The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-08
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Correspondence Of the REPUBLICAN,
NEW CASTLE, June Sth.

At tho meeting of the Trustees OF the
Common held last evening tho following
mem bsrs were present: Dr.. Black, Ferris
Daily, Challenger, Shaw, Rodney. Morrt
son, Maloney. The acting Committee re-
pcrtel repairs to the Biggs farm barn. The
committee was instructed to place water
connections with the town hall.
The following bills were ordered paid:
John n. Stoops, sZ7s; John Duncan, sSs.
81; NC. Gas conipauy, $3.50; New Castle
News, &C. so; N. B. Fleming, 81 so; School
taxes, Sl4 81; c. c. Montgomery, 81 %.
Sadie Davis, daughter Of James A.
Davis, while visiting near Pennsvllle fell
and broke her shoulder blade.
Mr.. Hugh Ryan and Miss Maggie Carlin
will bo married thi, afternoon in St.
Peters church. A reception will be held
at the homo of the brides parents.
In the Christian Herald Of this weeks
issue appears a photograph of Sergeant
Highbe Davidson.
Sergeant Davidson is represented lying
on his back In the attitude OF sharp
shooter.
James Calhonn aud Miss Emma Harris
will be married this evening in Whining
ton. They will reside In New Castle.
Roy Davis. son of j. A. Davis had his
cheek severely bitten by dog belonging
to Michael Bishop, The wound was cau-
Hammocks and screen doors, Is cents,
Stoops.
The funeral of Mrs Mary A. Poole, wife
of Townsend Poole OF Platt's Mills, took
place on Monday.
Services were conducted by Rev. John
McEmoyie and interment made In the
Presby !erian cemetery at Christiana.
Tho pail bearers were james Bratton,
Norris Dunbar, David Appleby, ].
Tho,nn, Nri,Yht aud T RI T.ntua Mrs
Poole was Is years of age.
Bicycles, SIS; tires, 81 so; saddles, 50c.-
Stoops.
This monthly melting of the City Coun-
oil WAS held last evening. Councilman
CIewell was the only absent member. The
work Of the Council was put through with
q rush and In short time an interesting
session came TO close. After tho reading
of the min utes OF the previous meeting aud
the doings Of the court of appeals which
sat during the latter part OF the past week
tho members of the cuncil listened to y
statement from Edward Dalby, who stat.
cd that he came to make an appeal from
tho payment of q balance of taxes for the
year 1895. which ex tax.collector 10.
bin had tried 10 collect and he did not feel
inclined to pay The same aud he did rot
think that it was the place of the collector
to be hold responsible for IL.
I1e uIeO SbHIOu il'hu III July lCou Aia
yard bad been flooded OH account of bad
drainage and imperfect sewerage which
had backed up over his promises and
ruined everything In his yard and flooded
his cellar ~ t"F
Mr.. Pagan, who was member at the
timo of the complaint stated that he did
not feel that the council was responsible
for the damages and that tho proper par
ties to look to for damages was the rail-
r)ad company.
ware Railroad, who was an Interested
spectator and listener stated that he rail-
road people had cleaued out the ditch re-
Gently aud that the residents of the city
were engaged in filling up the place, The
ditch or drain was dug by the railroad
people with the consent and for the bene-
flt Of the railroad. and tho properly own
ers in that section of tho city In order to
properly drain the land. No steps were
heng taken by The city to prevent the resi-
dcnts Of tho neighborhood for tho llllng
in of the waterway.
William Pedrick, who was among tho
spectators, stated that he and his noghbor
William O,Conner would place lii wood
on gutter in the rear of their residence.
Committee reported that there was no
money on hand and that no deposits had
been received from the collector.
1t was aftefwartt tdst1ugu1 o draw the Or
ders for the salaries of the police and with
hold them until after money had come in"
to pay them. The bills for the work on the
rec and the payment for the shells suf-,
fered the fate of others now pending and!
were not cd upon.
Several pumps were reported ont OF
order and the committe on pumps noti-
fed.
A resolution was passed to make all poll
taxes uniform and the rate of assessment
be made 500.
The assessment list was accepted and ap-
proved and Clerk Eckels instructed to
make out tho duplicates for the assessor.
The ax rate for the ensuing year was
made the same as last year 96 cents Oh the
500.