The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-25
ITEMS FROM new CASTLE.
Correspondence Of the REPUBLICAN
NEW CASTLE, January 25. 1893

The distress among the people Of New
Castle has reached an alarming state.
Private resources have been exhausted.
The stores cannot give away any moro
goods on credit. Respectable people who
never dreamed Of such thing are glad.
dened by receiving an order from the I'rus-
tee Of the Poor. The Church workers are
taxed beyond their means to meet the de-
mands of the people connected with their
churches. Organizations have boon COM
PEELED to go down deep into their trea>ur-
les to drive the wolf away from the doors
of their brother members.
On Sunday in st. Peers Church, Rev.
Edward d. Brady called attention to the
suffering among the member OF the con-
gregation. That afternoon the Sodality
voted SIS to u church relief fund. Tho
same evening st. Peters Total Abstinence
Beneficial Society donated S?5 for a simi.
lar purpose st. Petci's Beneficial Society
voted q similar amount and then the An
cient Order of Hlberians held special
meeting to consider the distress. The
meeting was largely attended and a dopa-
tion of $5C was voted to the fund.
The trustees of the church will donate
large sum for tho relief of the sufferers
who in several instances arc on tile brink
of starvation. o., -..,.-:-...
"A cvnImltUee of ladies will investigate
the wants of tho people and food supplies
will be furnished from the stores. Tho
charity will not take OIL the form or q
public relief. When the grocery wagon
stops at AS house with relief it then will
stop at BIS house with goods for which
Mr.. B. will be fo.tunate enough to furnish
the money. At time like tho present
the people will have to be satisfied
If tho daintics can not be secured the
people must be satisfied to do with good
substantial food. If tho hungry people
cannot get three meals at present. they
will have to be sstisfi d with two meals.
The Board of Education Mt its meeting
this evening will be confronted BY at
least four designations from teachers.
Misses Mary Fleming, R6bs Batho.,
Flora Lunt, and kathryne Shellenberger.
Cupid's messenger says that natriinony
isthc main cause of tho designations.
Principal Andrew had~cause during he
past two weeks to reprimand two teach-
ers and exceptions were taken as to the
manner in which it was administered.
The whole school affair will be aired at
the meeting this evening.
Tho Seventh street crossing will be
withouta "a Waterman hereafter rs Enoch
Hilyurd has boen transferred to tho Ninth
street crossing to succeed the late John
Fitch.
The funeral of Miss Comfort Williams
will take place tomorrow afternoon.
Mis-, Linda Bowers, of Hainesville, Nd.
is tho guest Of Mrs. Frank Meredith.
The big snow plow for the electric rail
way was unloadcd from the cars yesterday
and removed to the cur burn.
Sixty minutes Sunshine will be the title
of leCur TO be delivered by tho Rev. l..
B. Short shortly in tho NJ. Il. church.
And still the pump at Sixth and Della
ware remains dry. City council is not do
ing its duty. The property owners in that
section of tho city will have to pay their
taxes regardless of such treatment. Throw
cold water ON the situation.
For Bronchial, Asthnintic aud pulmonary