The daily gazette., 1880-03-08
The Best Part Of the peninsula.

Miss Gertie Bunnell is TO again
give readings in Middletown before
long. sset
A new water tank, for the use Of To-
comotives, is to be erected at Middle
town.
Several important improvements are
contemplated in or about Newark's
hotels.
w ards spoke mill ON Pike creek is'
in full blast. The new engine works
admirably.
Some farmers have commenced
plowing for corn, a month in advance
| of tho usual time.
Isaac Jones, Jr., has already pur-
chased the prospective fruit oi three
peach orchards from w. p. Biggs.
Messrs. Joseph Dean & Son, at
Newark, have atuut completed the
change from Spring to Winter goods.
The Sussex County Levy Court, last
week, added 144 names to the assess
ment list--50 whites and "a colored
| men.
Milton ship yards are run on fu.i
time and the vessels on the stocks are
being rapidly pushed through 10 com
pletiOn.
| Harrington public schools closed
Friday of last week, the money voted
for school purposes having been all ex-
pended.
During the present week the young
men of Georgetown have organized a
brass band and, already have their in
struments.
The Denton, Caroline County pa
pers are in terrible wrangle over the
| question Of re-indexing the land re-
cords Of that county.
Jake Houston and George Palmer,
COL, of Kent County, Md, were drown
ed, OH Monday last, by the sinking Of
their canoe in the Chester river.
Henry w. Archer, Esq, trustee,
sold on Thursday, the Tins farm near
Worton Station, Kent Co., Nd, $50
acres, to Capt. John &. Clayton for
S7,022.
A new three-masted schooner, 110
feet keel, 0 feet draft Of water, and
about 450 tons burthen. is about to be
built at Milford, for Gov. j. W, Hall
G. Son.
Rev. ]. L. Nicholson, of Seaford, has
recently sold two tracks of land near
Cannon's Ferry, aggregating 1856 acres,
to Mr.. Benz +. Fooks, Of Laurel, Del,
for s5,088.
The Casho Machine Company Of
Newark, will shortly issue the first
number of a neat five column paper
devoted to its interests, 1t will be
called The Diamond State.
G. f. Holland, F. g. Todd, T. b.
Taylor, Thos. Humphreys and Lemuel
Malone have been appointed and duly
authorized to solicit subscriptions to
the capital stock of National Bank
at Salisbury, Md.
A young girl living in this county,
says the Georgetown Enquirer, whose
name is suppressed for obvious rea-
sons, gave birth to an illegitimate child
few days ago. Both mother and babe
died during childbirth.
Mr.. Sanford, the Superintendent of
the Delaware and Chesapeake Rail
way, is pushing the work on the sec
ton of the road between Easton and
Oxford. A large number of hands are
at work putting in new ties, adjusting
rails, etc.
Asbury Perdue, of Georgetown,
bought a stallion the other day for
which he paid 5000, and about the
first time he undertook to drive the
animal it reared, fell back and broke
its neck.
Several Harrington citizens met on
Wednesday evening to organize under
the charter granted by the last Legis-
lature to the Harrington Canning Co.. :;
it is said that a canning factory is to
be built at once.
On Saturday morning, about 2
o'clock, the steam saw mill of Thigh
man s. johnson, near Bethesda church,
on the Breakwater and Frankford
railroad, was destroyed by fire. The
machinery was also badly damaged.
Messrs. w. d. Roberts & Sons, of
Easton, put in the lowest bid to erect
a large hotel at Rehoboth Beach, and
if some other matters can be amicably
arranged, they will commence imme-
diately the erection of the building. 1t
will cost about $4,000.
Two of our citizens, one a lady
teacher of our public school, was last
week bitten by mad dog. OF course
there is much. speculation as to what
will be the result yet the dog is still
living and shows no signs of rabies
Lesoes Light.
! Messrs. Daniel Hirsch and John
Herring of Milford, will enter Della
ware College, at Newark, the first
week in April. Both have been pre-
sented with scholarships. MIR. Hirsch
by President Purnell of the College,
and MIR. Herring, through Representa-
tive Z. J. Hall.
An old fashioned wood chopping
took place near Milton, on Thursday
afternoon of last week, under the su-
pervision of Messrs. p. j. Hart and
Charles Burton. There were ninety
two choppers in the party and they cut
450 cords of wood in four and half
hours.
A dwelling house on Iron Hill, be-
longing to Patrick Sullivan was, with
its contents of furniture, ETC., totally
destroyed by fire on Tuesday morning
last, about daybreak. 1t had been oc-
cupied by colored man but he was
away at the time of the fire. The
building was insured.
Esquire James P. w. Kollock, sur