Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-11-21
D0VER.


special correspondence ubLelte anu ouuiihi
Dover, Nov. i9.-Court met at the
usual hour yesterday. The jury on the
case OF Mrs. Thomas vs. X. A. Black and
Thomas Kinnamon returned q verdict OF
not guilty. David Davis eolored charged
with an assault with intent 10 Kill Charles
Draper eolored of Little Greek pleaded
guilty to an assault and was fined $40
and three months imprisonment.
Wilbur Tatnam OF Harrington who
was arranged for desertion by his wife
at the present term of court and prom
issd TO support her at his fathers, has
again turned her adrift. The court re-
leased him last Monday on his assurance
that he would provide for her to which
she agreed and withdrew The case from
court.
The show business OF this town is
about played out, as oil tho attractions
that have bean here of late have not
made enough to pay expenses. The next
attraction will be Uncle TOMS Cabin,
December 9th.
DoyER, Nov. 1G,-In the superior court
yesterday the Jury In the case of Garter w.
Black, rendered a verdict for the plaintiff
six cents and costs. All OF the licenses
were passed upon and granted except In
the case OF Terrence Darwin OF kenton
against whom the was remonstrance.
The court held n session last night for the
purpose of ending up the business OF the
longest session OF court held for many years.
Thomas Foreakets sternly denies the
report published in the Philadelphia papers
yesterday coucerning him losing $40 with q
fair dam ell OF the Quaker City.
The cunning season opened yesterday
and large proportion of the townstolks
shouldered their gun and went forth In
search Of the innocents. Rabbits are plea-
titul.
DOVER, Nov. 19.-ro say that the
people of Dover are dissatisfied with the
present mail facilities, ia putting it
mildly indeed. The train was late again
last night and did not arrive until after 8
O'Clock, consequently many persons who
were waiting for mail had to GO home
without ID. petition il being circu-
lated, asking that the mail be delivered
by the $50 p. III. train, instead of the
present arrangements, by which it gets
here any time between s. 2G and 8. 15, and
consequently the general delivery is fire.
quently not opened until next morning.
A locked mail has been put on the train
that arrives here at l.i2 p. M, but still
that does not fill the place of the evening
mail.
The mysterious animal that has been
killing so muoh poultry for the farmers
around this section, visited the hennery
of John Taylor, living near Leipsio, one
night last week and killed l4large turkeys
and geeae.
Richardson h Robbins commenced buy
ing poultry yesterday but steady down
pour Of rain ali day prevented many
farmers rom delivering.
Il. ID. Glow is selling off his stock of
groceries with the intention of removing
to Camden, N. j.
Mrs. William Walker has healthy
lemon tres in a window at her residence
| out South State street that is at present
bearing six large, healthy looking lemons.
The dwelling house of j. T. Cough,
Henderson, Md, WAS badly damaged by
fire Saturday night. It is insured in the
Kent County Mutual for $500. John q,
1 Burton went there to-day in the interest
Of the company to ascertain the amount
Of damage.
Miss Lizzie Scott, aged IS years, died
last night, after lingering illness, ut the
home OF her mother, on North strset. The
remains will be inferred tomorrow after
noon.
ELKToN, Nov. 2O.-Clinton McCul
Tough and L. Marshall Haine8, Esqs.
trustees yesterday afternoon, sold at pub
lie sale or the premises the town lots aIC
houses OF the Gottier property on Mali
and Bow streets. The lot on the corne
of Bow and Main streets, fronting 30 fee
on tho latter and 100 feet on the forms
ria t,N o oI nit, lrp
one adjoining fronting so feet on Bow
street was bid to $3.50 and Withdrawn
The two were afterward offered togethe
and sold to Frank T.. Price for 81, 075
MIR. Price who is engaged in business ii
the MsxWoll building adjoining the 10
which he purchased will erect an attrac
tive and oommodious store building
thereon Two brick houses on Boz
street were also sold, one to Samuel Il
King OF Ehton for $500 and the othe
to William IL Howell OF Philadelphia 70
1925. Shockley and Smith were til
RuctioneerB.
Yesterday morning John NJ. Terrell
auctioneer for State attorney VIM.
Evans, offered at public sale the EgnO
farm, containing 50 acres situated ia til
! Fourth election diAtriet Of Cecil county
A bid of $5Jn was received and this no
being ca sidered adequate the propert
! was Withdrawn.
Captain VIM. b, Really has purchase
: the dwelling OF Mrs. VIM. =. Kitchens Q
Stockton street, this town.
Tie northern convention of ia
} diocese Of EAston (inoluding Cecil an
Kent counties), OF which the R4S
] William Sohonier of this town ia dear
will meet in Trinity Church, Elkton, o
Tuesday and Wednesday, December
| and 4th. Bishop Adams and othe
! clerRymen will be present, and topics {
: general iuterest will be discussed.
The Rev. William q. Moore, D. D., {
; Columbus, Ohio, who preached last Sur
day morning in the Elk.on Preabyteris
] Church and in the evening Gt the Glal
. gov, Del, Presbyterian church, ID
native OF this vicinity. lie was born o
| the farm now occupied by William
/. Fowler and then owned BY Mr.. Moore
stepfather Andrew McIntire. lie a
3 tended Elkton Academy before enterir
= Princeton college. Mir. Moore was paste
d OF the West Chester, Pa, Presbyteria
church for 25 years before remoyiI
9 west.
/ Mr., MoOool, living on the Bratt1
farm, in the Second district has lo
j hogs vslued o. $3.50 by cholera in Il
a last week or two.
r Mrs. Malouey, mother OF Dennis NJ
i loney, well.known Second distri
Il farmer, died at his residence on Sunds
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