Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-07-22
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| Special Correspondenceo OF Gazette and journal
MIDDLETows, July l5.--Martin v.
Moody, drayman, lost a valuable horse
on Tuesday last from collie.
The rain has interfeTred with wheat
threshing very much. The wheat yield
will be below what most farmers had an
ticipated. William ROCKWELL has finished
threshing and says his yield is 80 bushels
per acre on fallow, and Is ON stock ground.
George Houston claims 10 have gotten SO
bushels per acre off stock ground.
Augustus Gibbs says his average is 20
bushels 10 the acre. w. p. Biggs says he
is FIVE bushels short of what he expected,
he is only getting 20 bushels per acre.
John e. Edwards from near Chesterville,
Kent county, Md, had 48 acres in wheat,
about one.half of the average was stock
ground, aud he Inns 1900 bushels of
wheat, which is 25 bushels por acre.
There are farmers who are not getting
over 10 bushels per acre, and there are
others who claim 80.
MnDLETowN, July 16.--Alfred Warren,
foreman for William Green, Esq, was
surrounded by about rs berry. piekers
few days since. Mr.. Warren being
astonished at the sudden termination
of work asked the cause. "Why,"
said n little boy, "We are struck,
and will not pick another berry for one
and. half cents per quart. We want
two cents, and II we don't get II
we will slam down everything and leave
your patch. win you give it :" Warren
told them to keep quiet and he would
have talk with Mr.. Green and imme-
diately repaired to the owners residence,
and after hearty laugh Mr.. Green in
structed his foreman TO return and allow
the advance. All went to work again.
OF course strike here comes somewhat
near the doings in larger cities, but to
make it compare favorably riot was
necessary, and when Mr.. Warren
returned with the good news for
his hands he found fight
in progress Dynamite not being OF hand
OF which bomb could be made James
Walker resorted 10 dirt, and getting the
hardest possible clod he blazed away nj
Ida Driskel'a mouth, His aim was perfect
and for few minutes blood and tears
ran freely. James came out of the fracas
without q scratch but Ida Ind an ugly
mouth. Warren finally succeeded in
quieting all hands. Warren claims to
have raised the largest raspberries this
season and says he knows he had the
biggest" strike.
MIDDLETowN, July 19.--At last the en-
CINE and boiler to be used by the electric
light company have arrived, and will be
put in place as soon as some one can be
found who is fixed for hauling such
things. Our carriers expected to haul the
huge affair, but they backed out as soon
as they saw the size and learned the
weight. The boiler weighs nearly four
tons, and has to be hauled about three
squares. A car load Of crooked logs are
also here, and it is supposed they are
10 be used as poles along the
street, and some one was heard to say
yesterday that "the crooks were intended
to give the light better chance" Per-
haps the idea is good one, but the poles
are ugly all the same. II is expected TO
turn on at least portion of the lights
next Monday night. The gasoleue lamps
have not been lighted since the Sth. The
gasolene company deserved TO lose the
contract for lighting this town because
II the mean condition they kept
their lamps IN. In the first place
Mr.. Craddock did not receive sufficient
pay for attending 10 them and our town.
folk should thank him for what he
did do instead of finding fault He fire.
quently asked the company for repairs
for the lamps, but he seldom got them
During his term of lamp. lighter he has
had but one dozen new burners, therefore
some of the lamps have been run with
the same burner for at least four years.
Under such circumstances il was i'm
possible to have good light.
Tramps are becoming more numerous.
They will not find things so pleasant in
this locality this year, us it is intended to
enforce the tramp law more rigidly than
heretofore.
Some unknown parties forced IN en-
trance to the engine room at Parvis Will
liams IL Co.'S. phosphate factory last atur-
day night or yesterday, and took of and
carried away several small parts of the
engine. What other, if any, mischief
WIS done il not yet known.
MmpLETowN, July 21.-The poles are
being erected and to-day the boiler will
be put in the new engine house, the line.
men are busy, and thus the electric light
preparations go on. EVERY EVENINGS
correspondent has received letters from
parties in Newark who are interested in
the electric light for their town, they ask
that careful report be made after the
light has been used two nights here. Your
correspondent would say to these gentle
men come aud see us under the electric
light.
Reports from Cecil tell of farmer
who estimated his wheat crop Mt 1000
bushels, but when he throshed few days
since his yield was only 800 bushels.
Why not have fountain in the square
Farmers would appreciate and contribute
towards it. A fountain would be useful
as well as ornamental. The farmers would
be glad OF convenient place to winter
their horses.
William N. Wilson and George q.
Rowe, our champion croquet players,
challenge any two men in the State for
one or more games.
Fine perch are now being caught in
Knoxentown pond.
John Moore, colored, stole suit of
clothes from Perry Gould, colored, one
day last week. Perry traced John to
Wilmington and found his clothes, but
John could not be seen. There is war
rant out for Moore. He is rather dark,
about feet tall and weighs about 1856
pounds. He is now in Wilmington.