The daily gazette., 1879-11-25
THIRD EDITION
PeujssswlG POissts.
.rpApprNEp IN THE STATE AND
rAsruRN sHoRn LAST WEEK.


vuAr HAPPENED IN THE STATE AND
EASTERN sHoRH LAST WEEK.
The phosphate factory al Milford Is
being enlarged.
There are now three vessels on the
stocks In Milford. Messrs. Aboou q
Co. are building three-masted scboon,
or for Philadelphia parties which WI WI
probably have . tonnage OF about ooV.
Another schooner Of about 1,9OO tons Is
In progress Of construction ut WIN.
Scribner' . yard which we believe Is not
vet sold. Messrs NJ. X. Carlisle q bro.
have laid the keel for vessel OF 0Oo or
TOO tons burthen.
Franklin Bros. are putting up 1acto-
~ adjoining the Messrs. Hanley's new
mill, at Harrington, for the purpose Oh
manufacturing peach crates, paske's'
DC.
At Harrington, DR.. Burdick will soon
erect new dwelling in the southern
part OF town, and many others are al
ready putting up new houses.
Farmers in Murderkill Neck and in
the vicinity of Dover are complaining
OF WnehL UtlitR uuIb w NY
James II. Milby, of Glendale, has
sold his farm Of eighty acres, to Mr.
Baker, of Wyoming, Delaware, for 5000
and has bought farm of 100 acres OF >.
Reed for which he paid $500.
Capt. Twiford, of the steamer ". D.
Norton, brought flock of sheepto Sea-
ford on Oct. 23d, when one of them be-
came fastened among the timbers in the
bow. Here it remained for twenty-four
days before 1t was released, and turned
out in lively style. The noise made by
the sheep made the boat hands think for
awhile that the craft was haunted.
Schr. Rebecca Nj. Walls was launched
at Mil On, Del, Nov. 18th, from the
yald Of MIR. David ii. Atkins. The fol-
lowing are her Dimensions: Long h Of
keel 1856 feet breadth of beam "a feet,
depth of lower hold 10 feet, depth be-
tween decks feet, length over all l6O
feet. She will carry from 500 to 900
tons.
William T. Williamson and wife, oi
Laurel, were severely injured by theil
horses running away on "Wednesday
near Denton. DR.. Williamson's lcs
and his wite's collar bone we're broken
while the carriage was wrecked.
Jonathan Torbert, teacher Of th'
Georgetown primary school, has resigne,
his position to take charge OF the schoo
at Torbert's Hill.
Telegraph business at Newark ha
been unusually brisk, of late.
Several car loads of sugar beets wer
shipped from Dover, last week. Th
farmers have learned that the medium
sized beets sell more readily than t
large ones, as they contain a greater pre-
portion of saccharne alter.
Thus far the Game Protective AssC
citation has received about ST 800 as dut
from resident and nonresident gunner
All this money will be u ed i'll buy,n
gau e for the several counties,
Mr.. Arthur Webber of Chr stiana. hf
sold to the butcher, the three Ii, ely TIA
calves which were given birth by Oh
COW some time since.
In South Milford Eliza J. Deputy hi
had new h. use tn. IL on the 5 nth sit
of Carlisle st. Wm. j. Preltyman
al.o building u neat two-story resid M
Ia Pike n ok, Oh land purchased by
V. X. w, lis.
The Delaware State grange Of Il
Patrons of HusbandIy, will hold an al
nual meeting the 9th, 10,h and llth {
December at Camden.
George, the little son of William .
McFeely, of CLesteriowu, not qult
three years of age, has had cne OF IL
bones of his right leg, below the kn,'
broke four times within the last twely
months.
Chestertown will entertain Christm;
Eve with walking match, in whit
two Baltimore women Will participate.
Hog killing is now the prevailing o
eupatiou of the Peninsula farmers.
Mr.. Martin f. Hastings, of Salisnur
on Monday night last glgged and :
cured cne hundred aud twenty ti,h, "
of which were pixies that measur
twenty eight inches in length al
weighed nine pounds apiece.
Abner Woodward, Sr., of Mill Gre
Hundred, who died on the 9th ms
lived or the farm where he resided
the time of his death ever since he "
two years OF age, and he was in his
year. AT the funeral six nephews,
brothers, acted as bearers.
Samuel Huggns, of Frederica, |
rented his hotel property, and is N
building neat home on the same lot.
On Friday of last week Messrs. Jose
Dean & Son, sent cable dispatch frc
the W. U. office in this town, to Mess
Bowes Brothers, Liverpool. Englal
The message, including the address &C
tanned only fifteen words and the char
amounted to Sll.70. 1t WAS sent sent
ike afternoon st five minutes past
o'clock, and an answer was recei'
f0ry-five minutes past one O'Clock
following Afternoon. This is the I
cablegram ever sent to foreign coun
from his town. Nerark Ied0pr