Evening journal., 1902-02-28
NEW CASTLE

Special TO the Evening journal.
New Cdsre, req. z6.-JOsepn King
recelyou seventeen nets today, and win
start tomorrow ana put unsm in con-
.diuon Tor the approaching Inad season.
William Pusiun lett there this morn
ing -or smyrna creek, where he Will
hsn Tor rock until the season for shad
hshing opens, v'nen he Will return and
nsn tOr the ASSOCIATION.
Ine rvcr today is full of floating
wood, and there are a great many men
lgatnering H. Weldin Nining and All
bert Pedrlck got uhe biggest lot, among
wnich were two logs twenty feet long.
Weldin Vining received orders yester-
! day to report on Saturday for examina-
lion in regard to The rural mail deliy-
lery, which win be held In Tine postOf-
fee.
! b. II. Blackburn, who was elected su-
lperlntendent OF the County Hospital, is
receiving many congratulations
/ Peter q. Madden tax collector, was
! in Philadelphia on Tuesday, trying TO
lcUiect some insurance uhat Is due him.
! Mrs. Porter who Is a sister of r. ~.
Watts, was in town today.
Charles Lancaster, who bought the
fishing skiff Evening Star IRON VIII
liam Conner, is putting it in condition
TOR the fishing season.
A. II. Kee, while serving milk this
morning, lett his team in front OF the
house OF r. A. Vallctt. When he came
out he discovered that the team mad
gone He ran down to Second and
Harmony streets, and saw IL down at
Truss wharf, where it had been stopped
lby Mathew Murray, just as the horses
were about TO jump into the river.
Yesterday afternoon about $3.50
loclock Anna WINSTON and Mabel Stew
lait Thought that they would venture
lout for a row in tine river. After they
had been on for about half an hour
the ice drifted from Jersey over TO the
delaware shore, catching the girls
boat. They were unable to get out OF
Tits grasp, and one of the crew off the
bark Lillian went to their rescue and
lextricated them from their perilous po-
sition.
The sale of Harry NJ. Whites took
. lplace yesterday. His stock was in good
condition and brought fair prices. I
The infant child of John r. Richards
died on Wednesday evening. Mr.. Rioh-
ards lives on John IL. Rodney's farm
down the river road
A great many New Castle people Will
ATTEND a shirt waist dance, to be given
by Ferris GILES. in Wilmington, to-
might.
Physicians i'm attendance have but
slight hope for the recovery OF Fred
IKees. of North Sixth street 1t is said
that three years ago KEGS was bitten
lby mad dog, and the doctors are
afraid that the fever he has will turn
into hydrophobia
NJ x. Lancaster succeeded in killing
? nineteen ducks on Thursday. Mr.. Ian
[ easter thought at one time that h'
would have TO stay in the ice for da,
- or so.
Eeie Lancaster.
christopher c. White is confined t'
his home with the grip.
George Knowles is visiting friends
5 lin New York.
Rachel Benson, colored died yester
day afternoon, after suffering for
= long time.
George r. Trmtt spent yesterday il
Philadelphia.
The Spanish steamship Ereza, which
was towed to the Delaware BreakwateI
with her propeller lost, passed New
Castle yesterday on her way to Phila'
delphia. in tow OF the tugs Asa Hughes
4 and Active. The vessel was towed int
I the Delaware Breal0water by the Brit
q ish steamship Yeomen. The latte
4, vessel left the Breakwater yesterday
= for Norfolk for bunker coal, her sup
= ply having been nearly exhausted by
. the long pull on the Ereza. The sal
vane claim AGAINST the latter vesse
n Will no DOUBT De settleu III 'he 0ouI'9'