Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-03-12
THE PkNIRa ULA.

Chester Baum has sold his farm, ore
mile west OF Dover, 10 . northern man,
for el25 per acre.
A company 10 being organised to build
glass factory on Sandy Hill farm, two
miles from Cambridge, Md; capital
stock required, Ole, COO to $40, 900.
Two pialrie chickens, that were re-.
Gently turned out BY the Game Protf ctive
Society, have been driven BY hunger to
take up with the poultry In Rlias Stock
hy's yard, near Milford, where they
have fed daily during the heavy snow.
Captain ThomAs R. Sherman, = we'll
known farmer and fruit grower Of Dor.
chester county Nd, died al his residence,
on the Choptauk river, near East New
Market, on Saturday morning, aged about
20 years. He had been In feeble health
for several years, but the immediate
cAune OF death was the result OF injuries
received about two weeks ago by aooi.
dsntsily falling into the fire.
A Cambridge, Nd, special 20 the Bal.
timors Sun, says: "0n Saturday night,
about O'Clock, party Of four dIedgers
were returning from the shore OF Cattle
Haven to the oyster sloop Samuel G.
Somers, Captain COrsey, when their boat
was swAmped and cspsissd. Three Of
the men were drowned, and tho fourth
was with d fioulty rescued by the crew
II a dredge boat lying near. The drowned
men We're all Ifish, but their real names
oould not be oertained.
Tie SUI ject q shat 1t coats to raise
wheat, ssys She Kent Net0s, was discussed
by the Kspt County Agricultural A isooiA-
lion and the conclusion reached that on
an ordinary farm of 200 acres, 40 acres
bsipg IN wheat. and applying s6 in phos
phate to the acre on corn ground and "a
On fallow, with an average yield OF IL
bushels per acre on corn eround and 20
bushels on fAllow, the cost per bushel
would be from as to 81 cents. This dis.
ouasion was very interesting.
Tho death Of Ii. G. Douglass gives &C.
other office to Governor 5tookley to fill,
The position ia looked upon as one Of
the best paying offices IN the State con.
slderiDg sho amount Of time and labor
required. The Uffice is worth from 81, SOC
to $4,000 per year. The following per
sons have been named 80 willing to accept
the office, provided the governor shall see
at to appoint them: Thomas o. Culbrsth,
&. 7. Cooper, Jacob G.. Rrown, j. L.
Heverin, and DR.. Nathan Pratt Of Kent
county David T. Marvil OF Sussex
county -Dover Sentinel.
a girl bsby was born 10 o0lored
woman named Boston on Tuesday week.
The child was born with six fingers on
each hand. These extra little appsn
Aauau AfA mot IN VII Nl,a a.
Of the child, and Wednesday week they
performed surgical operation on the
youthful patient, who died from the
effects Of 1t OIL Thursday. With the aid
OF an old oolored man one Of the hngers
on each hsnd was removed. As we were
ilformed, ths old man said he could do II
inst ss well as the doctor. -EDcomoks
Record
A Kent Island correspondent writes
oue Of our enterprlsing farmers bought a
young DOG from come agent In Pennsyl
vaniA, for which he paid $1y, got the dog
and In addition six turkey eggs and six
goose eggs, as he thought. Hs bought
the "dorg" for \ policeman, and he was
one with q vepResnee. He attacked
hofsea, COWS aud sheep after his got s,zad
AID had 10 be killed. the turkey eggs
bsiched ons turkey and the goose eggs
one duck, go the speculation this time IL
improved stock turned out failure
CentreDiile Ob5srUer. ~.
The following appointments were made
by the Kent county levy court on Thurs.
day CoustAbes-Duok Creek hundred,
Benton " Weldon and Thomas q
Wright Kenton, Joseph B Wallace ;
Little Creek, Charles + H. tfmsn E.st
Dover, NAIhan q. Hutohins; North
Murderkjll, Charles W. Smith. South
Murderkill, ]. T. farrell and VIM Whit
aker MispillioD, Rmmor B. Harrington
and Robert Il. Stafford Milford, Joshus
d. Hill. Jail commistioners-A. J. vii
son, R. b. Jump, ]. L. Smith. jail
physician, DR.. p. 8. OWNS. Attorney
for levy e5urt, John R Nicholson.
John ]. Turtle, q we'll known resident
of Georgetown, died Tuesday week, in the
6lsl year Of his age. He had bsen in
poor health fer a number Of years and
during \ late visit to Florlds
WAS attacked by what his physicians
pronounced stroke OF Apoplexy.
shortly after his return, about three
weeks ago, he was Outlined to his bee and
continued to grow woI5s until his deoeSse
Mr. Turtle was native Of Nassau, N.
r., and came 10 this country st the clos.
Ct the war. He was appointed by Prssi
dent Grant to c0nsulships at Msranhsm
and Mauritius
The SUSSEX Journal publishes the fol
lowing list OF consisbes appointed by the
levy court, those marked with q (*) being
appointments Cedar Creek, #Thomas
J.. wilkins BroAdkiln, Frederick p
kllinesworth North West Fork, xGsoroe
W. Wiley SeAford, *W. W. LsoHles.
Baltimore, Captain John Ii. Taylor and
*Chsrles 8. HAmblin Dagsbofo. Is.nc
Burton, Seth &. Ringler and #aardnsr R
@arvil Georgetown, *EheneEer Il TvIr.
Little Creek Stephen T. Kills, Francis M
hsarn and Joseph 7. Hastings Nanti
coke, William 7. Fleetwood Gumboro,
Nv. H. Workman; Lswes and RshoboIb'
IN. Cooper NAPLES Broad Creek, John
W. Workman and W. q. Thompson In.
diam River, NV. G. Joseph.
Charlotte Stsnsbsrry, perhaps the
heaviest woman In this State, died IN
this place last Thursday. Her weigh,
WAS b36 pounds. She was about so years
old, and when young was quite spare and
tall. She was little over feet in hight
and very feshy. She always objected to
being weighed, and would not 20 upon
the scales. Two or three years ago she
got Into wagon to 90 to a camp meeting,
and the driver, pretending TO have bust.
ness at the coal yard, drove his wagon
on the scales and the weight of the loao
was taken. After Charlotte got ont the
wagon was again driven on the scales and
the difference in weight WAS ssOertainsd.