Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-03-10
yOETI EAST.


Special Correspondence of State journal.
NoRTH EAST, March j.-Several OF our
citizens were deferred from going to
Washington by the storm, which began
ON Thursday night, continuing through
| Friday. Owing to the unusually high
rates Of fare our q. A. Post remained at
mander desired them to visit Washington
in a body.
Active preparations are being made to
resume work on our river channel. The
contractor is here and proposes to push
| the work to a conclusion at an early day.
On Thursday Mr.. Eli Rotharmel sue
ceeded in killing large snake. Ills
snal;eship was about three feet long and
as active as he should be i'll midsummer.
Mr.. Will Laphar, who presented the
German Volunteer" at g. A. X. hall,
will give the drama to the people Of
Cherryhill on the 23d and oath OF this
month.
Mr.. Oliver Windows, the accommodate
ing stage driver, who has had charge Of
the United States mail between this place
and Calvert for 50 many years, will soon
relinquish the business. The contract
for carrying the mail between the above
mentioned places has been secured by
parties in Kentucky, and at lower rate
than Mr.. widows can afford to carry
them for.
Yesterday the roads in the Fifth lis
trirt were sold. The lowest bidder gets
the road, and is expected to keep i. in
good repair. In the opinion OF many This
system of road mending has proved
failure. AT any rate the roads have leen
growing steadily worse for several years.
The roadway between this place and FIX
ton is almost impossible, and u serious
accident would not surprise us in the
least.
Our fishermen are having good lack
i'll spring fish. NEEDS, sun fish, pike, Ne,
are quite plenty and OF good quality and
size.
Thieves broke open the cabin Of tile
sloop Hesper and stole II iron decoys
valued at So.
NORTH EAST, March THE deplora bile
condition Of our public roads is source
| of complaint and our county papers are
publishing letters from citizens in all
parts of the county condemning the pres
ent system of road letting Some of
the writers say that the fault is with
| the road inspectors; others complain
that the whole plan is failure.
| There is no doubt whatever that the roads
are in Il fearful condition, in some places
almost impossible, and that they have
been growing steadily worse for two or
three springs and this assertion will he
born out by the travelling public,
| of course the very severe winter
has rendered travel very I'M
pleasant and left the roadway in
almost bottomless sea of mud, yet, had
they been properly mended and at the
proper time, they undoubtedly would be
in a much better condition to-day. In
many places the middle of the road is
lower than the sides, the cutters closed
up (some of them not having been opened
for two years. and as a consequence, the
| whole rain fall sweeps down the center,
washing out that portion over which we
should drive. There is evidently money
enough expended to keep our roads in
good condition, but does it all 20 for that
purpose
Rev. Avery of the Elkton NJ. Il. Church.
delivered missionary address in the NJ.
L. Church, at this place ON Sunday after
noon. 10 say that the speaker did we'll
is saying but little. His handling of the
subject was mastery, his language chase
and elegant, while his whole discourse
was repletc with eloquencc.
On Saturday evening flames We're
discovered in W. 4. llammonds livery
stable, and but fol prompt efforts Of Il.
l.. Thomas, Jr., Mr.. Henry 6ardy, and
others, the whole establishment would
have been destroyed. The Fire
originated from defective lantern. The
damage was thrilling.