Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-11-10
ReHlnsuaa POiues

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II amilton, who has been stationed at
Lewes during the past two years, has
been ordered TO Savannah, to take com.
mand of the Boutwell,.
Mr.. Mccullough, one of the stock
holders of the Hotel Henlopen, Reno
both, says the house was run last
season 1t loss of e1 800, and that 1t
will probably be put In the market as
soon as the meeting Of the stock olders
eau no had. 1t paid about $500 the
Il rst year IL was run and has been losing
ever since.
While 8. s. Herr, of Pleasant Grove,
was putting ont decoys on the Sutque
hanna river few days since, q large
gray eagle swooppd down with the in
teption of seizing one of the live ducks
he had placed among the decoye, but
Herr was too quick for him and gave
the marauder from the skies a load OF
ebot, which ended the career of this
hold bucaneei of the fea'hered king
dom. The eagle measured "a feet from
tip to tip.
A Lewes lady had pet parrot which
used to initiate everything 1t heard.
There were some young ladies and gen
tlemen called to see the laxative bird
one evening last week, when 1t shrek.
ID out the language which the lady 4
husband used when his wife came u
ted with cold feet. The parrot can
now be seen on the mantel filled with
saw dust.
The brig Mary Milligan that was
sunk near Collins Beach twenty-five
years ago has remained there since
| uudisturbed until the present time
The rule of late years for sunken Graf
liz that they rnnst bs removed rs sOoI
after az practicable. The Mary Mill
gan has been having attention during
| the past week or two. among the othe
things taken from her hold being abou
100 tons of coal, as bright aud good ap
psrenLly AZ when sunk nearly quartz
OF a century ago. 1t was drawn al
from the bottom by a very strong sue
ton machine.
The Baltimore American says tn
sweet potato growing propensity OF tn
soil OF Accomao County, Va, was for
chilly illustrated at the Eastern shor
Steam boat Company's wharf on Tues
day last. A barrel shipped by X. A
Boggs, from Bogg's wharf, Pupgo
league creek, WAS implied. The pota
toes were counted by T. L. Norton
i Geo rye II. LeCato and L. Is. Norton
4 and thirty-three were found TO I'LL th
barrel, aud piled IL up on top. Th
average size was from five 70 eiEh
Inches in diameter.
Il Soft-crab Joe Fisher struck the It'd
at lite flood on Wednesday night az
caught in Loves Greek, Sussex County
about 80 bushels or near 600 pound
lof black perch, the finest we have eve
seen anywhere. Some OF them wei
large size, while few were small. JIG
. had them carted into town before day
i In mi n.,I ao1A 81
whole catch to Joseph ID. Truxton Il
! about % cents pound. Truxton wi
. net clean profit of over 800, an
"sott crab" Fisher was IN luck. tt
, | sh were netted in a small haul sell
: and was the work of only a few mi
/, utes.
Il Captain Diapers dredge has be-
bringing up some good sized ston
from the bottom of the st. Jones Rive
nes.r the wharf, where 1t is now wor
: ling, and Chief Jnstice COmegys ac'
dentally discovering this fact, has 9
u cured one of the largest, which he pr
noses to place upon the grave OF CBs
K ,dney, one of Delaware's signers
. the Deolarat OF Independence, who
!, unmarked grave on the old Cowg
!. Farm In Jones Neck, lisa disgrace
the State, with whose early history
:, lis prominently Unidentified.
= William j. Wright, ap old reside
/ lof Cambridge, Md, WAS stricken gu
luenly blind on Monday. The hr
ptoms were felt on Sunday, VIII
- he was attending the funeral of WI
ii Jordan. when cloud or dimDs
sesmed to have come over his eyes, III
:, from this time onward the cloud seel
- 81 10 have grown darker, until Mond
~ morning he WAS perfectly blind.
says be suffers no pain, but his sig
has entirely left him. His physici
says 1t was brought on by an iniestiI
~ ailment.