Evening journal., 1917-01-22
NEWS HAPPENINGS
ABOUT NEW Castle
Reported Manufacturing
Concern Has Bought Del
aware Street Property
MASS MEETING
AGAIN THURSDAY

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
NOW CASTLE. Del. Jan. 22.-Sat-
urday night was busy time for the
police and three arrests for drunken
ness and disorderly conduct were
made, more arrests than for some
time past. Linton Johnson, colored.
was fined $40 yesterday morning
half the dne being for the drunk and
disorderly charge and the balance for
t-espassing John was trying TO get
into another mans house when Chief
81 Police TObin arrested him, and "a
charge of trespassing was made
against him Joseph Smith, also col
ored. was fined $40 for being drunk
and disorderly and It looked for a
while as if he would have to take his
alternative of imprisonment I'm the
county workhouse But fellow board
ers at the house where he lives took
up a collection when they learned
Of his plight and paid his fine. How
ard Johnson. another oolored man.
was let of with q Sc fine. The lat
ter two were arrested by officer
lewis
The water company is still boring
away on the new we'll being sunk near
the power house and although depth
of nearly 500 feet Is said to have been
reached, the stream OF water the CONF
pany is looking for has NOT been struck
cyt Water has been reached. but not
the clear stratum the company wants.
The well is sunk 10 a depth lower
than The bed of the river.
n Is reported about town that the
old Turner property on Delaware
street almost opposite Second street
hes been purchased by one of the
local manufacturing concerns either
for a town Office or with The deal OF
altering the dwelling and arranging
It as a lodging house for It's work
men The house occupies a PROM
ncnt site. and would make an ideal
location for a business place or an
Office The rear part of the house vs.
very old. and is said TO have been the
house i'm which William Penn slept
the first night he landed on these
shores. II is known that the manu-
featuring concern recently brought
number OF workmen TO this city from
the South. and that great difficulty
was experienced in getting them To-
Gated IN boarding houses. The size
Of the Turner dwelling is not so great
as to provide "a likely building for
lodging purposes
The mission for men which has been
conducted in St. Peters Roman Cath
ole Church for week came to an
end with the service last night.
Preaching on Paul, the Man " last
night I'M Emmanuel p. g. Church, the
Rev. Addison A. Ewing. rector. began
q series OF sermons based on the life
and works OF Paul which viii run
through several Sunday night SER
vices.
The Rev. j. Howard Gray. pastor of
EpWorth NJ. y. Church, wilmington
and a favorite with New Castle Meth
odists. addressed the Baraca class OF
Nazareth.M =. Church yesterday ar
tcrnOon.
James Bridgewater's new automo-
bile was damaged in Wilmington on
Saturday. when a runaway horse at
tached TO a delivery wagon drew the
WAGON into IL and tore the left side
rear door from it's hinges. Mr. Bridge
water was Just getting out Of the car
al the time and was injured slightly
about the leg
Mrs. Slack had as visitors over Sun
day Mr. and Mrs Morton Richardson
of Middletown.
James Dougherty. employed in one
OF the steel plants, got a piece OF metal
I'm his eye last week, which had TO be
removed by a physician Saturday
The house on Third street, near Del
aware street recently vacated by DR..
Elmer H. Cross, county superintend-
ent of public schools, is being papered
and painted in preparation for occu-
pancy By Mayor and Mrs. Richard s.
Rodney.
Those in favor OF getting an express
fion from the people on contemplated
municipal improvements viii Try
again TO hold mass-neeting this
Thursday night This will be the thirG
try. but as far as is known there l'
nothing scheduled 10 interfere viii
The meeting this time. on the SUB
Denf of paving streets opinion II
pretty we'll divided, and i'm many guar
ters il is thought that the people az
a whole do not want any more paving
done at the present time. some o
Them say that the entrance to and eNi
from town are over well paved
iIICCls. ana ludl II Is HbA hNNtnocA9 -
improve the others. These people
point out the fact that the paving 81
Second. Delaware and Sixth streets
was partly paid for by the trolley
company. whose tracks are laid over
his route. but that there would be no
assistance rendered by that corpora
lion II some Of the other streets mem
honed by those advocating paving
we're improved
Our Poets" viii be the subject of
me meeting of the New Castle Cen
Jury Club at o'clock tomorrow night
at the clubhouse Miss Pauline n
Rodgers viii read paper. A comins
event of interest to the club members
Is the illustrated lecture to no siver
February by c. p. Holcomb rnite,
States district attorney in China VII,
Is spending leave OF absence in New
Castle. China Her People and Chs
toms" will be the subject OF the ler
ture. In addition to the lecture Ina
evening there will be music bv Mis-
Elizabeth Johnson, OF Wilmington
The entertainment will be free
members, but the usual admission Z,
will be charged their friends.