The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-03-23
NEW CASTLE NEWS.
Correspondence Of the REpuBLIcAN.

NEW CASTLE, March 20, 1897.
An afternoon paper yesterday published
an uncalIed for article upon the character
aud conduct of the people who visited New
| Castle on last Sunday. In conversation
! with twenty-five real estate owners last
evening it was learned that every one was
| delighted with the people and their con-
| duct while in the city. The article In the
paper mentioned that the men ran across
lawns and front yards as If the place was
| common
Joseph H. Dougherty who has charge of
the Leslie estate stated last evening that
he saw hundreds Of strangers in the
city walking around the streets and that
not single person went through tho
grounds attached to the Leslie mansion,
but as soon US they noticed the signs they
passed on. The people acted very nicely
City Councilman Harrington said that
he noticed that numbers OF the strangers
went to this different churches at the even
ing services.
Edwin M. Herbert made request Of o
REPUBLICAN reporter to state that he
wished to give al emphatic con trudiction
to the article published. The people who
came here on Sunday acted like gentle,
1nen and ladies. They did not annoy us
in the least. They were not on ths lawn
half qs much as the New Castle people
favor OF the trolley cars. That want to
see the electric lights. want progress in
our city. am in favor Of everything to
boom the city. Every ono with an inter.
est in the city must be If they consider
their own good.
say by all means let the people come.
just add for me, that l am attending to
my own business at present aud that If
other people will attend to their own
! xUl al IN
we have u complaint we will mako it
ourselves.
George H. Williams, tho Third street
grocer, said ho thought every one acted
very nicely on Sunday.
Let the cars run and let tho people |
travel This thing of the people going to
market is all bugaboo. On Saturday |
my five clerks and myself were kept on
the steady run and my two delivery |
wagons were on the go until mid. light |
delivering orders Why / can got plenty |
of trade from South Wilmington,
cannot attend to 1t ut present unless | |
open anothersto and hire more clerks. |
l own my own store and buy goods rs
cheaply as the Wilmington houses and
can afford to sell below them because they
have to pay enormous rents. Let the poo
plo come and let the trolley cars run and
let everything boom and let US all be
happy. Don't you say SO?
One of our hotel keepers who has been
complaining Of the New Castle people 90.
ing to Wilmington will hayo to got off
the fence rs yesterday he was offered 5000
for his lease Of the hotel and a fair value
for his entire stock and fixtures
Shad were caught in goodly numbers
yesterday. Captain Shearer was high
boat with ~.
Miss Maria Booth Is seriously i'll at her
home on Delaware avenue.
John Ryan, q highly popular young
man and an active member Of ST. Peters
Il. A. b. Society is seriously i'll at his
parents home with heart trouble.
Among the riders on the trolley cars on
Sunday was Bishop Coleman.
Tie condition Of Mrs. Joyce is un.
changed
The majority of tho departments of tho
Delaware Iron Works resumed operation
to-day.
Miss Carrie Cline has an attack of the
grippe.
A ride on the trolley cars is one of DIR.
Blacks prescriptions.
Let us haYo the now charter and then
we Will have u resort along tho river that
Will outrlval Willow Grove or Washing
ton Park
There is jolly little fight on hand be.
tween the politicians over the plum of
assistant day warden at the jail.
The appointment is expected to he mado
to day by the Levy Court. Two New Gas.
tie men are the aspirauts for the position. !
y 1t Is expected that the electric lights will
shine OH Saturday night. The wiring of
the city Is almost completed and even the
wires are strung across the railroad tracks.
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