The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-03-15
new CASTLE NEWS
Correspondence Of the REPUBLICAN,

Correspondence Of the REPUBLICAN
NEW CASTLE. March IS, 1897.
The program rendered Friday afternoon
by the Literary Society Of the High School
was as follows;
Singing. BY the Society
Roll call
Reading and approval of Minutes Of
Previous Meeting
Essay, Advertisements. :. Mamie Hesketh
Recitation, The Sleepy Little Sister
Mary McGonigle
George McCann
Reading, Little Alice. .... Mary Winston
Paper on Current Events BERTHE Vickery
Recitation, My Madcap Darling
Florence Chase
Recitation, Hon. Kate Shelley Crossed I:.. d
Reading, The Mysterious Visitor
Anna Vanfelt
Recitation, Fred's Jacket. .James Mahoney
Recitation, Which Shall 1t Be
Reading, Too {; Late for ici' the , Train
Mary Madden
Debate, Question: "Resolved, That Wash.
ington was greater than franklin" AT.
frmative, Willie Hamilton, Alice Nc
Gormley. The decision of the judges was
for the negative.
Business
Critics Remarks
Singing ......... By the Society
Report of Committee on Programme.
The election of officers to serve for the
next three months resulted as follows:
Presi dent, Katie Duffy, Vice President,
Elizabeth Dennison; recording secretary,
Katie Gormley; corresponding secretary,
Bessie Wilson.
At the meeting of Division No. 5, A. o.
H held on Saturday evening, one new
member was elected and one proposed
while six Others are on the hook, Tho
members of the order yesterday morning
attended first mass in St. Peters church
in a body and received Holy Communion.
There were sixty members in line and
as they marched from their hall to the
church they presented a fine appearance.
Each member wore white gloves and
the handsome badge of the order green
and gold surmourted with red, white and
blue. The Marshalls in charge were
William s. Martin and James +. White.
After the first gospel Rev. Il. l.. Brady
who celebrated the mass delivered an in
teresting sermon on the st. Patrick, his
faith and the duty of members of the Or
der. O,her countries have their particu-
lar saints but The patron Saint of Ireland
is honored in every country because Irish
men arc in every civilized country under
the sun and Ireland's sons honor her apos
tie hero whether they are in Italy, Spain,
America or any other place.
In letter received by II. r. Borie from
his son Frank who has been in Russia
where tho big pipe furnaces were erected
and operated by the New Ca, tie workman,
it is stated that the Russians thought an
explosion had taken place when the first
pipe was wcldid
They ran from the neighborhood to SEQ
what was the result of the explosion and
arrived in time to sec the New Castle
workman shove another beauty Of pipe
through the rolls to their surprise. Frank
sta,ed in the letter that he would sail for
home on March TO-
Harry j. Martin, the bright little son
of John ii. Martin is able to be around
agaiu cr being under the cara of Or,
Black lOr slight conclusion of the brain.
During tho absence of Mrs. Martin the
other evening the little lad was playing
with his father when he fell striking the
back of his head with a heavy thud against
the floor.
He was rendered unconscious by the
blow. Rest oratives were given to the
child but.h remained restless during tho
night so Dr. Black was summoned next
morning and found the conclusion.
Tho el,c ric light wires will be strung
to-day and the lights will be tested on Sat
urday evening
Industry Council Jr o. y A. M. has
chosen Thomas p. Morgan as drill master.
Tho first drill will b0 held tomorrow
evening In few weeks the council will
send challenge to company IL for a
competitive drill to be held on the school
green.
The fleet shad fishermen went down the
bay to-day TO try their luck near the
mouth Of the Smyrna creek