Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-02-22
THE NEWS OF NEW CASTLE.

last evening in the office Of Mayor
Boyd, to formulate plans for baseball
team during the coming season was
we'll attended. Capt. Chauncey P.
Holcomb was made temporary chair
man. and M. 3. Fleming temporary
secretary. About $50 shares of stock
were subscribed for, and the share
holders elected the following board Of
directors: Capt. @. P. Holcomb, W.
Erwin Thatcher, Peter @. Madden,
Harry W. Hushebeck and Frank Dell.
Janvier. A meeting of the directors
will be held in few days to organize,
adopt rules and bylaws, look after the
enclosing of the grounds, and other
matters pertaining to the club. The
people are enthusiastic over the
prospect of again having a good team
and enclosed grounds. The people Of
Delaware City and the surrounding
country will also assist in making the
team success during the season of
1900
The manager of the team will be a
thorough business man and one who
will see that the players do their part
to make every game interesting.
John Walls, who has been suffering
from pains in his head for some time
and who has been doctoring for sup
posed neuralgia, was seized with lit
of sneezing, yesterday morning, and in
short time he sneezed small tumor
from his nostrils. He is now cured of
the pains in his head.
New Castle, Feb. 1.-THE old River
side rolling mills, located below the
main buildings of the local branch of
the National Tube Co., are being dis
mantled and the machinery sold for
scrap iron. 1t is reported that the
National Tube Co. will shortly erect
new mills on the site, where plate and
sheet iron will be made for use in the
main buildings, to be converted into
pipe and fiues. This is not new idea,
but one which was expected to take
shape several years ago. The iron ore
can be produced and shipped here from
Cuba at much cheaper rnte than from
the mines in Pennsylvania.
Thursday evening thieves tore of
sew eral boards from the hennery on the
farm of Leslie White and stole about
40 chickens. The chickens were choice
fowls and valuable. A double tean,
was used in the raid and foot prints
about the hennery indicated that three
men were engaged in the work. More
chickens have been stolen during this
winter than for several years, An at
tempt was made to loot the hennery on
the Bullen farm the same night, but
the dogs seal ed the intruders away.
New Castle. Feb. 19.-At a recent
meeting of the directors of the New
Castle Athletic Club, the following
officers were elected for the enusine
year. President, Capt. Chauncey p.
Holcomb; Vice. President, Peter G.
Madden Secretary, Moses B. Fleming
Treasurer, G. Ferris Jemison: mana
ger of the baseball team, John Shearer.
The choice of manager gives satisfac
| tion to the players who will comprise
the team. While many regret that Mr..
| Shearer will now be unable to umpire
games In the diamond, he is in a place
that will be pleasing to baseball lover:
| in this city. The directors have adopted
n constitution and bylaws governing
tho club which will be placed before
| the stockholders at meeting to bt
held in the office of Mayor Evan g.
Boyd next Thursday evening at 73(
| O'Clock. Shares of stock will be of tb,
value Of SO full paid, 81 to be paid OF
subscribing and the balance when thu
directors decide it is needed. A oircu
lar will be issued to the public in {
few days
W. Erwin Thatcher, Peter G. Mad
den and Harry W. Hushebeck were ap
pointed committee to look after thu
grounds and to request proposals. fo
leveling and fencing the same
Shortly after O'Clock last nigh
Sheriff Taylor was notified that a maj
had jumped down from the Jail wal
and run across the school green. Al
investigation showed that Joseph Tom
linson, a mulatto, who had six month
OF one-year's sentence to serve TO
cutting Ike Anderson, colored, will
razor, had escaped from the prison.
Tomlinson was confined with 10 othe
negroes in the ''blaok bum" cell ant
to do the work of cutting hole in tn
roof, through which he escaped, mus
have stood on the shoulders of his com
panions. He cut away. the plaster 0
the ceiling. one inch hemlock bcart
and the tin roof. He had torn hi
blanket into strips, and after getting
out on the roof reached the parapet ant
fastenipg tho rope, slid to within few
feet of the ground and then jumped t.
liberty.
As SOON as notice was received of tn
mans escape search of the cell wa
made and tho prisoners moved to safe
quarters. 4 search was also instituted
for the runaNay, who still wore his con
Wet stripes, but he was not located
Word was telephoned to Wilmington
and the police notified to keep look
out for the man. 1t is thought tina
Tomlinson reached the west yard an,
boarded freight train for the South
horse attached to carriage driver
by William Crumlish of Christiana raj
away on Friday night up the Oelawar
railroad track to Farnhurst, whore tn
animal took the road and went homo
1t was fortunate that the Norfolk OK
press had passed south, else an acciden
| might have resulted