Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-03-06
THE PEHINS UL4.

for woolen compsny, which they pro-
pose fol ming at an early date
The Milford Press announces that
Jacob Moore,E q , took ont au endowment
p 10y foI tie benefit of his wife, for
$1,000, Is years ago aud that Mrs, Moore
received last week from the insurance
company a c,eck for thst sum.
Tolche4tsr excursion and summer re-
sort embracing 20 acre has bseu pur-
chas b. the loiohesttf company at
cost ot 1000 The papers of transfer
were being prepared when Mr.. ].
Ambrewster died, in last January, and
his heirs have since hiP death carried ont
tbs design by sale at the price above
named.
The directors of the Dover Glass Works
Company have purchased five acres Of
land adjoining the fair grounds, OF David
Harrington and T. o Culbreth, on which
thay propose to immediately commence
building their works. They selected the
site at that place because of the cheap
Meas of the ground and because there is
switch on the railroad at that place.
| DeiGUdreun.
J. ]. Driscol, foreman for the Mshsttsp
Dredging Company, who went to Cecil
county In charge OF the steam excavator,
to operate on the new B. & o, railroad
some two or three weeks ago, was taken
| i'll few days age aud lost his mind
The affection ia thorght to have been
brought on by excitement aud troubles
in his business affairs.
The fret shad OF tao season was caught
in Wicomicu river last Tuesday morning,
by Mr. Massey ROhsrts William p
Riier, E-q Of tue WaahiH, ton Hotel Of
this town, Who la evrr % the look lu' for
something good fr pia 81 5ts, purchased
tb" ash for oua dollsr, which ia psyips
pretty well for 3 singls shsd --Somsrss
Herald.
II wasreI or'ed at Crumptop, Md, Tues
terday hat farmer 10 the nsighbor Aood
OF Millingtop, who was b ii ven to have
committed incest with hi' Own daughter
was waited upon ou saturiay night by
party Of iuoelsei aud half Intoxicated
men who left him, az Byron puts it, sol
no sex at all" surgeon had bsst
called in, who,it is understood, enteftsin
hopeE of saving the eunuch'a life.
Il. W. Vlok II, Etq , executor of th,
late Thomas Rlwlsy, the young lawye
who died suddsnly in Chest.rtOwn ahou
six months ago. has accepted compro
mise from the New York Life Insurauu
Company for 81 500 insurance o. Row
ley's life Deceased was insured fo
10000, but tue company declined pay
meut on tbs gtonld that d ath probAbl,
reHulted from eui ,ids - CheaertoWn Tran
script
Hod T BigS5, w!p .rows 'ruit ex
| taY f,, ii . t,s
county. ia th" vicirity o, Milingtou
vsit,d his otrL sid short tine ago an
made careful examination both in thi
and K+Nt comfy Major Bigga state
that the iruit Ia his orchards IN thi
? county not in the l,att hurt, b1t in hi
0 orchard in aar ,ss the river in Kan
county, the iruit il very much damaged
-CenreclHs Rtcnd,
= The SUSSEX Journal rep)r's that X
F, Roscb, livins near Gsoreeto wn, attempte
+ suicide Wednesday week He had bee
very gloomy FIR day or two and o
/, Wednesday climbed over the we'll cur
t and was just about ready to let go an
e take the fatal plunge when his wife di
& covered him in his perilous situation
= Mrs, Roach gave a scream and ran to III
n we'll, taking hold of his hands and e,
o rting all her strenth to prevent his fsl
n ing into the water. Her screams attraote
L the attention of some nsighbors, wi
came to her assistance Ths would |
=. suicide was still swinging in the mou,
d OF the we'll with his wifi holding on
d hands when the neighbors arrived The
g Immediately set about the task of pullin
l. him ont, which was no easy matter
. Mr.. R0soh weighs from 225 to $50 pouni
n During tue storm OF Thursday night,
l5 buckeye loaded with oysters, which ha
y lost it, forasail, pnt into Kent Point f
'r harbor. On Friday a flock of swan wei
81 feeding near the shoe, a2d the capita
% desiring 10 securs sh Il went sshor
q and after al unsucaessful att. mpt r
s. turned to the b at, When he reach.
81 the side Of the buckeye, he called to
ie oolore1 boy about l9 years Of age, TO tai
q his gum in. The boy took the gun al
drew it in with the muz2le toward hir
D. and in doing 30 the gun was discharge
10 ,hs load entering the right side of Il
5, boy, boring hole the sizs Of silv
81 dollar. H. was about 7 o'clock in h
% evening when the accident happened, AL
az ths boy suffered until II O'Clock, VIII,
ID death relieved him. His remains we
IN Inferred on the Shore CentreUiHe G
" serper.
-, The effort to have the courts take
y = hand in determining what route the
=, o, railroad shall take in uilding its ne
- line to Philadelphia through Cecil coun
s not confined to the temporary injun
tion obtained by Messrs. Cochran
g. AbrGhsms of Baltimore to prevent Il
of road from running through their land
Il. On Saturday week Messrs. Jones al
1e Haines, counsel for the Mccullough Ir
n Company, large aud wealthy oorpOr
ia tion having mills at North East, Ro
II. landvills and other places
n. Cecil county, and in Wilmingto
a. Del, obtained an injunction
r. the court at Elkton restraint
r. the railroad company from erecting II
an bridge across the Great North East ore,
an where the line of their road crosses tn
IT stream, about mile above the iron cci
IL pany's works at the village of Nor
East. The railroad company obtained
deed for the right OF way some time Ia
fall, iu which it was specified that Il
bridge should cross the stream up,
Of three arches OF so feet upon. The ra
of road company, it is alleged, propose
erect another kind Of bridge and dimini
IN the distance hetwaen the pisrs. greatly