Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-09-18
OUR STATE ITEMS.

Five thousand bushels of shells are
to be put on the streets of Georgetown.
Thomas J. Smith was appointed
postmaster at Harrington on Tuesday.
J.E. Mowbray has been elected prin-
cipal of the Frederick public schools.
JIG. George, principal of the public
schools of New Castle, is sick from
typhoid.
Owing to the scarcity of Manhaden,
the fish factories have been running
on half time this seasOn.
It is now positively known that the
Hotel Henlopen,a t RehObOth, lost $1,000
during the season of laS5.-Light.
Sidney A. Jarvis and George W.
Willen were appointed postmaster at
HarbesOn and Bridgeville respectively.
Both are fourth-class offices.
Edmund Mag of Lewes,is an appli-
cant for position of engineer of the
fog horn which is now being placed on
the eastern end of the Breakwater.
The Seaford correspondent of the
informing News" thinks that II the
people of BridgeviIle would raise more
peaches and less hogs it would improve
the town. They do smell better.
Jacob G. Brown, the veteran fruit
grower of North Murderkill hundred.
is very ill with typhOid-dysentery,
and his daughter who has been sick
for several weeks with typhoid fever,
is slightly worse.
Ex-sherifP T.ultt,o Lincoln informs
us that he has purchased of Mr.. Geo.
Morrison this season one hundred and
eleven baskets of peaches picked from
six Old Mixen trees, which melted
him 1895. This is $s.S23 a tree, and
we agree with Mr.. Frqitt that it is
hard to beat.-Sussex Journal.
The Agricultural Society of Della
ware has made generous offer to the
school children of the State by grant
ing them free ADMISSION TO the Fair
on Tuesday, September goth. The
offer includes all children, regardless
of color, sex and nationality under
twelve years of age. The grounds
ought to be crowded with bright and
happy children on that day,
The society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Children have taken steps
to take away the young girl who was
bound to Benz. Riggan, of SeafOrd
1t is asserted that she had to do the
work of a grown woman. She is sup.
posed to be the sister of John Straight
if, of Grafton, Pa. who was given by
her mother to the Rev. Mr.. Hall, o
Huntington, Pa, the father of Mrs
Riggan. Mr.. Riggan procured the boy
Benz. Wyland through Mr.. Hall.
Between and o'clock last Sun
day evening the dead body of Ran
dolph Peters, one of the Oldest and mos
successful nurseTymen in the State
. was found in his carriage IN the OF
chard near his house. It appears tina
the DECEASED, who was apparently il
. his usual health when he left the hOus
, had taken his horse and carriage I
drive around his place to View the nul
series. When found, the horse wa
q standing among the trees and Nj
! Peters was dead. He was in the 63r
3 year of his age ana his death il though
: to have been caused by heart diseasi
Mr.. Peters has long stood in the fror
|, rank of the nurserymen Of the coul
: try, and much of the stock of graz
q vines, peach trees and other frui
!. grown on the Peninsula was supple
s from his nurseries. The bulk of IL
e fancy fruits, In peaches, shipped frol
If Wyoming and other points on Il
Peninsula during the present seasol
l. was grown from his stock. He leave
o a widow aud several grown children
a The arrangements for the funeral haV
not yet hsen perfected.