Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-01-10
THE PERINS UL1.

recently shipped to New York II dressed
turkeys that weighed 275 pounds.
The steamer Tangier ID frozen up in
the ice at Snow Hill, Md, aud will re-
main there until the ice breaks away.
ia bill has been introduced in Congress
which appropIiates 81 100000 towards
thu construction OF the Maryland and
Delaware ship canal.
A Baltimore Day special from Esston,
Md, reports the b1rning Of large Two.
story double dwellidg on Charles 4. Shan
nalian's farm insured.
Tbe schooner Rodney Parker cut
through the ice and sank in the Della
ware bay near Lewea, Monday evening,
The bay ia full OF heavy ics.
There is snow enough at Salisbury to
make good sleighiug. The thermometer
registered 5 degrees below zero there
Monday morning. The Wicomico river is
frozen up and navigation is entirely
suspended.
The cold snap has put stop to the
oyster business OF Oxford. Nearly all the
scrspe and tong boats are frozen in the ICE
in Town creek. The Third Haven and
Choptsnk rivers are entirely frozen over.
No serious disasters or loss Of lite have
| occurred.
Governor Hamilton Thursday appointed
Jesse R. Whestly justice OF the peace FOL
the First election district of Dorchester
county, vice William H. Williams, fe
| moved from the county, and George Il
Birmie, notary public, at Taneytown
| Carroll county.
n - -,
| Del, has purchased OF the heirs of the
late Nicholas f. johnson, 70 acres of III,
| farm on which he resided at the time o
| his death, situated in the upper neck, {
few miles west of town. The price paic
was about 81, 500.--Etkton Whig,
Peter 0'Neil, usually peaceable ole
| man, while intoxicated on Thursdsy
drew knife and inflicted some two o.
three slight wounds in the neck Of Mrs
Richard Gibbons, residing near Centre
vile, Md. The cutting grew out of I
quarrel over dog that o'Neii had givei
Mrs. Gibbons. - Baltimore Sun.
In the cases of the captured pirstica
oyster dredsers, on trial at Acoomscl
court house, Captain Henry A. Thoma
nas already been given two trials al,
l
Thomas brother was tried ana acquitted
ON the ground that he ia minor. Tn
other prisoners are yet to be tried.
A gentleman named Johnson, residin
short distance from Salisbury wa
found dead before the fireplace in his be
room on Thursday last. He lived slont
and no one knows how long he had bse
dead when found Heart disease is SUP
posed to have been the cause OF mis- destt
He left considerable property = Baitimoi
Sun,
The long winded ohancery suit of Bal
jamin Burton VS.. George W. WilliI
which was begun in 1871, and for til
hearing of which as chancellor ad litei
the Legislature granted Edward Rjdgely
Esq, Of Dover, special compensation
was decided on Wsdne cay, by the cont
OF errors and appeals, in favor of IL
plaintiff. .
, The dwelling house on the farm know
as McKeels' Point, in Dorchester count!
, wsg entirely destroyed by fire on Sunda
forenoon. The farm was lately owned \
, William j, Jones of Baltimore city, bI
more recently was sold to K. "
! Lecompte, as attorney for the estate
Caleb Shepherd, The loss will amour
/ to st least 81, 900, upon which there is 1
. insurance.
railroad switch was maiiciously mi
placed and the lock thrown away Mo-
day night at Bucks Siding in the low,
part of Port Deposit yard, by some III
known person. Engine 2l5 Of freigl
| train leaving Perryville at 5.15 q. L
? was the first to reach the mlsplae.
switch and went off tho track, carryir
the train with it, aud very nearly goi,
= into the Susquehanna river before
l could bs stol ped.
. A schooner is lying of Long Poin
o Crest Cboptark river, cspsized al
irozsn ia the ics Her yswlboat ia Ma
8 fast to her stern post. she is suppose
. to BE- the scrapeboat, Two Brothers, Ca
I. ssin John Jones master, who, with thr
or four men, left Oxford Sunday abo
3 noon for Harris creek. No doubt 81
cspsized in the gale On her sey down u
8 river, and they are probably browne
4 nom the fact of her yawlboat being st
with her baltimore Sun.
The tongmsn OF Queen Anne's count
have held recently TWO meetings with d
object OF nemorsilizing the legislature
1
meeting committee was appointed
d draft petition to be presented to Il
- Legislature, and the second nesting W
> merely to adopt it. The petition 3,
,, forth several amendments to the prAse
y y oyster Law. Among the changes is q
:, vision that no summer planting
u allowed throughout tie state,
y On Thursday Of Christmas week, VI
70 Governor Stoekiey, in aecordsn wi
her usual custom, entertained the oh
AZ dren from the country around Oak Ha
u the country seat of the governor. ABB
40 Juveniles were present and enjoy
i the Injuries which were provided
= them in the most liberal manner. At
" tull justice had been done to the 60
: things, music vas furnished, games V,
=, INDUCED in, and tho little ones depart
ID highly delighted --Deia,gare Democrat,
!" Littleton R Purnell, a retired luml
merchant and one Of the leading citi2-
of WOrcsstsr county, died At Suo~ Iii
~ on Saturday, aged IS years He was ,
-, con of Willism Underhill and Eteal
81 Horsey (Robins) Purnell, and brother
II DR.. J. b. R. puruell aud George
~ Purnell, q well known member of
&c Worcester county bar. On both sides
u his family he was decoHded from
y earliest settlers Of the country. One of
~ ancestors, Thomas Purnsll, came fr
70 Bsckley, Northamptopshire, England, "a
s4ttled on an estate called Clarified, -
Worcester county. Another ancestor '
Obedience Robins, alaO from eortlar
tonshire, who settled with his brot
l. George on the James river, in Virgin
~ in 1921. He afterwards removed
ut NorthamptoDshire county, Va, and
e. grandson Thomas settled IL Worces
IN county, Md, at the close Of the sew
IL teenth century. Littletop R. Purnsll =
"a for several years chairman OF the Del
d cratic state central committee
III Worcester county being the predeces
NJ in that office OF Senator Bishop.
The George P. Whitaker iron 90
lor pauy is about completing forge at Pl
Il. cipio furnace for the purpose OF manu-
De turing the product of its pig iron furn
II; into bloCms, to be shipped to VIII
r. ing, West Virginia, and made into 81
III, iron at the company's extensive wo
5 there. The forge is fitted with IL ft
L. fires, with capacity of turning ont
tons OF blooms per week, and will emp
LOG SO workmen. 1t is furnished with '
-he berham engine of As horse pow
ur- Baker rotary blower and Will
ham rotary pump, Benz
rst steam hammer, with 1900 pound
me and 10000 pound anvil. The bei
that supply the steam, two In numl
% feet long and "a inches in diane
The heat from the forge fires is util
md to generate the steam. The entire
gho provement has been constructed III