Daily Republican., 1882-02-06
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1t is stated that child was born in
Dover last week having eight teeth.
Tho champion checker player of
Maine died the other day, but George
Ingram, of Middletown, is still living.
A laundry has been established in
Smyrna with two Cinnamon as chief
washers.
A colored man named Samuel John
son. in Blackbird hundred, died last
week from smallpox. He had no medi-
cal attendance.
Com. Shock, Of Washington, ID. c.,
and Mr.: james Bradford OF Wilmington,
are preparing to build cottages this sea-
son at Rehoboth.
The Rev. II. L. Bunstein, Of the Mil
ford Presbyterian Church, was surpris-
cd by visit from large number OF
embers Of his congregation, one even
ing last week.
On Wednesday Sheriff Lacey sold at
Frederica the Bowers Beach propert y
for 80 200; and seven acres of land in
Milford Neck to Joshua 5. Bennett for
$4OO, M+
Willard S. Pride, of Geor yetown, has
gone to New York to mako arrange
monts preparatory to entering up0i vhe
position of editor OF a paper in Gunni-
son, Col.
Harry, a twelve-year old son of Man
aen Is. Walls, of Sussex, while playing
at school one day last week, snatched a
pistol from companion. The weapon
was discharged and the ball passed
through Walls hand.
The young people of Br!dgeville in de-
bate decided that Guiteau was insane
when he shot President Garfield; and
now they propose to render "Ten Nights
in Bar-rOom.
Good authority says that Smyrna bas
nearly twenty cases of smallpox, all OF
the sick being colored peopleThe disease
Is confined to one section and is not
spreading.
John Farrell, of Bombay Hook, has
just been granted by the Government
back pay to the amount Of IS, 900, and a
monthly pension of s21 during life. He
served in one of the Delaware regi-
ments.
On Saturday last John Harrington,
administrator, re sold the residence
of the late John West, in Frederica, for
$2,O7s. 1t was purchased by Paris T.
Carlisle, Esl. A few years since this
building cost over 81 1000, hence was
sold very low.
VIM. Z. Lowery, of Milford, has re-
ceived notice from the publisher of the
Washington Home Companion that he
had drawn the $500 Weber piano, given
as a prize by that paper to the one of its
subscribers who should be so fortunate
~ to hold the right number.
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Personal.
Clara Louise Kellogg, is said to pos
sess pomc OF the mcst delightful arts of
tho housekeeper. "The Utica Herald
says that at one of her recent concerts
in the west she ru shed suddenly into a
stage box wherein sat several Of her in.
innate friends, and exclaimed "Oh,
girls, know how to make the lovliest
hash you ever ate--wait until l come
back aud IN tell you how it's done ''
She again left the box, hurried to the
stage, and having obliged the audience
with another SO ng, returned to her
friends and kept h or promise but the
ingredients of that marvellous dish are
not, unfortunately given to the pub
lie.
Robert Garrett, first vice president
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad gave
a dinner Friday night in his elegant
house on Mount Vernon Esquare, Bal
tim, re, one Of the finest in that city, to
Franklin b. Gowen, of the Reading
railroad. 1t was given in honor of Mr..
Gowen's reelection to the presidency
of leading. A number of pleasant
speeches were made and
one of the haDpest hits of the evening
was made by Daniel Doueherty, of
Philadel phia, who was one Of the guests,
Senator Bayard and number of other
gentlemen Of national prominence were
at the dinner.
James T. Mulln, formerly of West
Chester, but now of Wilmington, Del,
gives us a glance as he slips by in one
of Mercer & James livery teams. Jim
wears well, and no looks as natural as
when in his store on Gay street with a
dozen good customers TO wait upon.
Since all the trains over the Phila.
delphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Railroad run into and depart from the
Broad Street Station of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, the number and arriv.
ing and departing daily upon the ele,
waited railroad is two hundred and eight
being one every seven minutes.
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