Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1883-12-27

| Or III building los at MORTON and two
new houses are going up and several
more projected.
George Austin, an elderly man, was
struck in the back by falling tree in
DR.. E. W. Humphreys woods, near
Salisbury, where he was outing timber
last Tuesday. de died the following
day.
Baltimore journalist, and Miss Bessie T.
Dashiell, daughter Of the Rev. EJaseus
F. Dashiell, D. c., rector of Christ P. L.
Church at St. Michaels, Nd. were married
in that church and by the father of the
bride Tuesday afternoon.
An elderly mulatto iDau named George
Norwood, residing near the Tent in
Thoroughfare Neck, died suddenly last
| week under circumstances that led 10 6
suspicion in the neighborhood of his
being poisoned. He and Mis- wife it is
stated got along badly because of her
associates Smyrna Times.
Alonzo Vane and John Reeves, two
young men OF Maryland, were driving
two horses across the Delaware & Chesa-
peake railroad track Monday week and
Cuulu hut DUO Oh tppIOhUhiDR lOl d
long old building that stands down the
track. The locomotive killed both horses,
but the men escaped unhurt. Reeves
was on his way to bs married at Dover.
Last Monday Henry Adams, employed
in the Adams mill, in the Marshy Hope
district, on the border between Kent and
Sussex counties, while cleaning snow
from the machinery was caught by a belt
and badly msngled, most of the flesh
being torn from one side of his body and
his left collar bone, lett ankle and two
ribs broken. He was very low at last
accounts.
Charles Il. Gibson some few years ago
secured some nice oyster land along the
HRatcliffe' shore, in Third Haven creek,
Talbot county. Last summer was year
he planted some 5000 bushels of oyster
plants, which cost him 10 cents per
bushel. He ia now selling his oyster
crop for rs cents per bushel, and the
purchaser takes them up at his own ex-
pense. He says oyster planting pays ;
and next year he intends to plant 1000
bushels in his grounds.
The contract has been given out, and
the railroad from Delmar to Cherrystone
creek, In Virginia, is to be completed in
six months. The road will run kfrom
Delmar west OF the Eastern Shore road to
Salisbury, Md, where it will cross the
Wioomioo river to Fruitland, cross the
Eastern Shore road, thence to Cosden,
where it will branch off for Pocomoke
City. The Eastern Shore road could not
be bought for what the officers OF the new
road thought it ought to be sold for, and
they have let the contract for building
their whole line. Cars will be running
on the road by July lst.-Dooer Sentinel
The Rev. 4. C. Atkins of Leipsio has
sued out writ of habeas corpus, and
had the papers served upon Mr.. and Mrs.
Jehu Reed, living near Frederick, for the
possession of his child. Atkins married
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Reed few
leaving the child, which Atkins, it Is
claimed, gave to Mrs. Reed. A short
time ago Mr.. Atkins ma rried again, and
now wants the child. The grandparents
will not give it up, hence tie action.
The hearing will not take place until
some time In January, when come devel-
opments are expected which will not be
pleasant to some parties.-Stdte Sentinel.
Tho most rapid. dealing on record took
place In town this week. A gentleman
traded a fine hound for heller. He then
| traded the heifer for set of harness.
| The harness man traded her for 8 watch,
giving $40 boot, and sold the watch for
| 1856. The watch man traded her for q
carriage pole. getting $3.50 boot. The
pole man traded her for watch and got
| 80 to boot. The remarkable thing was
| that none OF the dealers saw the heifer
| until the deals were made. II is esti-
mated that the dog owner made $3.50,
| the harness man IS; the watch man lost
80 and the pole man lost "a. The deal
ings took place in two days.-Salisbuvy
| advertiser.
The annual meeting of the Csntwell
mutual insurance company will be held
at Odessa on January 7th. Directors
will be elected to serve during the
ensuing year and premium of six per
cent on deposit notes of members will be
required. At a meeting held on Wednes
day the directors declared dividend of
six per cent. on balances standing to the
credit of members, payable on the day of
the annual meeting, and adopted the fol.
lowing resolution: "Resolved, that all
policy holders having wheat or oats
insured in granary can have said insur.
snoe extended to grain either il stack
yard or Darrack by increasing their
deposit notes two per cent. on the amount
at risk. "-Middtetor n Transcript.
The Rev. A. d, Davis, pastor of the
Denton Methodist Episcopal Church,
writes to The Day to explain his position
in the movement to get Postmaster
| Stevens out OF office, and to correct a
| statement which has bsen made in some
| papers. He says: "The item stating
| that the editor of the Union and myself
had weakened in our fight against the
postmaster OF this place and had joined
| in asking for his continuance in office ia
not correct. In the first place We sE5 not
engaged in any fight for or against Mr..
Stevens, but with others are of the opin-
ion that he ought either to mend some OF
his ways or go A special post Office
inspector was here last year to investi-
gate, and then warned him that he would
have to mend his ways. There
being no manifest improvement, a recent
investigation has resulted, as we under
stsnd, in report recommending his re-
moval, which receives the commentator
nd profanity. "-Baltimor Day.
Assistant Postmaster General Hatton
said Friday that action in the Denton
Md, post office osse had been held up fol
consideration. The report of the post
office inspector who investigated the mat
ter states that Postmaster Stevens was IL
the habit of selling liquor in a prohibi
ton county, negleoting the business o
the office, and using improper Language
to the patrons of the post office at Denton
On Thursday delegation, headed by
Robert J. Jump, called upon Mr.. Hattor
and urged the retention OF Postmaster
Stevens, and presented three petitions
signed by nearly 200 of the white anG
colored citizens of Caroline county, recon
mending that Mr.. Stevens be continue
in office. Among the siguers are R. J
W. Carey, W. Towers, G. W. Byrp
James Park, j. W. Kerr, the Rev. r a
Turf, the Rev. ]. D. Hall, William
Stewart, Emmett Downs, Captain z. Z
Hutchinson, Charles H. Pinkney, W. A
Horsey, c. Armistesd Williams, the
IL. j. Hutton and John W. Adams
Richardson & Robbins are putin. n
many kinds of fancy goods that call tor
very expensive Ingredients. The Frsnoh
trutfles used are imported expressly To-
them, small one pound can coJtiu :
about So. Everything is utilized. Taa
livers are put up in pstters, making {
very delicious dish. The gizzards ar,
collected by Samuel Mollison, coloret
man, who skins them and dries the skin
for patent medicine firm in Philadelphii
who pay him 80 cents per pound TO