Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-12-06

D. i.liA-u N. L'7s. = VII klo'rr
1-p Isl and horss desi-r .; Port Deepest
diad Wednesday week, aged alb ut 81
| years.
The Sussex Jour al aa7s that ycurs
! Boston lawyer, on seeing the Georgetown
whipping post, exclaimed at is hswri
BILE; worth y trip south to see it,"
Powell & NAPLES, of Pennington, have
aold out their store 10 Mr.. Handy. Mr.
| Waples was the clerk Of the House In the
last general assembly.
JOHN A. Savin has sold his farm neal
Moore's Corner, to David Loose, foi
$4,000. 8. s. Herring, Of FELTON,, has
| bo aght the 10 acre farm If j. P. Emerson,
ont halt mile south CT Feiton, at s3S per
acre. sentinel.
The store ard entire stock of Hutthin-
| SOD Il Harrison, merchants, q. Hotfmsu's
wharf, Accomac county, Va we're Totally
| destroyed by ire on the night Of Sstur.
day last. The l,ss is estimated at 81, 600 ;
insurance, 81 600.
Samuel B. Phillip. who resides few
miles from Sllsbury, started Wednesday
week 20 attend to some work in the
iald, az dropped dead 100 yards from
| the house. He Was we'll to do farmer
He was 81 years old.
Now Easton WAITS to be a city like
| Cam bridge, with wards and city ooun-
| Gil and mayor and two policemen, and a
corner pear stand. Well, it must be- 30.
Srall boys are always anxious to get into
a long tailed coat CheStertoYn Transcript.
John R. Robinson, on Alexander g..
CUMMING farm in White Hall Neck,
Kent county, Del, will get $500 bushels
| of corn from AZ acres OF land, and Frank
CUMMING, on the farm adjoining, owned
by the same gentleman, gets from 30 to
IS bushels to the acre.-Delawarean.
R. H. Elissop, Mrs. Elisson and child
and Walter s. Lstherbury set out from
Middletown Tuesday week for Colo
| RADIO Springs, where they purpose spend
lug the winter. Mr.. Eliason goes to
Colorado in the hope OF receiving benefit
from the health-giving air of that region,
he having been sufferer tor nearly a
year with throat or lung Affection
| Middleton Transcript.
The Wicomico county commissioners
elected two years ago tried the plan of
| SoAACosibk VIZ oUuhhJ nhA ototC haAoo W
districts, having a collector for each dis
triot, but the plan does not seem to have
given satisfaction, and II ia thought the
present board will give the collection of
taxes of the sheriff, who has to bond in
the sum OF $50, 900 for the faithful per-
tormanoe of his duties.
William Williams and Aleck Clancy.
both colnred, quarreled at Ches,ertowu,
Nd, Saturday night, over eight cents,
which Williams had embezzled, and vii.
liams drew knife and stabbed CLANCY
in the left side, about two inches above
the heart, inhicting dangerous wound.
Williams afterwards concealed himself,
but was found and lodged i'll jail. He
| claims to have acted in self-detense
James H. Macy and George Knight had
corn husking match at Blackbird ata-
tion on Thursday. Mr.. Macy husked 102
bushel baskets OF ears by the watch in
seven hours, also tying up the fodder,
aud Mr.. K. 49, William MeCiain of
Thoroughtare Neck, had previously chal-
lenged him to husk for fun or a wager of
| $40, but he did not come to time. Mr..
| Macy now throws out q challenge to any
man in the State for huskipg match BY
the minute, hour or day.
Many of the poultry buyers are sick.
| They bought turkeys at Is cents and
shipped them to Philadelphia. On We'd
nesday Richardson & Robbins received
| kilograms from the commission merchants
| in Philadelphia asking them to buy
| much Of this same poultry. They
| answered one party and told him they
| would take so barrels at IL cents. Tuey
| soon received an answer that 70 barrels
had been shipped them, some of it being
| billed as low as 10 cents. This poultry
was fret unpsoked in their factory, since
| it had been packed at some of the depots
| Kirk Brown Touehton, who was born
| and raised in the vicinity OF Rising Sun,
| Md, and whose mother (Mrs. Ebenezer
| Festhermsn) lives near Nottingham, Pa ,
WAS drowned on November 8.h and found
| by two fisherman near Odem's Ferry on
| the Red river, near the state line of Texas
| aud Indian territory. A reward OF $3.50
| had been offered by his brother, Samuel
| Touchton, and the sheriff OF the county
| (Mr. Johnsop) also offered the same
amount. Over 300 persons were several
days hunting the body. When found 1t
was proven that no foul play had been
| done as everything was intact, each vest
| pocket contained $40 note and his
| watch was in his vest pocket and money
in his pants pockets.
Several pigeon shooting matches came
off at Appleton, Cecil county, Thursday
| afternoon. The first match was won by
| Ed. Garrett, the second by James Cress-
we'll, and the third by James Walker
| About l40 pigeons were let loose during
the afternoon, and good shots were made
| by Alonzo Scott, DR.. Tuft, Will Cess
we'll, James Gray, W. Warner, Harry
Garrett and John Wsid. There were also
two pigeon shooting matches at rs yards
range. The first was won by Oliver
Maxwell. JEFF Scott and Alex. Grow
acted as Judges. The second was won by
Michael Seminar; Madison Scott and
John Cresswell, judges. About SO per-
sons were in attendance.
| On Saturday week colored man, in
dealing at one Of our stores, found in
among his bundles when he got home, a
| package of candy which he did not buy.
He very properly carried it back, aud
the storekeeper was pleased to find that
he had in him an honest customer. He
felt he could trust him for anything, and
having occasion to go in the back room
shortly after, he left the man in the
front, but his return was quicker than
his "honest" friend expected, for the
latter was just il the act OF departing
| with ham in the placs of the pack age
of candy returned. 1t was case CT
| explanations without an arrest following.
Smyrna Times.
At Snow Hill on Friday morning, while
Freeman Lloyd, Mason & Dryden, phos
phate manufacturers, were moving into
their new brick building, one
of two boys who were helping
them threw a lighted match into
q keg which he supposed to be empty,
but which proved to be about half full OF
gunpoTder. An explosion immediately
took place which blew off one end OF The
roif and part Of one side Of the old
building. Oue of the boys was found il
an alley back OF the house. The Other
was blown out in front of the building
sSd, when discovered, his clothes were
in flsmea. He was thought to be fatally
buried.
A Baltimore American special says
relative to the bribery Of voters in Caro-
line county: at is admitted that at Least
10, 900 was used by both parties, which
il little over 90 SO for each voter in til,
county, or s1S SS for each of the 70(
doubtful" purchaseabe voters in tn,
county, The use of money on election
day, which has heretofore been prsc,icet
with degrees of secrecy, was at the las
election carried out in much the sam,
manner of public auction. The people