Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-16
THE PENINSULA.

james stevens, aliaB WrlRns, colOreut |
convicted Of felonious assault upon
Mrs. Polly Trehearn, AN aged white woman
of Dublin district, Somerset county, Md,
has been refused trial, and will be
hanged at Princess Anne on a day to be
named BY the governor.
The cold snap has closed the navigation
in Corsica river, Queenstown creek and
Chester river above Ohestertown, and the
boats Of the Chester River Line have not
made stops mp any of these tributaries
the present week. The steamer Emma A.
Ford continues running from Chester
town making only river stops Centre
vile Record.
Jones Bounds, an elderly citizen Of
Worcester county, was stricken with |
paralysis ON Saturday the 4th instant, |
and has been in critical condition ever |
since. Mr. Bounds, although citizen OF |
the adjoining county, owns q large tract |
of land in Somerset, few miles east of |
Princess Anne.
On Friday last, at franklin City, Va -
young man named Mariner, on the way
from .Chincoteague Island, jumped from |
q boat, as it sailed by, to seow filed |
with oysters. Mariners weight upset the
seow was raised in a short time, but the
body of the unfortunate young man
could not be found. Deld,odre Democrat
A serio. comie incident occurred at the
burning of the steamer 5. Vandoren near
Drawbridge the other night. 0naccount
of the rapid spread of the fire but little
was saved. Among other things barrel
OF coal oil was CALAMITY conveyed TO
place of safety, but barrel of fine
whisky standing near was overlooked
until too late. 1t went up in the general
coDfagration to the great grief of the
spectators. A barrel of coal oil can easily
be replaced, but that good whisky :
never Breaknatef Light.
Captain Severn Evans and Samuel
| Miles, the latter colored, convicted at tbs
| last term of the circuit court for this
| county, for violating the local option law
| of Crisiield, and sentenced to 60 day 8 i'm
prisonment in the county Jail and 300
| fine each, were released from prison last
week, having served out their sentence
| Evans was released at Z o'clock Friday
| mofning and took the Norfolk express for
| Capo Charles, where he resided when he
WAS ARE sted and Miles was let out at IL
| o'clock Friday night. He returned to
| Crisheld. -S0metset Herald
While out sleighing with his best girl,
yesterday, ono OF our beaux drove into an
| old country church yard TO turn around,
| when, 10 the horse suddenly disappeared
and our hero learned that he bad strayed
upon an insecurity covered old we'll. A
second party who happened to be pass
ing, went TO the nearest place for horse
to pull out the unfortunate quadruped,
but on his return the place was vacated
and the obliging friend, judging from the
rails and sticks lying around, concluded
that the couple had turned the well up
side down and emptied the horse out
Greensboro Free Press.
When Jesse L. Woodcock was convicted
for attempting to burn down Easton, he
had no difficulty in getting long list of
petitioners for his pardon, and when the
governor pardoned him there was no in
dignation meeting and no cutlery about it.
But when Governor Lloyd granted nolle
prosequi to two of our own citizens, pre-
sented for the sale of q single glass of
lager beer, there is o great indignation
meeting held in Easton, conveying the
idea that not drop of liquor is drank in
Easton, except what is illicitly sold;
whereas there is as much drank here now
as there ever was, as the demijohn bust.
ness fully proves This business is now
nearly large enough to support one steam
boat. EdstOil Star.
Mrs. Elizabeth Spear, relicit of the late
. James Spear, of Kent county, died sud.
denly from the effects of stroke of par.
alysis at the residence of DIR. s. @. bud
ley, in Centreyille, Monday, December 9th
! at IL 80 o'clock Mrs. Spear was sitting
in rocking chair in the parlor in com
pany with her daughter, Mrs. Dudley
and without warning fell back dead. She
. | suffered stroke of paralysis about yea
ago, but was in her usual health in the
morning having breakfasted with the
family. Mrs. Spear was a daughter Of
! the late George Hazel of Delaware, and
was ~ years of age at the time Of her
, death. She leaves four children surviy,
ing her, Dewitt c., q. W., and Henry Speal
and Mrs. s. O. Dudley.-Ceatre0iiIe Oh
SerUer.
q Burton Wilkins, Henry Wilkins and
a John Wilkins, living near Georgetown
i met with strange adventure while return
= ing from Milford one night last week
i With their three teams they had helped
:, to move the goods of the Rev. j. O. Ker
to the latter town and were coming bael
- with their Wagons UnloAded, When at
point in the road exeotly in front @
- MgCUileys Chapel, the head team, drive
=, by John Wilkins, Suddenly stopped
a Wilkins applied tho whip and the horse
! apparently did their best to start til
10 wagon, but all to no avail. When tn
horses applied their strength to pull I'll
y wagon the wheels would revolve bach
i ward and the wagon would not bulge a
inch, Wilkins, finding it impossible I
start his team, alighted from his wagon
D. when suddenly some strange unsee
power threw bin to the ground. Ii
= arose with all possible speed and, afte
recovering from his surprise, again urge
st his horses forward, when they started tn
I'd wagon without any apparent trouble an
es continued on their journey towar
II. Georgetown. -SWsStG journal.
I'd Three vessels went ashore near Eewt
ly during the storm of this week. The thre
it, masted schooner Cocheco, Captain Wen
. worth, from Portland, Me-, with grant
he for Philadelphia, went ashore at the poiI
H. of Cape Henlopen on Sunday mornip
" about o'clock. She sank immediatel
O. and her crew of six mon and the captain
3D. wife and two children were rescued b
the life saving crew Of Station No. Cal
n tain Theodore Salmons. This is the tir
y, rescue the crews of the station near Car
cd Henlopen have made since their /,
v cation. On Tuesday morning at g.;
y, o'clock, the tbree-masted schooner w.
il Bailey, in ballast from New York to Ne,
rs port News, parted her chain, and WI
in driven mp on tho beach opposite I'll
I'd town. She is lnrge schooner of 81
if tons. She is in good condition, and wi
a have to be launched on ways. At
H. O'Clock, q. ~, iusnay, the sohoon
ld Thomas G Benton was driven asho
st near the iron pier She was from Phil
delphia for Norfolk with cargo of viii
ye pine lumber. She will be hauled of by
A steam tug after discliarging her cargo I
he lighters. --S4s&g Journal
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