The daily gazette., 1880-03-15
FIRST EDITION.
Rural Life.
LAST WEEKS HAPPENINGS THROUGH
OUT THE STATE.

OUT THE STATE.
At Middletown, an excellent head of
water was struck for the well in the
railroad tank house.
DIR. VIM. Marshall OF Milford has
an Alderney COW which averaged 14t
pounds of butter per week during last
year. tII- .ilt
Apricots were in full bloom week
ago, but the chances are that the crop
will be injured by the sleet.
Mr.. Robert J. Morrison's mare
"May," of Christiana is in excellent
trim and will cover the grand circuit
this Spring. rl,iD.
Milford cries loudly for two mails
per day, on the strength of being the
largest town on the Peninsula. ~.
Mrs. Julia Griffith, residing on the
Home Farm, near Newark, will re-
move to Baltimore in few weeks.
The pigeon, shooting match held at
Christiana, on Monday, between SAM
uel Wallis, ofNew Castle, and William
Nickerson, of Christiana, resulted in
a tie--each killing eight out Of ten
birds.
Mr.. John Pilling, of the firm of Jos.
Dean a. Son, Newark, contemplates o
trip to Europe this Spring.
Mr.. David w. Caskey, Of Newark,
will shortly engage in the steam
chicken Matching business.
The town election in Milton, last
week, resulted in the election of ex-
Gov. Ponder, Capt. g. p. Warren and
W. J. White, Esq, as Town Commits
sioners. p.
The Rev. Mr.. Brooks, pastor in
charge of st. Peters Episcopal church
at Salisbury, Md, has declined the
call Of Christ church, of Milford.
Milford claims to be the busiest as
well as the largest town on the Penin-
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Harry Hill, brother of Rev. Chas.
Hill, who removed to to Ohio thirty
years ago, is now visiting his old
friends around Millsborough, Sussex
county. r..- ..l..t
Senator Bayard and Hon. N. b.
Smithers have been invited to deliver
addresses at the grand celebration in
Georgetown, next Fourth of July.
The Junction & Breakwater Rail
road Company are going to extend
their switch at the Georgetown depot
about 200 feet, in order to accommo-
date the increasing business. r.
Sheriff Ellis sold at the court house
door in Georgetown, ON Tuesday, 235
acres of land, the property of Isaac T.
Sharp and Levin b. Brown, to Eli r.
Sharp, Of Searord, for ", 800.
Robt. II. Kollock, of Millsborough,
IL reported as being willing to.accept
the Greenback nomination for Sheriff
of SUSSEX county. .Hi
A baby was born at jones' Cross
Roads, Sussex county, last week that
has twelve fingers and two thumbs.
We hear that several young ladies
in town have taken advantage of leap
year privileges, proposed and been &C
cepted and the wedding day has been
appointed. Colt girls while the time
is yours, for next year you cannot
Ssqford Indez. r-i' f
A brass band has been organized in
Georgetown.
On Wednesday, Hon. James r. Lof-
Court of Chancery for Sussex county.
A horse was stolen from the prem
ises of John Emory, near Frederica,
about the 4th instant, by man named
Peter Savage. The horse was tracked
and found near Dover. The thief fled
to Sussex county, was there arrested
and taken to Dover Jail to await trial
at the next term of court.
Mr.. John B. Wharton, of Kent
county, has placed his horse, SHERMAN
Morgan" (" in the hands of Mr.. John III.
Phillips of Philadelphia, who will
make circuit of all the Spring races
with him. 1t is Mr.. Phillips purpose
to drive SHERMAN" double with
adelaide" very fast stopper, as his
mate. Mr.. Phillips thinks that with
them he will fear no double team that
can be entered against them. "Sher-
man" will be at Dover this Fall.
On Thursday of last week, while
Asa Walls, residing near Milford, was
burning the dead grass and weeds of
a field of Joshua Webb's which he had
previously ploughed around, the fire
: jumped the ploughed ground, set fire
to the fence, crossed the public road
into pine field of VIM. Watsons and
. went cracking and roaring over more
than three hundred acres Of fields and
woods. 1t destroyed about three hun
I dred panels of fence and was finally
subdued by the united efforts of tn,
, aroused and excited people of that vi
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