Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-11-08
THE NEWS OF NEW CASTLE.
Staff Correspondence OF Gazette and Journal.

Staff Correspondence of Gazette and Journal. |
New Castle, Nov. THE Democrats
Of this city and hundred have done
themselves proud in the selection of
Chauncey z. Hocomh for the Office of
Representative to the General Assem-
bly,. His majority over Harry W.
Hushebeek was 70 votes. This shows
to some extent the contempt in which
the Regular Republicans huld the
agents of J. Edward Addicks. The
amount of money expended by members
of the Republican faith is estimated at
something in tho neighborhood OF
So, 400.
John Shearer was elected assessor by
a good majority. The vote polled was
far in advance of that of other elections
in securing nearly all those registered.
The total registration amounted to
1926 votes and of these but 81 were
missing. The greater portion of the
voters who were missing were men who
had been paid to stay away from the
polls. One man whose home is about
one andSa half squares from the court
house stated that to get him to the
polls would cost the modest sum Of $40.
| He did not need to be carried there, be
was not i'll, but he preferred to make n
| few dollars whilo he could. If he re-
| ceived the $40 from the Addicks people,
as it is stated by one OF his family. then
| ii is we'll that the Democrats had not
| paid him the same amount, as no
| mans vote is worth 800.
| All sorts of strategy was resorted to
by the Republicans. 4 number Of men
were mads drunk, but their votes were
cast all the same.
George Russell, colored, was arrested
and committed TO Jail to await u hear
ing ON the charge of attempted murder
of his wife. lie was not given bear.
ing and was taken out of the Jail and
voted and then returned to jail.
Slight trouble occurred in the North
ern district when Owen +. Sheridan
was ordered out of the polling Place.
At the ringing CT the bell OF st.
Peters Church it was mistaken for the
striking of the town clock for e o clock,
while the striking of the elcck was TIVE
minutes later. Dennis Mcclure, who
resides at Rose Hill, opposite tn,
schoolhouse, had stamped his ballot
, and it was handed to the inspector, bu
/ it was snatched from his hands by as
siatant Inspector Rulings and torn tt
! pieces by the latter. Mcclure is ;
, Democrat and another vote was lost t.
the party. But, after all the spending
/ of money and the many tricks resnrte'
, | to, the Democrats won out on some o
the nest important offices.
@ A Imaginable feature during the after
! noon was when candidate for otiic
said, "What will you bet on m
a chancesg' The reply was You wis
to get even for the money that yo
a have SPENT The man seemed cor
4 fused for time, ald after the CONVEX
a sation q negro followed him into
nearby room and received So for th
). vote that he had cast.
a John Henry Davis, colored, had
narrow escape from being roughl
Il handled during the day. The ncgr
i. had struck at George Plstill and can
n near being mobhed.
# The Freshmen football team d.
h feated the Rough Riders at Batter
10 Park, yesterday afternoon. In an int
,. esting gamu of two Commute hal7e
= The score: Freshmen,9; Rough Rider
= 0. Touchdown Elkinton; touchbacl
ii Dennis; referee, Wise; timekeepe
. Chase
:. Word was received here yesterday
the ser ious illness of Mrs. Leslie Whit
la whose home is at the junction OF tt
a. State road and tho Newport pike. III
n cause of the illness is pneuomnia.
IL Among the sick: George Unger CO
in tiuues to improve-Mrs. James M
CURE is improving slowly-George
q. Rodney has recovered and is now All
ne to be out-Miss Anna Rodney is gal
as ing strength.