The Cecil Whig., 1869-08-21
OUR NEIGHBORS.
DELAWARE.


James B. Davis is erecting large two
story house in Milford. 1t will be forty
five by twcnty-four, and is to be built will
all the modern improvements.
The streets of Milford are being improv
ed.
On Wednesday of last week. Mr.. George
S. Grier while returning from Lincoln camI
with his horse and carriage, accompanied
by his little daughter and James A. Lay
ton, and having some business with Mr.
Dempstcr, in Milford, laid the rens ovel
the dash and went into the store, leaving
them both in the carriage. The horse be
coming frightened at something, started il
a run up Walnut street. and turning the
corner at Front street at full speed threw
the carriage completely over, with the
child underneath. Fortunately several o.
our citizens We're on the spot who immed
lately seized the horse by the bride, ant
the little girl quickly escaped from her per
ilous position, being considerably bruisct
but not dangerously injured. Mr.. Layton
escaped injury by jumping out when thl
horse first started.
ID. c. Goodwin, Esq, of Milford, is the
most extensive peach grower in that vicini
ty. He has picked as many as eight hun
dred baskets from his orchard III a single
day the present season, and his entire crol
is estimated at twenty thousand baskets.
For the present the passenger car will be
attached to the freight train on the Queer
Annes County Railroad. The cars will
leave Millington at 12.45 p. w., arriving
at Townsend at 2.20 in time to connect
with the train going North.
Capt. James Kanely, has sent the Mid
dletown Transcript pear tree twig, thr.
teen inches long which contained forty
pears.
A horse attached to carriage belonging
to Alonzo StOops, ran off on Wednesday
of last week, while proceeding to Drum.
mond's Mill with grain. The carriage was
upset and badly broken, the driver, Il
nephew of Mr.. S., was thrown out and con-
siderably bruised and stunned. Racing
was the cause of the accident.
Benjamin +. kanely near Middletown,
sold, short time since, a calf two months
old, which weighed 274 lbs; another, two
and half months old, which weighed 30a
Tbs; and a third, three months old, which
weighed 343 lbs.
A little girl named Molly Richards, aged
IA years, one day last week picked in the
orchard of B. f. Hanson, in Appoquini-
mink Hundred, 104 baskets Of peaches -
She commenced at 6 4. u. and quit at
6P. NJ.
The horses attached to a wagon belong
ing to Mr.. Mills, ran away at Wyoming
Station, on Tuesday of last week, when
one of them had his leg broken. The
wagon was also badly damaged. The boy
who was driving was also thrown out of
the wagon but escaped with but little i'll
jury.
\ man by the name of Joseph Keyes
committed suicide in Dover on Friday af-
ternoon, the 18th by taking strychninc
which he procured at Burton's drug store.
lie was a laboring man and had been drink
ing freely for some time back.
The city election of Wilmington occurs
Oh the first Tuesday in September.
The Wesleyan Female College viii CON-
mence the fall term on the 9th proximio.
The annual session of the Grand Lodge
Of the Independent Order of Good Tenn
plars will be held in Milford, on Wednes-
day and Thursday, Sept. 1st and Sd.
Wilmington is enjoying season of quiet
and good order.
On Tuesday evening of last week, the
horses attached to a peach wagon ran
away, and were making their way through
Chestertown ut full speed. Numerous
efforts were made to stop them by persons
getting in front of them, but to no effect,
when a gentleman lA[r. ], X. Aldridge)
with unusual presence of mind and courage,
ran up behind the wagon, leaped in, got
possession of the reins, and checked the
horses instantly. The team belonged to
Capt Siman Wickes.
The Ners complains that some of the
preachers at the Chesterville Camp "pitch-
ed into" the habit of promenading, which
highly offended many Of the visitors
When Camp Meetings shall be held for
'social enjoyment it will be time to dis
continue them, the Ne,os to the contrary,
not withstanding.
Samuel son of VIM. Ii. Hamilton. of
Chestertown was seriously injured last
week by being thrown from horse. In
falling, the horses foot struck the back of
his head, fracturihg the skull, and render
tanned of his recovery
The stack yard of James w. HURT. on
the Woodland farm, in the upper part of
this connty, was destroyed by fire on Sun
day night of last week, supposed to be the
work Of an inccndiary. The loss includes
about one thousand bushels of wheat.
A meeting has beeh in progress in the
NJ. f. Church of CheStcrtuwn since the
close of the camp meeting i'll Baker $
woods, and several penitents have been at
the altar.
1t is stated that r. S. Griffith, of Sassl-
fras, Kent county, has raised this season
30 bushels Of wheat to the acre.
QUEEN ANNE's.
The severe drought is affecting corn
seriously, and many fear that the yield will
not be more than two-thirds Of q crop,--
The ground is parched, clover fields looked
withered, and pasture, except in moist pla-
ces, is almost worthless.
The bridge at Crumpton is being repaired
Although not thorough repair, it will be
pHt in such condition to last two or three
years loEsar. with slight repairs in the
interval.
Edward Ryland, of Crumpt..., las ?
chicken, Matched about ten days ago, that Is
quite curiosity. 1t has no eyes, the place
where they ought to be, being covered
with skin and down, same as contiguous
part of head. 1t is quite active. scratches
aEl picks like the other chickens: when a
short distance eft; and the old hen .'clucks," 5"
it runs to her rs straig,lt Is if it saw where
it was going
The Crnmptonun of the 18th says
Shippers of peaches to Baltimore have
received very poor returns for shipments
during the last ten days--from 81 to 60
Gsais per box. At this rate they are
scarGely var:i gathering. Tie early varie-
ties are nearly al! shipped. 81 that the can
ing houses will now he represented il. ;i,e
market, and peaches in good condition will
realize better prices. There is a marked
decrease in the shipments by steame $, on
account of the opening of the Queen
Anne's railroad to Millington.
CAROLYN.
We are sorry i4 ie.,ra FIAT the Denton
Cniom has had the misfortune to- bI..4k lis
press so seriously that it cannot be repaired,
and will be compelled to get new one
Better try ''Newberry, friend Emerson.
j. w. Covey, residing in the 4th district,
found in his wheat field, about harvest, a
peculiarly looking bunch of wheat, and to
crafty his curiosity he plucked it from the
the field. An examination proved that
this bunch consisted of eighteen stalks, and
that these had proceeded from a single
grain. Each hoad contained So era rs.
making total of 954. This wheat was
smooth and entirely different from the
wheat which Mr.. c. had sowcd.
The drought in this county is still pro-
tracted, much to the dismay of our farmers
and the destruction of their crops. From
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