Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-08-02
THE NEWS OF NEW CASTLE.


New Castle, Aug. 1.--Miss Laura
NJ. Stickney Of Rathbone, N. Y, was
last night elected assistant PRINCIPAL of
the New Castle high school, to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
Miss Clara Nesbit.
Twenty-Five applications were re-
oeived by the Board of Education,
which met last evening. The com.
mittee on teachers saved the board
much worry, as all the applications
received were taken by the committee
and carefully considered. The main
points advanced were age, experience,
ability to teach Latin, German and
botany, with the recommendations Of
their preceptors, and principals. The
committee recommended seven of the
applicants, and only two ballots were
needed to make n selection.
The vote on the first ballot: Miss
Laura M. Stiokney, 4; Miss Hattie s.
Shelley, Hatton, Pa, 2; Miss Fanny
r. Kingsland, Fredonia, N. y, 2;
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Second ballot-Miss Stiokney. 6;
Miss Shelley, i; Miss Kingsland, 1;
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The names of the others proposed
we're:
Miss Cordelia Clemens, Marshall,
Mo, aged % years, teacher in German,
Latin, French and Greek.
Miss Harriet Dodge, Cornell graduate.
III years experience. teaches German.
Miss Lillian Il. Gregory, Auburn
N. y, teaches French, German and
Latin.
Valentine j. Hoffman, Egg Harbor
City, N. j.. taught 81 weeks, graduate
Of normal school, teaches German aud
Latin.
The other applicants we're: Mrs. T.
n. Summerall, Salem, Va. Mrs. NJ
E. W. Grier, Salem, N. j.. Miss Eliza.
beth G. Fisher, Elrnyra, N. y; Mrs.
Katherine Rox, Rockbridge, Va Lex
Robinson, Butler, Pa. Miss Ruberta
W. Biggs, Delaware, o. |; Theodore E.
Byers, Coopertown, Pa. /; Wayne Swartz,
Worcester, o.; Miss N. Marie Conway,
Peabody, Mass. Miss Katherine FAIR
child, Elmyra, N. y; Miss Frances
Hollock, New York City; Miss Marion
Ruuge, Constablevilie, N. j.; Miss
Blanche Monroe, Level Run, Va. /;
Mrs. e. Harrison, Nashville, Tenn. !;
N iss Ethel Cooper, Wilmington, Del.
The report OF the treasurer showed
S410 in bank.
The acceptance of the priucipalsbip
recently allotted to DIR. William Richard
son was read and ordered placed on the
minutes.
The hoard decided that nonresident
scholars must pay their tuition fee,
semi-annually in advance.
Secretary Eckles was instructed to
notify Miss Stickney of her election as
assistant principal and request an early
reply.
Manager Slfearer has received COM
munication from the manager of The
Pottsville baseball team, asking for a
series Of five games for the Interstate
| championship Of Delaware and Penn
sylvania. Three games to be played in
one city and the balance in the other
| city.
| The batting order OF the Wynnewood
team next Saturday will be: Boyd, III. |;
]. Welsh, 3D.. Hockins, 3b. Nelson,
SIS. /; Brill, lib. 4; Walker. C. Myers,
p; Denton, CT; Clayton, If. The
team wear suits marked Bellevue, -
but is the regular Wynnewood: the
men have not obtained new suits, hence
the namo on the shirts.
Joseph McMullin left the farm of
John Biddle, last spring, and went TO
the farm OF Mrs. Sharp at Christiana.
The wheat was cut and threshed and
1000 BUSHES secured. The ael cement
was share and share alike, but Nc.
Mullin, it is alleged, took rs per cent
in place nf 80 per cent, Yesterdaq
Sheriff Taylor went to McAIullin's
place, replevined the wheat Of MIR.
Biddie, and hauled it to- the latteria
farm, about 213 bushels.
Mary Jane Jordan, colored, aged a
years, died yesterday at her home In
the western section Of the city of
apoplexy.
A recent report Of the Morris Tasksr
branch of the National Tube Co. in
this city shows that its exports of iron
trolley poles are above tho average. n
recently shipped 400 tons Of poles to
Sydney, 156 tons to Newcastle, 81 tons
to Glasgow and nine tons TO Geneva.
John Kehoe, who claims that he has
no homo was brought hero Inst evening
and placed in Jail. He had been
arrested at Townsend by Constable Van
Horn, charged with the larceny of a
table knife. lie Is insane and will
after an examination, by physicians. be-
sent to Farnhurst. Kehoe had his
pockets filled with pebbles, stumps.
apple cores, strings and tobacco.
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Stonewall j. johnson has bought tbe
Mckee farm, near Massey's, for sI2, 900.