Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-09-02
ELKTON.
Special Correspondence oistate Journal.

Special Correspondence ofState journal.
ELKToN. August 90. There was an accident
at Scott Il Bros bone mill yesterday, which
came near costing two colored men their lives.
and which will cost the firm S2O0 to make
repairs A piece of iron on u bucks horn.
thrown into the breaker through mistake,
broke two heavy cast-irOn teeth of that
machine, shattered it in every part, and dis
trihuted a GOO-pOnnd fly wheel, making $50
revolutions II minute. in twelve ugly-looking
pieces about the room. Heavy iosts over
head We're broken, IL board partition torn
away and n crow-bnr bent double by these
ilying missiles. One of the spokcs passed
within about foot of the colured man who
fed the breaker and fell i'll n pile of bones u
short distance away Another workman who
was mp stairs Just over the broken ioiStS was
nearly knocked down, and perhaps would
have been seriously injured had not the
iuists intcrfcrcd. The senior member of the
firm had only few minutes before been near
enough to the breaker to receive part of the
wheel. but fortunately was ont of range at
the time. licpairs will be made ut once
Elktom had its share of lightning and
thunder yesterday afternoon Int no rain fell.
Down the river fe. miles, however, it came
down copiously. A barn on the farm of
Charles Gladding, in Elk Neck, was struck by
lightning and consumed. Between 30 and 40
tons of nay stacked near the barn, together
with all the straw from recent thrcshing, We're
also burned. "..
Engineer I.arkins is still surveying the line
of the proposed railroad to Providence mill
hut will finish this week. There is now no
hopes that the road will be built. The cuun-
try is 50 rough that it is estimated that it
would cost S2j.0n0 per mile.
ElKroN. August 81. A party of Whining
tonans visiting friends in the country, along
the Maryland line, on Sunday, drank too
freely of the beer they had with them and
drove their team into fence. The carriage
top was demolished, two of the untortnnates
injured one 81 badly that lic could not rise
from the ground, and fruit that had been
given them scattered along the road.
Mrs. Jacob \. Howard, of this town, was
thrown from her carriage, near kimblcVillc,
Pa. in the storm Of Sunday night. She had
been nj Penn station and wlH returning homo.
The driver attempted to turn in the road with
n view to seeking shelter at II farm house
near 10y, when the carriage overturned. The
siugletrce broke, releasing the frightened
horse which came on to Elktun. Mrs.
Howard was kindly cared for by Il farmer
named Cunningham. She was only slightly
bruised.
LYDIA Pritchard aud Mrs. Downham linger
in dnrancc vile. They We're committed on
Saturday, in default of bail for their appear
ancc Mt court to answer the charge of dis
orderly conduct. For some time I.ylia's
house, a short distance from town, has been
the rendezvous of lewd woman and bad men,
it is alleged.
Our local florist, John Iocliley, shipped Ia
Philadelphia gentlemen. few days ago, II
pot flowers for which hr received Si5.
Sulon Robinson. formerly agriculture
editor of the New York Ii',b'tte, and an init
mate friend of Horace Greeley, was in town
last Saturday. lie came to see the country
/ He resides in Florida and is no Longer
actively engaged in newspaper work, though
he occasionally contributes to the columns al
his faNuritcs.