
have returned home from a visit to Viola.
The Misses Nellie and Bertha Simmons
of Wilmington are the guests of Miss ..
Gillis.