Daily Republican., 1885-01-08
DOWN N SUSSEX,
A FLYING VISIT TO GEOHGK.
Town, MILTON, LEWEs AAD
INDIAN kIvER n UNDRBD.

A eontiemAn 1unt reSuHnoo rom
. week's trip down In Sussex County
gives Georgetown the credit Of being
the liveliest, 20 ahead town In the
county, II not IN tho State. While
building Improvements seem 70 be at .
stand still In other towns, In George
town they are exceptionally brisk. Tho
houses which are being erected, many
|of them are Of the costly order. running
up ~ high a. 5000. They are
erected after the most approved style Of
interior with the latest and the best i'm
provemenn for heating and ventilation,
while the exteriors arc handsomely
painted and surrounded with spacious
porches, verandas, yards and lawns.
Mr.. Levin Lynch, who came some
years ago from Baltimore Hundred, has
erected one of these handsome resi-
dences.
One Of the things that has given
Georgetown such start In improve
ments IL the location OF the Treat manu-
manu- featuring Co., engaged In making
plaque ware, now NO popular all over
tho coun Try, also fruit baskets. George.
town for q county town WAS rather a
dull, slow, ploddihg place until this In
dustry WAS started. Connected with
the mandatory Is n store that sur
passes In surface room and In the
amount and variety Of its merchandise,
any store in tho State. not even except
ing the largest stores in Wilmington.
As GEORGETOWN is about sixteen miles
from every remote place in the county,
and from every place there Ia q direct
county road 70 ~. TO say nothing OF
railroads and stage, the patronage Of the
Treat store In very great III fact, II ID
the Wsnamaker & Brown establish
meut Of lower Delaware, and all day
long perfect stream oil, Sussex County
humanity Is moving to and fro from
| this business mart.
Another thing which has aided the
business impulse OF Georgetown Is the
removal of the Del, Md. & Va.
Railroad shops aud offices from Lewss
to that place. THIS, with the junction
Of the Georgetown and Frank ford Rail.
road. makes Georgetown . railroad
centre.
One OF the men TO whom Georgetow
is much Indebted for building improve
inents Ia the Rev. j. A. Is. Wilson, now
Presiding Elder Of Salisbury District,
Wilmington Conference, and who .
few years ago WAS minister In charSe
Of Asbury M. L. church, Wilmington.
Mr.. Wilson built quite large number
OF houses in Georgetown, but has sold
| the most, II not all Of them TO Rev.
I. r. Hammersley, n few years ago sta
| toned In Georgetown. speaking special
~ Of Georgetown Improvements, there
is none more striking than the Demo.
crat office. The second story com mprises
the business and composition room, and
the first story is given up Tor n mer.
chant tailoring store and lawyers
offices.
Charles w. McFee, just elected clerk
of the lower branch Of the Delaware
Legislature, Is Il lawyer connected with
| the Democrat, and has his Office on the
first floor. A face familiar in Will
| mington, but now clerk In the Eagle
Hotel In Georgetown, William Fell
proprietor, Is that of James Coyle, who
by his oblieing and accommodating
disposition makes himself popular witt
every body.
A short distance from Georgetown,
at q place called Stockley station, in
honor OF Governor Stockley, who for
many years was President OF the ID. N 4.
& Va. Railroad, then the Junction Il
Break ater Railroad, X. s. Johnsto on,
known ~ one of the leading nursery.
| men in the county. is building one Of
| the finest houses in the State.
Every station, no matter how small
It's commenc emeLt, gradually and soon
becomes Of cor siderable importance, as
they afford rt ady facilities for the ship
ment of grain, fruit. wood and other
+ roducts. This explains the decadence
of the marine trade CT towns located
upon rivers. In his rambles the
gentleman alluded TO flying visit to
the old townof
MILTON,
Located on Broadkiln Creek, Daviga
BILE for large sized schooners. Milton
WAS formerly one of the principal grain
slipping towns in the county, but since
the advent OF railroads, its glory in q
measure has departed.
Where 10,09 bushels of grain were
formerly shipped from Milton, 1000
would now MI the bill, but what Mil.
ton has lost in that respect II has
gained in others. Business has become
more varied and the town is gradually
gaining In Importance. One Of the
latest improvements Of the town is the
new hotel erected by L. j. Hart, and
OF which he il the good natured and
accommodating host. Mr.. Hart for
merly kept the Ponder House In Mil
ton, and had the reputation Of keeping
q first class hotel, q reputation which
has followed him to his own hotel.
Ship building in Milton is very duh at
the present time; in fact, there is none
doing and the ship have gone
to cutting wood.
A little over year ago two sons Of
David Lank, q shipbuilder Of Milton,
| ~ vs4R0 Ifaov uf ,n1. hat
the parents do not know whsther they
are dead or alivs. Ono of them, Cap
tain Edward Lank, was about 20 years
was aged about 81.
They had charge of the schooner
James Satterthwait, owned principally
by Ex-Governor Ponder and William
Prettyman, and came to the Walton,
Whann & Cos phosphate works in
this city, and took on cargo OF phos-
phate for Wilmington, North Carolina.
Another Milton man Was also on the
schooner, but his name is not reinem-
bered. They sailed from Wilmington,
DEL, about Christmas, and neither the
men nor the vessel have ever been
neard from since they were seen of
cape Hatteras in q Northeast gale.
Naturally, hope of seeing their sons
again has not died ont ia the parents
hearts, thinking probably the vessel
arifted TO sea, and may have been cast
upon some island and the lives OF those
on board spared. The elder brother,
captain of the vessel, left a young wife
and child, but the younger brother was
unmarried. The greatest of sympathy
is expresssd for the parents of the young
men, and the young wife and child of