Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-11-30
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A charcoal burner from Sussex
County recently stopped at o Milford
hotel and ate SO heartily rs 70 amuse
his fellows at table. It Is said by one
who counted, that he drank eight cups
of coffee, and ate thirty-two buckwheat
cakes and n yard and bali OF sausage.
DIR. @. FL. Richards, on Friday last
put up, at the Sussex County Aims
House, quite n collection of pictures in
tbs rooms occupied by the poor in.
mates. Many OF tue pictures wera
attractive-suitabls tor home dec
Grafton.
HardcastIe q Jones, o: Smyrna, on
Saturday OF last week, shipped . barrel
Of poultry 70 Memphis, Tennessee. This
is the hrst barrel of poultry ever ship
ped TO this Southern city from Kent
county. IL vas ordered by q. Il. Gal
ioway s. Co, proprietors OF the Peabody
! Hotel.
/ John T. Hayes raised 1,240 bushels
OF corn on eighteen acrss of j j. Lock
woods farm, near Middletown, thls
year, or IN average of $50 bushels per
acre.
Reports OF Numerous burglarIes
throughout the State, and mora fte-
qaently in the adjoining counties OF
Maryland, lead many To believe that
4" Bob " Allen. D noted thief, who es-
capped from Dover jail sometime ago, Is
at work again.
| Constable Locates, of Seaford, seized
the horse and wagon belonging TO the
Imail carrier betw cen Seaford and Con
cord for debt one day this week. The
route, which used to pay Sl.25 per day /,
was taken By the present carrier for
! 6S coats, anu II is thought that the
carrier's inability 10 mess expenses AZ
that small amount was what led 20 his
failure.
The Laurel Gazette Is Informed that
, on DIR. Ellegood's farm near Concord,
Sussex county, one.fourth Of an acre
yielded l60 baskets Of turnips, OF which
, eleven filled basket and weighed 81
POUNDS. s8@
A little hey named Dukes, aged
about %, who was confined in Denton
!, iail for a felonious assault upon a
little girl near his own age, escaped
from Jail Monday night Of last week
: ana lett for parts unknown. He made
hiB exit by tbs small vickets in the
: cell door, in siza about eight by sight
. Iinches, having tirst divested himself OF
h.s clothing. IL Is thought the youth
/ lful Don Juan has fed into Delaware,
AT smyrna last week, pretty cour-
! try girl aud her lover, who had CONT
TO town TO geo the water works, wert
IpromenadinR the principal street
, when bundle OF fodder fell ~ th'
heels Of the yoang lady. Shs coloret
slightly and kicked the bundle into tn,
. gutter. II was her hastily improviset
hustle.
Capt George z. Hudson, Of Phiiads D
- phia, was in Georgetown this weel
> ltrying 10 interest the c!tizess In ;
steamboat 10 ply between Milton ant
Philadelphia. Parties in Milton ha'
o subscribed literally 10 the stock, an,
the captain also received constderabl
encouragement Ii Georgetown. Th
q proposed steamer will be about ITO fee
oDS.
) John Ailston, living beyond Ker ton
say lie Iaieed 6C3 bushels Ot corn fror
nine acres OF ground, that some ear
e conta !. 800 gains. and that NOR
than quart Of corn has been taken 81
i one OBJ, aud tbat quite Is number OF ear
nleasured six cen inches IN length. Nj
Allstun says this Is a now variety {
~ corn and that he has orders rcr noT
than :. hundred bushes .or seed pui
q poses alitady lie claEges 80 cg"ts rt
lbusAei for H.