Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-07-29
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The Princess Anne Mdryltnder credits
James NJ. Dennis with wheat crop of
3, 600 bushels on SO acres of land.
Old Trinity Church, in the village of
Church Creek, is the oldest church edifce
in the state of Maryland. 1t is plain
and quaint brick structure, but will arrest
the attention Of the pas er-by by this very
plaiuness and quaintness.
The cost Of the contemplated Eastern
Shore railroad is estimated ut about
Sl4 900 per mile, including bridging, and
it will require about $730,O00 TO build
the track with steel rails. When COM
pleted the trip from Salisbury to Balti-
more can be made in three hours, and
from Easton 10 Baltimore in two hours.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank McMaster of st.
Louis, Mo-, were bathing in the surf at
Ocean City on Tuesday week, when an un-
usually large breaker rolled in on them.
Il sirnck with such force that Mrs. Nc
Master was in danger of being hurled
violently backward, but Mr., NJ caught
her firmly by the arm, and the limb was
broken at the elbow in the effort to save
her.-Sno,O HiH Messenger.
At meeting of the commissioners of
Orisfield, held on Wednesday week, @. E.
Ballard was re elected bailiif. The tax rate
for the year beginning June 10th, 1886,
and ending June 10th, 1887, was fixed at
| so cents in the 300. The commissioners
were inclined to make reduction in the
tax rate, but owing 10 our heavy indebted
ness and the improvements contemplated,
they were unable to do 80. Ciisfeld
| Leader.
Peter Carter. the noted colored poll.
tieian of the Eastern Shore, died sud.
denly at his home near Franktown, Monday
week, aged As years. II is thought by
the colored people of that vicinity thai
he was poisoned, and Peter expressed tbs
same opinion. just before he expired
he said that he had partaken of meal il
Norfolk few days before which, b,
believed, contained poison. The deceased
was one .-of the most influential ooloreC
politicians in the state and was widal,
known. AT the time Of his death he wa
engaged in mercantile and agriculture
pursuits. OAdnc0ck PiTginiaR.
The Wicomico Record devotes consider
able space to the doings of Captain jaime
II. Willing, who skipped from Baltimor
to Canada recently. Willing was mem
Der of the Baltimore firms Willing, Hun
Il Co. and NJ. L. Ellis Il Co., and of tn
Tyaskin firm Of j. W. Willing h Go. HI
pecnlations foot up $4,000 and he lef
his family behind when he fled. OF hi
WicomicO transactions the Record says
Ellis wife and children are now stayin
at John w. Vikings in Tyaskin, and thi
latter gentleman has been forced to az
point trustee and go into insolvency
through no fault of his own, but simpl
through Captain Jim's meanness. job
Willing has the sincere sympathy O
every one who knows anything abou
the case and it is TO be hoped that til
creditors will deal as leniently as poss
BILE with him. He deserves fair tren
ment. To go over all of Jim Willing
meanness and peccadillos would not be il
teresting to the general public, an
would only fill our paper with rubbish
1t is only. the old whisky, wome
and gambling. So far as known he hf
spared no one. He has gotten none
wherever he could, by any means, and
his other accomplishments he has adde
forgery. He raised two 50, 500 note
loaned by Senator E. E. jackson 10 u
firm of Willing, Hunt n 90. to $5,5t
each, but only negotiated one OF them,
| the thing began 10 leak out before he g
! clear of the other"
! Mrs. Mary B. Houston was stricken vii
: paralysis Tuesday evening week. She WI
! very bright and we'll for her age whe
l stricken about o'clock. She lay In an u
4 conscious state until she died the ne
= afternoon at O'Clock. She was 20 years
\ age.-D0Uer Sentinel.
An effort is being made to get Truitt, wi
shot Mosely In drunken fight while r
turning on a big Saturday from Bowe
several years since, and who was sentence
Y to prison for life, pardon. All the job
y son gang with whom he went-and II was
Q hard one-are either dead or scattered.
q DOUer Sentinel.
g In the matter OF opening Queen stree
). Dover, through j. Alexander Fulton's Ian
Chancellor Salisbury delivered an opiniC
on Thursday. The chancellor said Il
town could open all the streets that we
plotted to Mary street, without any actiC
4 whatever, but made the Injunction und
@ former proceedings perpetual so far
: Queen street from Mary to Clara street
= concerned. Under the chaneellor's ruliT
2 the town can, by opening all plotted stree
: to Mary street at once, ruin Mr.. Fulton
pear orchard.