Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-04-17
THE PES{NS UL4.


Eleven building lots, about 40x1GO feet
were sold in Centreyille Wednesday week, for
81, J6S 80.
The estate OF Sarah Smallwood, deceased
OF Elkton, is being distributed among the
heirs by the orphans court.
Services were held for the first time on
Sunday week in the First Catholic Church OF
Cambridge, which has just becn built there.
Extensive stone quarries on the farm OF
William O.. Henderson, Fourth district of
Cecil county, have been opened up by the b,
" .. Railroad Company.
At Port Deposit yesterday morning young
negro named George Cooper was found in II
stable loft connected with Mlller's Hotel in a
completely nude and sadly demented condl.
ton. He was sent to the almshouse.
Dorchester county Republicans are largely
IN favor Of Blaine. but fears are expressed
that Cresswell will manipulate the county
delegation to the state convention in favor OF
| the Stalwart interests, AZ he did four years
| ago.
The following appointments for Talbot
| county have been made Collector OF State
and County Taxes, Charles Il. wooters :;
| Trustees of the Almshouse, |. Il. Bennett,
James Cox, Solomon Hopkins, Charles
Rgby and Edward N. Lomax Keeper OF
Standarn Weights and Measures, Patrick
McNichols; Director Of Dover Bridge. A. A.
Pascault Collector of Town Taxes, Harry j.
Hopkins. sa.
| majority OF the Dorchester delegates
| favor Blaine.
shad are selling at from $37 to $40, and
herring at from u to $l,25 per hundred
at Hsvre de Grace.
A subscription list has been opened at
Easton, Md, to raise III 900 to sink an
srtesian we'll for tn. use Of the town.
The oa:ch of chad and herring ON the
Susquehana aud the hesdwa,ers of the
Chesapeake bay continues very light.
Isaac Williams, an old resident and
we'll to do farmer OF Delmsr, WAS buried
last week at that place. He died of con
sumption.
perryville on the Cecil side of the sus
quehana, opposite Hsvre de Grace, has
bsen laid of into streets and is waiting
an improvement boom
James DOugherty, a blacksmith, aged
90 years end unmarried, WAS found dead
in bed Sunday morning at Battle swamp,
near Port Deposit. He had been on a
spree.
A slight fire occurred In q boarding
house., corner of Eighth aud West streets,
occupied by Mrs. Ksene, Sunday morn
ing. 1t was extinguished without
damaging anything.
The Smyrna Times says that Richard.
son Il Ro bins OF Dover, have 30 many
orders ahead that they will be compelled
to run large force until 8 p. IN. for
months.
The corner stone Of Christ Protestant
Episcopal Church, Cambridge, was laid
Sunday afternoon. The Right Rev. Henry
Henry c. Lay, bishop of the diocese con.
Quoted the services, assisted by the Rev.
DR. Barber, rector Of Christ Church and
the Rev. Mr.. Greene.
The New York, Philadelphia Il Norfolk
railroad, being the extension of the Dsla
ware railroad to Cherrystone, adopts the
Pennsylvania railroad q system Of govern
ment to-day. Three mammoth trsnspor,
steamers are building 10 transfer cars
from Cherrystone to Norfolk.
The sale of Chicago dressed beef In this
city has been abandoned on account Of
the very limited patronage the firms
handling 1t received. There we're some
complaints OF the Chicago meats here, on
the ground that the curing Tor trsnspor.
tation had extracted its nutritiye
qualities.
The grand jury of Caroline comfy has
found 10 or IL indictments for violations
OF the liquor prohibition law. The com.
plications growing ont OF the division OF
Denton district, where prohibition for
merly prevailed, led to the suppostior
that applications for license to sell liquor
in the new district would be made to the
grand jury, as under decision OF the
courts the original law does not now pre-
vail there, but no such applications have
been made. A barber in Denton has
been indicted for shaving on Sunday
baltimore Sun.
The court in Caroline county, Judge
Stump, has decided all three Of the cases
In favor of the county commissioners fol
fees OF experts in the Beach amp and Mar.
garet Nichols, oolored, poisoning cases
In the Beachamp case Drs. idsborough
and Downs sued for pay as expert wit.
nesses. The court decided that as they
had made no demand before testifyinQ
they could not MAINTAIN a suit on an i'm.
piled promise of the county commits.
sioners to pay them. Judge Stump ex-
pressed his opinion as being that II the
witnesses had demanded II the court
would not have compelled them to testify
unless they we're paid as experts. The
judge held that as to matter OF fact any
one within jurisdiction of the court could
be compelled to testify, but not IS to
matters Of opinion.-Baitimors Sun.