Evening journal., 1912-03-21
NEWSY DOINGS
OF NEW CASTLE
Many Changes This Year
Among the hundred
Farmers
SOLDIER BOYS RECEIVE
0. Nj. D. OFFICERS TONIGHT

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
NEW CASTLE, March 2l-Ihe
Bond Commission will meet IN the
near future. The Bond Commission
is in charge of the $4,000 city bonds
which it is believed can be sold at
present for the purpose of raising the
money to lay modern street pave
ments
The Trustees of the Commons and
the Trustees of the Market Square are
willing to do their share towards the
work. and with 100000 additional,
many improvements can be made.
New Castle hundred farmers are
having moving bee, and as a result
there will be numerous changes IN
this hundred Eugene Gravitt will
move to a farm in Brandywine hun
dred. William ID. Howell vacates the
Hamburg farm and goes ON one near
the Ferris Industrial School. Caleb
Price retires from active farming and
goes on the Mrs. Bradford farm Man
love McFarlin removes from the State
Road farm to the one formerly owned
by the late Senator Robert McFarlin.
James Hopkins takes the Gravtt
farm, while the tenant on the McFar-
lin farm will be James Moore of
Kent county.
John d. Prentiss moves TO the Nc
Callister farm and Joseph Eastburn,
OF Mill Creek hundred. comes TO tho
Hamburg farm. Johu Foster be-
gins farming on the Jester farm, to
be vacated by William J. Bland, who
goes to the Mcdaniel farm. David
McCarns removes to Christiana hun
dred Harley Seal will remove to
fho QTorrfft anarfr1onf hpngp
George Kern is moving into No SOB
Delaware street, and Robert White
will occupy the Kern property, while
Mrs. Biggs will remove to the Bridge
water house to be vacated by Mr.
White.
Captain Jesse Mckay and members
of Company IL were in high glee last
evening, making preparations for the
celebration to be held this evening
When Company Fl carried off the
hOnOrs at the indoor shoot they de-
termined to show the members that
there is reward Tor the faithful AS
consequence the silver cup won
will be on exhibition and the mem-
hers of the company viii be told TO
gCt busy i'm the twenty men shoot
and win another trophy Among the
guests tonight will be Lieutenant
Colonel Simon p. Doherty, Major
Lank. Captains HolcOmb, Dillon and
Parks and Lieutenants Rodney and
Hill. The Hobbs Quartet and King
and Lorenz will furnish a musical
program and several congratulatory
addresses will be made The mem-
bers of Company II will be present
Refreshments will be served
About twenty persons from here
went TO Bishopstead last evening
where Bishop Kinsman entertained
the classes the Bishop confirmed here
last Sunday and I'm Wilmington,
There has been a saying here wheI
the electric lights do not burn tina
they have been loaned to Christiana
where a festival is held Last night
when the arc lights failed TO burn. i
was said they had been taken 10 th'
Virginia mountains 20 he used I'm the
hunt for the Allen gang
Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson 2. Cranstoi
last evening entertained about loo
friends. Music was furnished by
the McPike Orchestra.
Additional machinery is being in
stalled i'm the Morris Fibre Company
plant and New Castle VIII welcome
the new manufacturers. who will em
plov over 100 men.
The New Castle Grange. whicl
meets at Stanton Road, is gradually
growing
Friends of William J. Holman
have learned of the recovery o
health by his child, who was yer,
sick
William Harrington, who was i'm
Philadelphia hospital, has arrived
home.
New Castle people will he benefitte'
considerably whom the cars run T.
Front and Market streets, Whining
ton.
Sergeant Eli Wells. of the reEula
army. who is custodian of the Stat
rifle range and has been instructo
of Company II i'm rife practice. me
with a peculiar and painful accident
when bullet which had gone throug
the target i'm the local armor
ricocheted aud struck the sergeant
who was about 10 feet away. in tn
upper lip, passed through the lin an
into the gum, where a tooth stoppe
IT, and it fell into his mouth tn
sergeant, who viii he SCARED for Hft
will have the bullet made into watc
charm