The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-02-05
ITEMS FROM new CASTLE
Correspondence Of the REPUBLICAN
NEW CASTLE. February 8, 1S0a

James G. Knowles of the Knowles Wool.
en- Mills, has made an offer to furnish dol.
lar for dollar su| rbed by the emploees OF
the mills for the relief Of the poor Of New
Castle. There are about 800 persons en-
ployed In the mills and II each employ
gives 10 cents week then their subscrip-
tion will amount to $50 and 40 by Mr..
Knowles would make $50 or .g5 for each
family in need in the city at present Tho
twenty MEN who were engaged to shovel
snow were disappointed when the Road
Commissioners laid them of last night.
Instead of gatting five days woIk they
were given only one. The men were given
warm coffee and milk by the farmers
along the road
A pleasing musical and literary pro-
gram has been arranged by the latiles re,
siding near Rose H i'll school house for an
entertainment to be given OIL Thursday
evening next In the school house. Mr.. ia
cob Il, Maxwell of St. Johns choir Will
mington and Miss Paizowsky will be
among those who will sing. A feature of
the cntol tainmcnt will bs song and
dancu by little girl. Miss Simons has
been selling tickets In Wilmington for the
past two days and met with success at
every stop The committee in charge arc
delightei at tie offer of Superintendent
King to give half of the proceeds from tho
fares collected on Thursday.
The money will be used for the relief of
the poor OF this city. GsorRe Williams
and Thomas Frazor will place their d0tiv-
cry wagons at the disposal of the United
Charities to deliver all donations to tho
pnor peoples homes =
The hest thinking people III the city be-
came t1isgnsted at their less fortunate
brothers being compelled to go to public
hall and carry the donated goods through
the public streets. Thomas Frazer and
his obliging and efficient clerk, Denny
Smith, drove around yesterday afternoon
ami delivered several hundred loavec Of
bread which had been seat over from viii.
mington by Messrs. Huber, Grady, NAH
lcr and Gam.
At one house family consisting of the,
parents and nine children were found. 1t
Is safe to say they received more bread yes
terday than at any three other days during
the past wcek.
Mr.. Smith was informed this afternoon
that thero is double team load OF pro-
visions coming over on Tuesday. The
parties donating tho food want to deliver
it to the people. Mr.. Smith has notified
The people who are giving the food that he
will accompany the wagon and show the
driver where the deserving people reside.
Mr.. Jackson Timms, the south Fourth
street baker and Miss Beulah VickOry,
daughter of William A. Vickory, cOnfided
secret to their friends yesterday 10 the
effect that since last August they have
been married.
Announcement OF the coming wedding
of Mr. Alb Moore, of New Castle Hundred,
and Miss Maggie Sherwood of Whining.
ton, has been made.
The schooner James Rothwell from
Philadelphia for Boston ana which nut In
to harbor couple of days ago for sheath.
ing is expected to clear to-day.
c. Edwin EcI,les has been confined to his
home for the past couple of days.
Rev. G. A. Tindey OF Wilmington will
preach in Nt. Salem A.. M. II, church TO-
morrow afternoon ut 315 o'clock. The
Lords Supper will be oelehra, ed at 7.5O \
o o'clock.
A pleasant evening party was given on
Thursday evening at the home OF Mr..
Thomas Grirr. ilin Buttonwoods. Vocal
and instrumental music and games helped
to while away tine time In the dining
room he large table had been handsomely
decorated and among the decorations
werelGrge cakes fruits etc. The dol cake
was he one most in demand and Walter
Morgan and Mrs. Jennie MeGginson Sc.
cured dolls in their piecus of cake and will
give the next parties. /
Among tho.e present were Mr.. and Mrs, |
Boyd and family, John and Edward Carti
Or and Agnes Hammill, Of Wilmington i
Benjamin s;ilitoe, Newport; Misses Bes.
sio White, Lizzie Smith, Ella Churnside, |
Fanny Estlcn, Mary Blackhnrne, Alice
Morgan, Anna Megginscu, Eva Dutton,
BELLA Dunlevy. Annie Green, Cha. los
Blackburne, Albert Simms, Wilbert Mere.
nth, Walter Morgan, Richard Megginson,
Clarence Blackburne. Robert Dunlevys
Robert Gr.er, Theodore ckburne, Mrs. /
Dyer and Mr. and Mrs Megginson. Al
John Jordan and Alb. Moore arc cutting
CO and filling their ice houses.
New Castle will shortly have new
actory that will employ number Of mel
md run day and night. EI
Special dovoJions in honor of the Sacrea
yeart OF Jesus were held in st. Peter b
Church last evening y
The bird concert under the auspices oh
,lass No. 10 Of tho NJ f. Sunday School
vas q pleasant affair.
Tho Clonian Literary Society OF the
Iigh School gave pleasing entertain-
nent yesterday afternoon.
On good authority it is stated that there
ire at least two couples in New Castle
Who were married some time ago and who
lave not announced the fact. II
A number of mon wen to work in the
Delaware Iron Works to-day. H.,