The daily gazette., 1880-07-26
NeW Castle, Kent md SWsser.
EVERYDAY HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS
PARTS OF THE STATE.

PARTS OF THE STATE.
VIM. Ii. Stevens, of Seaford, is can
dldate for the Democratic Sheriffalty
nomination tor Sussex county.
Milford colored folks had success
full excursion to Rehoboth, last Wednes-
day.
Two-story tents can now be rented at
Reloboth for $40 per week.
Rev. Jacob Bell, celebrated and
someW hat eccentric colored revivalist,
died near Lewes OH Thursday last.
Last week, J. Frank Wheatley, near
Seaford, while putting TIE belt on a
threshing machine wheel, had his hand
caught and wrung entirely off at the
wrist joint, carrying with it the tendons
of the muscles for a considerable dis
tance up the arm, and necessi,atlng am
put alton of the fore arm about half way
bet ween the wrist and elbow joint.
Twelve communicates have recently
been received into the Milford Presby.
terlan Church.
Milford's Torbert Guards will IN axe
an excursion to Ocean City about the
10th of August.
Wheat has yielded very we'll in the
neighborhood of Milford, and the corr
crops gives good promise.
Crows have appeared in large mum.
bers al Lewes.
BY the burning, on Tuesday last, Of
his house and furniture, Mr.. VIM Hur-
die, Jr., of Indian River Hd., loses 81,
200, with no insurance to sustain him.
The "Captain Fowler local" in the
last Lewes Light is to the effect that
he is just recovering from a severe at
tack of cholera morbus.
Baltimore Hundred has a popula
ton of 3, 755. These are divided into
744 families, who live in TAO dwellings
There are in the hundred $50 farms
which is larger number than is to b.
found in any other hundred in SUSSEX
county.
There is some talk of organizing al
Hancock and English Club in Mil
ford.
Tramps are becoming plenty arounc
Dover.
Reports from all around show tina
much good has been accomplished b.
+! the recent rains.
Evaporators at Middletown and else
where are getting ready to tackle tn
surplus peaches.
Middletown merchants fell great
encouraged at the business outlook.
st. Georges hundred will have tn
biggest corn crop it has raised in man
years.
| J. Watson Evans, Esq, of Newark
who was slightly stricken with para
lysis a few weeks ago, is much in
proved.
\ Mr.. John Brewster, proprietor (
| Brewster's mills on Big Elk Cree
near Newark, was stricken and h
J entire left side paralyzed on Monda
last.
The Peninsula Press Associate
will meet at Congress Hall, Ocea
, City, on Wednesday, Aug. 18th, at
O'Clock, for the annual meeting. Tw
or three days will be spent at I'll
+ place.
, Several cases of extreme destitutio
: are now claiming the attention of til
charitable people of Dover.
Barney Moore, living on the Charlie
Murphy farm, at Fox Chase, Md
owned by Mr.. Monaghan, of Whining
ton, is said to have the largest yield {
wheat of any farmer in this vicinit
,. although having only 160 acres {
land. The threshing was done by Wn
McCallister and 'he feeding by Sam
: Morrison. The machine registt
counted 1850 bushels of grain as I'll
entire crop.
, Barrett's Chapel, near Frederici
, was built iii 1880, in the stormy dag
, of the Revolution, when the fate of I'll
struggling colonies was still tremblin
r in the balance, it is said to be the fir'
Methodist church built. on the Penil
| sula; certainly the first below Wi
mington. 1t was here according
tradition, that the triumvirate of Gel
brated divines, Wesley, Asbury an
Whatcoat, met and embraced eac
} other.
DR.. George w. Maull, of Georg
1 town, has been practising his profe
sion in and around that village for Il
= past fifty years, and it is estimate
!; that he has ridden over l5O, 600 mill
of country road while discharging tt
!; duties of his profession. On the cor
+ pleton of the half century, DIR. Ricl
3 ards presented his old friend and pr
fessional brother with a handson
1 physicians pocket case of the late
!; pattern.
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