The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-11-13
ITEMS FROM
NEW CASTLE

:; New Castle, Nov IL. Ben jamin
.Pheppardwas summoned TO Whining.
bon on account of the serious condi-
lion Of his brother. The latter is q
railroad man and as his train was
erossing one Of the Maryland diyi.
bIon bridges where repairs are being
made, the guy rope caught him.
Next moment Sheppard was dragged
from his train and fell distance OF
bighteen feet, receiving serious inju.
hes about the BODY.
John Il. Shearer, assessor of New
Castle hundred, says that the influx
bi coiored men does not scare him.
On the contrary he would like to see
Sn additional thousand locate here
tor then he would have larger as
bsssment Despite the contradictory
reports sent out 1t is nevertheless
krue that colored men have moved
here from Wilmington. In .nother
becLon Of the city is a crowd of Vir.
Kinil men who came here several
5vcexS ago.
\ In Murrayville and Clay ton street
Ella ,nn's, Wrights and Holshuma-
keris houses, colored families are the
kenan,M CoIorcd people are now lIv.
Ing in other sections of the city
where white people formerly Ii we'd 50
assessor Shearer viii still haye a
good ..llng Of this year,
4 vi liam j. Ferris last week was
khe winner of the first prize Of $40
bffered by a Philadelphia paper"in a
eheSs tourney.
= Several days ago discussion arose
among the scholars Of the High
Echool as to who the builders Of the
nall were One OF those interested
was Levy Court Commissioner Meg
Einson's daughter, who Is a pupil in
The school,
J She asked her father about the
matter but he could not give the de.
Sired Information aud in turn went
10 ]. Harry Rodgers, and another Old
resident who are credited with being
Ehe best informed men In New Gas.
lie on questions OF local history.
Nhey said they coull not at once re.
gall who the builders were but would
look up the matter.
! A day or so later Mr.. Meg ginson
received Information by mail that a
slab above the jail door bore the fol
lowing Inscription: Built A. d., 1857
kfChitect Samuel Sloan. Builders,
Mich hael S. Carman, Richard }. Dob.
bin. Building Committee, John
Smith, William D. Clark, Th omas
Scott, Ell Todd, J. A. b. Smith. Su.
perintendent, Thomas NJ. Ogle.
Guns, powder, shot, loaded shells.
Etoops.
I The moving Of Lank's store still
continues.
| The gunners are getting In readi.
pess for the opening Of the season.
Detective Francis was here last
pv1ning summoning Witnesses be.
lore Attorney General Ward.
"Three Men In Boat Is from
The pen of Jerome X, Jerome, and is
bupposed to be humorous Three
men from the hamlet Of Carpenter
went down the Delaware Bay in a
boat and their experiences were any.
thing but humorous. They were
Davis MARITIME and his father and
Mark Pierce, the latter formerly of
Upland. The men were on an out.
Ing and their boat was equipped
with the luxury Of cabin. They
anchored oil Delaware City one night
and went TO sleep. During the
night Mr.. Pierce awoke to find the
cabin rapidly filling with water. He
and Davis succeeded in climbing
through the window but they had
to uso strenuous efforts to rescue Mr..
MARITIME, They managed to reach
shore before the boat settled in the
mud. Now they are wond ering how
to get their guns out Of the cabin OF
the boat.