Milford chronicle., 1888-06-22

The Peninsula Farm ana Garden, a
monthly agricultural paper published by
Caleb Boggs at Moorton, has suspended. It
is expected that the Farm and Home will
absorb the advertising and subscription pat
ronage of the defunct paper.
The large gas-holder building by the gas
company at DoYeT, will, when completed,
hold over 5000 feet Of gas more than both
the present holders Over 10000 bricks
will be required to build it. The consump-
ton Of gas increases steadily every year.
Dr. Raub, of Pennsylvania well known as
a lecturer aud instructor before the teachers
instituss of this state was elected president
of Delaware College on Tuesday last In
the evening the Alumni Association held
its annual banquet at Deer Park Hotel
Newark.
Mr. Vim. Butler living on the Hirous
farm ~ miles south Of Dover has lost two
herses and has FIVE others on the sick list
They are stricken in a peculiar manner, their
mouths and tongues getting yellow, and re-
fising food until they die. Mr. Butler thinks
they were poisoned by eating something in
the pasture field Sentinel.
The American transportation Company
has made a five years contract with the
New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk rail-
road, to run its refrigerator cars from Girls
field to the northern markets. These cars
will then receive the patronage of all ship
pers of perishable goods including the goods
Of the soft and shedder crab packers.
Daniel Brown, colored, son of George
Brown living on the Gibbs farm in the
Levels below AIiddletown, made fire last
Sunday in a stove in which there lurked an
innocent looking can. As the fire grew hot
ter, so did the oil and later the boy, when he
was covered with the burning contents of the
oil can which had exploded He was badly
burned and died the next morning.
ing Ne1es.
Johnnie, a I4-yearold discontented son Of
Isaac Givens of Georgetown, tired of his
native heath ahd wanting to see something
else than Sussex sand, threw his Sunday-go-
to-meetin' clothes out Of the parental win
dow one night, quickly following after and
jumping over the garden wall, since which
time he has not been seen, Notwithstanding
the diligent search which has been made
for him.
It has at last been definitely decided that
Ocean City will be opened this summer.
Tile Atlantic Hotel will be run by the stock
holders, who have engaged James Carrau of
the New York Hotel, formerly of Baltimore,
to manage the house. The Wicomico and
Pocomoke Hlilroad will be sold OH the 27th,
and it is sgenerally believed will be purchased
by the Pennsylvania In that event it will
be remodeled and fast trains put on, which
will be big boom for Ocean City.-Elkfon
Democrat
Georgetown has at last awakened to the
necessity of having base ball club, and the
p. J. Hart Base Ball Club was organized this
week with the following persons composing |
the first nine; A. A. Hill, c. Charles Hitch |
ems, p Jas. W. Faucet, Ist b. r. r. Hart. |
I'd b.; Noah Dennis, sd b.. William Messick
5. $. William Green, l. f. John w Johnson. |
T. f. and Ira Jerman, c. f. Mr. Hart has |
promised TO furnish the club with balls and |
bats and field for playing, The club will |
hold themselves in readiness for challenges
on its own ground on and after July Ist. All |
communications should be addressed to A. |
A. Hill, Redden Delaware
J. George Fehrenbach, eldest son of the
late John Fehreubach, and vice-president
and treasurer Of the Hartmann & Fehreu-
bach Brewing Company, was married last
Thursday evening to Miss Minerva Estelle
Wagner, at the residence of her step
Henry Armstrong, No 1927 West Second-st.
On account ofthe recent death of the groon's
father the ceremony was very private, only
the immediate relatives and friends of the
contracting parties being present. The newly
married couple left the following morning at
? O'Clock for a short tour. Upon their return
Mr. and Mrs Fehrenbach will reside at No.
7o3 West Tenth street, Wilmington.
Mrs Maggie NJ, wife of Noses S. Van
burkalow, died at the residence of her hus-
band in Magnolia on Saturday, the 9th inst.
Of heart disease. Mrs. Vanburkalow was &
years Of age, and leaves husband and sew
eral children to mourn her loss. She was a
most exemplary christian, always cheerful
and pleasant, and large circle of friends
mourn her loss. The funeral on Monday
was attended by very large concourse of
people to the Old Methodist Cemetery in
that town. Her well-known features will be
missed by those who were intimately ac-
quainted with her and ker place in the
church, where she delighted to linger, will
long be a void hard to fill
Dover has two terrapin farms; one OH the
Little Creek side owned by Joseph Potter &
Co., is quite large aud contains about I, 500 .
errapins of all ages and sizes They are
hatched and grown on the spot The tide
ebbs aud flows over the farm furnishing
.hem food, besides which king crabs, fish ,
and meat are given them. large pile of
bay sand is located above the reach of the
Lide, and here the eggs are deposited and ]
the young Matched out. This terrapin farm
is not only on larger scale than any here
tofore conducted in Delaware, but has been
very successful William S. Heyerin's farm
has about 200 terrapin on hand at present.
He raises none in his pens, but uses them
for keeping the terapin until they are ready
for shipment Sentinel.
Dr. Theel, Philadelphia's renowned Spec
ialist for nervous debility, blood poisous, kid
ney and special diseases, has cured more
cases than all others combined. He has
cured cases pronounced incurable by leading
physicians. We would advise those suffer
ing to consult kim personally or by letter at
his Office, 55S North Fourth Street, Philadel-