The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-14
NEW CASTLE NEWS.
Correspondence Of the REPUBLICAN,.
NEW CASTLE. July n. 1890.

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The Naval Reserves of Pennsylvania
own the city and the small boys own ,h.
Reserves.
The daily routine of life on board man
Of war regulates the work of the lads
They are up at o'clock to sweep AMI
scrub decks, cleaning the ships boat at {
O'Clock in the morning and slowing tbeil
haInmocks at 7. Breakfa fast Is at 7.30 and
''colors" Mt s o'clock A quarter Of 40
hour later comes the call to polish up any
thing that will stand polishing, aud al
S.i5 Is sick call for the men who need the
apotheCary's treatment.
| Ats is tho call to clear for quarters and
the morning meeting of the captain and
| executive officers at the mainmast II an y
man has trouble in store for him ills
| is the time that will see II delivered Lo
| him.
! AT $50 there is the call for quarters and
everybody in the command comes out az d
stands in line on deck for inspection. Tho
| landsinaf;, who isn't used tusncb steady
work, besinnng SO carly. feels already is
| If il ough! to Re about supper time.
Then follows the varicn5 ship drills, b.
ginning at 1890, company artillery ard
battalion drills. ao'lson drills torpedo
cxercia,s, tlbet tactics under cars and sails,
boat din. hiG quarters ana standorlDR
ship,
Occasionally they are drilled at clearing
ship for action, night fire. quarters aid
'man 0varboard " Evhry day at moiIing
a setting up" drNl, which teEds 10 nrh@e
them up ard keep then. In good Gondi.
ton.
Retreat drill is sounded at Ills and
dinner is at noon. At o'clock the decfs
arc again swept down, aud half AN hour
later drill commences again. to last uUtl
2l5, Evening quarters is sounded at
o'clock, aud the mon go to supper at 8 At
Q CONES tattoo, tho hDmmoCks are pipsd
down and the tired men tgn. Ole ir to .ls.p
like logs for eight hours.
A tho lads arc IN the best of health and
the 9t'icers are in the hearts of their men,
The drill at Battery Park yesterday gave
much satisfaction, and tho tars are be-
coming proficient In the boat drills Every
spare moment has been spent in rubb'Lg
up for the inspection today.
1t is not known whether the troops will
be drilled at Battery Park today when
Governor Hastings and staff viii DO pres.
cnt at the inspection, as there are no gun
curriag.s aboard. The work on the San
Fran"isco and New York few years ugo
has Sc; The lads longing to reach the war.
ship Iriiana
ed at Augustine Pier they L.gsn taking
cogni2ancc Of the shore Oh each side Of
tho Delaware, and so pleased was the Gov.
erHnlCLt with the work that this year all
Naval Reserves are instructed tn survey
in the immediate neigh boI LoLd aid make
chart.
The Philadelphia non aboard the ice
boat No are watching the Pittsburg lads
or ice boat No. Q. Every mistake Is no.
,tt.,,,f
ing at an officer of the Smoky City lads.
A dummy" was cast over the rail the
other day and one of the sergcants in lean
ing over'to giapplc him unbuttoned his
ElOESc.
Just then his Lieutenant saw him and
said 'Bntton your blouse sir" He com.
plicl with the order, stating that he was
aboard to obey, no matter what effect the
consequences would bring him.
Mayor Boyd is general iayorito with
the men.
Scmc Now Castle people were surprised
to hear the canhon this morning
A little colorod lad who witnessed the
battalion drill yesterday at Battery park
said hat If he saw dem felIers comm
shlcw tho woods that his legs would move
by tricity. They am bad uns to counter.
New Castle was much surprised and
panied last evening when the report gain.
ed circulation that woman had died
from want 10 Shawtown, From all that
could be learned Of the matter il appears
that Mrs. Short and her five children re.
side in tho west end and the husband and
father wUlEs In the saw mill near New.
port.
She has been Ill for some time. Differ
ent doctors have been In attendance but
no money has been forthcoming Icstcr-
day the poor woman was very sick and her
little boy went after a doctor. He sent the
lad to new doctor Later in the day Tho
lad went to tbs drug store for sonc matl-
cine and tho prescription was not coin
pounded as there was DO money When
the hcartbroken son returned to he house
without the medicine his best friend in
this hoariless world was dying
1t is an awful state of anars in Chris
tian New Castle.
The contract for the erection Of tower
on St. Peters ChuCh for the 81 OUJ bell has
been awarded to A. s Reed and Brother
Company. The work will begin in II cou-
pie a weeks.
About 10 men went to work Yesterday
in the Delaware Iron WUlks Tho fur |
nares will he lighted up on fr'dry.
Chas H. Clcweil and JoED iarris will
purchase Il map Of New Castle equity tnd |
present it to City Councilman Morrison.
The trio on Saturday cveEiGg d1Gyc Down |
to Camp Bryan and left II ei1 team at !
Farmer Laws place. Mr. Morrison Eaew
the place to u T. hut it took LIN over tw3
b ours walking through the feds to per.
form the John G!lpin aCt-to get back 20
the starting point Cleweil aud HA:ts
will not trust Mr.. Morrison to act as g.:de
any more.
The annual excursion of St. Peters
Sunday School will go to Washington
Park some time this month.
Bicycles, S3j to SIS at Stoops.
A goodly number of RepEh.!cans went
% the State Convention at Cover.
John Hammers lost a pcckeibook yes.
erday containing S72.
Buy sawed stove wood Of Stoops
Now j. the time to buy bike. Get oDe