Newark post., 1915-01-13

Harry S. Davis of New Castle
fell upon ice and broke his left arm
on Saturday.
While feeling in his pocket for
a dime which two men begged from
him August Hamepl, Of 1913
French street, Wilmington, was at
tackled, knocked down and robbed
by the pair of his watch and money
within few yards of his home,
late on Saturday night.
Fire last Tuesday broke out in
the pool room of George Wolford s
store building in Seaford but was
checked after damages of $1,000
had been done chiefly from water
which was. covered by insurance.
Three thousand pounds Of newly
made powder for small callbre
rife cartridges exploded in the dry
ing house in the upper Hagley
yards of the dupont Company at
Wilmington shortly before 3 o'clock
on Wednesday morning. Houses
within radius of a mile of the
? plant were shaken violently. John
Meredith, the only employee about
, the premises, was in the boiler
house and was slightly injured, and
, walked to his home at Freeport, a
mile from the scene Of the explosion
Mayor Howell has approved the
ordinance of Council providing for
the appointment by the Board OF
}, Health of a City physician alta sal
ary Of $1,000 per annum who will
!, treat INDECENT patients, refrain
ing from private practice during
his term of service.
Frank, alias "Dude," alias
"Reddy" Woods, entered a plea
:. of guilty before U. S. Commission
er Mahaffy in Wilmington on Fri
day when arraigned on the charge
of robbing the postoffice at Akin
Station on the B. & O. R. R. in
Cecil county on August 16, 1912
His action will lead to fine O1
10000 and a ten year sentence II
the Z. S. Court but he will avoic
the sentence imposed last week by
- the Superior Court, of forty lashes
e and two years at Greenbank, fol
,e holding up a trolley conductor il
,e Wilmington last Hallowe zen.
is Burglars, one night last week
l. attempted to enter "Greenley,
r Miss Emma Clark's home, nea
re Delaware City, by resting ladde
II against a second story window. Al
a. one of the gang was mounting TIVE
a. of the rounds broke, throwing hin
rs against a grape arbor and through
y kitchen window. The robbers es
n capped unseen in the darkness.
~ The dead body found near Eas
E Junction, on the B. & O. R. r. OF
New Years Day and supposed t.
be that of Elwood johnson Of Els
R, mere, was identified on Wednesda.
by Jacob Fits, Of Belvedere, N. j
as that of his son, Elmer d. Fits
f. agged 36 years. Coroner Nichol
f. had the body shipped to Belveder
7 for burial there.
nr Congressman-ele Miller on Sat
is urday was in Washington and wa
n on the Senate floor, meeting Vice
f. President Marshall ana Messrs
s. Kenyon, Lodge, Borah, Gallinge
+a and other members.
Of Mrs. Ethel p. Browne has bee
granted a decree Of divorce nisi b.
IN the Superior Court at Wilmington
,e- from her husband, Hugh {
nt Browne, now in Colorado, VIII
he failed to contest his wife's suit.
,f-
Id The New Castle Levy Court re
o. organized last Tuesday, W. I
he Purks succeeding Charles "
ce Gooding. E. B. Hollingsworth Wa
to reelected president and Fran
,se L. Speakman, Attorney.
ry
The Shawnee school house, tw
miles southwest of Milford, wa
destroyed by fire on Saturda
morning with it's contents, causin
a loss of from $4,000 to $4,000
ay Central M. e. Church and nun
hv her of dwellings, nearby were Ell