Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-10-02

m, lying between brldgeNille au" [
seaford .aad containing 40 acres, was
,old last week for s., 900 to NJ. I.Fisher, ]
IF wyoming Del and a traet, near the I
station, Of ten acres, for 81 600.
The "hog cholera" ragingatsmyrna
i said by correspondent ofthe sen
tinelp TO he owing to plaster of Paris
being used in the "middlIngs" to give
The feed bulk and whiteness. Some
body ought to go for the miller.
The subscribers to the "ProhibitiOn-
istr are anxious to know what they
are TO have in exchange for their
money, now that the DAILY Conflict"
is defunct. It is reported they are to
have a New York Temperance sheet.
George Brown, colored, of New Cas-
tie county, for an attempt to commit
rape. was sentenced last week to one
years. imprisonment, to pay fine OF
5000 and costs, to stand one hour in
the pillory and to receive thirty lashes.
On the night of September OATH
thieves pried panel from the door
of. r. Hazards jewelry store, in
Bridgeville, entered and stole all his
stock of goods, including his tools and
several watches that he had in for re-
pair.
w. F. Kinder's omtbnildings, neae
Horsey's X Roads, were destroyed by
fire on Wednesday night Of last week,
together with all his farming utensils.
A pair of horses and a pair of mules
perished in the flames. The loss is
about 81 200.
Gypsy Girl, owned by Joseph . Lut'
ton. OF Newark, Del, was victorious
in the 2;45 race on Saturday, at the
Chester county agricultural fair at
West Chester. She was driven by
James A. Wilson, and won the last
heat in 2:4O}.
William Coates, of Bridgeville, died
Mt the residence of his son, w Coates,
on Sept. 2sd. He was the oldest per-
son in the ncighborhOOd, and would
have been 90 years old on October Sth.
He had lived under the administers
ton of every President, and was an ar
dent Democrat all his life. He was
until the last month able to attend to
outdoor pursuits.
2 Rev. E. E. White, Of CharlestOwn
| Cecil county, Md, has been appointed
5 TO fill the vacancy OH Smyrna Circuit
r occasioned by the elevation of Rev
! John France to the Presiding Elder
e shin of EastOn District. Mr. White
E Joined the Wilmington Conference in
1866. and has been a successful minis
J. ter. filling such appointments as Eel
ton, BrandywIne, Cherry HILL etc
He has no family but wife.
\ A great many hogs have died in thu
h vicinity of Smyrna from a contagious
= disease which the people call cholera
t No remedy has been discovered t.
+ cure the disease or prevent its spread
!. A great many poor families have los
: their only hog, which is of great con
sequence to them, as it furnishes foo'
in winter when they are unable to fine
work. Three farmers near Leipsic re
n port the loss Of from ten to twelve hog
each.
!, The following sales Of real estate il
7 the vicinity of Bridgeville were mad
{ last week at private sale: The farm
0 Mt Coverdale's X Roads of Mrs. 5. w
Rawlins, of 3O8 acres to e. w. Lawton
James Voss, ten acres to J. H. Van
denburg; Jacob Prettyman, house ant
T. lot in town to Elias E. Ward; n. n
t Cannon and Mitchell LaytOn's lots OF
f Market street to VIM. Fell, of George
I town; G. S. LaytOn's l23 acres to iona
s Lands; a tract of Mr.. Freyaradend
So acres, to Mr.. Byle, of Wyoming
: Del.
The army worm is playing havO
=. with the fodder and grass crops il
some parts of Sussex county. The.
. have destroyed an excellent crop o
. grass and a. large quantity Of fodde
belonging to Mr.. Wesley Rogers, nea
q Knowles Y Roads, and the farms 0
Q both Cyrus and Joseph Wilson hav
|, suffered considerably from their raw
Y ages. 1t is said that they literally de
# stroyed a whole stack of fodder be
longing TO one gentleman, and other
Y in the same neighbOrhOOd were com
y PEELED to dig trenches around thei
s stacks so that they could not get Il
e them. Mr.. Peter Rust, residing bOu
t three and a-half miles from George
town. is also bothered with them, ant
{ says when tying up fodder he ha
shaken a thousand worms off of on
/ bundle. NanticOke hundred is beini
: visited by them in great numbers
They seem to be travelling toward tn
southwest and leave devastation il
+, their path.-Sussex Journal.
!, At the Delmarvia evaporation, Mid
I dletown, operated by the Rev. A. N
\ Keigwin, they claim to have done tn,
biggest days work ever chron!cled OF
the Peninsula, as far as heard from
At this establishment four Williams
evapOratOrs are used, with a capacit!
! of 800 baskets of pared fruit per day o.
: 600 baskets of impaired fruit. On Mon
day, September slowing to the larg
quantities of peaches on hand, the ca
pacity of the evapOratOrs was not con
sidered, but every point strained t
work up all the fruit possible. AS
Q result of the days work SO2 baskets o
nenches were nared. opened and evan