Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-12-10
THE PENINSULA.

THE PENINSULA.
A Sudlersyille, Nd, correspondent
writes that j. B. Hackeit slaughtered
terday hog that weighed 66T4 pounds
dressed, which, he thinks, is the biggest
piece of pork in that neighborhood.
The Milford Neins says! A charcoal
burner from Sussex county recently
stopped at Milford hotel aud ate SO
heartily MS to aInuse his fellows at table
II is said by one who counted, TINT he
drank eight cups Of coffee, and ate 80
buckwheat cakes and u yard and huff OF
sausage.
EARLY last spring George Reynolds of
| this town planted several thousand bushels
of seed oysters near the shore in Delaware
bay. The bivalves were then about the
size Of silver dollars and cost 25 cents
| Der bushel. This week Mr.. Reynolds
| sold u small vessel load of these oysters
at 60 cents bushel. They were about
| four inches in length, fat and fine. Such
success in oyster planting has aroused
| much interest in oyster culture and at
least one company to plant has been
formed here. Milford Nens.
Mrs. Nancy Moore, aged 80 years, died
at the residence of her daughter, Mrs,
Lydia Carrow, on Sunday last. Mrs.
Moore was born in Little Creek hundred,
near Cowgill's corner, where the larger
portion of her life was spent She has
been in poor health for sonnet time the in
firmities of age doing their slow, but
certain work. She was a lady of strong
will, cheerful disposition and kind Al
heart her funeral took place on Wednes
: day forenoon, interment being made a
, the old home farm in the family buryini
ground. Smyrna Record Of last accek.
The GAzErTE's Middletown correspond
emit reports that some one entered j. II
Foards house Monday and carried OF
Q a fine gold watch and Is cents in cash. Je1
n had so cents in his vest pocket, but tn
thief kindly left half of it. A reward {
1876 is offered for the watch. The robbie
/ also broke into DIR. Parvis' house, bnt wa
e frightened off without getting anything
q John 2. Cochran, Jr. drove to st. George
= Monday night and there had his tea
: stolen. 1t was recovered at Warwicl
II Md, this morning, where a colored ina
rs who knew the team noticed the hor
t, hitched to post.
10 Crisfeld barely escaped another lar
/, fire on Sunday, when the lumber wal
' house of Long, Coulbourn a. Co., togeth
O. with nearly the entire stock, was
stroyed. Several other buildings we
saved by the efficient work of the ii
OF company and others. The fire was d
nd covered about s n. M. when the ii
4. engine was Immediately summoned. H
% there not been some defect i'll the engi
up it is thought the building might ha
he been saved. The fire originated benea
NO the house, and when discovered "
"a breaking through the floor. This l
caused some suspicion of incendiaris
sh though the real origin is unknown.
10, estimated loss is $500; partly cove
ey by insurance. Sun.
or Spencer Allen, alias Wright, color
o# was in May last committed to Centrev
Jail, in company with George S. Taggi
Ter young white man, charged with ST ;ttl
re- horse from Mr.. j. Harrington of On
as Anne's county. The Two had been c
T., :, fined but short time only, when 4
~ managed to make their escape. Tage
ate was afterwards reeaptured, but AL
pie managed to elude the officers of the /
,plt Saturday he was seen al Townsend,
a terminus of the Queen Anne's u Ii
= :" railroad, by John Chapman, bagg,
oes master on the train which goes from
all treville to that place, He was brough
Who Massey that afternoon and plt
Ia under surveillance in the hotel of
ni' town. Sunday afternoon he was take
ct Centreyille Jail by ex.Sheriff Sue
ants where he will remain until the May
,lify of court. Taggart, his accomplish
80 ceived at the November session of
'ot' court sentence of eight years. b
been naOfe american.
and In the United States Circuit Coui
Baltimore Monday the trial was ent
upon of the action of Catharine Broy
q of young colored woman, who sued Cal
hers Caleb G. Wheeler of Hillsborough,
~. line county, for $50 900, for assau
lsn and beating her last July. Ga
4 the Wheeler is man of considerable IN
ealth owning the steamers Minnie Wheele
else. Chesapeake, plying between Balti
al, and the Eastern Shore. COtharine
iipie titled that she had some words
ound Mrs. Wheeler with whom she was
pail as cook, and left her, goin
he the house of colored fl
The same day Captain Wheeler came
William Wilkinson, white man,
lsory pulled her out Of the house and s
the her with piece of fencing. Mex
I,or,, she went before Justice of the
Francis J. Willoughby, in Hillsbor
laws to make complaint against VIII
Will The same two men dragged her out
nd as office. threw her on the pavement
state Wilkinson, stripping her clothes
whipped her on her naked back '
INNS whip or switch. She started that
5 will noon to walk to Denton, six miles
ion to make complaint before n magistrat,
. no Denton bridge Wilkinson again ass
her, choking her as she was stot
putting on her shoes at bench in
of a store at the brid 90. Her csc
very young colored man, Clarence Lewii
,,,,,,,, interfered, was threatened with
by Wilkinson. She was put in jni
IN IN Witness and spit blood and still su
e war from the effects of the beatings.
oreva- The schooner Mamie W. Bradsh
hto,ll, | Crisleld, 80 tons, three years old, val
$4,000, was burned about $50 Tn
lde OF evening, while at anchor under lla
! done Point, in the Patapsco river.
s.oo5 The disappearance OF Captain
Soou master of Frederick, has been acc
Dr. the for, AMI his whereabouts has been
% tho | known by letter from him in Colo
Milford Chronicle.
atiohs Spencer Hitch has sold his farm
ury in acres, near the Mordington mills Il
.edient Joining lands of John CULLEN, to
Harrington Of Milford, for 1890
which Hitch will build house in Milford.
nan all Scott has sold his homestead at 1Iou
Mr.. j. A. Harris Of Pennsylvania for
'uhsel' Milford Chronicle.
which Mr.. George w. l.. Perkins q large
,oeo,,oo tate owner died at his residence in
'eiehoe town, Md, Thursday night inthe62d
+ high his age. Mr.. Perkins had been sufferii
number of years from heart disea
was graduate Of Yale and afterwa
law, but never entered the bar beinl
system engaged in attention to his own est
= wal, that of the late Judge e. f. Cham
which he was executor. He lea
We been | children-four sons and one daught
earlier There has been instituted in the
county circuit court, on the equity
ave the important ejectment suit-that Of
ure and Lowe and others against Edward La
others. The title to the origina
OF the homestead, in Bay hundred, whe
Sup Keturah Lowe recently died at an a.
county age T. nt state at the ground Of
not half Messrs. Thomas and Bateman apl
Are tbe the plaintiff. The title to this est
away back to colonial times, the
er $3.50 holding OF the first Lowe being und
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