Evening journal., 1897-02-09

Royal Baking Powder Co, New York
lie roads. said poles to be OF wood, iron
or other suitable material, and may /
string upon said poles one or more /
wires to carry the electrical current
A MISSING BILL.
Senator Alrichs called for the second
reading of the bill to extend the char
ter of the Wilmington and Chester
Electric Railway Company. The clerks |
hunted high and low for it. but their
efforts were unavailing.
Finally it was suggested that Senator
Handy who was absent. might have 1t
locked up in his desk, as he is inter-
ested more or less in the project. The
suggestion was so plausible that SEN
ator hlrichs withdrew his motion.
10 LIGHT SUSSEX.
Senator Pierce gave notice of an act
to incorporate the Rehoboth Light and
Power Company He has not received
the bin and knows nothing of IL beyond
the meaning that its title conveys.
From other sources it is learned that
certain persons interested in Rehoboth
propose to light not only It, but also
Lewes and other contiguous towns in
Sussex county.
LAURELs EDUCATION.
Speaker Riggin introduced bill
raising the amount OF SCHOOL tax to be
raised la Laurel from $1,000 to $l.5OO.
This term the public schools there VIII
/ only be kept open six months, by rea-
son Of scarcity of funds, and the addi-
/ tiona $500 will not only enable the
commissioners TO provide a longer
/ term. but also 10 employ an additional
teacher next year.
COMPULSlON NOT NECESSARY.
At the instance of the friends of COM
pulsOry education the Board of Police
Commissioners, Of Wilmington, ordered
the patrolmen to make a house-tO-
house canvass Of the city in order that
they might ascertain just how many
children were not availing themselves
Of the school facilities. The work has
been completed and Senator Pyle has
the igures in his possession.
They show that The number Of chill
dren in Wilmington not attending
school and who are between the ages
Of and "A years is l72. divided as fol-
lows among the sixteen police dis
tricts. First. 49, second, So, third. 8;
fourth. a; fifth, /; sixth, 6; seventh, 10;
eighth o; ninth. g; tenth, 10; eleventh,
8; twelfth 8; thirteenth, Is; four
teenth, Z; fifteenth, n; sixteenth, 19.
The causes fer non-attendance are re-
, ported as follows: No seats in school,
So; no clothes to wear, 81; working, %;
negligence of parents, "a.
The total school population of VIII
mington, as shown by the police can
vass OF May I, 1895, was: White chill
dren. SAL; colored children, 1913;
, total. 9,4S4 The children not attend
ing school constitute a little less than
, two per cent OF the school population.
These figures will be used as an argu-
} ment that compulsory education is in
nOwihe necessary, as the children at
tend school without compulsion.
EXTENDING PRIVATE ACTS.
A Wilmington attorney has sent to
Senator Pyle a bill providing for the
, revival and extension of the time for
, recording private acts. IL is similar to
a bill already in committee in the
House. and merely provides that pri-
vate acts which have not been recorded
within the twelve months required by
D law may be recorded within a year OF
{ the passage of the bill.
HEALTH LIEN BILL.
Senator Pyle gave notice of and has
y In hand for Introduction the bill max.
/, ing bills contracted by the Board OF
Health of the city of Wilmington In
o abating nuisances which the owners re
\ fuse TO abate liens on the realty. Tn,
bill was drawn by City Solicitor Har
man. The board may, under its pro
y visions sell property to satisfy sucl
r liens.
r. TIME HUNG HEAVILY.
J. The House members who arrived II
town early yesterday morning had
d woarisome wait until the House recon
= vened at o'clock In the other brancl
II Speaker Harrington tapped the gave
l. shortly after IL o'clock and the sen
'e ators were kept fairly busy until Dime
a time. The afternoon session of tn
20 Senate was materially interfered witt
e by the work of the Divorce Committee
II sERGEANT's SCHOONER AGROUND
A dispatch from Georgetown, S. C.
10 gives the following news of the ground
,r ing of tho Delaware schooner Edgar {
l. Ross, Of which Sergeant-at-Arm Quill
10 len is first mate and his brother cap
ty tain:
II Schooner Edgar c. Ross, hence 70
is New York before reported grounde
on the bar was pulled about twent
re feet seaward to-day after thrown
I'd overheard $500 cross-ties. She is nc
Il laboring as much as was first sus
re pected."
\, MORE PETER MINUIT.
ed Pamphlet copies of the memoIia
~ services of Peter Minuit. first COVER
h. nor of New Netherlands. l626-1632, an
IS of New Sweden. 1885, held on Tuesda,
I'd April %, 1885, in the Court House, a
e. Dover, under the auspices of the Gen
b. eral Assembly were placed on IN
: desks of the members yesterday
SHORTS FREE RAILWAY BILL
Representative Short will introduc
a free railway bill in the House in tw
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