The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-12-07
ITEMS FROM new CASTLE.
respondencs Of the REPUBLICAN.
NEW CASTLE. December Z. 1897.

At the nesting of the Board Of Health
last even ng 1t was stated that no Gaze OF
nuisance had been reported. Secretary
Hoffman, called attention to a cellar in
Dobbinsville on Seventh street. 1t Is
filled with all kinds of rubbish and stag
nant water. Tho place was viewed by the
Staro Board of Health and soon afterward
The Dobbins estate own the property. The
members Of the Board will make an in.
spsction of the different places in the city
that are bad In summer time.
The Jail sewer empties into tho Della
ware at Delaware street wharf.
The attention of the Levy Court will b
called to the matter. 1t has been sug.
gestcd that the sewer be heightened about
100 feet. The mouth of the sewer Is ex-
posed at low wafer.
For the information of the correspon-
dent of an afternoon paper IT Is stated
that Temperance day was held on last
Sunday iii the NJ. L. church.
The funeral of George Whitfield, form
erly of this city, took place yesterday and
was largely attended. Services were con-
Quoted at tho house by Rev. J. w. VIII
liams and Rev. H. W. Taylor. Inter-
menS was made at the Riverview Ceme-
terry
The pall-bearers were John Taylor,
William App.eby, Harry M. White. VIM.
Whitlock, John Moody and A. G. Weber
Some one saw an undertaker's wagon
from Wilmington come into town yester-
day morning and GO to the wharf. Upon
its return it was stated by some that an.
other drowned man had been found and
by others that a prisoner had died ut the
jail. Both reports were false. The wagon
brought over the remains Of the young
glussblower, Berry.
A party of twenty mourners came over
on u special car. l he funeral left here on
the Major Reybold and went tn Penns-
Vile and from there to Salem, where in
torment was made
William Gears had no gun handy yester-
day so he took horse pistol.
He succeeded in killing two rabbits.
A writer for an afternoon paper says
that strangers got mixed up about the
churches. In the same paper he has two
articles suggesting signs aud names to be
placed at the churches. If the New Cas-.
tie people attended their own churches
and not go to Wilmington churches there
would be no need for signs.
Irwin Thatcher is i'll with an attack Of
cramps.
S. A. Boothe of Wilmington, will be
City Council and Trustees of the Com
mon
Photographs have been taken Of Mis-
Smiths, DR.. Blacks, Mr.. Lambson's
Miss Spottswood's, and other residences
and some of the farm residences belonging
to the city. The schools, churches and
manufacturing plants will DO photographs
oil this week. Cuts will then DO made o.
them to be used in the prospectus OF Idea
New Castle.
The prospects of tho Delaware Iroi
Works re6uming operations are very few
One who Is in authority in the firm made
the atement yesterday that If the present
firm ever stars the works again 1t viii
be in Pittsburg.
The twenly-third annual session of the
Teachers Institute of New Castle county
convened in tho Opera House this morn
ing, 1t IL tho duly of New Castle people
to attend tho evening sessions and there
by make the institute grand success
1t costs money 10 get such educators as
are on the program and the only way TO
pay them and other expenses Is by the
money SO cured for attendance at the even
ing sessions. The superintendent OF the
county schools has acted in distant man
ner toward the newspaper men He kept
exclusively to himself and did not tel
them anything about the institute.
If the Institute is financial failure
then he may thank himself for not asking
the assistance OF the papers which tho peo
pie read. The teachers began arriving
carly this morning. For tho report Of the
opening of the Institute see another col
umn rs the REPUBLICAN will he represent
cd at the session.
Robert White, a well known young
| plumber, will remove from New Castle.
| He has made the announcement that dur
ing the month of September no was mar
| rieu to Miss Elva Carr.