The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-11-06
ITEMS FROM
NEW CASTLE.
Correspondence OF the REPUBLICAN,
November 6, 1899

"hiio tho pie tOClhi anu entertainment
was In progress in tho Baptist Church OH
Saturday night two young men drove of
with a team belonging to h. Hewitt Th,
team had been hitChed in front of the
church and when he came to the door,. {
go home he was surprised to find that il
was gone Early yesterday morning the
horse and carriage were found on the
river road below Dobbinsville. During
Saturday night the team was found and
placed In stable
AS no one came In that section looking
for the property The team was sent with
two young men down town to try and
locate the owner They drove to Dobins-
vile and left the horse standing outside.
After spending time in the hotel they
came out to find that the horse was gone.
Whether the hors, was driven off cannot
be asccrtaired but Hewitt did not find his
property until Yesterday morning. The
horse showed the effects of being out all
night and of having had long drive.
Tho blankets aud lap robe are missing.
The police arc investigating the matter
" imam /. AhCDuuIGl, CuiUTUtl, has UeGn
released from jail whore he served sixty
days for disorderly conduct. Mcdaniel Is
genuine character and for years has been
known as walking speakensy. On the
occasion of Big quarterly he arrived IN
Wilmington carrying valise.
1t was full of bottles filed with whisky.
Mcdaniel In speaking of his arrest said
II did sell drop in Wilmington but
had sold 1t on the boat coming from Ches-
ter. But they nippod the business in the
bud and there stood the bottles on the
desk in court next day. l didn't do a
thing but they said was liable to do go
and over came for sixty days. l was
well treated IN Jail. When got out i
went down to the iron works. l carried
pipe for 3ls hours. stepped lively and
earned my 42 cents. quit and yesterday
! made 96 cents and my board husking
cCrn for Mr.. Stoops He is all right and
I'm going to stay with him.
Hero u word of caution was spoken to
William not to buy and sell liquor in
New Castle.
"If would sell, it would be to the
white mtn, A white man whispers when
he wants to buy bottle from IL walker"
bu colorcd man shouts "yah( there, hab
you any ting on yer hip" Mcdaniel says !
he intends to husk corn and become good
citizen Ee is 5S years OF age and knows
it is time to think Of the her wor!d. He
will not steal bur will just take anything
he can place hi, haud on that belongs to
some one olse.
Ho says that the colored men in Jail ara
very bad. 1hoy even insuited ladies who
wan cd them to partake OF apples and used
fl hy Language in their presence. The
short term prisoners urc about the lowest
Great ures in the country,
A carriage belonging to Charles B.
Dougherty Of Wilmington was badly
wrecked on Saturday evening ut Hol-
combs avenue. As Wilmington andNsw
Ca tic Electric Railroad car approached
Lander's avenue the carriage drove across
the tracks. A collision foll,wed and the
occupants of the samo were thrown out
and the carriage broken. Only ono man
was found at the time and he was suffer
ing from "moonlngitis" and scarcely
could tell his name Finally he said he
was John Williams of East Thirteenth
: trcet, Wilmington. He did not tell the
crew Of the car that no was by himself.
Williams was taken to New Castle and
wher his nerves were srnghtened out he
was sent home Two hours later Williams
companion was found In the road where
he had been thrown from the carriage.
Presiding Elder Watt will conduct ser.
vices in the NJ. f. Church this evening.
The Nredlcwork Guild did not hold is
nncy If the weather.
Mr.. and Mrs Weldin Vining and
daughter are spending the day in Phila-
ielpbia
There was disgraceful row on North
Second street yesterday between George
|Iutt and colored man from Whining.
on. HUT is a coorei prisoner at tho jill
Who has the freedom of tho town and is
IN the streets in all parts of the city.
He has no right to cause disturbance
ON the public streets and more especially
III Sunday. he man from Wilmington
anne hero because he accused HUT of
,eing too familiar with his woman who
has been acting as cook a the jail
Go to Biggs for ovcralls and pants
Considerable feeling has baen ed
~ the publication of n fake story on the
whipping post in a Philadelphia journal