Milford chronicle., 1888-10-05
ON THE PENINSULA.

| GOLDEN WEDDING. Capt P. B. Norman
and his wife, Mary H., Of Lewes, will cele-
brate on Wednesday, October 18TH the 5oth
anniversary of their marriage.
A telephone wire has been erected from
the Lewes life-station to the station at Chin
cOteague. Through the communication thus
established many lives can be saved in case
of marine disaster
An automatic arrangement is now being
erected at Clayton for the purpose of work
/ ing switches, danger signals, etc. It will
govern all the signals and switches for sew
eral hundred feet down the line.
Miss Burtie Layton left Georgetown a few
/ days ago to enter Darlington Seminay, at
| West Chester Pa, The West Chester Local
Meas says: 'The State of Delaware is bet
( ter represented in the school than any other
State except Pennsylvania, "
Kent county's mortuary for the quarter
ending July I, 1888 Deaths reported, O.
white, 49, colored, rs. Principal causes of
death Consumption, II pneumonia, /;
Group, 7: whoopiug cough, 4. Births, As;
white. A.; colored l. Marriages, 3S white
10; colored, I9.
The barn and stables of John P, Collins,
near Collins Beach, were destroyed by FIRE
on Thursday evening. There were about
500 bushels Of oats aud a large quantity of
farm machinery in the building, all of which
were burned. The loss is estimated at about
P2 ooo, and is partly covered by insurance.
At an old-fashioued "fodder-saving" in
Sussex last week, a wrestling match between
Chas. i. Workman aud Avery Dennis wound
up in fight, in which Workman was badly
col TNsasr
got mad because Workman was the better
wrestler The wound IS not considered dan
gefous,
The improved methods Of drying fruit in
practice at this time 90 far to prevent gluts
in the fresh fruit markets So long as we
haYe on the Peninsula enough eYaporators
to manufacture a thousand tons of dried fruit
and constantly widening markets for the pro-
duct, we haYe a pretty effective safeguard
against extremely low prices.-Fa51N and
Home.
State Treasurer Herbert has deposited in
the Farmers Bank at Georgetown, Sussex
couutys apportionmeut of the State school
fund. Single districts get SI63.52 each. The
appropriations to united districts are appor-
toned according to the number of pupils
The following are the amounts apportioned
to some Of the larger schools Seaford $50
IS; Bridgeville. $3.50. 2S Lewes, So77. IS;
Laurel, S567. 90; Millsboro, S236. 70 Frank
ford, s573.56; Milford, S., ,oIo.S2; Georgetown,
SS3L7o.
The value of the Grange to farmers outside
as well as within the organization, is well
illustrated by what it has done in conducting
the case of the farmers of the whole PENN
sula against the railroad companies. Not
only this, but the influence ofa favorable de
cision will extend to all classes of people.
The merchants and oyster shippers particu-
larly will feel the benefits of relief from ex-
cessive freight charges. Without a well or
ganized body of intelligent men it would
have been difficult to do what has been ac-
mplished.-FayW and Home.
CLASS WORKS BURNED.-Two buildings
Of tile Dover Glass Works were burned at
midnight of Monday. They were the flat
tening room and Office Loss about 10000
with partial insurance in companies outside
of the State. The wind being south blew
the flames to the stables of the Delaware
State Fair Association, which were partly
burNed The loss is about $500, entirely COW
cred by insurance in the Kent County
Mutual The origin of the fire is unknown
The Glass Works were sold Tuesday by
Sheriff Mcdaniel to {. S. Pennewill Of Dover
for s., 500.