Evening journal., 1896-07-29

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Sb,47Os1 Were Ailowed-siight In-
crease In the Population OF the oounty's
oharess-LiveIy Contests for Supplies BY
wilmlneton Merchants
The New Castle County Trustees OF
the Poor held their quarterly meeting
at the almshouse TO day. Chairman
Harry Salmon presided and all the mem
bers were present except Conrod Kellar,
OF Wilmington, who is visiting q sick
relative In Pennsylvania at 10 o'clock
the proposals for supplies to the Insti-
tuition for the ensuing three m onths
were opened By ChAirman Salmons. aud
the trustees awarded the contracts as
follows:
Bread, Henry d Kuriz. q cents per
pound; groceries. George w. Gray;
tobacco, George Stelnickeu, 81 cents per
pound; Leef. Nj. j Gallagher, fore
quarter. 4t cents per pound; hind
quarter, cents per pound
There was from three to five bids for
each contract, and there was lively
debate over the awarding OF each.
Register Calvin w Orossap, DR.. ]. X.
Smith. Attorney Il r Cochran, DR.. r.
l. Springer, w. f. Smalley, Sr, l. K.
Eliason, Isaac Dillon.
A Flag Raising In the Afternoon.
The new American hsg which was re.
| Gently purches for the institution was
| carried out TO the nag pole at III O'Clock,
but was not raised until after dinner.
The flag Ia a beauty, 80 feet long by 20
feet wide and when attached to the
halyard was tied In the form OF a rsti-
oule filed with small hAgs.
Water supply in Good Condition.
Superintendent Mccoy on behalf OF
Mr.. Kellar, chairman OF the water com
mittee, reported certain improvements
to the pumps by the almshouse engineers.
The supply Is now highly satisfactory.
The monthly payroll was reported to
be &4l4 II and WAS approved A COM
munication from ID. T. Morgan was
called to the boards attention claiming
| $40 lS due him for supplies from last
quArter
search o; thu records developed tho
fact that No. 1886 had been drawn for
Mr.. Morgan In good order. but for some
reason. probably that 1t had been lost,
has never been presented at the Farm
ers Bank The board ordered dupll-
cate of warrant 1856 to be drawn Ia
favor Of Mr.. Morgan.
Affairs at the AImshouss.
superintendent McOoy's report for the
quarter shows the following: Number of
inmates admitted, 81; discharged, 30;
deaths, z.
Number Of inmates st present, white
,, women, o.; whts men, 1876; children,
|. l7 total, 1877 Colored women, IL col.
: ored men, 8; colored childred, Z total,
28 Grand total 1876
During this month there has been two
deRths-June 20, John Hayes, 30 years
Middletown; July 10. Thomas McKeuon,
50 years, Newark.
Poor People Helped in tho Hundreds.
According to the report Of the auditing
, committee for quarter ending July 81,
, the following amounts have bsen paid
! out for outside reliefs:
3 Brandy wine hundred, $3l; Whining
ton, (sotsl) 1862 30; Christians, sec
New Castle, $f67 Al ;-Mr Greek, 800 70
White Clay Creek. $145 98; Red Lion
f9S 75; st Georges. $3l6 or; Penoadur
$50 %; AppoqUinimink, $i18 Is; Black
! bird. S53 % House bills, 50. $40 l3
Total. 50 470.7l
= Among the visitors at to-day's meeting
we're: NJ j Gallagher, ex Register J
Wilkins Cooch. d. P. Wells, Commits
sioner Henry M. White. candidate foi
coroner. George Willis, Henry d. Kurtz