Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-06-11
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A new high school house, costing
So, 900 is to be built Mt Snow Hill; in the
same county, Mt Berlin, new school
house costing So, 200 is to be built
"Only" is the name of new station
ON the N. ", p. Il N. railroad near
Onnncock, Va. 1t was named after the
old home of Henry A. Wise, close by.
Sandy Hill, the beautiful farm OF the
John 4. Stewart heirs, situated ON the
Choptank river about two miles to the
west of Cambridge, was sold Tuesday week.
Dewitt Q. H0ndley and Thomas Cornwell
were the purchasers at 81 900.
For more than week fragments of n
burnt ship have been coming ashore
along the Atlantic coast. The Cedar
Island, Matankin and Parramore's
beaches are lined with oranges, benanas,
wine baskets, and other articles, showing
that the burnt ship was from some
southern port. II is said that the burn
ing ship was seen from the Chincoteague
Lightship, but nothing further than this
is known. Onanc0ck Pi,yinian
The governor has appointed A. A.
Christian, editor of the Free Press,
Justice of the peace for GreensbOrough
district. The brother says ''the office
was unsought." II is rare occurrence
nowadays for an office TO hunt man,
and the people of Greensborough district
may now expect to get justice. Justice
is law, but law is not always justice; but
when You combine the two, nm editor and
justice of the peace you may expect
fair dealing, MS editors always deal Justly
by everybody. A good appointment
Denton journal.
l,nn lnf lao np1nrn1 11nttntotnr xNlhn
got his nose mashed in the accident near
the depot on the N. Y, p. ~ N. railroad
last week, has been paid $50 as n soothing
application to the pulled up member. We
are afraid it is IL bad precedent. We know
lots of fellows who would have their
noses mashed for less than $50. and make
money out of it, too. In fact, this is
about the first mashed nose we ever knew
to be blessing, unless it is the blessing n
fellow gets from his wife when he carries
one of the ndornments home Wic0Rttco
| Herald.
Last Saturday the north bound after
noon express train saw n man lying on
| the track about mile above Tasley
station. The train stopped and the man
WINS taken OFF. About an hour later the
south-bound express came along and
| found the man on the track again. The
train began to slow up, whereupon the
man got off the track. The facts Were
reported ut Tasley, and party went il
| search of the man, who, when found
proved to he Spence Parker, young
white man well known in these parts. II
WIS thought that he had attempted t.
commit suicide, and Justice Scarburgl
committed him to iail to be examined by 4
lunacy commission,--O AdRcOch Ptr
giRfdn.
james Copper Kerr, the recter lately
called by the vestry of st. Paul's parish
arrived ON Thursday with his family. His
settlement here has called tomind the fact
| that he and the Rev. Mr.. Gibson of Dover
| are the only settled pastors south of New
| Castle in this diocese. The Rev. George
\ w. johnson of Georgetown, and the Rev,
| w. r. Ellis of Millsboro are doing regular
work but are in part supported from the
missionary fund. Mr.. johnson came here
- years ago on n three months trial
| expecting to return to New Jersey at the
end of that time, but notwithstanding tn,
fact that he has had several calls in THU
time he remains faithful to the Sussex
There are but few men in the ministry OF
this Peninsula now whose ministerial worl
extends over so much territory. The eX
treme eastern appointment is 16 mile
from here, while the western is 81 mile
in the opposite direction. SuSseg journal
The horse thieves lodged in Jail som
DAYS ago, and noticed in the Record las
week, escaped last Friday night. Thei
names under the commitment are Georg
s. Truitt, white, and Charles Wright
colored. Truitt made confession to til
sheriff in which he informed him tim
his name was George Taggart, the sam
who escaped from Dover Jail some week
ago in company with Vincent E. Rey
nolds, noted horse thief, who has re
sided in Kent county for number @
years. Truitt gained the confidence g
, the sheriff and other officers of the JIM
by his frank confessions and was in col
versation with the sheriff 20 minute
', before he made his escape, which occurre
about 8. 80 o'clock at night. They etfecte
their escape by tearing up the brick floc
= prying open the semi of the iron sui
: floor and squeezing through the apertui
to the cellar, the corridor door of whic
, was not fastened, as there was no OIL
confined there. CentreDille Record, June