The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-03-20
NEW CASTLE NEWS.
Correspondence of the REPUBLICAN.

| New CASTLE, March co. 1897.
The fishermen of New Castle began the
shad harvest yesterday and as result Of
their endeayors thirty-one good sized shad
were brought into the market and sold at
the rate of $40 hundred The boats that
caught the shad were manned by Hunter
Horace ii, Duncan and Wolson 6. and
Shearer and Campbell II.
| There is general change of residence
among number of New Castle people.
| The changes are: Noble Donovan to house
occupied by George Ro sell; Rossell to
house vacated by Charles Paxon; Paxon
to house vacated by J. Ferguson; Jackson
| Timms to house vacated by Noble Dono-
| van; Albert WiswJll to the Gayel house,
| and William Butler to The Wiswell house.
| William Cannon to house vacated by Mrs
| Mathew Splliyan.
| So much has been lately written about
| the men imprisoned in the jail at the f J.
lowing letter to the Middletown New Era.
| from Elk Recorder of Deeds James Il.
| Shallcross will be interesting to the read
ers of the the REPUBLICAN," 1t does seem
| that our past legislation has not beon BEN
| eticial to the tax payers and are trying to
| find some way to increase taxation by an
| effort to raise an immense tax each year
for road improvement.
"rhen they have the opportunity right
before them, with our present legislature
right in session to commence system of
highway improvements that can be carri-
cd out at small expense, and at the
same time provide work for the convicts
who are described as being on the verge
of insanity by their enforced idleness.
Elect or appoint suitable persons in each
county for supervisors
"rhey would arrange to have the leading
roads In their county improved by the
county prisoners and at little comparative
cost. Instead of New Castle county hav-
ing to pay tho sheriff Sl,50 or there abouts
Der week board of these tramps and rene
gades, who commit crime many times for
the sake of being committed during the
winter months, could earn their board.
Let every man who can lift stone be
employed at-a stone quarry in Brandy
wine hundred breaking stone for crush
er, or breaking them small enough to put
on the roads.
Let others, under competent guards,
grade the roads and prepare them to re.
cCvG tho stone so crushed CT broken. In
this way the county iails will not be filled
to overilowing all winter, and summer
too. Our taxpayers will not feel that they
arc supporting he criminal classes in idle
ness; and lastly, the men themselves who
are committing all sorts of depredations on
society and property, will DO careful about
making Ineln 1GlNGS lltDlb W uHFGt, slA St
more months Imprisonment Of hard labor
brenking stones
A gentleman who has studied the mat
ter said yesterday afternoon that the
lodger nuisance is .the greatest. Night
after night in winter time droyes of
tramps lodge at tho Jail. He said it
would pay tho county to establish hotel
here as the men could be boarded loss than
at the Jail. 1t costs he said 80 cents a
day.
In the Presbyterian church to morrow
morning the pulpit will be filled by Rev.
n. S. Stahl. Rev. S. b. Wylie will preach
in tho evening.
A new charter for the city Is what tho
people want. Then enforce its laws and
let minority representation be given in
the outlay of the taxes on our streets.
Stop up all loop holes and give the peo-
pie clean administration. How would
it do at present to give an idle man a
chance to pay his taxes by cleaning the
dirt off tho street crossings.
Columbia Athletic Club last evening
entertained number of its friends