The Wilmington daily Republican., 1900-03-03
I9BM6 i s FROM
NEW CASTLE.
March srd, 1900

The attention Of Professor Neal
of the Experimental Station at Del
aware College, has been called to a
fatal disease among horses caused
by eating wheat straw. So far as
can be learned there were no horses
in this immediate neighborhood but
several Of them were poisoned by
their noses coming in contact with
the bedding. A prominent farmer
of this hundred who has been down
state reports that the farmers are
becoming alarmed. Dozens of far
mers complain of their farm hands
having been poisoned about the face
and hands and that their horses
we're poisoned about the head by
coming in contact with the wheat
straw. At Middletown he learned
that George Padley lost six and
Warner Gerry has "A number Of
horses very sick. At Delaware
City he learned that three horses
belonging to Charles Stapleford and
two horses belonging to William X.
Price had died from eating wheat
straw. At least dozen of horses
in that part of the county are sick
from the same disease. Charles
Megginson of this hundred, had
several horses that were poisoned
about the head. AS the experiment
station is for the benefit of the far
mers the latter are o. the opinion
tina the matter should be consider
ed as this is the first year that
wheat straw caused the trouble
among the stock
The Devotion of the Stations of
theCross and Sacred Heart devotIons
were conducted in ST. Peters
Church last evening.
A goodly number of men have
been at work in the finishing de-
partment OF the National Tube
Works.
Some of the cross ties for the New
Castle and Delaware City Railway
tracks will be furnished bv Samuel
Miller of State Road.
The B. V. NJ. Sodalitv of st.
Peters Church held meeting last
night and took action upon the
death oil Mrs. James b. Hance.
This is the second death that oc-
Cured in the ranks OF the Sod alitv
since its organization.
James McHugh, Sr., of Shaw
town, has removed to Philadelphia
where he will make his future. home.
Charles Willis has rented the
Young property at No. III North
Third street. and will remove there
in the near future.
DR.. F. M. Munson, son of Rev.
f. NJ. Munson, d. D.. is assistant
physician at the jail.
Part of the chimney of an unoc-
cuped house on Front street lell on
the roof and several persons had
narrow escape IRON injury by be-
irg struck by loose bricks.
A number of post Lenten we'd
dngs are talked of, including that
of son of leading hotel proprietor
and a well known young woman OF
Wilmington.
A valuable dog belonging to Of |
ticer Palmer was taken with fits |
and the officer shot the animal.
At the entertainment of the Gil
oman Literary Society held yester-
day afternoon the following persons
took part: Miss Mary Gemmill. Miss
Mary McGonigie, Miss Mary Sulli-
van, Miss Emily Ferguson, Miss
Katie Rodgers. Miss Hetty Nc
Caughan, Miss Susie Gormley, Miss
Ida Saunders, George Duffy, Har-
vcy W'lhelrc. George Plant, Thos.
Gravel and Eugene Chase. The
exercises consisted of rccitatlons,
declarations and songs.
1t is said that two men named
John kodesch and Harry Ward
had 4 close call from drowning
while ducking, as their boat
swamped.
Bargains. Cardct remnants. Oil
cloth, DC. up. Other bargains.
Stuops.
George Grimes has removed his
family rom Port Penn to Third and
Chestnut streets, this city.
John kecgan, father of James
keegan, is i'll at the home of the
latter on North Third street.
"A dose 10 time saves lives" DR. Woods
Norway Pine Sy ur, DatLra's rempuy for
coughs Gods. pun pnuly diaouses Of every