Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-02
stan correspondence Of Every Evening


New Castle. April 2-An interesting
session OF the Board of Trade viii be held
at s o clock this evening The committee
on new industries and new enterprises
has been very busy and Is now in consul
tation with several parties who are desirous
of locating here provided proper and suit
able agreements can be made Among
the establishments spoken OF is one which
will give employment TO $50 or more
hands. another which will give employ
ment to $50 or 400 hands and a third
which viii have payroll of about $4,000
per week.
While going down the river in their
naphtha launch, on Saturday Moulton G.
Rogers and Albert Pedrick noticed
large object floating on the river, which
proved TO be the horse that had fallen
of the gang plank of the steamer Brady.
on Thursday night while an attempt was
being made to take il aboard. The
blanket was strapped about the body of
the horse and the harness, apparently
new, was intact.
On Monday evening of next week the
monthly meeting of the Citizens Building
and Loan Association will be held and il
is expected that at least 500 shares of
stock will be taken in the new series which
will be opened on that night.
William O'Connor Taylor of il5 North
Second street was painfully injured at the
Baldt steel plant, Saturday morning by
a steel casting falling upon and bruising
the great toe OF his left loot.
The property 2O7 Harmony street
/ owned by Robert IA. Harrington, was sold
on Saturday to Mrs. John Bridgcwater
and daughter, Miss Mary Bridgewater
/ for 81 ,05O The property is OF brick
with a two-story frame building The
| purchasers will have the house remodecd
and occupy it,
The regular monthly meeting of the
| City Council and Trustees of the Commons
will be held tomorrow evening.
| Services were conducted in Emmanuel
| p. T.. Church by a lay reader from st.
John IS L. +. Church Wilmington, yester-
day.
Miss Lillian Montgomery had charge
OF the Epworth League of the NJ H.
Church, last evening The attendance
was good and excellent music was rem
dered.
Over 900 900 pounds Of steel castings
were shipped from the plant Of the Baldt
steel Co. last week the largest week
shipment in the history of the concern
The owner of the naphtha launch Little
| Lawrence having iadod TO pull the plugs
IN the bottom of the launch in the be-
ginning of the winter thus allowing ice
to form in the bottom between the bronze
easing and the shaft the expansion of the
ice caused the bronze to break When
the boat WAS given a test on the river
yesterday, IL would not work and the
threshng of the shaft badly damaged
the stern of the boat
There is much interest in the report
that five marriages will take place at ST.
| Peter s. r. G. Church immediately after
the lenten season.
4 rehearsal of Mrs. farley WAX works
will he held nc the home ol Miss Clara
Grimes this evening at 30 @ clock. Tho
affair will be given next month in one of
the halls here. The liusheheck Orchestra
will furnish music
Arthur r. kee is moving his goods
/ from the Riverside farm 10 the du pont
farm, recently vacated by James Nor
rlson. The Riverside farm has been
rented by John Il. Taylor. and it is re-
ported that it will be converted into a
clubhouse.
The Jim Shoe. $3.50 -Shaw's*
Personal; Miss Anna Brown. Miss Bessie
Mcclure and Miss Julia McCrath of Phia-
delphia are visiting their homes here
Mrs. Greta s. Morton of Philadelphia was
I u itftiN NlHlNol mere MIS-. fNnnle Ham-
mill has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
Adelaide p. Fogg in Chester. Pa Miss
Carrie Hammll of Wilmington was
guest of her cousins. Misses Bertha and
Edna Hammil recently-Miss Hettie
claughan, teacher in the public schools
Of Philadelphia has been visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs Hugh McCaughan
Mrs. Henry l.. Fulenwider and son.
John Black tulenwider are guests of DR..
and Mrs. John j. Black, parents OF Mrs.
fulenwider Miss Nellie Casperson of
Wilmington is guest of Miss Harriet
Challenger Miss Anna Strlub of St.
Georges Is guest of her sister Miss Carrie
Stpub, i'm this city Miss Agnes CLAY of
Philadelphia is guest of Miss Matilda
Walton OF Boothhurst Mr.. and Mrs.
John White and family have been guests
OF Mrs. Clara White, mother of Mr.. White
Albert Pedrick, Jr., has been visiting
relatives at Salem. n. Miss Flossie
Maxwell OF Germantown has been visit
ing relatives here