Milford chronicle., 1889-04-26
ON THE PENINSULA.

Elijah Norris of FELTON,, died on April
nth with dropsy.
FELTON, has purchased ground, and will
build an Alderman's office and town Jail.
JAMES H. DILwoRTH has purchased the
Dela50aye City Meas, and will conduct it,
THE worlds Christian Temperance Union
has requested that Sunday, April 29th, be
observed throughout the world as Temper
ance Day, and that sermons be preached on
the subject that day.
The appointment of Mr.. L. s. HILL of
Maryland, as Internal Revenue Collector for
the Delaware and Maryland district was an
nounced on Thursday, and is sore disap-
pointinent to several Delaware aspirauts.
The surplus in the Delaware treasury at
the end of last year was $4,000. This is a
greater surplus ia proportion to population
and country than that of the national govern
ment, about which so much was said last
year.
The Peninsula Basket and Crate Company
of Salisbury formerly the Wilmington Bas
ket and Crate Company, expects to begin
operations in about two weeks The COM
pany has an excellent site between the rail
road and the creek, and has already received
many encouraging orders.
The Choptank Steamboat Company has
chartered from the Roanoke, Narfolk and
Baltimore Steamboat Company the fast iron
propeller Conoho for the Nanticoke river
landings to Seaford The Conoho will make
her initial trip about the 10th of May, max
ing three trips week.
Dilworth & Steward, Gamers, have been
contracting for tomatoes to be grown the COM
ing season. They offer $3.50 per ton for
contracts made previous to April 18th and
delivered before September 25th, and SO per
ton for contracts made after April 18th aud
delivered after September 25th.
Fris5y B. Clark harness maker of Dover
formerly from Frederick, Del, sold his entire
stock, good will and fixtures to Z. l. Butler
on last Saturday and started for Oklahoma to
secure homestead where he expects to set
tie home ana make farming his profession
until towns are started up then he intends 10
work at his old trade, harness making,
Miss Kate Cullen of Georgetown and Harry
George of New Castle were married in the
Presbyterian Church at Georgetown Tuesday
last Miss Cullen is the daughter of Charles
w. Cullen, a prominent Sussex lawyer, and
one of the most popular young ladies of old
Sussex. MI. George is the son of Jonathan
George of New Castle, and is employed with
c. A. Lippincott of Wilmington.
James W. Stricken, son of Benjamin r.
Strickler, foreman in the shipyard of the
Pusey & Jones Company, and Miss Mary E.
| Downing, daughter of Captain Downing,
were married at the residence of the latter,
AIS East Fifth street. Wilmington, Friday
evening last, by the Rev. Jacob Todd, D. D.
Mr.. and Mrs. Strickler will reside on Ninth
street, near Adams.
Emmett Downes, a prominent citizen oil
Denton has disappeared He left town on
the 3rd inst, taking the north bound train at
Greensboro Station, and nothing has been
/ heard of him or his whereabouts since.
When leaving he stated that he would return
the following Saturday. He took his sum
mer clothes with him, and it is said, about
| s., 500, His motive for going away is a
mystery. His family, consisting of a wife
aud two children, know nothing Of his where.
abouts
/ The Superior Court for Sussex County on
Friday last granted a rule on w. H. Pretty
man, Levy Courtman, to show cause why a
writ of quo warrante should not issue against
him, returnable at the next term Of court,
which will sit in October. This is a bold
scheme of the Democrats to Gust Prettyman
and seat Democrat, hoping that at the next
election for courtmen, when the minority OF
the court will be elected, they will win. The
/ charge against Prettyinan IS that he was not
a freeholder at the time Of his election He
was, however, a freeholder when he quail
fled as a member of the court.
A R. Morrison, of New Castle, has con-
tracted to have the piers and floating docks
at Woodland Beach ready for use by June
] 18th. This in connection with the fact, thai
1000 tons of steel rails have been contracted
for to be laid on the Bombay Hook Railroad
seems to indicate that somebody means bus
mess. Mr.. Thielens, who is reported as being
one of the purchasers Of the old road was in
Smyrna last week with William Morrison
and an engineer from the Jersey Ceutra
road looking over the property. It is said
an energetic opposition will be made during
the summer to the Pennsylvania railroad
especially in the peach traffic, as the new
road is three hours nearer to New York and
six hours nearer to Boston markets. This is
one fact alone of great importance to peach
shippers, as there has been complaint To-
several years about the tardy delivery o
fruit while the highest charges are made fo
the service.