The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-03-20

ITEMS FROM
NEW CASTLE.
March Goth 1907.

Passengers on the New Castle
Electric Railway cars were wit.
nesses yesterday to peculiar ac.
cident. A car loaded with lumber
jumped off the B. & 0. track while
being loaded at Third street bridge
and one end went into the Christi.
ana river. The car was loaded
and the force of one end falling
caused the roof Of the car to break
over the door.
A special meeting of the members
of City Council will be held tonight
to consider the Lighting of the city
for possibly five years. The final
reading Of the ordinance giving the
lease for a term of five years will be
given and it is fully expected that
the resolution will be passed N favor
of the lighting of the city for the
term by the electric company. The
rate is much lower than can be
found in any other city. Thus max.
ing the average light cost the city
$6S per lamp. The placing Of the
additional lights will yet be con-
sidered. Business men and others
advocate lamp at Second and
Delaware streets.
City Councilman Orvid A. Porter
states that he is not a candidate
for the honors of the office again.
He claims that he knows when he
has had enough.
The scholars of the public schools
have been cautioned against throw
ing snow balls in the vicinity of the
schools and if they disobey they
will be summarily dealt with.
An extra car has again been
placed in service on the trolley line
to accommodate the crush of pas
sengers from Eden Park after six
o'clock.
One shad fisherman boat from
Pennsville put out on the Delaware
Yesterday and fished the high water.
Three fish were caught. An ocean
steamship ran over the net OF the
fisherman and damaged the net to
the extent of about $40. Several
men from this city will dip their
nets tomorrow in the hope OF CATCH
ing some fish.
The meeting of the New Castle
Building and Loan Association was
held last evening. All the money
on hand was disposed of.
The West Erd Social Club will
give a ball on Easter Monday night
in the Opera House. Edward p.
McCue will be the floor manager.
The players picked out by Mana
ger John Shearer to form the base
ball team of the New Castle Athletic
Association and get them together
for practice is as follows: Charles
Countiss, catcher; Johu Bridge
water, pitcher; Hugh Duffy, short
stop; John Scarborough, first base;
Walter Bacon, second base; Robert
Newlove, captain and third base;
John Fritz, left field; George Van
tine, right field Ray Bacon, centre
field. Edward Wise and William
Kirk, substitutes. It is expected
that Albert Kirby, Jr., may be APP
pointed substitute pitcher. The
positions assigned the men are only
to get them together and at work as
soon as the season will permit.
The experimental new men at the
mills of the Knowles Wooden Mills
has proven a failure and on Satur-
day three were given their walking
papers. The men made an effort
to overthrow one of the old EN-
plovees but in this they were not
successful. They failed to get their
stories we'll connected and their
plot failed and the result was their
own overthrow. Mr.. Knowles has
had in his employee number of use
full and valuable assistants for
many years. They have not travel
ed about much but are up-to-date
and it is now thought that the firm
has learned much at some cost.
William Bradley who has been
seriously i'll for several days, is
able to be about
Alexander Sterlth, formerly of
this city, now OF Philadelphia, has
been visiting here.
Miss Nellie Wendell of Ph,ladel-
phia. is the guest of Mrs. Charles
V. Wise.
Mrs Howard Lohand of Kennett !
Square, Pa, is visiting her mother,
Mrs. {. v. Wise.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Albert Whcatley
will remove to Wilmington.
Mrs. Laura Webb has removed
% Sixth and Delaware streets.