Evening journal., 1904-08-08

catch of a fly ball In left field terri
tory and received the much deserved
"glnd hand"
Manager Bacon will take his team 10
Milford on Thursday and on Saturday
next the X-Wilmington viii play here.
The score follows. rh.e.
Fort DuPont....0 0 O 0 0 0 0 90 6 4
New Castle .....2 700 . / x--9 IA 0
Earned runs-New Castle. 6. Two
base hits-Countiss, 2: Hobbs New
love, Wray Bacon. Three-base hits
Hobbs 2. Sacrifice hits-Walter Bacon.
Hit by pitched balls-Meade, klann.
Bases on balls-On Newlove, 2. Struck .
out-By Newlove. 8; by Grant. 6.
Stolen -Countiss, Wray Bacon, /
ODonnell, McGinley. Wild, pitches
Grant. 9. Passed balls-Meade, 3 Left |
on bases. New Castle, s. Fort DUPONT /
g. Umpre-John T.. Murphy. Time
1876.
Mistake clydes Landing Place.
Wnmingtonlans who board the Clyde |
for n trip down the bay on Sundays /
frequently take the Delaware street |
wharf for the landing place of the |
steamer Yesterday despite the remon- |
STRANGE Of his companions "a know II |
air. young man from that city led
party of friends to that wharf to board !
the steamer but learned later, TO his
disgust. that for once he was wrong.
Will Have Extra Fielders.
Many persons both from this city
aud Wilmington win attend the game
of baseball at Coneld Beach this after
noon between a New Castle team and
the Wilmington Police Club. owing TO
af Of hot d
teams an extra fielder will be required
by each side and a tenth player, to be
known as right fielder No. 2 clad In a
bathing suit and attached to "a life pre-
server viii be stationed one hundred
yards out in the Delaware river to pull
down all flies that sail out in that vi
clnity
Inspector on the Clyde.
owing to the increase I'm Sunday ex-
cursion travel on the steamer Thomas
Clyde am inspector Is now carried
aboard the boat Yesterday he took
his place on the wharf and counted the
passengers as they went aboard the
boat in order that they would not make
The crowd already aboard ovcr-reach
The number of passengers the vessel is
allowed TO carry. About i20 persons
boarded The steamer from this point
Including many Wilmingtonians yester-
day.
Thought She Was Carrie Nation.
Friends Of a certain wharf official are
having a good laugh II his expense. on
Saturday afternoon number OF mem-
bers of the Y. NJ G. A. of Wilmington
boarded the steamer Fredenca. which
touched at the wharf here, for a trip
down the river 60 a camping place.
with. but not OF, the party was an el-
derly woman who was pointed out by
a hystander TO the official as Carrie
Nation by jinks," ne exclaimed, I'm
glad you showed her 10 me. / always
did want to see that woman. Wonder
whore She carries her hatchet" AS a
matter of fact Mrs. Nation was deliv-
ering "a lecture at Brandywine Springs
at the tune.
An Immense Tree.
In the yard at the rear Of the resi-
dence of James Shaw is an immense
tree. the diameter of its trunk being
over six feet. The tree was planted a
number of years ago by Mrs. Louisa
Spruance, wife of Judge William G..
Spruance and Is the largest I'm the VIZ
t4llig OF THIS city
Keeps Tab on His Steps.
Colonel James Gegan is great pc
destrian and daily takes his constitu-
tional walk. The Colonel also likes to
keep account Of the number of miles
ne travels each day and to that end
cardes pedometer tucked away IN
his trousers and each night before re-
tiring he consults his little "tell-tale'
and enters the figures indicated upon
the face in "a diary together with the
incidents he encounters on his travels.
on saturday he loaned his machine TO
John Jacobs. manager of Charles E.
Ferris and Sons drug store. and after
carrying Il thirteen hours Mr.. Jacobs
found he had stepped Off 4 5-S miles
during that time. The greater part Of
The distance was covered i'm the store
as he had been out but a few times
during the period and then only short
distance from his place OF business.
Injured Farmer Improving.
Nathaniel W. Jones. the farmer iv-
ing near State Road who was assault
ed and badly beaten about the head by
a colored farm hand some time ago. is
on the road TO recovery. Mr.. Jones was
able to leave his room for the first time
on Saturday last and win probably be
able to testify against his assailant at
the September term of court.
Death Of Mrs. Morrison.
After suffering for nearly a year with
an affection OF the brain, Mrs Lizzie
Morrison wife of William Morrison.
died Saturday afternoons The deceased
was So years Of age and leaves three
daughters. lnterment viii be made on
Wednesday morning az Q o'clock. Ser
vices at ST. Peters r.. c. Church.
Many Go to Beach.
A party Of seven. including fve VIII
mingtonians and Oslo Lunt and Will
liam Newlove left for Bowers Beach
yesterday for a weeks trip I'm Walter
Whips Snap Shot. A party of twenty
five young people from Wilmington
left here Saturday for the same place
TO remain a week. As August II is
big Thursday" AT the beach a large
crowd is anticipated.
News Of the Town.
While endeavoring to N.-ist a help
lessly intoxicated and harmiessly
drunken man 10 his home on Saturday
night Officer Matthew Tobin tripped
fell and scraped considerable flesh of
his leg
In the ivy which clings to the wester-
ly wall Of the home of John r. Lamb
son hundreds of sparrows congregate
nightly and their twittering can be
heard some distance away as they pre-
pare for their nights lodging.
Perry Andrews. one OF the best
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