Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-03-20
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Fresh shsd have appeared in Dover.
Navigation has been resumed at Port
Deposit.
Canvas back and red. head ducks are
plentiful on the lower Susquehsnna.
A government dredge is at work widen
ing the channel Of Elk river from Cedar
Point to ElktOn.
Barnes x Areher's sash factory, at Port |
Deposit. resumed work Tuesday. It |
employees about % men.
Shields & Darwin, B. 4. P. railroad
contractors near Blkton are putting two
large steam shovels at work.
The live stock and farming utensils of
George Veale of Brandywine hundred
were Tuesday sold by l.. W. Siidhsm
& Son. The cows ranged in price from
$50 to $50.
Some miscresnt placed cross-tie on
the Columbia \ Port Deposit railroad
track, near Buck mill ,on Monday nj hit.
1t was knocked of by a locomotive
without damage.
The fi,hermen of Port Deposit are
busily engaged repairing their nets aud
getting everything in ship shape for the
approaching fishing season, which looks
promising and will commerce about
april lst. -Baitimore Herald.
A. p. Riker, John A. F Kelley aud
John N. Riker, all of New York, have
been in town this week prospecting for
. suitable site for large canning estsb-
lishment, something similar to that Of
Richardson & Robbins, in Dover.-.>usWc
Journal
We received last week from DR.. J.
lack Taylor of Deals Island q larg-
king crab, which the doctor says is pro-
baby from two to five hundred years
old, He has been placed in vessel of
water and can be seen in the rear of this
Office Salisbury Adcsrhser.
Parties from Camden, New Jersey, are
creating quite al excitement in Bridge
vile, by claiming about one-hslf of that
topn. Their alaims are based on deeds
dated as tar back as lisa hey have
their lawyers with them and it .ooks 81
hough they mean business, Harrington
Enterprise.
On Thursday week party OF
spo-tsmen had some fun ia " buck
chase they started their chase at Cod
creek an ran dowu towards Rivertou,
where it is supposed the buck was raised
bat had escaped from it's owner. He was
caught and killed. The sport was
enjoyed SUSSEX Jounli
George p. whitaker, David 2. Davis
AMI Adam K. Masraw, arbitrator,
selected 10 settle ne award of damages
sustained by Henry s, Cuudon OF Ceuil
| county, by the passage OF the Baltimore
| X Ohio railroad through portion Of hi,
| tarm near Perry VILE OF the line of tue
Puilsdslphis extension, made an award
o. S4,575,
The Dover Dsilo1rean gives the follow
ing list OF negroes on the assessment list,
Ia Kent county Duck Creek, 100: Ken
ton, l25 Little Crsek, 81 East Dover
| 100 West Dover, II; North Murderkill
i South Hurierkill, IS Mispilliou AZ
Milford, IS; total, ia. 10 1872 ther,
we're over 500 negroes assessed, NOR
than half vi whom have not paid ia,
since and nave been returned ~ deliu
q1ents.
Tuesday week j. L, Wolcott, E:q., a
trustee, sold in front Of the court nous
the farm OF Jesse Jones, near Slaughter
| a4atio, Wet D,yar bnrj.l i.t-
ga $3.50 20 49, mr. 80 s95Sls'ln
scr. A. H. sama, ;,Os 9',, a. 80 20 - Ps
yietarso, a. as,ai,I. - p'aee, o"e
va Ssaas-s5 80 ~ H.oi u ueofs
rjIo,sis -, SUI To- N'S isui suo,se'
c5,nsr in Esn,oa S'ie9 al rotn
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Ian5 d w W. ~ ~ 49," Svtss OF %eoe
Dsr Acra -Il,gsy Seminal
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me ioltoWlug was iound eotked tish
80, ~ ~ ~ ' W,, pI'l.e On oapu ON
II ~ u sP'''''H i''ef' py 'SWs
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MOI IN or hlIth M"hhi,' March 3D. 1884.
. tT II ~, y. go .tHbVI oA poaiu u
Wann : " VIVA ,,'r,y,.,.-,,'i 81
ing a gale from y, ". on 4ltE. Bjnws
heavy until March ith then ceased, mad
heavy ice, Coaster came in for AarlO
Tup"eu on MAFeh o. Wind to WESTWARD
'a't'9 tI" ',, stc"aIu: boi!s NeWeoH
tsfs UiII ,,Il.s.a ia a., ne uHIyr
N,,rS Uf Ifrldyetou CnInherla15 co',r.,' n,
Jersey,
rba Oman Anr.-s ,Ja,io,,,i M.
C4utr4vtlle was orpspiz-5 Tn.s5s, J.
the election Of a. fniIo,1i,a 49,. =
lhohhs " heating, JOhu wilkinson
William J. Price, ". Kent sparks, Wood
lsud Z. Finley, John II Evans, Jouu "
Perry, J BENZ Brigh p II. F-ddemar
Jr Robert NJ, Price and George De- Rocl
bruno. The directors subsequentl
elected Thomas J. Heating, President
John Wilkinsop, Vice President Jam,
Wooters, ASHER. Tue whole capt,
stock, 37j COO, Ass been subscribed. I'll
largest gkhcller lie Captain John Wi
kinsun, who has lbs shares.
Educational m..tfpss are no,y hsi,
h.ld In an nat. AZ sn.s.x .orrt,, l.
Stat. Sup.r.1i.p5.pt y WIN. ~ ~.
hs assistant, Ii c CarpaDtsr. h.sstint
Nave b-su held this week al soxan,
Greenwood, Glendale and other plac.
AID reports from those localities iudioar
an increased interest on the part Of I'll
people il free schools. Crowds OF peopl