Middletown transcript., 1888-09-20
PENINSULA NEWS.

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Mr.. Parmalee, near Seaford, sold over $4oO
worth of Reeves Favorite peaches from ITO
trees, occupying one acre ofground.
Freidelps fruit drying establishment at
Viola, Kent county, was burned Monday
morning, with Eve tons of fruit; loss about
$2,s0O.
County Commissioner Elijah d. Reid,
successful farmer and merchant, died on
Sunday afternoon at Princess Anne, of lock-
jaw. Mr.. Reid recently had his thumb bro
ken while handling horse.
Ifyou have sick or nervo US headache, take
Ayers Cathartic Pills. They will cleanse
the stomach, restore healthy action to the
digestive organs, remove effste matter (the
presence ofwhich depresses the nerves and
brain), and thus give speedy relief.
The schooner Lewis Clark, which came
ashore on the point of the Cape during the
gale of last week, went to pieces, and was
sold at public auction Monday last to Capt.
Register. Her cargo of coal was sold to
Frank Burton. The whole sale of vessel
and cargo amounted less than $200.-Break-
water Light.
Canker humors of every description,
whether in the mouth, throat, or stomach,
are expelled from the system by the use OF
Ayers SarsapariIla. No other remedy can
compare with this, as a cure for all diseases
originating in impure or impoverished
blood.
Mr.. Clayton Crew, son of Mr.. J. levin
Crew, of Worton, sent by express last week
basket of peaches to Mrs. President Cleve-
land. They were of the "Reeves' Late''
variety and pronounced by those who saw
them TO be the finest size and color they had
ever seen. The fair occupant of the White
House will no doubt appreciate the gift
Kent News.
Workmen engaged in digging the founda-
ton for the new Howard House stables on
the lot in the rear of the houses of Thomas
Green and others in Bow street, have disin-
TERED parts of several skeletons. On Thurs:
day skull was found. 1t is said that this
was once burial ground. A church with
which it was connected is said to have stood
near the site of the residence ofMr. Frank p.
Price.-Cecil Whig.
EVERYBODY LIKES to be called handsome,
especially the young ladies. But that is
simply impossible as long as their face IS
covered with pimples, blotches and sores.
But wait, there is no need of this; one or
two bottles of Sulphur Bitters will remove all
such designations, and make your face and
hair rosy Fannie Bell, Editress.
Two ladies, aged SO and "a years, recent
ly drove eight miles to the residence of Mr..
VIM. Gould in Spaniard's Neck to see Mrs.
Harriet Gleaves, Mr.. Gould's wife's mother,
who is Sc years of age. They not only
drove themselves, but also got out and
opened gates without assistance. More re-
markble is the fact that neither of the three
uses glasses, bu. can see distinctly without
them. The "girls'' also took along their
work, and worked away and chatted during
the day as their mothers used to do. There
were five persons at Mr.. Gould's dinner
table that day whose ages aggregated 1862
years.-Kent News.
The Cecil Democrat SAYS: Several of the
young men of Odessa, Del, becoming alarm
ed at the frequent visits of Warwick young
men to that place, have formed club and
will hereafter keep all young men not resid-
ing in the town away from it. There is
scarcity of girls in that town and this action
has been caused by the heartless conduct Of
young men from neighboring towns, who,
without regard to the rights of native young
men, have carried off a number of the bellies
of the town.
A DRUGGIST SAYs.-Marvin @. Brown,
Druggist, Meredith Village, N. H., says: l
have sold your Sulphur Bitters for years.
and, contrary to most medicines, l never
sold bottle to any one who said it did not
help them. They cured me of those terrible
sick headaches when every other remedy
failed.
Mr.. Thomas Alfred Bryan, Register Of
Wills for Queen Anne's county, died at his
residence at Centreville Landing on We'd
nesday morning last at 8 o'clock after an
illness of about six months, from cancer of
the stomach, aged sixty-fvs years. Mr.. Bry-
an was son of the late Valentine Bryan, a
gentleman of wealth and influence and one
who occupied prominent position in the
affairs of the county dur ing the FIRST half of
the present century.
Last Wednesday afternoon the machinery
of the Water Company at Salisbury was put
in motion for the purpose of filling the stand
pipe. The machinery worked first rate, in
fact entirely satisfactory. The work of filling
the stand pipe which has capacity of 90, 900
gallons, was accomplished in FIVE hours.
Under ordinary circumstances this will be
done in much shorter time as the machin-
cry was not run to its full capacity. The
work of driving the wells is not yet accom-
plished. The water used was taken from
the river.-Advertiser
Its DeIicscy OF Flavor.
And the efficacy of its action have
rendered the famous California liquid
fruit remedy, Syrup of Figs, i'm
mensely popular. 1t cleanses and Tones up
the clogged and feverish System, and dis
pels headaches, Colds, and Fevers.
The mill-dam leading over Purnelps mill
and part of the country road from Snow
Hill to Berlin gave way last Thursday night
under the heavy pressure of water caused by
the heavy rains of last week. The break is
only about ten feet and will be fixed up dur
ing the coming week by the parties to whom
the property belongs. Snow Hill Messenger.
Mr.. Samuel P. Raughley, a prominent
citizen, died at his home near Bridgeville
last Friday morning, the 7th inst, of par
alysis, after short illness of two days. He
was well known through large portions of
Kent and Sussex counties, took an active
interest in politics, was on the Republican
ticket for Sheriff of Sussex county in 1884,
when he carried his own hundred by large
majority; was leading member of the NJ.
E. Church, noted for generous, kindly
heart toward all, and many deeds of Christ
lilo n,apcv tn the nonr He leaves a widow