Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-08-28
TIE PENINSULA.

~ lB Balu tnht tno pay hols OF ILtAL G
Co., Of Georgetown, amounts to $500 per
day.
Milford manufacturers are importing
Bohemikn and colored laborers to work |
in their factories.
Mrs. Flowers OF Milton, fell down |
stairs on Thursday evening and broke |
her neck, osusing instant death.
Paynter Frame of Sussex, the champion
water melon raiser Of the Peninsula,
planted 1900. hills of melons this season.
Cecil county pays cut $4,000 per year
for public printing; Kent, $4,000; Dor
chester, $500; Caroline, 5000; Somerset,
1857.
Henry Dodd Of Straits district, Dor
chester county, Md, was officially
adiudged insane yesterday week and will
be committed to an asylum.
tits only the female mosquito that bites,
but when man gets chance to belt one
with towel he's going to do it without
stopping to inquire as to its gender
Denton Union.
Captain David Dixon of Hillsborough,
Md, is dead. He was so years old, and
was we'll known in Talbot and Caroline
counties. He run sail boats from the
Choptank river and on the Chesapeake
all his life.
Mr.. Asa Jefferson of Milton, on Friday
week cut into the caves of his hoase,
where he had noticed swarm Of bees
had taken mp their abode for the past
year and took from them 81 pounds OF
the finest honey. He has boxed them of
aud proposes to let them go on In their
work.
A colorsd brakeman on the lower
division Of the D. NJ. & v. railroad was
mashed very badly at Georgetown while
coupling cars on Monday week. 1t Is said
that ak one.inch boards were broken by
his body while he was between the two
cars. This ia the third time that he has
met with such an accident.
Queenstown, q village Of $50 inhabi-
tants, has six liquor stores, and Baoohus
reigns without let or hindranoe. This
ia the only election district In Queen
Anne's county, where local option does
not prevail, and the district OF poorest
land, fewest industrial interest, most in.
ferior schools and least effective churches
in the entire county. Denton Onion.
Republican conventions TO select dele
gates to the First district congressional
convention OF Maryland were held in
Caroline and Talbot counties Tuesday.
The Caroline delegates are !: j. W.
Brown, George M. Stradley and D. ].
Zscharias the Talbot delegates are
Edward d. Thompson, j. A. NJ. Denny,
Edwin F. Jump and R. F. Walker. Both
sets of delegates favor the nomination OF
George NJ. Russum OF Caroline.
The question which is the better horse,
Young smuRgler, belonging to Mr.. J. W.
Hines OF Chestertown, or Cyclops, belong
ing to Mr.. E. B. Emory Of Queen Anne'e,
will probably be settled en- the 23d day
of next September, the first day of the
Kent county, Md, fair. The Kent County
Agricultural Association has decided to
offer a sweepstsks purse OF $500 to be
trctted for by these two. Cyclops has
record Of 2.27 Smuggler, 2.29..
The Democratic county executive COM
mittee met at Middletown on Thursday
last. Reports from the hundred commit
tees were received and were found very
encouraging. The political affairs Of the
party were reported as everywhere pros
porous, particularly as regards the sher-
| iffalty. Numbers of Republicans in 81.
Georges hundred are found to be opposed
|
deserted the fraudulent candidate
altogether. At the close of the meeting
Mr.. K. R, Cochran presented each mem
ber of the committee with a basket OF
delicious peaches.
The committee from the board of trus
tees awarded last week to Mr.. Robert j..
Belts Of Milton, the contract for erecting
the new house to be occupied by the
white male paupers. The building Is to
be two-stories, 63x25, with 20 or more
rooms. Mr.. Belts Is to find lumber and
to fully complete the house for 81 300.
contract was signed on Thursday to
have 1t done by the LIST Of November.
This honse will be followed by one for
the female poor. The levy court allowed
the trustees 60, 500 for building purposes.
SUSSEX Journal
Ruoch Moffstt met with an awful death
near Massey's, in Kent county, on Sun
day Last. He Was driving = colt to a
carriage, and on coming to a place where
ditch had been cut across the road and
meditating how TO cross 1t, the animal
gave sudden jump, pulling the carriage
into the ditch aud throwing Mr., Moffett
out His head was caught between two
spokes OF front wheel, and with every
effort of the horse to extricste the car
riase and turn of the wheel the mans
head was 80 terribly mRngled as to cause
his brains to ooze from almost every pore
When found he was dead, and the spokei
had to be cut to extricate him from biI
extraordinary position.
Charles Sidney, q negro Of 30, wa
lodged in jail at Cambridge on Saturday
About three weeks ago Sidney assaulted
his 13.yesr. old stepiaughter, near Lowe
Hunting Creek, Dorchester county, AMI
has since been lodging the officers. Tn
girl was returning in the evening to tn
house Of Jacob Charles, in whose famil.
she was servant, and was met by he
steptather, who was drunk. He a,
, tempted to detain her, but she ran of
He then put his dogs after her and sh
was overtaken and badly torn by tn
:. animals. The girl was kept in the wood
!, all night and terribly msltreAted. Th
a feeling in Dorchester, where the Grim
q was committed, is very bitter among th
u colored people and lynohing is talked o
i At Rlkton, Tuesday, Judge. Stun
j. drew the following jurors for the Septen
Il Der term Of court: Henry M. Patterson
L. T. Scarborough, W. 7. Richardson,
Il. Balderstou, William R. Cameron, job
NJ. Rawlings, Il. M. BATON, William Tosl
William H. simooe, Mark Msnlove, u
! J. W. Barnes, ]. G. Mccoy. Dani
!, Harvey, Stevenson Archer, ]. W. Tysoi
n R. G. Lewis, P. K. Barnes, &. @. Chan
y lee, W. o. Green, William Ward, W.
N Grosh, George H. Logan, ]. B. Passmor
i. Joseph Il. Steele, J. T. Hedrick, ]. '
> Davis, George T. King, Jacob h. Kirk,
= 8. Scarborough, William T. Bye, J. '
= Bell, A. Wetherill, D. A. Jones, Willis
T. Boulder, R. L. Thomas, Jr., Jol
Mauldin, R. B. Merritt, ]. W. Lindsey,
W. Simpers, P. A. RicArd, J. T. Rutt'
Rnhart Mspabbank I n paMrca Will,