Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-30
THE PENINSULA.

j. b. Brown, for three years past mayor
of Cambridge, has resigned the office.
The Snow Hill Messenger appeared in a
handsome dress of new type on Saturday.
The life saving stations along the Della
ware coast will be closed the LIST of May
until next fall.
Grading work on the b. u b. railroad
in the vicinity of Cowantown, Md, is
expected to be finished next week.
Vincent & Rider of Salisbury have sold
their WicOmice Record to n company of
which l.. s. Bell is editor and manager.
A FELTON, correspondent says TINT about
a half-million strawberry plants have been
planted near that town during the last few
days.
Mr.. Joseph Virden, boss carpenter in
the D., NJ. Il " machine shops Mt George
town had two of the fingers of his left
hand badly mashed on Tuesday week.
The grand jurors of Milford hundred
have given notice that all barber shops,
tobacco and confectionery stores, and ice
cream saloons, must be closed ON sundays.
The farmers around Georgetown ARE SO
busy with their farm work that they can
not get time 10 haul wood to market,
hence the great scarity OF that commodity.
The Dover water works are to be in
creased by the sinking of I'M additional
well, 279 feet deep, 20 feet in diameter,
with an S-inch wall laid in cement, and
to cost about $4,000. a..
Mrs. Josiah Simpler, of near Springfield
Cross Roads, Sussex county, died sud.
denly Tuesday week. She was stopping
over flour barrel taking out flour when
she fell and died IN few minutes.
Captain William Eskridge and Samuel
Bacon of Bethel, Sussex county. will sail
for Frontero, Mexico. next week, win
Havana, Cuba. in order 10 get possession
of schooner Clara Goodman 1T present
detained there.
The Dover Brick Manufacturing Com.
pnny, Incorporated ut the recent session
of the Legislature, organized last week
| and will go to work MS soon ms the
necessary machinery can he put in
! position with capacity of 10000 bricks
| per day.
A correspondent of the Cambridge
GhrOhicte snys the mail route between
Milton, Drnwbridge and Glendale has
been awarded to David Lynch at II salary
of SO cents day. He must keep three
head of horses, and has all the revenue
derived from the freight, express and
passenger traffic.
On Saturday week two prisoners in the
Georgetown jnil, Jacob Cirwithin, under
sentence of three months imprisonment
for assault and battery, and Joseph Level,
awaiting trial for larceny, both colored,
were i'll the back yard when the turnkey
unlocked the back door and threw in
some wood from the outside. The
prisonersseeing their opportunity, jumped
upon him and while one choked him
| severely the other took the KEYS from his
pocket and unlocking the back door of
the yard, both made their escape. Cir
| within was retaken within short
| distance from town but only after sharp
resistance. Level made somewhat longer
run but in less than two hours both were
securely ironed in their cells, regretting
their unsuccessful attempt.
Darius NJ. Howell, popular and we'll
TODD young farmer of Dorchester county
died at his farm, Linden on the
Choptank river, about two miles above
Cambridge Saturday afternoon. About
two weeks ago Mr.. Howell injured the
index finger of his right hand in drill
while seeding oats. The wound was an
parently healing, but on Sunday last
symptoms of lockjaw appeared, which
afterwards fully developed and resulted
in death. The deceased came to Dor
chester county about three years ago. He
was son of 2. @. Howell, senior mem
Der of the firm of Howell Bros, wall
paper dealers, of Philadelphia, and was
also interested in branch of the firm in
Baltimore. He was 81 wears old and
leaves widow and Eve children.