Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-03-01
state Items.

Fresh ii-h are being taken in the Nantcoke.
1t corts S5i0.70 annually to light Milford with
The Kettle drun at Milford re;ted sbaut
$50.
A debating society laa been org4iloel at l..n.
coin.
Work Las been resumed ai ine ,'eafoid ship
yards.
The Episcopal church a, Leaea j without
pastor.
Two ne@ stores have reeoAtl! Lee!l opened AT
Harrington.
The wheat prospect about Milford j. -,.,,l 10 b.
most discouraging.
Anchor sweeping j. tie most profitable Lusi.
ness at Lewea now.
There is much sickness At Milford esqe,4lly
among the old people.
Pneumonia is preyai.iur tl an l!aii4.pe r.. elt
in Baltimore hundred.
Danl. Muse has reaisnei tbe coals..llzil b..
Of the Dorchester & Del Il. X.
Mrs. RuLsma {" Aulty 'l Bual, Of ~.ay.Da
completed hcr 9jth year on tie 2g;.l mt.
The early farmers in Sussex aro already l.-
ginning 70 prepare iholr ground FOR planning.
The ice etubargo las been liftod from tie
Santicoke and the oyster bu-iue-s haa revived
4 dancing school caLnot be prt Gtal +, sttrteI
IN Lc~e., al ea-t t- IL Me 10. rit Of !2ts caA-
VASE.
j. T. Foulk has been ,o rlccte1 .cpel.r ,.f.-
dent Of the Presbyterian suaday Se9"i 4t Nil
ford.
Milton, which lisz been ID. mourning b, ,ea Q
oi the -cai!ct fever -pirlnic, lr lIlaf I'D VI the
disease.
A new aal extensive .aie zt..'. II being lul,
Oh tic rear Of tie Mit'l'e'o@H lIy'ti lor Ion. il
Cochran.
The -toain raw iail Of jacob w.su. ( sau'-
at Roxana, BgltmOre hHmi!ed,us buiAul 81 fem
days ago.
Thomas Wight Of scefold, e4u!el IN tAs
prize Of double bareled gun lu FectHt sl0ut-
ing contest.
Several antquarians will shortly visit Lnwc-
for the purpose Of discovering re!es belonging
to tho carly Swedish colony.
An English gentleman who II =ad to poaacss
means and influence has been protprc;iag ut
Seaford with view to settling there.
Down the state, in the 4lseucs Of cellAr-. pota-
toes are buried III the ground, sud have flcXeu
IN considerable quantities thi- winter
The walls of the new NJ. L. clmrl Mt allton
frozc during the extreme cold weather, and a
part OF them e have fallen doTH, Mls.cA Hlli cost
about $500 to rebuild.
At Milford the cold weather drove tue loafers
from the street corners, ana there IL a dispose
ton there to regard the severity Of lhc w.nier a.
blessing in Disguise.
The Farmers Mutual Fire Inaurauce Company
OF st. q 1orgeH and Appoqunmnl iIurdreda
have appointed Joseph Roberto, VIM 4, IulJu
and Henry @. Walters, Surveyors
A Seaford landlord nailed up lis 4, Haauent
tenants in their houses, the Otler day, to M
pei payment Of rent since which time they u4e
the windows a= a means Of insress and egIc-s
In the Sussex county alm4houzc there NE -
inmates During the year there were dis
charges, II deaths, births, and y al.uia.lon4
lhe total expenditures Of the year amounted to
99,02i 3d.
One day aat week aIr. john Autlony Skinned
from Clayton one hundred and one bushels of
clover seed. This it the largest quantity Of this
seed ever shipped by one farmer, at ono time,
from Kent county, if not in the State
Another correspondent Of tho N.laraica,s
wants all the fish which are promgatcd in this
State branded ''exportable" - ia red letters on
the forehead This is severe on that oihcr cor.
| respondent Who wanted to prohibit expectation,
| The damage reported to have been done to the
railroad pier by the ice jam, tun.s ont to be
much loss than was at llrat aupposed INC
Government iron pier did not fare 80 well If re-
port be tnc one of the ples having been d.
| placed
pigeon match cane on at Mild!et8Nii last
week, between MehsIa ShQ,lerl and AIobrsv
OF Maryland and I.asstil and VosLell, of Doll.
ware. The match was for :20o aud twenty
u, pros each were shot a.. Tie prize Has won bY
the Marylanders
The FREE BnEAErAsr Roou.--Tlie hat rreal
fast was given at Mrr Bradford room this morn
| ing, to which sixteen persons rat down Yes
terday, fifty persons were fed Ia all dutiup
the seven or eight weeks which tho charity has
been maintained, 1 0SJ persons have been fed
mostly nom the bounty Of Mrs. Bradford her
self, she having been moderately sustained by
the public generally. The total cost OF the food
has been something over Sl00., estimating that
the breakfasts cost from nine to ten cents each
which is thought to be fair estimate