The Wilmington daily Republican., 1902-03-24
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NEW i CASTLE.

j New Castle, March 23.-Thc ap
pearance OF surveyors at The batter
has giveL new start to rumoFs
Some say one thing and others say
another. The people Of Now Castll
hope that somo Of The rumors NAV
prove to be true and that new in
dustry may be established here tha,
will give employment to many New
Castle people.
Ben Dem on Saturday had the
good fortune to catch a fine sllad.
The advent Of the fine weather will
bring the tootlisome shad into the
Delaware waters. A number of
fishermen in this section succeeded
this year In catchiuy large quantities.
Of small fish.
Not for ten years have fish been as
plentiful 10 the Christiana and Bran
dywine rivers as they have thisspring
Tho local marke, Is kept supplied
with German and feather carp, cat
fish and ccls There are also = good
many fish shipped from Wilmington
10 New York and Philadelphia. Sin
gle beats that fish the ChristiaDa are
averaging s35 week per boat.
One OF the most successful fisher.
men In the Christiana IL Charlie Hi
yard Of Newport. Mr.. Hilyard and
his assistant have caught and sold
over $500 worth OF fish from the nv
er in the las! three months and a
good part of this time they have
been unable 10 tish owing to the bad
weather They have been using a
small haul seine but in a few days
will set fish nets in connection with
the haul seine. Yesterday Mr.. Hill
yard caught and sold to c. NJ. Muir
den, No. 40 King street, 124 pounds
Of carp and "a pounds Of cat fish.
The carp are small and wholesale for
four cents a pound, the cat fish bring
three cents Il pound with their jack
cts on.
Mr.. Murden buys the greater part
Of the fish caught in the Christiana
river. Last week be had several big
carp. The largest weighed 26 pounds
These big carp are sold 10 Hebrew
Iish dealers in Philadelphia, but the
small lisb find ready sale in Whining
ION.
Samuel II. Raymond, Of No. 924
Secd strest, Wilmington, and James
Day fish near the mouth Of the !
and Blandywine rivers
md have had a successful season.
Their one boat has averaged $50 a
week. Mr.. Day camps along the
iver near the railroad bridge and
,eeps the outfit in good condition.
DIR. Raymond markets the fish and
eeps the larder supplied with the
necessities. The men have a biz
I've car In which they keep their fish
NTH ready to take to market.
Henry A. Rice, of No. s22 Kirk.
rood street, Wilmington, is another
sherman who has made profitable
atcbes during the past few months.
Frederick Fraukcnbelg, Of Clayton
'rmerly of this city, end who was
mployed at the Vallette bakery
bout years ago, has returned and
,cepted the position Of forcmal for
ohn NJ. Vallctte.
Palm Sunday was observed In St.
eters and Emmanuel Churches yes.
rday. In the former church the
ev. Edward l.. Brady, pastor,
essed aud distributed the palms.
At Nazareth Church yesterday the
ryices were conducted by the Rev.
mes NJ. Wis and Exhorter Edward
Deakyne.
One OF the largest congregations
r many months attended the First
resbyterian Church yesterday where
ccial sermons were preached by the
sv. S. b. Wylie, pastor.
Travel on the trolley lines between
illnington, this city anl Delaware
ty yesterday afternoon was very
avy and cars were taxed to their
most.
In st. Peters Church last evening ,
vices were conducted bv Rev.
thcr Raphael Of the Sacred Heart -,
urclI, Wilmington.
John B. Vin,ng had the end OF the :
;and finger of his right hand cut y
on Saturday morning at the Ma. +
nal Tube Cos works by being :,
nck by door j.,
The handsome yacht Gypscy, own ,
by DR.. Southern, Of Atlantic City b
j., enroutc to Wilmington. to be :.
.rhauled. put in here yesterday n
d was tied up at the wharf of the :,
liladeIphia and Salem Navigation h
Inpanv for several hours. The h
plain of the boat saw the yacht n n
rtha on the river flying signals Of =
trcss and on going out to the yacht II
md that she was unable to run on n
cunt Of her supply Of naptha be- n
exhausted. lie supplied the yes. e,
with the necessary fuel to carry
to pcnnsvlle.
There will be a royal fight over
city election. G.
Poetry was in the air yesterday. g
ere was a symphony Of soft breezes ~
warm, glinting sun rays. Melody % y,
in the budding flowers, among =, 81
new born leaflets on the trees ana H. H.