Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-07-12


3-year old daughter Of Dr. and Mrs.
Alva ID. Currinder succumbed to the
disease after brief illness The
funeral services will be held Friday
afternoon at ? o'clock, with inter
ment In the Presbyterian Cemetery.
Both the funeral services and the bur
ial will be private. Charles H.
CleweA has charge of the funeral.
A large crowd gathered at the office
Of Mayor Lavender last might with the
expectation Of hearing a real "racy'
suit tried as the result OF the arrest
of Albert Pedwick, charged by T..
Bishop with harborlng Bishops wife.
But when the time came for the hear
I ing Bishop failed TO appear and the
defendant was discharged.
The financial statement OF the Trus-
tees OF New Castle Commons, for the
year ending March !, 1917. which has
Just been audited by James T. Chal-
lenger and James G. Shaw, shows that
the outstanding obligations against
the board amounted on that date to
$14,221.SO, and that there was a cash
balance amounting to sS,73S.76 as
against a cash balance on March 25,
1916, amounting to S4,17S95. The
rents received from the farms con
trolled by the trustees amounted to
! Sc, 524 81 divided as follows:
jefferson. No. 1. tenant, W. Grant
Abbott; acres. 901h; rent, $54S
Stockton, No. 2, tenant, Mrs. Lydia
A. Biggs; acres. 17O%; rent, $1,024.50.
/ Oglethorp, No. 3. tenant. VIM. B. Rat
ledge; acres, 1914; rent, SAT-.
Centre Hall. No. 5, tenant, T. T. T.
Clark; acres. 1924; rent, S744.
Penn, No. 6, tenant, Albert n. LOT
land; acres, 1877 10; rent. S1,124.
Union, No. s.
Bayard. No. 9. tenant, Geo. NJ
Blackburn: acres. 217L; rent. S1305
Clayton, No. 10. tenant. Tasker T
Clark, acres 92h; rent, $555.
Model. No. II, tenant, John Jordan
acres, 100 10; rent, s4S733.
Lot part OF No. s. tenant, Thomas
! Holcomb; rent, S25.
House and lot part OF No 8, tenant
J. W Richie; rent, SOC.
Lot part OF No. 2. tenants. DAME
J and James Mccormick; rent. s37.7S
City Hall store. tenant, JEFFERSON
Downham; rent s156.
Total. $6,524.61.
The financial statement has MOI
yet been distributed among the tax
} payers. although the report has beer
printed and is now ready for dis
J tribution.
The local branch Of the Red Cros
! society has completed the work o
! making 200 yards of flannel int
! paiamas for the Sammies who will fgh
p in France. The members are anxiou
hot oil faav -. - 4
I Red Cross, and those who desire TO al
p should make application TO Mrs Juiu
,. Dodd
. Mayor Csvendcr is trying TO devils
% some means 60 relieve the housing con
e gestion here. The rush work at tn
] various steel plants and tho genera
d prosperity of the city has brought i
2 workers 10 such an extent that Their
r are no homes available and rooms ia
I light housekeeping are hard to find Tn
:, mayor wants a lot Of new houses bull
70 as soon as possible to relieve the cor
J. gestion.
! New Castle Young are .''peevedg b,
e cause they have 90 go IA Newark [
/ ascertain their seoul number for III
4 draft army. All are anxious not TO 70
I into trouble by being drSwn for m
' new army and then not knowing tina
, fact because Of not having their nun
= bers. They are focking TO Newar
. every day TO ascertain their number
I but they think that in place the siz
' Of New Castle that the numbers shout
( be posted there and thus save them II
i expense of time and money to 20 I
20 Newark to learn their numbers.
= Postmaster Murphy has the follow
. ing unclaimed letters in the deliver
I OF the postoffice: Irvi Wratten. Mis-
, Ethel wilhelme. A. Allen, II.
! Atkins. Mrs. Adline Bolden. Horac
{ Brown. Mrs. r. l.. Collins. Willia1
; Cooney. Henry Fripp. W. F. Howar,
; Leon r. Hiilard. Mrs. Cora Harri
BENJAMIN Jackson Miss V. S, Kavnei
! e. r. Lord. Mrs Ester Long, Mis-
J Gean Miller. Mrs. James Mullen. An
: tonic MiDzoni. James Sweeney. Ed
} ward Slater. H. ?. Scott, Sr.