Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-08
NEWS OF THE DAY
AT NEW CASTLE
Good Will Fire Co. TO be Made
One of the Best Organizations
in the State.

STAFF Correspondence of Every Evening
New Castle, Feb S.--The members of
the Good Will Fire Co. are working
faithfully to establish one of the best
organizations in the State for the protec-
tion of the inhabitants in case of FIRE.
Citizens and the City Council are work
ing with the officers and twelve prominent
citizens were added 10 the roster in
Wednesday night, who will prove of much
value in assisting in the operation Of the
! company.
The resident engineer, John j. Doris.
was granted one day per week an hour
for each meal. A bed with sufficient bed
coverings was also ordered for the en-
ginecr.
The executive committee Of the Gen.
tury Club will meet at 3 clock Monday
afternoon at the club parlors. Important
business matters are to be considered.
The dance scheduled for this evening in
the Opera House under the auspices of the
members of the New Castle High School
| Alumni Association for this even ,ng has
been postponed until Monday evening,
because the Coney Orchestra, OF Fort du
pont, has been quarantined. Tho news
| of the quarantine was received here last
| night.
At the session Of the Ladies Aid Society
| of the First Baptist Church yesterday
afternoon Mt the home of Mrs. Rebecca
Lunt it was decided to begin about March
| |, a canvas and sale of Easter eggs as was
done last year in the interest of funds for
church work.
The Dorcas Society Of the Nazareth
| NJ. l.. Church at their meeting yesterday
| afternoon at the home of Mrs. James
| Tilney donated s. to the fund for Armcn-
ian war suffering children The members
] I,&f . ~, ole fa Ct.
the canvass for the sale of candy eggs for
the Eastertide.
Miss Viola Marker of LO~cwood Grove,
who has been the guest of her aunt Mrs.
| John b. Montgomery Sixth and fremont
streets for ten days left for herhome yestcr-
| day.
Captain and Mrs Harry Burgie Smith
| and son are now AT the home Of the
parents Of the former, Mr. and Mrs
Thomas Smith, Sixth and Delaware
streets. The captain arrived from Camp
| Dix, \. j., and the wife and child from
| Richmond, Va
William b. Kee, the teamster and mail
carrier, has leased the Burris garage at
| Fourth and Chestnut streets, and will
| conduct it in the order Of general repairs
and storage of machines, also aid Walter
! s. Burris and William Burris in the dis
posal of Overland and Hudson types of
cars. George Irons, Jr., who has been the
mechanician for several months, will re-
main with the new management.
/ Chicken thieves are continuing in their
/ line of work and yesterday morning they
1 stole AZ chickens. three guinea fowls, one
turkey, several ducks from the Glebc
t Farm on the causeway between Sixth and
| Helliweil streets. During the night Mrs.
Burris remained downstairs because of
! illness, but heard nothing OF the operators.
! The supposition is that the great number
| Of thefts since Christmas was committed
by men in machines. from q nearby city.
These men have pilots or persons here
who aid them IN their work. The thefts
have amounted to several hundred fowls
At the sale of the stock and farming
implements of Abram Ingram, between
Hare's Corner and Christiana, yesterday,
/ the attendance was very large, and excel
! lent prices were obtained with horses
selling as high as Sl65; heifers over 500;
/ York buggy, S97; hay, S27; 4 one-ycar
! bull, sS3; is young pigs at s5 each. The
/ total amount of the sale was over Sc, 600
i Over certain sums, the purchasers gave a
/ bankable note with endorser for 10 months
/ period. Mr.. Ingram will probably conduct
! o smith shop and garage at the southwest
/ corner OF the State causeway and the
/ Christiana highway at Hare's Corner.
/ MARY +. Guy aged 65 years, re-
| spected colored woman, died Yesterday
/ at her home, Tenth and CLAYTON streets
The funeral will take place Sunday after
| noon st o'clock with services in the
/ Union A. NJ f. Church and interment in
| the churchyard.
| James n Biddle, aged 9 months,
twin child Of Mr. and Mrs William b
: Biddle of Fifth and South streets, died
Yesterday. The funeral Will take place
| tomorrow at 1920 q. m, with services at
| the home and interment at The Glebe
! cemetery.
/ General Manager Mercer of the Deener
/ Steel Casting Co sustained a painful ac- |
! cident at the plant yesterday when |
/ heavy piece Of steel Stag caught his left |
/ leg and slit the bone. He was given at |
| tention BY DR. Dodd and taken to the |
Homeopathic Hospital Wilmington,
! where an X-ray of the injury was taken |
to ascertain the full extent Of the injury.
He was later brought to his home, on Sixth /
street near fremont, which was formerly /
the home Of Dr. and Mrs. Robert II Roth
Joseph Quigley, who resides on the /
Hamburg farm, will sell his stock on |
March 4, and later occupy a bungalow
near the causeway that is TO be built of
cement block and have about y or II |
rooms Joseph Qugley, Jr., will take
charge Of the farm owned by his father,
near Hares Corner, and W Cochran, the
present tenant, will move to the Hamburg
farm
A number Of Smileage books have been
disposed Of in the interest of entertain
ment for the soldier boys, and it looks as
| if a good showing will be made by the
people of this city, in the sales.
Mrs Grace Bull Mclaughlin and son
Of Philadelphia are spending several days
at the home Of Mrs Edna Bull of Chestnut /
near Second street
The thermometer in this locality yester- |
day reached - degrees in the afternoon |
The thawing ice and snow caused many |
leaks.
Il. Ross Farra About.