Milford chronicle., 1885-05-22
OUR STATE ITEMS.

The Dover glass folks talk or start
ing bottle factory next season.
John Mustard, of Smyrna. possesse:
a horse aged 80 years,and Thomas JEFF
fer9op one 30 years old.
Blackiston's Cross Roads boasts of q
girl who can burst glass balls right
along with shotgun.
Mr.. Willis T. Slaughter, of Jones
| Neck thinks the Devon suit the Neck
lands better than any other breed OF
cattle.
A Greensboro fisherman had a three
pound carp for sails the other day. 1t
was caught in the Choptank near
/ Denton.
Carrier Pigeons are now frequently
let out at Clayton 10y Philadelphia
spOrtsmen, and strike chalk line up
the railroad for home.
The machinery of the Clayton bas-
ket factory is being removed to Bridge
vile 10y the owner, Stephen Walker,
and so'the mill will be idle this sea-
son.
The 2Gth semi-annual meeting of the
Local Preachers ard EXhOrters' AssO-
citation of the Wilmington Conference,
will be held at Newport, Del, COM
meneiug the goth inst
New stations are being huiltat Green
Spring and Black bird on the Delaware
railroad The new buildings will be
l0x92 feet aud Of gothic style, The
station at Dover Is to he enlarged.
The Wyoming Institute has not
proved a success, and it Is proposed to
sell the building and grounds, and in
vest the money to be held as an edu-
raiional fund for the Baptist Union of
pela%ats,
Probably one of the most speedy
architectural feats ever accomplished
IN Smyrna, was performed by Joseph
Shelton, assisted by another man, who
built himself Il residence in Spruance
City in two days.
Cross Roads Is to be the name of a
new station on the Il. Y, p. and y.
railroad and it is on the road running
from Onancock to DrummOndtOwn
(AccOmac), the two mOst important
towns in the Virginia Peninsula.
The annual Episcopal Convention
of the Diocese of Delaware, will be held
in st, Peters Church, Smyrna, COM
mencIpg Wednesday June grid. Bishop
Lee win preside, and fifty OF more
olergymen are expected to be present.
Seven criminals were whipped in
New Castle Jail on Saturday last by
Sheriff Ford from ten to twenty
lashes were applied. Two of them
were white men. The Jail yard was
crowded with men, women and chill
dfeH,
The Onaneock Eastern %irginianu
wants its readers TO believe that a dia-
mOnd-haclI terrapin, found in the NOR
tar under an old house at Atlantic,
AccOmac county had been imprisoned
there withOu iood or water for twenty
m0nths,
1t is reported at SALISBURY that the
y. Y, 7. and n. railroad company
will soon get possession of the WicOm-
leo aud POcomOke railroad, running to
Ocean City. IL Is the only branch
connected with the new system Of
roads that does not belong to it.
The Cecil county, Md, Agricultural
Society, win try heeXperimentOf hold
ing a spring t8lir at glkton, June Sd, 80
aud An, and has, in its premium cata-
iOgue, Just issued, offered liberal pre-
miums TO exhibitors Of live stock, ma
chinery and farm products.
The State Temperance Alliance hold
meetings regularly and pass resOlu-
tiOns. They held meeting in Dover
on Tuesday of last week. They made
n p r. N rratuntfe 70 hold a mace ,,toafiurr
at Camden camp-meeting grounds.
July 4th. An effort will be made to
hage John L. Cough present to deliver
an address.
Benjamin Wells, the ticket agent at
ElktOn, has been in the service of the
p, w. and b r. n. at this point for
fOrly-seven years continuously, and he
seems to be good for a great while
longer. James Morgan who has charge
of the tank engine and the North |
street crossing, has also been in the SER
vice for tbirty-three years.
The flrst meeting of he State Dental
Board of Examiners was held in the |
Clayton House parlOr last week in |
Wilmington. In accordance with the /
law, the Board was obliged to meet |
within thirty days after its appoint I
ment, aud all dentists in the Stale are
required to register within six months
after the passage of the act. It's de-
sign is TO prevent the practice of dentis-
try by irresponsible quacks,
The market for canned goods has |
recently shown considerable activity, /
there being q good demand from all |
parts of the country, and packers have
been holding their stock for higher
prices One of the heaviest deals ever
made in Baltimore was perfected last
week, and one house sold in lump |
AZ, 900 cases Of tomatoes and 10000 cases
Of corn. The price paid for the former
was s23 cents per dozen, aud for the
latter "a cents.