The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-26
NEW CASTLE NEWS.
Correspondence of the REPUBLICAN
NEW CASTLE, August 26

The members of Friendship Lodge, o.
the A. o. U. W., this evening will cele
brate its fifteenth anniversary by con
cert, reception and sports at Cofield Beach
The City Cornet Band will have the right
of way and will be followed from the X
of p. hall by the members and friends In
wagons The station will be made at
o'clock, and upon arrival at the Beach halt
an hour will be given to bathing.
The committee in charge has arranged
the following program OF sports which
will be carried out while one half of the
large crowd will be bathing:
Wheeibarrow race, 81 yards-J. Cofeld,
8. Toppin and Orion Carrick, Stem
winding watch.
No. 2, sack race-J. Cannon, p. Ahern,
Peter Schxoth. Prize, mark Of the order
No 3, 50 yards dash-George Tob!n. B..
Atkinson, John Thompson, James Van.
arsdalcn. Prize silver cup.
No 4-Trapeze performance Chas H..
Clewell, ID Boulden, Col. 4, IL. Jemison.
Prize a gold headed cane
No. 5-Pie eating contes'. r. H. Harr!ng.
ton, H. Padberg, John Frederick, Prize
knife and fork.
The city cornet band will then entertain
those present by several selections after
which the meeting will be called to order.
Address, Rev. V. $. Collins; solo, by J.
Cofeld; address, Chas. E Woods; recita-
ton, Dr. James Morgan; concert by the
band; presentation Of the prizes and re-
freshments.
In consequence of Messrs. Deakyne,
Stewart, Ferris, Tybout and Reynolds be.
ing absent there was no meeting OF tho
Board of Education held last evening Tho
four members and the reporters spent half
an hour telling stories of school days and
of the ghosts
A special meeting will be held in a few
days, as there arc several matters to come
before the Board which need attention be
tore school opens on September BIDS
have been received for the double curtains
fer the windows of the school building.
This gold democrats are incenscd at tho
conduct OF some of the silver men who
take exception to their right to think and
act for themselves.
It's understood that Union Republi-
can club wlll be formed here on next Mon
day evening. Tho headquarters Of tho
club will be in the room under the IL OF
p. hall
John A Walls and family left this
morning for two weeks trip through
the lower part of the State. Before lcav-
ing MIR. Walls made II bet OF II silk dress
for his wife and daughter to suit Of
clothes that during lis absence from New
CaaJlc Hs Will NV say WIN IL 4h''' Va
single tax,
John formerly operated the cash butcher
shop under the town hall, but since the
panic struck New Castle he determined
that it was better to spend his money him
self than to have other people eating 1T In
beef and mutton, as several OF his customs
ers have not got the money with which to
buy the meat
s. 4. Bacon, Mr.. and Mrs. Marcus and
Misses Jones, McClary and Connolly
spent yesterday at Coileld Beach,
Lot of new and second hind bicycles
for sale cheap or exchange at StOops
Miss Emma NJ. Reed of State Road left
yesterday with Miss Bessie Carter, of New
York, who has been her guest, for visit
to that city.
The coroner's Jury that inquired into
the death of John 7, Ilenke, who was
murdered Saturday night in Burlington,
returned the following verdict:
"That John I, Henke came to his death
by strangulation at the hands of Thomas
Cromwell anda companion unknown to
the jury
Two colorod men have been arrested on
suspicion and are locked up in Phs!ade!.
phia,
Mrs Mary Weggenmann went to
Smyrna today to attend Ler nephew 5
funeral.