The daily gazette., 1880-03-22
Local Happenings.
RECORDED IN THE STATE AND PENIN-
SUJA,

RECORDED IN THE STATE AND PENN
sULA.
New houses are sad to be needed in
Milford.
The Easton, Nd. 1ger is offered
at private sale.
The Newark Ledger 3 about to re-
move to new Office.
Repairs are to be made 30 the J. & B.
Railroad bridge near the Milford depot.
Nearly every boy in Newark, over
twelve years of age, carries revolver.
Seventeen persons were baptised in
the Newark NJ. E. Church last Sunday
morning.
The Presbyterians of Frankford, Sus-
sex county, have concluded to build a
new church.
The time for shooting woodcock in
Cecil county has been changed by act
of Assembly from July LIST to June
10th. .f
Two young half-breed Indians were
In Georgetown last week, selling bead
work. ..a 4
The schooner a. Nebtager, Captain
Smith, left Seaford last week, with a
cargo of pine logs for Rhode Island
port.
A meeting Of the Peninsula Press As
sociation will probably be held during
the early part of next month.
A dislocated arm was the result of a
runaway accident that happened to
John wainwright, of Seaiord last week.
The new pilot boat Thomas r. Bay
ard, recently built at Brooklyn, is ex-
pected to arrive at the Breakwater in a
few days. .. .L
John l.. Thompson, of Georgetown,
Justice OF the Peace, on Monday was
commissioned Notary Public by Gov
erDor Hall.
Ex-Sherif Truitt on Tuesday sold the
house and lot of Robert Donovan, of j.,
near the Georgetown depot, to George
g. Calhoun for $205. u.
Mr.. VIM. L. Masten, prominent and
respected farmer Of Milford Neck, aud
stepfather to Gov. Hall, died last Tues.
day after brief illness at the advanced
age of eighty.
DR.. VIM. Marshall of Milford, has
been confined to the house for the past
few days with pneumonia. His first
serious indsposition since 1S47.
Nehemiah Cain of Milford Neck, Kent
county, split his foot open while engaged
in cutting wood last Tuesday morning.
The ak struck him between the second
and third toes cutting through the sole
of his foot into the very instep.
An artistic piece of work is the plot of
the Odd Fellows Cemetery, exhibited in
the window of Foulk and DeLamater's
drug store M. q. Conwell Esq, civil en-
gineer of the city of Wilmington did it.
Milford Ns,os.
The Wilmington post Office furn-
ishes the Chief Marshal under whom
the colored brigade marches to New
Castle daily, when the Levy Court is
in session. And thus the good work
of civil service reform is exemplified.
--MiddIetOaon Transcript.
The right hand of w. T. Minner,
acting brakeman on the construction
train, was caught between the dead
wood of two cars he was coupling at
Bacon Hill, on Wednesday, and it was
so badly mashed that Drs. Mitchell
and Ellis amputated three fingers. He
returned to his home in Wilmington
on the evening train.
Mr.. III. ). Saller, wealthy German,
who has only been in this country few
months, accompanied by Mr.. Newman,
emigrant agent at New York, has been
prospecting this week along the Break
water and Worcester K. R., for the pur-
pose of purchasing 1000 acres of land,
.ou which he intends to locate colony
direct from Germany. Mr.. S. has been
offered tract of land near Franklin
City at low figure, and it is probable
he will purchase in tina; vicinity, and at
once take steps to carr out his plans.