Evening journal., 1904-12-15

uuESs ALS course was cneckeuf now |
by a load Of shot from a gun in the
Is Of Charles Whitesides. The ami
strange antics were first noticed by |
ls Frank Beckett. 1t ran into the yard |
4 William Price mad bit a valuable pup
owned by him and few minutes later at
tackled puppy owned by Mrs Mary Fitz-
gerald.
Killed by Officer
Among the other dogs which are known /
to have been attacked by the animal was |
a mongrel owned by Mrs. Isaac Bayard, |
olored who lives in a small house at the |
Hsr Of Thomas Frazers store and fac |
Ing the railroad. Learning Of this Oficer /
Matthew Tobin proceeded TO the Bayard |
residence and finding the dog in the al |
leyway leading to the Gilpin House !
stables grabbed it by the neck and sent |
a bullet through its brain. The large
shepherd dog owned by Peter Toner was
also shot.
General Kilespie Leaves.
The big suction -dredge General Gillespie |
operated by government and engaged in
4 deepening the Delaware river channel be-
tween Reedy Island and Finn's Point left
this morning for the upper Delaware
where It win continue its work as long
as the weather permits. The Gillespie has
been working in this section of the river
since early in the fall and during that
time has sucked up 10000 cubic yards of
mud and sand from the bottom of the
river, a greater portion of which has been
shot upon the marshes of Pea-patch Is
land 1t will now be engaged in dredging
in the Vicinity Of Cherry Island flats and
will discharge the mud sucked up behind
the bulkhead that is being constructed
out into the river near Edge Moor Dur
ing the past few days the ice foes have
become so great that it was impossible
to continue work below here and as
consequence the dredge has been ordered
! sati.sfsup stream. Twice yesterday the
vessel was tied up by ice making it i'm
possible for it to work.
4 when the Gillespie first began opera
4 tions in this vicinity it lay over night out
in the stream but upon application to
Governor-elect Lea, the craft was per-
B mitted to tie up at the Delaware street
wharf without wharfage charges. AS
there are thirty-six men employed on the
boat with a payroll amounting to nearly
5000 a month it has been Of great benefit
to business men of the city.
Captain +. B. Wright and Mrs. Wright
. lOStAutI VIII MIS- f. 10 -AfNA - NAAN "a
& Captain Avery, of Norfolk. Va, who is
also aboard the Gillespie, have been
boarding for the past few months at The
Louise and have made many friends in
New Castle who regret their departure.
Funeral Of Miss Stockton.
The funeral of Miss Fidelia r. Stockton
who died on Tuesday morning will take
place in Emmanuel Church at . o'clock
tomorrow afternoon. The services win be
conducted by the Rev +. NJ. Munsen and
pail bearers have been selected as fol-
lows: John II. Rodney, James G. Shaw,
Jr.. John r. Lambson. George Pierce,
William J. Black and Lausatte Rogers.
Sailed For Savannah.
Several fishermen Of New Castle sailed
for Savannah. Ca, from Philadelphia,
Tuesday evening and will spend the
winter in Southern waters fishing for
shad Those in the party were Albert Vim
ing. John Atkinson, William Marshall
and James Downham. They will return
the latter part of March next.
To Keep Out the Cold.
In order to keep out the cold blasts from
his hotel James ]. Kerrigan has had
strong air-compressor springs placed upon
all the outer doors Of the Gilpin House.
Mr. Kerrigan is an enterprising young
man with a good head for business and
proposes to do all in his power for the
comfort Of his guests and patrons. Other
Improvements are contemplated in the
spring.
Thermometer Away Down.
This morning was one Of the coldest OF
the season the mercury at o'clock stand
n ing at IL degrees above zero. Sleighine
last night was exceptionally good and q
VI number Of sleighs were speeding up and
down Delaware street. Ice foes in the
river yesterday and last night were nu.
81 merous.
Extra Session of Legislature.
Many persons do not understand tn,
nature Of the extra session Of the IeEis
81 lature called by Governor HUM" sale
Senator Artemus Smith last evening
'This session." continued the Senator. ~
a distinct and separate session Of itsel
and can only exist for such a time NJ
may be required to transact the bust
ness for which it Is called A number O
3 persons are under the impression that oil,
members will constitute the extra ses
sion. This is incorrect, however. as th
new constitution sets forth that the term
Of new members begin the day after the,
are declared elected. When the extra ses
sion convenes it will be necessary Il
W elect, protein, a speaker OF the House
M president, protein Of the Senate. enroll
ing clerk OF both houses and all othe
necessary officers for that day only. Th
"a extra session is as much a regular ses
81 sion es the session which convenes at IN
stated time as when it adjourns IL ad
81 iourns for all time. Members who are Sc
So leetsd to hold Office during its life are no
entitled to hold over for the regular ses
sion although they may be re-ohosa
when the latter convenes." From the cit
u OF New Castle there viii be two member
8 Of the next Legislature. Senator smit
n and Representative Elwood L. Wilson.
Tug Pilot FIoated.
The tug Pilot, belonging to the Ameri