Evening journal., 1917-06-12
NEWS HAPPENINGS
ABOUT NEW Castle
Light Rainfall Visited This
City Compared With
Wilmington's Deluge
HORSES CANNOT
RUN AT LARGE

special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL
NEW CASTLE. June 12.-while
considerable rain fell here yesterday
afternoon. the rain fall did not reach
the proportions OF a deluge that il
d in Wilmington. President s,ooDs
Of City Council. and Alexander f.
Goudiss. who were both in Philadel-
phia yesterday said that they missed
the heavy part Of the rain storm alto
gether and that only a light shower
visited that section.
Mrs. julius Dodd will read her
paper on The Conservation Of Bird
Life" at the meeting Of the New Cas-
tie Century Club tonight. This is the
paper Mrs. Dodd read recently when
Conservation Day was observed and
proved so interesting and instructive
hat she was requested TO repeat il
ior the benefit Of any who did not
hear Il the first time
Inc superabundance Of rain lately
mas made the gardens grow. but the
plants have gone mostly 10 head. say
some Of the gardeners. Vegetable5
ke radishes and turnips have grow n
luXuriantly the past week or two but
mostly outside the ground On the
other hand some amateur gardeners
WHO have beer pulling radishes nave
found some very nee once. II is
thought that the larger radishes were
planted early enough 10 get their
growth before the wet weather sets
in
Funeral services for Mrs. Josephine
Prztowski who 4 ed Sunday al her
hoine. No. sos Clark street were hsld
az 3 o'clock this morning at St
Snnislous Church. Wilmington. Inter
ment was made in the Cathedral
cemetery. Mrs. PrztOwsh was p
years old and is survived by a hus-
band an infant child a mother and
sister
W Grant Abbott. a tenant Of one o,
the Commons farms. has demonstrate
ed hat he can grow strawberries 10
perfection. In tho show window Of
the Stoops store a quart box OF lus-
ciols looking berries was on exhibit
tor yesterday, great big berries 20
large that only twenty nine Of them
oou d be gotten in a quart measure
Mrs. William Pedrick. OF Sou h
Third street. is conhred 10 her homs
byil,ness
The Wilmington steel baseball
club Will plsv the New Castle nina
here next Saturday afternoon Games
VII b. played on the local diamond
every Saturday afternoon until the
middle Of July. all the games in which
New Castle takes part being sched-
ued for this city for at least a month
ahead
Several police court cases we're dis
Tpsed Of by Mayor Cavender yester-
day. Spencer Guy. co'ored. was fined
q and costs for allowing his horse Ia
fun at large. Complaints have CONS
10 the police about thu practice OF
horse and goat owners permitting
their animals TO Craze anywhere and
everywhere. especially in the south
ern end OF tha city and Mayor Caven-
der has determined 10 put a stop 70 Il.
Guy is the first owner OF q horse %
fssl the force OF the law. and Il Is
hoped that others will heed the warn
iur The police have the names NJ
others who arc charged with the same
nNrN-H anu TT no NlAEll'fe Is lANl
stopped more arrests W II be made
joseph Keegau Walter Perkins and
John Quinn wera each fined 81 and
COS Is for being drunk. Michael Piet.
iurh. charged with assault and bat
te-y upon Henrietta Cook. was fined
s; and costs Tho two I've as neigh
b,rs in tho southern part Of the city
and Piet'uch was chorged WITH throw
ing things over tho fence into Mrs
Cooks yard some Of which struck her