The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-07-28
OUT OF TOWN NEWS.

WIN. L. James of Wilmington, lost the
end of his thumb while at work at Jack
son & Sharp Company.
A narrow-tracked buggy and bay
mare 10 hands high was stolen from
John w. Anderson on Sunday night
from Mt Salem Church.
The military eecampment at Brandy
wine Springs was deserted ON Tuesday
night. The soldiers had a glorious time
and were sorry when time came TO go
home.
At late meeting of the Board of
Trustees of Elkton Academy, George A.
Steel was elected principal. He will
also continue to be principal of the pub
lie school at Elkton.
A valuable horse belonging to Harry
Lowe, of Wilmington, was driven to
death on Sunday. The animal was driv-
en- by stranger to near Glasgow where
it died from overdriving.
Charles Flommont of Philadelphia
YVES stricken with paralysis at the resi-
dence of Fred Racine a relative, near
Elkton. He was on visit and had just
gotten inside the door when he was at
tackled.
Mrs. Rebeeca Taylor, the aged mother
of the late Bayard Taylor, visited West
Chester from her home in Kennett
Square on Sunday last. Mrs. Taylor is
in her nineties.
The appointment of II. c. Conrad,
Esq, as distributor of the Fruit Growers
Bureau of Information and Distribution
for this State, was very wise. Mr.. Con-
rad is a gentleman in every particular
qualified for the responsible position TO
which he has been called.
Paul, a 5-year-old son of Anne +. Car
berry of Wilmington was accidentally
shot in the abdomen on Saturday night
and died shortly aiterward, Several
marksmen were shooting at target and
it is supposed a stray ball struck him.
Surgeon General Hamilton, of the
Marine Hospital Bureau, received tel
egram Monday morning says that the
brig Tenerifie, from Havana, arrived at
the Delaware Breakwater OH Sunday
with two cases of yellow fever on board
which were admitted to the hospital
Ono e th,, NJ tltn hrifr ltal tha
voyage, and one case ofyellow fever was
left at Havana.
John Ferry of Baltimore was walking
across the p, w. & B. railroad bridge
over the Susquehanna early Sunday
morning when he was struck by So
nth bound train and hurled very violent
ly from the bridge into the water and
swan ashore, boarding the next train for
his home. He was not severely injured,
but was nevertheless driven to Bal
timore hospital.
The following headed "Our Editor ON
His Vacation" from the Star, of Coving-
ton, Ga: "Om editor will take in the
Press Convention at Canton this week,
and probably run down to Brunswick be-
fore his return. He left in fine trim,
having an extra handkerchiefan a little
over 81 ,25 in hard cash. P. S.-Since
the above was put in type Rev. Jacob
Car (colored) has managed to collect
75-cent blowing bill from the editor, and
he will hardly have us big time MS he
expected"
Dennis Bradley, seven-year old or
phan, an inmate of the Catholic Protec-
tory in Wilmington was horribly shat
tered by the explosion ola dynamite
cartridge Monday afternoon. In COM
pany with two other lads he was playing
along the Baltimore and Ohio tracks
and thcre found box containing dy-
Mantle cartridges. The injured boy ex-
ploded one of these by striking two
stones and the entire box went of. Both
his eyes were destroyed, the left hand
badly lacerated and his right cheek torn
open by fragment of the shell, which
remained sticking in the wound. His re-
covery is doubtful.
On Tuesday man was killed and a
boy and man severely injured, and two
teams narrowly escaped being crushed
in Wilmington. james ii. Wrighting-
ton, car builder, was so badly injured
that he died in 40 minutes afterwards