The Wilmington daily Republican., 1900-04-02
ITEMS FROM
new CASTLE,
April End, 1900

House, will cash no more checks for
strangers. The reason is appar-
ent. He is out $40 by recent trans
action. Several days ago man
apparently farmer, went to the
house and after preliminary talk
purchased drink, sat down and
talked of business and claimed that
he had recently sold portion Of his
stock and had collected some OF the
bills and produced checks to show
that what he said was true.
He appeared to know that Mr..
Holman had been a sufferer from
rheumatism and claimed that he
himself had been a great sufferer
but that he had learned of a doctor
in Wilmington who could cure the
dreaded malady. Holman became
interested and the man soon became
friendly. They talked of their woes
and the medicines they used and
made the agreement to 60 together
to the physician. Finally the man
talked SO much that he became dry
and took another drink. He found
after drinking that he had no money
and offered the check. 1t was
drawn by John Moore and the man
endorsed it as Robert Fraim. The
check was accepted and Fraim
took the money. The man then
left. Later in the day Mr.. Hof-
mann referred to the matter while
talking to Il customer and he was
told that there was no farmer by
the name of John Moore in this vi
cinity. The result was a search
and the name of John Moore was
not found on the books OF any bank
in Wilmington. The case was
realized as swindle pure ard SIM
pie, and the matter has been placed
in the hands of the authorities. 1t
is thought it is one of the manv
tricks OF Robert McClintock who
has served time here for passing
worthless checks.
Eben Watts has made record
for clipping horses. One animal
was clipped in three quarters of an
hour, ard four auimals were clipped
in three and three fourth hours.
Although Postmaster King took
possession of the postotfice on Satur-
day night he had nothing to do with
the mails until today. Miss Mar
garet Gordon is installed as assist
ant.
Joseph II. King has awarded the
contract of hauling shad to Will
mlngton to II. Eben Watts for this
season.
The small boy was in evidence
Yesterday playing "April fool
jokes. A five cent piece was fas-
tened between bricks on Delaware
street near Front, and when peo--
pie attempted to pick it up they
were given the grand "Ha! Hal"
The monthly meeting of the NVo-
man S Christian Temperance Union
will be held on Wednesday after
noon at o clock at the home of Mrs.
Theodore Atkinson on north Third
street. The election of delegates
to the county convention will
be held at Newport on Wednesday,
April 18th.
The monthly meeting of the Good
Government Club will be held to-
morrow evening at 7.S0 o'clock at
the home of Mrs. J. Ernest Phillips,
Sixth street near South.
John Lcnoir will remove to the
house now occupied by Bennett f.
Lancaster, No. 10 North Second
street. 1t is stated that Mrs. Anna
Eagle will remove to North Front
street and Elwood L. Wilson to the
house vacated by Mrs. Eagle at
Fourth and Delaware streets.
Soft, tenacious mud along the
eastern side of the Delaware River
channel, opposite this city, holds in
its grip a huge steamship--the
Grecian of the Allan Line-a noble
vessel of the old. but servicable,
type known as long-legged
Late last night the wrecking tug
North America stood alongside the
stranded monstcr-a sort of bum
blebce and elephant-ready to give
the needed assistance should the
tides prove sufficiently high to force
the great iron hull from the DEATH
like grip.
River men declare that the
Grecian is in no danger. She is
resting easily and it is believed the
soft wind will not injure her bottom.
The Grecian had started for
Glasgow from Philadelphia. Her
cargo consisted of general cargo
and several hundred head of cattle.
She had passed down the Della
ware this far, when suddenly a
jarring movement was felt by tine
officers. Then the Grecian, like
sulky greyhound, refused to bulge
either forward or backward. Her
engines were kept going for long
time at high rate of speed, but to
no avail.