The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-02-18
NEW CASTLE NEWS.
Correspondence of the REPUBLICAN,.
NEW CASTLE, DEL, Feb. IS, 1897.


The steamship Chiswick passed down
! the river yesterday bound from Philadel-
phia to foreign port with grain. Those
| who saw her pass by remembered that
while battling with the ice q few weeks
ago she lost her anchor and twenty
| fathoms of chain. A few hours after the
| Cbiswick passed down diver came down
the river and dropped his gruppling irons
,, over board. Something was struck and
the diver went down. In few minutes
he returned and then the anchor and
chain valued ut several hundred dollars
were safely raised from the bottom Of the
river. 1t was rich find. s
James B. Hanoe yesterday while max.
ing repairs to an old porch found COPPER
coin. Upon cleaning the same he found
it was cent dated 1796. He values his
Tho GemmfII.bownham affair was re.
moved yesterday with the result that
Magistrate Janvier was put out of the
house. There is trouble ahead.
There Is some mean persons In Naw
Castle as well as In every other city. The
latest piece Of mean talk was to say that
four members Of City Council agreed upon
IL plan to have the arc lights near their
own houses Que light was placed at
Ninth and Young to please Mr.. Fagan,
one at Sixth and Cherry to please Mr.,
Cooper, one at Fifth and Harmony and
one at Fifth and fremont to please Mr..
Morrison and one at Fourth and Delaware
for Mr.. Harrington.
At the meeting of City Council last
evening that august body decided that
Sixth street should have no light from
Cherry to Seventh and South, distance
of 1900 feet while OF Fifth street there
are four arc lights in the same distance
and to make things better an extra light
was ordered to be placed at Tenth and
Clayton when there is one already at
Ninth and Clayton.
The arc light on Delaware street will be
removed from opposite the post office TO z
| opposite tho town hall. Delaware street.
the principal street in the city will have
no Hight from Second to Fourth and Fifth
to Eighth.
Citizens of New Castle there is only one
thing to be done at present-get ready for
the city election and vote against every
member OF council who seeks reelection.
The council know as well when the con-
tract was awarded as at present, that 1t
would require SO many lights The cleo
tric lights will not be turned on until
April l. viii the people be foolish9
Professor Bureigh's class and their
friends spent Il pleasant time in the h. OF
z. hall last evening,
The annual meeting of the Womans
Suffrage Association was held on Tuesday
evening at the residence of the president
John H. Walls.
Resolutions were adopted to be sent to
! tho Constitutional Convention but they
were too late. No officers were elected.
| Bishop Coleman made an address at the
celebration OF the Second Anniversary OF
the Junior Brotherhood of st. Andrew.
Magistrate Janvior will go to Whining
IN to-day and hive warrants Issued
charging Zachariah Gommill, his wife and
daughter with assault. 1t is alleged that
they threw the Magistrate out of their
house yesterday when he entered to
make levy on their goods tor rent owed
while living in another house.
| The st eamship Pennland of the Ameri-
can line ran aground yesterday afternoon
| between here and Fort Delaware An at
tempt was made to float her at high lido
last evening, but the efforts of four power.
full tugs failed.
Mems working caps cents at Biggs.
Mrs Peterson of Wilmington, is the
i guest Of Mrs. Dennis.
Once more the clerk of the Board OF
! Education has demonstrated that he is moi
fit person for that position. During the
time he has served as clerk bills have been
mislald, and now to cap the climax he
| cannot produce communication which
was sent to the Board.
| DR. Tybout wished to resign I'd for
warded his resignation to President Ferris.
! He In turn gave it to the clerk and at the
special mecting last evening that official
who is paid to perform his duties faithful.
| ly could not find the communication and
by vote Of to3, DR. Tybeut still remains
| o member,