The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-01
ITEMS FROM new CASTLE.
Correspondence Of the REPUBLICAN
NEW CASTLE. March l, 1893

Ihe nag is drapeu III mourning
At half ma t doe wav,
In memory OF the marines
Who mel Il watery gave. ,
Il
Whom they retired 10 sumbor,
On the bit leship Maine.
A terrible explosion g.
The good ship cut in twain,
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Tbru fathers, sons and husbands,
Were sent unto their God,
In crue spanish waters
Far from their native sod.
When the truth is known,
BY our President,
Wewil get the ncws,
Blown up!, Or accident?'
Let us then be lendy
To strike an nvenging blow,
As did our great foreiavhers
One hundred years ago.
Then wo had McDonough, .
And Barry bold,
Surely we have heroes
AS in the days of old.
Our country Is a brave one
To defend her we will try,
Our men are the bravest,
Beneath tho dark blue sky.
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We must defend our country,
Our rights we will maintain,
We will axe no treachery
From cruel sister Spain.
The above contribution was forwarded
for publication by Miss Mary, Dutfy; OF
South Third street, pupil OF the Now
Castle high school.
Donbinsvllle presents truly deserted
appearance ut present. The suburb that
enc, contained population OF about boO
now has less than fifty. Tho Hungarian
families are a)l gone. Some OF them nave
gone home to Hungary or the Ameri-
cans only three or four families are. now
residing In Dobbinsville. Tho plhce Is
pruc ically speaking deserted. Five blocks
Of houses are closed up
The stops in some instances have b"' n
removed and boards placed acius' the
cellar windows. Two hotels, three grocery
stores, II gents furnishing store and four
other families constitute the popula
tion.
The closing down of the Delawar) Iron
Works is the cause for such IL state OF af-
fairs. When the iron works moved here
the five blocks of houses were Dullt Tor
the workmen
Somc mistake in the building caused
Tasker to refuse to accept them and Dob-
bins kept the houses himself. Recently
when the manager Of the estate Wa, given
the q mare" by n me"ler Of the nrln he
deemed 1t better to crdrr all han Is to quit
as IL. ulAau.e nov expected TO resume
operations. !.
There is no truth in the statement that
the bru,hwood ut oolhhur~t wa, burned
la t evening In order that the members OF
Company y, n. &. ~, will not lall down
during skirmisH drill
The British Steamship Maine passed up
he river yes crday. She left London on
February l5 the day of tho Maine dis
aSter
City Council will meet in regular
monthly session this evnning.
The election for three members of the
Board OF Education or Saturday will bs
the first iu this city under tho new con-
ttu ion. No one is allowed TO pay taxes
Tor anyone this time. No one who does
not pay bis own taxes is enivied to vote
and no one who gives or promises to give
m uney for taxes can take his sont.
Bribery is the word which is applied to
sucl -,,nctce. There is one thing ne ed.
Oh +, + g schools and New Castle cpn
nu,,. A Board of the lest men to De
fouud and constituted Of men who have
children. -.
Sensations turn up now and then in
bigger cities than New Castle. This city
does not intend to be behind IN that line
and If the two sensations now pretty ripe
were to be given to thopeopio there would
be lots of talk.