Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-01-31
THE PENINSU ULA.

birth to four DEAD CAVES.
The second aunusl charity ball, given
at the Hotel Richardson, Dover, on Fri.
day evening, was attended by over l50
persons.
The marriage of Irving 3 Powell to
Lizzie Penuel drew large crowd to the
NJ. p Church, in Salisbury, Wednesday
evening week.
The schooner J.. s. Detwiler, from
Ph,ladelphis to Savannah, had her bow
port stove in while being towed to the
Breakw ater on Friday night, and sank in
40 feet OF water, of the buoy in tho
middle Of the day.
The dwelling house OF William spurry,
In st. Michael's, caught fire Thursday
morning. Mr.. Spurry fortunately hap
psned to he up az the time and discovered
tile fire before it had time to do serious
damage
Edward Coston's house, at Pooomoke
City, was burned Tuesday week The fur
n,ture WAS partly saved, in a damaged
condition. There WAS 81 500 insurance
on the dwelling in the home company
and $500 on the furniture in Cecil
company.
The New York, Philadelphia & Nor
folk Railroad Company's bridge to be
built over the Pocomoke at Pocomoke
City, it ia said, will be- but so feet wide,
while the Eastern Shore Steamboat Com
pany ia soon to run boat on the river
Sc feet wide.
The ioe houses at Perryville, which
DR. W. W. Virden filed ..have a
capacity of $1,000 tons, with facilities for
5000 tons additional stacked. He
| removed the surface snow by planning,
leaving clean ice 81 to 10 inches thick,
and Of admirable quality. The force
worked included 81 TO l13 men and 8
horses.
The Cecil Democrat says that Theodore
f. Armstrong and Edward r. Wilson of
Newark have purchased the Arnold's
Bar farm on the Elk river, in Ssssafras
Neck, containing 100 acres, from Henry
Rowan, for $4,000. This farm contains
one of the best ducking points on the Elk
river, and the purchasers intend to erect
buildings on it for the accommodation OF
Newark sportsmen.
The body Of Mrs. Ellen Banks, who
resided about six miles from Salisbury,
on the Wicomioo river, was found in the
river Thursday morning. 1t Ia supposed
she committed suicide, as no marks Of
violence were found upon her person.
She was daughter OF the late Isaac
Anderson, who died leaving a large for
tune. No cause ia assigned for the act.
She leaves family Of six children.
There is mau in Milford that owns
between seven and ten Thousand dollars
worth Of property, and whose bank ao
count seldom runs below $500, who is 80
| mean that he permitted the public to
take up subscription and purchase
| pair OF shoes for his own mother, who
| lives In his own home. We have au-
| thority for this item from one Of family
that contributed, and can vouoh fer Its
veraoity y.-Chronicie.
A Grew of white men shipped in
Baltimore on an oyster schooner com.
mandsd by John W. Todd, OF Danes
Quarter, Somerset county, mutinied
while off Fog point, Chesapeake bay a few
days since, and made Todd and his mate
put them ashore under thrests OF death.
| Todd sought aid of the Somerset county
authorities, but was sent to the United
| States officers at Crisfeld.
| Robert Cross, oolord, confined in jail at
Cambridge for larceny, made his escape
Saturday morning by climbing over the
open iron work through an aperture of
| about eight inches between the top of the
| grating and the wall while the outer door
| OF the jail WAS temporarily unfastened.
He was not missed till about half an hour
after his escape. None of the other
prisoners informed on him. He has not
been recaptured.
| The marriage early In the COM
ing spring Of prominent and
rising young member OF the Blkton
bar to a Delaware lady, is an
nounoed. We always did believe in the
annexation of Delaware to our grand old
commonwealth, and if it cannot be effected
by any other mesns, let our young men
marry her pretty girls and then we'll get
her. Well get them all, too, for all Del
aware girls ard pretty. We never saw a
homely one.-Cecil Wing.
From all the information we can gather
at this time there will be more than
1000 men employed in this vicinity all
next year, in the work of qusrrying,
grading and in the building of the great
bridge of the B. & o. railroad, over .he
Susquehanna at this point. The amoun,
of money that this large influx OIL
mechanics and laborers will necessarily
distribute will add largely to the trade
of our merchants and shopkeepers
generally, and give quite business
boom to our little ty.-Haure Republican
Alexander Cook, colored man, living
with John FARRELL, near Longs schoo
house on the public road leading from
this place to Hillsborough, fell dowr
stairs Sunday night week and broke hi.
| neck. He was in the habit OF going
down stairs during the night and smok
ing his pipe, and it is supposed he wai
in the aot of descending the stairs fol
this purpose, when he received the fsta
fall. Mr. FARRELL was aroused and OF
proceeding to the spot found the mai
dead. A ooronur's jury was deemed un
necessary. Union.
In the case OF Alfred Thomas, who wal
convicted Of two violations of the loca
option law and fined 5000 and costs, AM
, who, in default Of payment of the same
) has been confined in Easton jail sino
November Gath, the circuit court of Tai
, bot county, has ordered the sheriff I
discharge him from custody. II had beel
held by many persons that there was n
3 provision for the release Of otfenders a
the expiration Of so days, in case of com
mitment for non paym men: of fiue an
costs, but the court has in this instanc
decided otherwise.
I The Cambridge Democrat and News says
f, Captain Ivy Leonard OF Taylor's Islam
showed US this week jog with oyster
growing in the mouth of 1t. He oaugh
:. II off James Point, and 1t is as heavy q
. if there are more oysters inside. He als
has culling hammer with an oyster grow
l. ing through the eye where the handle wa
pulled out. He thinks, from the rust o
the hammer, that it has not been ove
board for more than year,yet the oystt
u WAS nearly large enough for s,lec
g showing that the growth of oysters
much more rapid that many suppose.
I At Cambridge the other day a gir
= whose father disapproved of her love
:, having arranged to go with the latter
: boat to Baltimore and be married, starte
- for the wharf. The suspicious fathe
: however, accompanied her, and the cai
= seemed hopeless, the boat having starie
from the wharf with the lover aboai
aud the sweetheart ashore. Suddenl
the girl made a rush for the moving bo
70 and the father made atter, but toe lat
A bold leap lai ded the determined gi
on the guards, whence che was pulled {
to the deck and the disoonsolate faith
y walked away.
= Petitions have been printed and a
- being numerously signed asking Il
= levy court to allow this town $500 p
70 year for the improvement OF the street
" lhp courts annual allowance now bell
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