Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-01-03
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TH N PENINSULA.

baud severely laoerAtsd last week by the
explosion Of brass shell he was handling.
| During the boisterous Christmas oele.
brst!on ut Greensborouga. Willie Sapp
was wounded in tho arm by a pistol bulleI
and Harry Price was nearly blinded by
the explosion Of large fire cracker.
Roswell W. Carroll of Caroline county
slaughtered four hogs that weighed j, 165
pounds. They were 10 months old. The
heaviest weighed 1858 aud the lightest 264
pounds. jones a. Parrot killed four hogs
that aggregated Ad29 pounds, as follows:
325, SAG, 1913 and 3s5.
A colored boy named William H. Jack.
son was lodged in Jail at Centresille
Thursday charged with cutting F. d.
9szleton, oolored, infiioting a serious
wound near the heart. The cutting
occurred in Piney Neck.
A very pretty and largely attended
wedding wRs held at the NJ E. Church,
Ohurch.Hill Wednesday evening week III
7.30. The contracting parties we're
Joseph d. Hazell, principal Of Sudlers-
vile Academy aad Miss Emma Hoffecker,
daughter of a. T. Hoffeeker, Esq
While Edgar Dryden Of Snow Hill was
riding Sunday, Dec. 23d. his horse fell
ard threw him of. His foot WAS fast in
tue stirrup and Nj. Dryden could not az.
tricate himself from his preoarious Stu
alton until his foot was badly fractured
and ankle bone broken-the bone pro-
truding through the akin. Ee finally
succeeded In remounting his horse and
returned home.
Charles A. Mesds aged 20 years, near
Osntrsyille, holds possession Of farm,
which BIO claims TO own, and from which
General William MeKenney, who also
claims ownership, is trying to ejsct him
by legal mems. Friday morning, says
the CentFeville Record, the necessary
legnl papers were issued to dispossess
Mr.. Needs, and Sheriff Seney was busy
for Two hours summoning Jury. The
rulnor had spread that Mr.. Needs was
holding the fort With bbot enn, and
jurors were very scarce and hard to find.
Those caught were chiefly those who bad
not heard the news. Late In the after
noon Mr. Needs was still in possession.
Wednesday evening week, about 6
O'Clock, Polish Jew tin peddler was
knocked down and robbed OF S15 in cash
by William Lee, 8 colored man about 90
years Of age. Lee watched the pediler
during the day, and meeting him on the
road in the evening, demanded bis money,
but the peddlar did rot obey Lse know
ing in which pocket be kept his wallet,
grabbed it and struck his victim u terrible
blow with club OF the back OF the head,
which felled the peddler and made
frightful scalp wound. How long the
poor fellow lay in the road before con-
seriousness returned, is not known. He
arrived In Church Hill shortly after 9
O'Clock and reported to the officers. Lee
WAS arrested and lodged in Jail, and the
peddler recovered all his money but so
cents.
The Rev. James H. Rich Of Denton
has recently completed q unique repre-.
sentation of the interesting Biblical town
of Bethlehem and its environments.
These scenes are worked in wood, gravel,
moss, evergreen, TO-, and are formed
according to the idea gained BY Mr.. Rich
from study of the Bible. The second
chapter OF st. Luke Is the subject or
illustration. The whole occupies space
OF psrhsps IA by A feet and lighted In IL Q
evening by Chinese lanterns picture of
much interest 10 revealed. The cotter'a
quaint houses with their fiat roofs, tie
"Inn" of the place and the we'll, famous
in Bible story, are given there while be-
You'd hangs the star and beneath is the
manger. On tho "RoHd to Bethlehem"
are found tine wise men on their journey
to pay homage to the Saviour of mankind.
The soldiers guarding the we'll are there
and beyond appears the hills and dales
and the plains Of Jadea. There are the
hocks upon the hills and the shepherds,
about whom on this day of the dawning
of the Christian era, the angels lowered.
There is also portrayal OF the Gave OF
Adallam, where David lay concealed and
from which he iasued his orders to his
soldiers, by whose great prowess the lines
of the Philistine army were pierced and
the well OF Bethlehem miraculously re-
gained.