The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-25
NEW CASTLE NEWS.
Correspondence of the REPUBLICAN,
NEW CASTLE, June 25, 1897.

| "h"V VI ouhhe up III nl5 team Tor til
game Tomorrow with The Y. NJ. G. A. 0
Chester. Madden or Gartsido will be be
hind the bat, and Whealley will do th
twlrling. 1t is stated that Wheatley ha
sWiiter and harder to hit curves thar
Gartside. The batting will be rs follows
New Castle-Leach, Lord, Duffy, Gartsidc
Nheatley, Cuuntlss, NJ Jntgonery, New
love and Madden. Y. NJ q. A,-Clark
Powell, Martin, Allon, Borden, Hinkle
Birkmlre, Coppock, Hannum.
| Inc commencement exercises Of the New
Castle schools were held last evening in
| the Opera House. The entertainment
WAS II pleasing one and the children
thoroughly enjoyed it. The program con.
| siaV"d OF the. following numbers.
I Music directorate March. Orchestra
Invocation n.,...,..........R Rev. S. i. Wylle
Ifestihg song g................F Fifth Grade
Defamation, THAT Dreadful Boy"
Willie Elkinton
Hand Exercise Song First Grade
Exercise, "Trade" "...,,,. Fourth Grade
Recitation THE Two Mites
c.. Alice Hendrix.
son g.. Mamie McNulty
Defamation, "What Know"
nu Charles Vanarsdalen
Eseita5iqn, ,1 wovo Always ssiSaa BeSn 'EaaS PSo
Defamation, "A By Riynoa Mary Cooper
Dan, Hugh McCaughan
Exercise, Ten Little Boys Went to
song S1o'l Miss Davia,pns TEs' s5nSti Gssaf
Recitation, "My Answer" '''O'
Anna Lancast er
Waiter Walter Drill .,.... Fifth and Sixth Grades
Exercise "A Bunch Of FLOWERS" 81" MOTIFS
n. o Miss Lunt's School
jennie Lancaster and Blanche Hughes
Defamation, Paul Revere's Ride"
W. Frank Holcomb
Dumb bell Drill Seventh Grade |
Exercise, Our Holidays" Eighth Grade |
MO- ION song. Sixth Grade |
NhleuictUry. Ury.......,,.,W Willie Grier |
Music, Railroad Galop," Orchestra
Benediction. .........R Rev. l. p. Corkran
Inc nrst accident on the Wilmington |
ana New Castle Electric Railroad happen.
ed last evening shortly after 5 O'Clock.
W hen the steamer Fayorite arrived at
the Delaware street wharf from Angus.
tine Park, 150 excursionists of the Second
Methodist Protestant Church. Whining
toh' got aboard u motor Car and trailer.
The party went through the city singing
and We're delighted after a pleasant ride on
the river
As the approach to the high bridge was
feacnea, the motor car crossed the switch
all right, 80 did the forward wheels Of
the trailer, but the rubber in the frog
must have jumped out and the hind
wheels Jumped the track. The trailer
jumped Tour feet ahead and pulled the car
around which jumped The track. Superln-
tendent Miller was alongside of Motor
man James Doris, one Of the most care
ful men on the road, and he told the pas.
sanger5 to Keep their seats. Before he
reached the trailer some of the people
began to jump with the result that four
persons were injured.
Dis' Black, McCabe and Stewart were
immediately summoned and found that
MSS iva Mullen, of No. 20 Sixth avenue,
nnrt her shoulder and head and that prob.
ably concassion of tho brain may result.
Mrs Nellie Mulford of No. 9l7 South
Broome street, in jumping off landed on a
young mans ankle and fell to the road in
uring her hip andsarm
Miss Abbie Baker Of Seventh avenue
lad her back spranel.
The passengers were sent to Whining.
on on other cars and the injured parties
we're taken to their homes in carriages
superintendent Miller did everything to
orange matters, so that the traffic was
NO blame can be attached to the com.
"a ~ oI- iSs S''t 'hnta as it lVas-fu usaaroId.
Bic accident.
Chief Justice Lore will address the high
22hnnl graduates this evening in the Opera
louse.
-Four freight cars jumped the track the
ther evening below the flour mills The
rocking train got the cars on again safely
I'd travel was not blocked.
ne Will OF DR.. George X. Edwards who
led two weeks ago has Just been publish.
l. lie leaves 81 500 to the board of for. |
gn missions Of the Presbyterian Church
ll a likO amount to the board Of home
'i>sions of the Presbyterian Church.
FIFTY thousand dollars is given TO the
usteos oil Princeton University to end1w
chair in American history, but If sucI a
lair he already sufficiently endowed nj the
me OF his death, then Lhe money is to 20
ward the establishment Of university 2
4toWsh'ps IN American history, each to
cid not less than 5000 q year income,
70 tl!e Ivy Club OF Princeton, n. J., Of
hlcA DR., Edwards was member. aul
hich is on0of the host known of the Uni.
rslty social clubs, he gives the sum Of
800 absolutely
The will further bvqueaths g, 500 to tba
nsteos of Princeton University, TO be a,,S
led to whatever purposes the class Of Y
~ may decide, TO DO determined Ey n II
te OF the class. DR.. EdwarGs was
ombcr of this class.
All the residue Of his property Is given
solutely to his brother, John c, + =
,rds of Boston, Mass Tho viii a.. Z
inES Mr.. William L. Hodge Of Bn!t.
1rc, as sole executor Of the estate. ana
quests that he bo excused from H., Ne.
'iity, Of giving any bond forthe fd.,HlH
charge oI his d duues. Mr. HVdg. WIS
and warm uprsnr.i f.,,,,J .
DR.. Edwards The estate is ya,VeJ at
er 500 900