Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-08-23

| II. Ross farm in B'lingbYoke, Trsppt
district, Talbot county, $50 acres fol
| Sc, 800
Twenty. five B lhenians came to Elktot
last week, to work at Mackal K Brstton'i
| cannery, which begun operations Thurs
day morning.
A party consisting of white and oolored
men, who had been drinking, met OIL
Loockerman street, Dover, Friday nigh
and got Into dispute. Several shots were
fired, but no one Injured.
Miss Hubbard, daughter OF Thoma.
Hubbard of the Dorchester Neck district
WAS killed Saturday afternoon by being
thrown from q carriage. She lived bu
Is minutes after the accident
A message sent from Milford to Cam
den, Del, at p. m. one day last week had
not reached its destination the following
morning at 7, and perhaps may sill b,
on the way.-Peainsular Ne,os and Aduer
| User.
Mrs. William Waid OF Cecil county
while on her way to the Wilmington mar
ket, Wednesday week WAS thrown from hel
| carriage by runaway horse. Her lef
forearm was broken, and she WAS con
siderably bruised.
II. T. Ashoraft of Smyrna, and his run
away bride, Miss Letherbury, will here
| after live in New Jersey town, where
the youthful husband will open drug
store. The two families are wisely max
| ing the best of the unexpected match.
William McKeever, of Rising Sun
Cecil county, for some time past OF un-
sound mind, attempted suicide on Friday
last by cutting his throat with a razor
He made sickening cash, but friends
reached him iu time to prevent his doing
himself fatal injuries.
The Conference Worker reports that 8
man who was forced TO quit the sale o.
strong drink on his lsud adjoining 8
camp meeting ground near Roxsnna,
Sussex county, fired large board tent on
the camp grounds, the flames spreading
| and destroying five other tents.
Several tents were entered Tuesday
| week by burglars at Woodlawn camp,
Cecil county. One WAS robbed of $50
| another $40 and another of $40. Rutter's
boarding tent WAS also robbed of various
articles. Warrants have been Issued fol-
the arrest Of the suspected parties.
A runaway horse at Centrevills this
week collided with another and shaft
of the carriage to which the runaway
| animal WAS attached ran into the nostril
of the other horse and came out at the
other side OF the head just below the eye
| The injured animal not only WAS not
killed, but he is expected to recover.
Work has practically ceased for a time
at the mills OF the Dean Wooden Company
| at Newark, pending alterations in 10000
| yards of Government cloth ma ie at the
mills. The company is in excellent finan
cial condition, and the workmen, having
long received high wages, will not seri.
ously feel short season of idleness.
Thursday afternoon, near Marydel, the
Jersey City freight train struck colorei
| girl who was on the tracks ipiurine
uer quite severely. The girl was supposed
| to BIS crazy, because when the train struck
her she had rope wrapped all around
| 49,, and it was believed she had heel
tied but ia some way managed to get
ioose.-Deaton American Unioa
The Seaford Enterprise says that can
vassers for General Directory of tn,
State of Delaware and the Eastern Shore
| after securing the promise OF from Is Il
| $40 each from su bscribers and advertiser
are now distributing paper bounc
volume of IT'S pages of which but ID ar,
devoted to Delaware. Several subscriber
have refused to take the volume.
ga poor lsboring man" writes thu
JOURNAL from Glasgow, this county, I,
say that farm hands are plenty in tba
| region, but farmers offer only rs cents pc
day instead of I'll .25 as reported recentll
N the JOURNAL He adds: "If the,
can get haIf-grown boy or chnckel
headed negro for rs cents they will Civ
him work If not they are ready to sa,
hands are scarce"
rogue named Daniel jackson brough
gang Of 80 Italian laborers to Eikton OF
Thursday last under promise of securing
them work on the Baltimore K Phila
delphia line. jackson left the men b,
the next train, as it was learned that h
had made no arrangement 10 secure then
work, but had received 81 from each ma
under promise of giving them employ
ment. He made $50 by the transaction
Miss Louisa Leroy, well known lad
of Milford, died in that place on Thurs
day week. She was of French extraction,
her ancestors having been large land
holders in San Domingo, during it
ownership by France. AT the time G
the revolution in that island, about til
beginning of the present century, he
grandfather, Gen. LeRoy, was in com
mande of the French forces. Del uouy
Democrat.
The largest "Stinger," or Skate Fish
ever caught in the Delaware bay, wa
taken on August LIST, by Mr.. John Male
in haul seine at Slaughter Beach. TIL
fish measured feet inches across tn
back, and 10 feet l inoh from end of nos
70 the tip of it's tail. They used larg
wood axe to kill the fish after it had bee
drawn to the sand. Its tail was arme
with three stingers, all in bunch, whic
is very unusual. Mr.. Male has cut tn
tail off. and is curing it, 80 as to have
cane made from it.-M,tord Chronicle.
At O'Clock on Saturday evening wee
our town WAS envelopsd in thick smok
like heavy fog, dense enough to shr
out the stars aud penetrating enough I
smart the eyes. 1t lasted for two or thre
hours, and led to much query where
came from. A damp, heavy air from til
bsy, th.t kept it near the surface of til
earth, indicated from where it came, an
we have since learned that it was til
, product, in smoke, OF 80 hay stacks o
, ST. Georges Island, near Leipsic, belou,
ing to Isaac Cowdright that had by son
meaus bsen fred in the afternoon
Smyrna Times.
= OF Milford's ship yards the Rsninsul,
, NeDs and advertiser says "Simpler
, Reville are building a 5O0-ton schoons
/ for ex Governor Hall. She is intende
, for the coal and lumber trade of Il
Atlantic coast, and will be commando
8 by Captain Truitt. Will b. ready Fl
launching about September 10th.
i soon NJ this one is completed another wi
lie put on the stocks at this yard, whit
> will ba built for the command OF CAPITA
JUhu Reville of this town. Abbott Il C
, and Abbott & Bro. have two vessels und
: presses of construction. One Of the
= will he ready 20 lsuuoh in October al
. will be owned by Milford parties
= a Snow Hill lawyer was taken in al
y done for several months ago in this ma
ner. He was engaged i'll preparii
? papers for client, who was transfers.
If all his property to his wife. After Il
& completion of the work, the client ask
d II it would now be- possible for credit
g to get anything at all ont of him. "N
1t penny SIR" was the reply. "CaI
any body get anything from me-" aga
ssked tae anxious client. similar l
ply was given, and the client rose to 8
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