The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-02-19
NEW CASTLE NEWS.
Correspondence Of the REruBLrcAN
New CASTLE, DEL. Fab 10 1sa

T. SoASoPouuohceot ot tue hEPOBLtCAM
New CASTLE, DEL, Feb. 49, 1897.
: =, Joseph a. Carlln. James McHugh, Jas.
: J.. Ryan, John T. Murphy and Hugh Duf.
~ COMMITTEES appointed by ST. Peters
l. a; B Society are hustling lively In
making arrangements for the ball, to be-
gwen Dy the society on Easter Monday
hlght. provided the Electric road between
nere ahu wilmington is IN operation 1t IL
} the intention OF the comlnttee to give a
trolley party from Wilmington 70 this
G,ty, Inc society has hosts Of friends In
wilmington and az This is the first ball
IL is SAFE to say ii will be a good one.
The funeral of Thomas Kayana,,gh.
aged 99 years, will take place tomorrow
morning from Clewell's undertaking par
Tors. Mass for the repose of his soul will
be celebrated In st. Peters Church and
lnterment made in the New Cathedral
cemetery, Wilmington.
mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Grier were given
pig surprise last evening, when about
thirty young people crowded into their
home to have good time. Among those
present were:
II, MISSES Anna Grler, Anna Megginson,
Elva Carr. Mary Blackburn, Lulu Thomp.
son, Maud Alexander, Katie THOMPSON.
bessie White, Agnes Hammill, Ida White,
Emma Leach, Lulu Muslin, Mabel Cor
aon, Ella Churnside and Bessie Gordon.
Messfs W. Meredith Albert Tunins,
Snafles Blackburn, Theodore Blackburn,
BBenlamln Thompson, Henry Poole.
Eobert Grier, ST., Robert Grier, Jr,
Ephralm Sutton, Edward Thompson.
deorge Leach aud Bryan Leach. - Y
Inc tugs Madeira and Harry Wall c6fifb
from Philadelphia yesterday with bqrges
anu quantity of the grounded Penn
lands freight was transferred. She was
noated at high tide last night.
Inc cause OF the grounding of the Penn.
iahd Is mystery, and in the absence of
any particulars the pilots and her agents
declare 1t would be impertinence to criti.
else the actions of Pilot Thomas Eldridpe
who had her in charge
Bulkhead Shoal lies on the western
edge OF the channel and its eastern ex-
tremity is marked by two black buoys
Here IL Is that vessels must make the abb
rupt turn to get through the blight of New
Castle, and to mark the eastern edge OF
the channel, here there are five red buOys.
A number OF these buoys are reported
and this, it is supposed, NAV
have misled Pilot Eldridge or again his
steerias gear may have become ineffective
at the critical moment.
In no way, however, can the accident be
attributed to there not being sufficient
water in the Delaware. The agents Of
the Pennland hope she will be foated
and on her voyag, by to-day, as she is now
ilye days behind her scheduled sailing
da'e' The Pennland met with damage to
her machinery while bound here, and was
detained several days making repairs.
For some time past it has been runored
that the railroad company would reduce
The fare between here and Wilmington.
Now comes the printed statement that the
school tickets will be raised 81 cents and
The monthly tickets fifteen cents Bicycles
will be in use before long by some Of the
regular riders.
A clause in the new charter says that
he taxes cannot be increased
A large number of friends of John Pail
ner spent pleasant evening with him,
celebrating his blr lay.
Keep the good work up and push the
opposition to the retiring members OF city
'ouncil 1t ia strange indeed that with
wo lawyers in New Castle, the drafting
II the the new charter was given to VIII.
nington attorney. Such Is life with the
,rosent city council.
In order to permit the people Of Dob
'lnsville to come to the citya foot walk
i ashes is being placed along Seventh
treet.
See those working pants at Biggs'.
Where is DR.. Tybout's resignationp