Daily Republican., 1884-09-23

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Jumped up on the lower step and yelled. |.
me policemen suppressed him with dif.
ncuity, giving General Collis a chance
to Introduce Walker Blaine, who said
l simply came to bring q message
from my father Of thsnks for the cordial
reception you have given him. He ID
sure that you have been his friends In
Philadelphia 80 long that you will add
one more to the many obligations he
owes you, and permit him TO have q
nights rest after an arduOus DAYS In
Dor.
Ihe crowd had received their answer
at last. and unwillingly dispersed.
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q Good Faruper and Hotel Keeper.
The Dover Sentinel publishes the fol.
lowing In reference TO a well known
hotel man, who formely conducted the
Jefferson House at New Castle, and
who has many warm friends in this
vicinity Mr.. George A. Millington,
on y hrst-class hotel keeper but IL one
OF the neatest farmers we have. He has
owned the Jacob Hill farm, just East OF
Dover, less than two years, yet he has
improved II greatly In that time. He
.ss'' ss&o AAAcnt WIN RlbtO DOL VI LAIt0
ings In the county withoat being un.
necessarily expensive. His h orse. COW
and hay barn all under one roof, and
ara models. just south and east of these
Is q hennery fitted up In a complete
manner with glass on the sout side &C
as to give the hens the benefit Of the
sun In Winter, as Mr.. Millington does
not porpose to have his hens stop lay inq
n 4f w hav, IN N ha n
pig.pens are adjoining and west. They
open out in large apple orchard no al
TO give his hogs the full run of the or.
chard when posi- BILE. MIR. Miliingtou
has q silO between his horse and cattle
barns. 1t Is built of brick, entirely
under ground, and laid in cement. II
is water tight, and when fitted with the
board top completely air.tight. Mr..
Mi,lington has in his silo about 80 tons
Of cut fodder corn. He cut his corn and
let It wilt about day before he hauled
It into the silo. just on the edge Of the
silo stood q large cutting machine run
by twO-horse power. The fodder was
thrown from the wagon to the machine.
which cut it into pieces about q half.
inch long; these fell into the silo,
where, after being leveled down, q man
AS AoWh 80 sieAt 40 pOooI
This was repeated until the silo was
full, when the covering was put on
and weighed down with sand bags.
The cost Of this excellent food il less
than two dollars ton. Every farmer
ought to have silo, as when properly
built the pressed food with all its nutri.
ment il the same as In q green state,
and farmers can feed their stock In
Winter ~ really less cost than In Sum.
mer. Mr.. Millington raises all the veg.
vegetxbles,he uses on his own,tables, aud
has large quantities to dispose of besides.
In few years he will have one OF the
most improved farms in this locality.
superior Court.
A session of the Superior Court was
held on Monday afternoon, and about
an hour was spent In argument, on fix.
ing time for hearing the answer OF
the Diamond State Match Company to
the rule why a mandamhs should not
| their books and papers to d. NJ. Rich
ardson, a stock holder, residing in Dc.
| troit, Mich.
William G. Sprnance, ESQ, counsel
for Mr.. Richardson, said that az his
client and also his colleague lived In
Detroit, he was very anxious to have a
time fixed when the argument on the
rule would be heard. He would have
liked to had the case disposed of this
week, or next, and the Court finally
agreed to hear argument October 28th,
at Dover. The Match Company is repre-
scented by George Gray and Benjamin
Nields, Esqs
The McCaulley will case was then
taken up, the facts Of which are az fol
lows:
The late William McCanlley made q
will, In which he left all his property,
real and personal, in trust o Samue
w. and j. Augustus McCaulley, q Ger
cain part OF which was, without reser
walton, bequeatbed to the widow, bu
as 1t would have taken nearly all tn,
| remainder of the estate to pay tn,
claims, the other heirs applied to the
Orphans Court to have the widow al
lowed her dover, of the portion rem ..in
ing after the claims were settled.
The order was granted, and Charles
b. Lore, Esq, attorney far Mrs. Nc
Caullsy, appealed from the decision Of
the Orphans Court, and showed that q
past nuptial agreement had been made
between Mr.. and Mrs. McCaulley, In
which she waived all her rights to dow
er, and agreed tC accept any provision
lie might make for her In his will.
The case was argued for the otheI
heirs by X. G. Bradford and Anthony
Higgins, Esgs., who contendcd that thu
past nuptial agreement WAS not valid
and by Charles Is. Lore, Esq, for Mrs
McCaulley.
( Mr.. Lore cited number of authori
ties TO show that agreements of this ma
ture are legal and valid. The argu
ment was continued until q o'clock
W hen O recess was taken until z o. clock
at which time 1t was again resumed
and continued about two hours.
The Court decided to hold the mat
ter under advisement, and give the de
cision al the regular term in Dover
next month. The Superior Court wa
then adjourned until Monday, NoveDl
Der 18th