Evening journal., 1905-05-02
RIVER WAS 4
PRETTY SIGHT
Hundreds OF Lanterns
Twinkled on Fishermen's
Boats and Nets
1000 SHll WERE SHIPPED
- q fhe NNenIng Journal.


New Castle. May 's-'rhe Del'w''e
river last night was abhze with I" "N !
ling nehts from Fort Delaware 20
point far above Pennssrove' each hsh'
marking the location OF a hshern'Ar
boat or net and the sight from the
,sharves here was q. pretty one.
The catch OF the day was not large
one for Monday and by 10 o'clock last
r,eht the men were preparing 20 so out
Cor the nights tide Along tho Jersey
shore and to the eastward Of the channel
uere TO be seen hundreds Of lights on
boats and markers and several steam
vessels were picking their way up ana
down the channel steering clear Of the
many nets that intersected their course
rho night was intensely dark making
the scene more picturesque.
1000 sHAD SHIPPED.
During the day about 1000 shad were
handled on the wharf here and OF TINS
number about 5000 were sent 70 foreign
markets. The remainder being sold 10
dealers or this number Joseph II. King
ana sons handled COCO. The FISH boat from
pennsgrove this morning brought over io.o
ronsirned 10 the Kings and they were sent
of this morning. The price throughout
the day was $40 straight. 4
COLONEL ROGERS S.
Colonel j. Harry Rosers celebrated his
Ssth birthday yesterday in q quiet man
ner For the past year Colonel Rogers
has rot enjoyed his usual good health but
Yesterday he seemed almost as active as
he has been for many years rast
WILL DRAW A BIG HEAT
Retween and s o'clock this afternoon
.,other heat viii be poured from the big
rnr,ace al the BaldtiSteel Castings COM
nanv The furnace contains 1900 pounds
Of molten steel which viii be drawn OIL
in castings
HAND BADLY MASHED
while al work in the steel plant WI
liam Palmer had the second and thrd
fingers Of his yight hand badly mashed
Yesterday afternoon. Tie was employed IN
the dipping shed when casting fell over
on his hand.
an WORK IN REPAIR GANG.
cn,rles s Ncwiove. James Keen, Ed
ward aud Wpnam wesgcnman, conduct
ors ana niotormon. on The local trolley line
were assigned TO the repair gang of the
rn,d under PadricK J Ahern yesterday.
raoone i.ancas ter. motounan, will accept
a position az the Baldt steel Casting
company
TAXING DOWN POLES.
A force of twelve men under Charles
McGmty. Of the f''ttsburg Division Of the
western Union nlegraph Company are
cnsaaed in rcmoang poles and wires
aiung the railroad tracks in the vicinity
OF New Castle.
NEWS or THE TOWN.
II is probable that shc Rev Dr. Gar
nor. of pennsylvania viii oe called to sue
coed the Rev L. S Knox at the First
Baptist Church.
The vestry Of Immanuel =. j.. Church
met for reorganization last evening
1t is said that Council is considering the
proposition of appointing another police
man at its meeting tonight
medicine company gave a Tree eNhi-
bition 10 a large crowd OF spectators last
night on the vacant lot opposite the At
lan,ic House.
Charles and John Pedrick, of Phoenix.
vile. sons Of Charles Pedrick. formerl,
Of this city, were visitors IN New Castle
yesterday.
william r. Powell Of Clayton, Del. Is
the guest Of his SISTER, Mrs. James W
Foster
The weather was so cool last evening
that overcoaTs and wraps were greatly ii
demand
REPAIRING BURNHAM PROPERTY
Work Of repairing the Burnham prop
erty at Fourth and Delaware streets a
progressing. A new brick building con
tanning Kitchen and bath room has beei
added to the rear Of the property.