Milford chronicle., 1889-05-03
ON THE PENINSULA.

R. Pomeroy Jones, of near Dover, has been
appointed railway mail agent between New
York and Washington
Congressman Pennington has appointed
Thomas Clayton Frame, of Wyoming, to the
vacant cadetship at the Annapolis Naval
Academy.
This is the first time in the memory q
the oldest residents that the Legislature and
April term of court have been in session at
the same time.
The Peninsula Basket and Crate Comp ny
of Salisbury, formerly Wilmington Basket
and Crate Company, began operations at
Salisbury last week.
The story-and-a-half house belonging to
Charlie Spicer and occupied by Isaac Vain
wright, about four miles from Georgetown,
was destroyed by FIRE last Saturday night.
The next meeting of the Sussex County
Bible Society will be held in Laurel on
Thursday, May 9th, at TO- so O'Clock a. m.
Hundred Societies will please take notice.
Postmaster General Wanamaker has APP
pointed 7. N. Derrickson to succeed N. A. c.
Dawson as postmaster at Roxana, Sussex
county. The salary of the office last year
was $3.50.
The Delaa0are TsOilighf, a colered organ,
has made its appearance in Wilmington. It
is a sort of octoroon, and not so black as mid
night The name is well chosen.-NeaCS
and AdvertiSer.
The Board of Trustees of the poor held
its annual meeting at the almshouse last
week. At the mornings session officers were
elected and bids for supplies were opened
and contracts awarded.
The school board of Camden are prepar-
ing to have ground broke for six thousand
dollar schoolhouse; to be built of brick, one
story, with three rooms, so they can be
opened in one large room.
An Episcopal chapel is to be erected at
Clayton at once. The lot has been donated
by I. N. Mills near St. Pauls NJ. E. Church,
and tile frame for the same by E. Fleming of
harrington anu WiillaLh AayAOA "a NAiNNA-~
town.
Adjutant General Kenney says that the
Delaware National Guards annual encamp-
ment can be continued until 1898 without
any cost to the State, there being Cover
ment fund of $4,000 available for the ex-
elusive use of the Delaware militia.
-Four to FIVE carloads of Southern straw
berries are shipped daily over the N. Y, P.
& N. and Delaware railroads to northern
markets. A month ago they came from
Florida, but those now being shipped are
from North and South Carolina. They are
selling at 40 cents per quart.
The engine house of the New York, Phil
adelphia and Norfolk railroad at Cape
Charles City caught fire last Thursday, and
was burned to the ground A number OF
engines were in the house at the time, but
all except one were gotten out before being
much damaged. The loss of the railroad
company will be $4,000.
THE NEW DELAWARE RAILRoAD.-The
purchase of the Kent County railroad in
Delaware by the New Jersey Central will
have an injurious effect on Philadelphia
supply of peaches. The new acquisition is q
peach road and terminates at Bombay Hook
From there the fruit will be carried across
the Delaware bay to Bayside, whence it will
be sent over the Southern branch of the Jef.
sey Central direct to New York.
NEwARK's CADErs-The Ledger says
Newark will soon be full of cadets. Uni
forms have been ordered for forty students
of the college and academy. J. Will Brown
received the contract for furnishing the
suits. The boys are making rapid progress
| in the art of military tactics under Lieuten-
ant Brown. The young ladies ofthe academy
drill nicely and present very soldierly ap
| pearance. Hurrah for our militia.
Mrs. Mary c. Wilson of Georgetown, Del,
appeared at the morgue in this city Monday,
and identified body found at Marcus Hoo k
last Saturday as that of her son Charles
Deceased was sailor and fell from sloop
near Chester Island, in the Delaware, abou
two weeks ago and was drowned. The bod y
was not seen after the unfortunate man
struck the water until it was discovered float
ing on the surface last Saturday. Mrs Will
son is a widow and her son was her chic
support.
The following cablegram has beer
received:
GmRALrER, 26-.L II. Marcel, Laurel:
Crew Saved; schooner lost. EsKRIDGE.
This is from Captain William ]. Eskridg,
of the wrecked schooner Mary E. Bacon OF
Laurel 1t announces the loss of the
schooner at sea- and the safety of all hei
crew, seven or eight in all. This is the frs
tidings received for several weeks, and Cap
tain Eckridge and his crew were given VI
for lost
: AN ANCIENT ANCHOR LIFrED.-Th
steamer Tamasi while sweeping for lost al
chors between the "shears" and "bouy {
the brown" at I,ewes, on Tuesday last, caugt
an anchor which appears to be of anciei
pattern. 1t had a very long shank and larg
ring through which very large woode
stock had evidently been used. 1t is yer
uluEu GdlCu Will AuSA anu JlObdbA1 Aldh DCN
sunk so or so years. It was of good size an
large enough for a ship of the tonnage
half century ago.
A fatal accident at Newport, on the P. "
& B. r. R., occurred last week. mark ct
= man named John Wade and wife had bee
to market at Wilmington, and OH their wa
/ to their home in Appleton, Md. they wei
accompanied by a lad about eleven year
old, named Jas. T. Lenderman. They wei
to Cranston's works and got some phosphat
and started across the railooad track, whe
/ the team was struck by an approaching trail
q killing all three of the persons, also I'll
horse and tearing the wagon to pieces.
, THE dwelling, barn and other outbuildini
. | ~, the farm of 4 r Warren in Tuct a1if