Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-03-25
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Mr.. Tilghman of Laurel purchased in |
New York last week SIC, 900 steamboat, |
which is to be used ON Broad Greek for |
the Nanticoke river and Chesapeake Bay |
trade. The steamer is of light draft, is |
large and well adapted to the grain and |
lumber trade in which MIR. Tilghman is |
largely engaged. BreGkrGter Light.
Peaches in this vicinity are undoubtedly |
killed. OF course there are some few
orchards which will yield o scanty crop,
but, as rule, they are dead. If the city
journalistic agriculturists doubt the state
ments of the peach growers, let them
visit this place, where orchards can be
purchased at the rate of 1000 trees for
-Breaksoater light.
Chincoteague Island will be the scene
of the first local option fight ON the
Eastern Shore. A petition, signed by
more than half the voters of the Island
district, YVES presented to Judge Garrison
last Wednesday, praying for an early
election on the subject. The election
will probably take place before the April
term of the county court Eastern Ptr-
ginian.
A correspondent of the fredericksburg
Courier says Mr.. Elijah Todd has in his
possession relic of antiquity in the
shape of a pair of cart wheels that his
father gave him over 80 years ago. His
father, David Todd, bought them over so
years ago at the administrators sale Of
Daniel Morgan who died at the advanced
age of 108 years and who had come into
| the possession of the wheels when a
| young man of 81, from his fathers estate.
There is one man at least in Caroline
| county who is sick of corrupt politics.
Here is specimen sentence from his
letter to the Denton linton! Bribery
workers are the recruiting officers of hell,
plotters of treason and kidnappers of the
soul. For 80 pieces of silver they would
betray their God and rob Judas Iscarioi
of the lustre of the infamy. He that selli
his vote betrays the greatest politica
trust that was ever placed by Almighty
God in human hands,
Mrs. Melvina Truax, wife of William
: Truax who moved from near Morton tn
LIST of March to the "Gettysburg" farm
in Thoroughfare Neck, died very sud
denly Tuesday week from heart clot, in he
55th year. She had been poorly" al
winter and being some what more so tina
that morning, Mr.. Truax started t,
} town for a doctor, but she suddenly ex
| pired few minutes after he left til,
house, and messenger was dispatched
for him with the sad intelligence.
s. II. Thomas of Wyoming, is said t,
have grown and harvested the larges
: crop of turnips ever grown in Delaware
We are informed that he harvested 10, 00
baskets, expecting to ship them durinI
the winter months. But vegetables beinJ
! so low last winter he failed to find mar
ket, and we understand he is selling then
for feed, as low as % cents per basket
: Mr.. Thomas had large load in town
. few days ago and they are as solid an,
a firm as when they were harvested. -Deld
ScdreGn.
Thomas Fl. Hague, who lives near Fair
| lee in the fifth election district, lost tw
q horses in q singular manner on Wednes
, day night, March 10th. He stabbed Their
for the night in different stalls, and usin
one rope for o halter for both, tied tn
!. ends about the neck of each horse. Dul
ing the night the animals got entangle
and next morning were found hun
J. and stone dead. The loss is very sore {
Mr.. Hague, as he is lily able to afford il
these being the only horses he had
Kent NetoS.
Clayton CleaYer, we'll known WOO
h sawyer, who has spent the most of ii
j. winter in Kenton, came near being kille
near the depot at that place Tuesday weel
q He was sitting on the track when the pa
10 senger train No. rs came along, the r.
IS suit being collision with Cleavt
|. knocked out with broken arm. His ii
IL juries were given proper medical attei
i ton and he has since been sent 10 Il
almshouse on permit obtained fro
4, Trustee of the Poor j. H. Jefferson.
Smyrna Times.
u Miss Georgia Spear met with vel
o. serious accident last week at the home
IA her brother, jackson Spear, at Massey
Md. Mr.. Spear had been ill for some tin
lis with typhoid fever, and his sister, wi
ne was nursing him was bathing him WI
x turpentiue, while SO doing the turpenti
ha hand terribly. Mr.. Spear, who very
he has since died, it is supposed from
ng shock. The unfortunate lady went
nd Baltimore on Wednesday to have b
lat hand amputated. Middleton IRA
ay script.
The executive committee of the SITS
me Temperance Alliance met in Dover Tu,
the day week, pursuant to call of the Pre-
es, dent, r. M. Cooper. There was go
ed, attendance of members from all over I
md Stoto A s,a,araI d;so,,ss;o,, ~ a. =
., look and plans for pushing the work
,on hand was INDUCED in and all pres,
Ak manifested an interest that, to say
I laaof s,Isnaka1 kI1,ai -
md to cover the leading branches of the VIC
vas were selected, and the State execut
.nu committee increased by adding seye
I i9t membersin each county. -Doper Sentin
The bank at Collins' Beach is to be
the stored at once. The matter is now settl
ca and the work is going to be done.
~ charter was passed at the last Legislatl
for this very purpose, John FARRELL, Alb
Deakyne and George G. Deakyne bel
am named as commissioners. The levy co
ank of New Castle county appointed &C
ms; mittee consisting of George @. Rothw,
has Messrs. Hickman and Taylor to visit
in. place and report whether or not it '
9uee advisable for the county to assist in
HE undertaking. The committee came
cts. Monday and is said to be unanimously
mn favor of assisting. Smyrna Record.
On Monday week fire broke
among the farm buildings of Ell
oh. Wright's near Brynzion Church, on
Ear Kenton road, which destroyed them
~ together with the most of his provend
md The farm implements were all saved,
noe his grain was consumed with the bui
III ings. The fire cannot be accounted
IL unless it was little children playing W
mol matches. Mr.. Wright is one of our M
his ~ t':u ia aiiti anu mas tne sym
the wy ~ hio neienpoIS. oonh Wrignt,
IG. oMyvon, mno o"ns sne larm, mao
dry at hun ~ ~ 'ne DuIluihgs, puI We n
Mr.. NJ. peen aoie 70 learn 'he LOSSES OF eit
an Va" tahuioro vi telah''-' Smyrna 1W
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