Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-08-21
OUR STATE ITEMS.

Sheriff Robinson has appointed his
brother, Peter Q. Robinson, of Dover
his deputy.
Reed & Allen have a new drying
house at Greenwood in place of the
one burned last winter.
The Eastern Shore Agricultural Fail
will be opened at Accomac, August
25th, and will be continued four days.
A thorn stuck in the foot of a little
son of James Allfree, of Townsend,
causing Iockjaw from which the little
fellow died on Friday of last week.
The store Of c. J. Harrington, Esq
at Pennington, was burglariousiy en-
tered one night last week, and reyoi-
yer worth SIS and some other articles
were taken.
Ellwood Smith, young man who
was paralyzed on Sunday, July 26, by
jumping into the water when over
heated died yesterday morning at the
home OF his grandfather, Jacob Casho,
at Newark, Del.
It has been decided to call the new
paper at Laurel 1.-THE Gazette" instead
of "The Examiner" out of Difference
to some of the Laurel people. who con-
scientiously object to having an eXani-
iner among them.
One Of the sights in Smyrna early
Wednesday evening, was seeing a
young lady shoot at the swallows on
the weather-vane Of the schoolhouse.
The bullets from her rifle did not
pierce any swallows breast, however
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The town commissioners of Seaford
have bought hook and ladder outfit,
which arrived last week and is now
housed In the town hall. The prop
erty owners of the town will therefore
no longer have to rely entirely on luck
and kind providence for protection
from the ravages Of fire.
James T. Bird, the Oldest inhabitant
but one of the town of Wilmington.
died on Saturday evening Of old age.
He was born april LIST, 1876, on a farm
that he owned at the time of his dea' h
and that lad been in the family since
1880. He was the father of Levin c..
Bird, Esq, a well-known lawyer Of
this atatei
A ien-year-old son of Clay Pinder,
residing a short distance from Centre
vile, Md, was burned TO death on
Monday night 10y the explosion of a
coal oil can. He was making a fire,
and to hurry it along poured oil on it
from the can. The blaze ignited with
the oil, and in a moment the boy was
ablaze. He died in few hours in
great agony.
At Concord camp meeting on Sun
day of last week the scenes of Oakland
camp were repeated. All sorts of
things kept at the bread-tent were sold
in open defiance of the laws Of God
and of the State, and to the discredit
of the Christian church which must
bear the blame Or stop the traffic. Al
Wve camp traffic ceased on Sunday
and the great crowd were served at
the boarding-tent with meats for the
most part prepared on Saturday. Some
Grcensborough people were there and
cheerfuly noticed the difference. We
believe seventy conversions are cred
tied to last years camp at Wye.
Since the Delaware, Maryland and
Virginia Railroad, running from 4ar-
rington to Lewes. Del, and thence to
Franklin City, Va, passed into the
hands of the Pennsylvania, very gen
eral satisfaction has been expressed by
the people living in the Eastern and
Southern portions Of the Peninsula at
the marked Improvement in the opera
ton of the line. Improvements have
been made to the rolling stock, trains
are run with more regularity, and the
convenience of travellers and shippers
consulted much more than under the
old management. The Pennsylvania
now controls the entire Peninsulal
system, and a policy has been inaug
urated to greatly aid philadelphia
trade. Under former management
New York was favored, the line being
a feeder Of the Old Dominion, which
piled between Lcwes and New York
/ Since the transfer the line of steamers
has been withdrawn, and thousands o
purchasers and hundreds Of thousand
Of dollars worth of produce that for
merly went by water to New Yorl
come TO Philadelphia. That entir'
section is brought now within a few
hours of direct and uninterrupted com
munication with this city.-Philadel
phia Times.
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