The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-16
ITEMS FROM
NEW CASTLE.
June l6. l83a

The clerk of the weather furnished the
real article yesterday. The heat was in
tense 1t did not avail any thing to think
! OF the blizzard we had last winter. AT
the Delaware Iron Works the men at the
furnaces were unable to continue at worl:
and the furnaces closed down about !:
O'Clock. I6 was also deemed advisable not
TO attempt to run them during last night
so tho night turn went in today and thcr 9
will be no night turn unit. next week.
| About $50 o'clock yesterday afternoon
| henvy clouds began to appear in tho sky.
inside of nm hour the hearts of tho people
were gladdened by n copious rain 1t cons
| tinued to fall for over an hour. Tho rain
helped to damp the dust, clean the CUTTERS
refresh vegetation and cause the the:mom.
eter to fall a few points
A number of The friends of the New Cas-
tie High School base ball club will acom-
pany 1t TO Brandywine Springs Park to
morrow. The game will be with the Will
mington School team. The New Castle
players will bat in following order; Tobin,
sb;; Matthews: 8: s.; Bacon,c. !; White,
!: b.; Ford, J. t.; Montgomery, +. f.; Ped
rick, c. f.; Connor 2. b. Mahoney n.
Scott Schiiling's valuable dog Butter
took the distemper and in order to relieve
tue poor animals sufferings Scott prescrib.
ed dose Of cold lead. 1t Is interesting to
hear Scott tell how he administered the
medicine.
Captain f. f. Rogers handsome nap:ha
launch is greatly admired
BY tho breaking of the drive pipe about
feet under the ground the work of driv-
ing tho artesian we'll at the Jefferson
House has been suspended.
Chief Warden Bower. aud bis assistant,
Warden Paris. nipped in the bud yester-
day bold attempt to break Jail. The cells
were inspected on Tuesday by the wardens
and were found to be all right. Since that
time Warden Bowers believed that some
thing out OF the regular course Of affairs
was going on in cell No. 35 where Elmer
Covle, Antanas Jocis and Edward Craig
were confined.
Tho warlcns inspected the ventilation
yesterday afternoon and found it filed
with plaster. They then went to cell No.
30 and found that all plans had been made
for tho escape of the trio last night. The
men were marched to the dungeon where
Coyle admitted that he alone was :ccoun-
table for the work.
Ho was then placed in irons and the
other two men were placed in cell No q,
The cell where the men had been confined
was then inspected 1t was then found that
the plastertng had been removed by the
Il of small cold chisel A fine saw sue
ceeded in cutting the boards and then
paper was pasted over tho hole made which |
WIS IhrRe enough 60 let man through.
1t would tnko but short time lo cut away
the tin. The chisel and saw were in the |
cell as well as u rope ladder ut the end of |
which was hook made from bucket !
handle.
How the chsel and saw got to the cell
Is mystery unloss that thev were taken
to Coyle by woman who had called to Sc,
him. The ladder was made from strips
taken from niattres'.
Joice Is awaiting trial at the next term
of court on the charge OF obtaining money
unler f9lse pretensel, Craig. Is under
charge q 1astseeny and Coyl? is a burglar.
he Is now under 81, 900 daii for dpplaraiioo
at court for being implicated in the rob-
berry of chinese laundry in Wilmington.
Coyle served term here for robb!ng
laundry. While in Jail he escaped In com
pany with Elmer Beck. He returned,
however, and finished out his term. In
all probability Coyle will remain In jail
some time.
The funeral OF Mrs. Miller will take
place to morrow morning. The body will
be shipped on the $50 o'clock train to
Philadelphia where interment will be
made In Laurel Hill cemetery. Services
will be hold this evening ut the residence
II her son, Robert Miller. They will be
conducted by Rev. W. e. Avery of New
,ort.