The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-12-05
ITEMS FROM
NEW CASTLE,
Correspondence OF the REPUBLICAN.

December i, 1873
Rev. Dennis J. llynp, ID, D.. pastor Of
S.. Patrick's church Wilmington, has al
New Cistle. Father Flynn lectured Lore
several times and always had alarge AL
dienCe composed of all denominations. He
will remove from Wilmington about the
end of next January Before he does do SO,
however the peoplo Of this city will bs
given another cnancc to hear tho we'll
known lecturey. On Sunday evening Dec.
Is he willdelivbr lecturs in st. fetor's
clnrch on Total Abstinence. 1t ls needless
to say that thero will be 10 charge Of Ad-
mission aud that Ii cordial invitation will
DO extended to all to ba prescn.
There was can interesting case heard by
referees in Magistrate kolley's court III
Wilmington on Saturday, The suit was
Instituted by David B. Kee VS.. Magistrate
Julian d. .Janvier ke, had been tenant
on one of Mr.. Janviers farms and when
he left there last spring the settlement
was not according to his wishes, There
fore hs brought suit for The recovery OF
money alleged to be duo. The re.erecs
were Senator John Pyle. William j.
Fisher and Charles Megginson. kee was
represented by William S. Prickett aud
Janvior by John H. Rodney. Part of the
casa had been heard previously and since
then there have been numerous adjour-
menis
Kee claimed that his share of the sheriff's
sale was sos II. The big barn and con
tents had b0,n burned and kee claimed
$207. for insurance. Other items amount
cd to S506 making tO.al claim OF 81, 6S3-
Of.
TO this amount Jauvier claimed an Off
set. He claimed that on March %, 1897,
Kee owed him $S474 with S. l3 interest,
On August 25, 1897, tho debt had increased
to S933 9Sll, A peculiar thing in the case
was that q half cent figured prominently
In a number Of transactions. Janvier's
claim further covered tho time until
March 25, lS9S The plaintiffs agreed TO
some itums but did not admit others
After the shoriff seized the property a
$50 bull disappeared. Janvier claimed $40
as his half Of tho missing property. He was
of the opinion that $50 WAS u fair value to
put on the amount of corn fed by Keo to
his horses. A So hog trough, carriage
pole and the pea off u scales disappeared
and Janvler felt that kec should pay their
value. Ho also paid two notes amounting
to $3.50, which were admitted by hee.
The case was n tedious one. There were
at least score Of books and stack of bills
and receipts until one in the magistrates
Office could be led to believe thntit was u
second Dover Bank casa except that there
was no Bay State Gas stock in tho 'tons.
Tho referees went over the books carefully
and gave averdi,t In favor Of kee for $97,
Tho probabilities are that Janvier will
take an appeal.
The referees wero Of tho opinion that
when Kec settled with Janvicr in March
1897 aud gave the note that he did 50 Tor
the full amount They accordingly did
not allow him claim of $Sl.74 with in.
terest.
The hog trough was another item that
they threw out. The items in disputs were
made up of the sale of corn, hay, milk and
truck and Of extra woik performed.
jackson Walk er, colored. is getting OK
pert at reading the Bible. But the fellow
is illiterate and reads from memory. 1t is
a common occurrence for Butch" who is
a life prisoner at the Jail to gather some of
the prisoners around him and recitei the
verses in tho Bible. He has q powerful
memory and wnen he hears Others read the
Bible he pays strict attention aud then is
ablo to recitc word for word.
About fifteen prominent Republicans
will go from here to attend the Fourth an.
nivorsary of the Eighth Ward Republican
League.
The taxpayers Of New Castle hundred
will support The NOV VeIuent to wipe out the
Ball Tramp Act 1t Is expensive to tho
county and Is no benefit TO the mon for
whom IL is intended. The inteution of
the law was good but week after week,
month after month, and year after year,
the same men come to the jail. Then tho
stone ia noarly as dear as gold nuggets by
the time it gets on the reads.
The stone Il bought and that costs
money. The freight to New Castle costs
money. The men arc taken to the cars and
unload the stone. Then teams are hired
% haul tho stone to the yard. Only Il Ger.
tain number of mon can work at timc
With forty men IN the bum cell how many
hours in ten days will u man work! Not
AS many hours NJ he spends days in tho
jnil. Men are employed to haul the s ones
to the cars. Prisoners load the carts and
freight to tho place whore the stone Is
wanted. In this hundred the cost Of get
ting one horse load Of stone hauled from
the inil Is sl.5O 1t was dumped in hole 1
and a couple of weeks later another hole
came a,on gside Of the stones The best
road law in the state Is In Brandywino
hundred and 1t should be put into oxiss.
ence all over tho State.
Tho following were the ol1cers elected
by the Evan 5. Watson, Post .. Z. "A; H.,
IN Saturday evening: Commander, John
sheridan; sen enior-vice, u Gcm,nil; junior
vice, John White; sergeant, James NJ.
Visa. nunrter ma aster, A. NJ. Hizar; chap
oin WIN, Lowell: officer of tho day, Ira
INIT. ofiicer of the guard, VIM. Pedrick; |
lninonte IN National Encnmpment, Goo.
II JaSf;ngs. a,tcrrnte, James NJ. WHO; |
,ristees Edward Dalby, Ira Lunt, WIN.
Lowell.
The Knowles Woollen Mllis closeu oown
IN Saturday, thereby 'proW'ns huilper
If hands out OF work. ms 10 the season
between the winter anu sPT.ns tr.ue Rnous
The condition Of Miss urnoo o"unuers'
If Philadelphia. is very S. stiiols. S
The storm king visited ~" Snst'e ana
eft ihe marks of his vi'.t. inrI oi INC
oof Of the Gns house, and l''ll VI INC ront
'f Rogers blacksmith SHOP Muio oloWn on.
Trees vera torn from tho S'ounu as II they
we're reeds. A trolley car , h"u marrow os.
ape from injury by the b'oWihR GOWN OF
large limb of n treo at Secohu anu mar
nony last evening. All the way rom
zero to Wilmington the signs oil ths storm
re visible. The river was in Jury an
lay and there can be no doubt pul NAV
he banks between here mud Delaware tl'y
II fInrcj heavily