Middletown transcript., 1878-05-04
State News.

The fines in the Kent county liquor cases
amount to 500 this term. :
Farmers all over the State are delighted
with the wheat prospect.
Wm. Worden of Smyrna is prospecting
through the south for location.
A Smyrna man, Chas Glenn, fell down a
forty-foot well but was uninjured.
Miss Bunnell, of Philadelphia, will read in
Smyrna Town Hall, on the 10th instant, for
the benefit Of Smyrna Library.
Charles Fox, alias Rogers and Henry Brew
ster were introduced to The Kent county whip
ping-post and pillory on Saturday.
The young people Of FELTON, are making pre-
parations for the holding of an old-fashioned
May party, at Spring Branch, on the 10th in
slant.
LAND SALES. F. Mancha, real estate
agent, sold Mrs. Lizzie Draper's farm Of 100
acres, on the Hazletville road, to John B. Bel
lamy, of Canada, for $4,000; also VIM. Acker-
mans farm, at Magnolia, 40 acres, to Selah
Orvis, of Canada, for S27OO; also =. G. Har-
vey's farm, Of $50 acres, between Camden and
Willow Grove, to VIM. J Abbott. of Canada,
for S2J50.
THE NEW BRIDGE.-The committee of the
New Castle county Levy Court, Messrs. Rob-
erts, Wilson and Lodge, met the Kent county
committee, Messrs. Register, Howe, Griffin and
Frazier, at Fleming's Landing last week. and
with John H. Hoffecker, surveyor, laid off the
location for the new pivot bridge over Smyr-
ma Greek. There are parties ready 10 take the
contract for building as soon as the committee
is ready to make the award. Smyrna Times.
In regard to the peach crop the State Sentinel
dover, says: In conversation with a lead
ing farmer this week, he told Us that ne count
ed the buds on several peach trees and found
that they averaged from 5000 to 10000 on
tree, and that $50 fair sized peaches made q
basket. Forty baskets to the tree is large
thing, yet if we have frost or freeze that kills
a large portion of the buds the crop is lost
This same grower says that about l in %
buds in his orchards are killed and he has &
fair crop left.
A special to EUery Eoening from Canterbury
under date of April 3Oth, gives the following
account Of the hail storm of Monday, in Ken
county:
Last evening the gathering clouds hung
over here for some hours, and between ant
6 O clock the rain fell in torrents, flooding
the marshy places and even covering over FOL
time the high ground At 8 few hal
stones began to fall, and in few seconds ont
) of the most severe and destructive hail storms
occurred ever known in the county. Th
lightning flashed, and bolt struck the de
pot, darling over the wires connecting will
the store building of Mr.. G. c. Coolbangh
and tore out the large exhibition window
completely demolishing the sash and damag
Ing the interior Of the store room. The de
not was slightly damaged. Mr.. Wm. Morris
one of the railroad trackmen, who was stand
J inc in front of the store holding horse, wa
, tbro wn to the ground by the shock, it was a
6rst supposed struck dad, but he revived il
a few moments, having sustained no seriou
injury. The hail fell in torrents, the stone
varying from the size Of pease to that of yer.
G large marbles. In short time the grount
was covered nearly foot deep with the froz
en- rain, and this morning, even, was banke
up in some places two feet deep. DR.. Latter
: ty. who lives near here, scraped up nearl,
= three bushels of hail from his veranda afte
The storm, some Of the stones being as larg
as peach stones. The storm was entirely Ic
d cal. only extending withinN radius of a mil
and a half. 1t is PROBABLE that all the frui
y within the hail storm limit has been entirel
destroyed, and the grain very material
& damaged. The lightning struck the depot
Woodside, but did not damage it much.
n Advices from Crisfeld state that on Sur
q day night storm something similar occurre
there, the hail entirely running the early pea
and other vegetables, but it did not exten
a very far. The ground on Monday mornin
!. was covered with hail foot thick.