Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-06
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Mrs. Whitman OF Whitman, Talbot
county, Nd, died Monday evening in the
84th year of her age. Her husband, the
late John w. Witmann, was for long
time successful merchant at the village
bearing his name. One of their sons, W.
W. Whitman, is a commission merchant
of Baltimore.
The line of telephone wire will soon be
| completed to Crumpton. The work
| would have been finished before this date
had it not been impossible to procure
| laborers. When connection is made with
| Crumpton, every district of this county
will be connected with the exception of
the Sixth. Ceatregille Observer.
William T. Tull of MISSIONER, died on
last Sunday morning, after several weeks
illness, AZ his home, aged &C years. Mr..
| Tull was one of Somersets most respected
citizens, retiring in disposition but an
active and genial business man, accumu-
lating competency and now leaving
| solid and unencunbered estate -MaJy-
| lander.
The Worcester Democratic county con-
vention met at Snow Hill Tuesday and
| nominated Dr.James G. Dirrickson, Zndok
/ p. Henry, Oliver ID. Collins and DIR. Isaac
| Coston delegates to the judicial nominal
ing convention ut Ocean City ON the 18th.
| Resolutions were adopted endorsing
| George w. Purnell for the candidacy ms
associate judge of the district.
A peculiar and fatal disease is prevail
ing among the hogs in the vicinity of
Newark, and many deaths are reported.
Samuel Miller, who lives ut Appleton,
Md, just across the State line, has lost
% pigs in two weeks, while farmer al
Elkton has lost GO withinthe same period,
The disease strikes the animals suddenly.
and after staggering awhile they iill over
and die i'll commissions.
Caroline county, Md, got touch of
one of the numerous tornadoes OF Monday
afternoon. At fredericksburg trees were
uprooted, fences blown down, and
numbers of outbuildings completely de-
molished. Several peach orchards in the
neighborhood are almost completely
ruined. no less than 40 of the finest
shade trees in town are blown down. The
severest pnrt of the gale only lusted
about three minutes, and Ms far rs heard
from did not extend over very large
territory
On Wednesday, night week some one
went to Mr.. John A. Larmour's hog pen,
dubbed fine shoat, worth at least IS TO
death, chucked it over the fence and
carried it OFF. There were blood stains
ON the fence where il was lifted over and
n handy club, with blood on it lying by
the pen. There has no clue been yet
found to this infamous thief. And, if he
could be found, it would cost the county
more to punish him than he is worth. We
doubt too, if he is such a character as
could be terrorized with the stigma of the
penitentiary. We are beginning to be
more than ever in favor of giving the
thief some of the caresses of the whipping
post as well as the wife beaten. Such
characters can be punished in the flesh
when their souls and spirits have become
rbinocerus hided.-- Matytdnder.
The Wicomico Democratic county con-
vention met in the court house at Sails
bury Tuesday, and nominated the fol-
lowing ticket: For County Clerk, DIR. M.
Slemons; Register of Wills, Levin J.
Gale; Sheriff, Edward L. Austin; Legis-
lature, John w. vikings, Asbury @.
Hamblin, Henry w. Anderson; County
Commissioners, j. II. Farlow, Gillis L.
Taylor, w. H. H. Cooper. Jacob @.
Phillips, Henry J. White; Surveyor,
Henry d. Powell; Delegates to Judicial
Convention, Elihu E. jackson, E. Stanley
Toadyine, L. H. White, William L. Laws
Delegates to State Convention, John w.
Wingate, William G. Gordy, William s.
Moore, j. Augustus Parsons. DIR.
Slemons' nomination was a surprise, as
the present incumbent, S. P. Toadvine
was supposed to be slated for third