Milford chronicle., 1889-07-19
ON THE PENINSULA.

Captain Eccles has resigned the captaincI
of H company. His resignation has been
accepted and meeting Of III" Company i.
ordered at camp Phil Sheridan to elect q
captain to fill the vacancy.
THE damage done by the explosion Of
the two roIliug-mills at the powder works
of Z. I. Dupont & Co., near Wilmington,
on Friday night, will amount to $1,000. A
Foreman named Kernberger was slightly
hurt.
SATURDAY last there were forty-four sites
for tents selected at the Penrose camp
ground, six miles west of Dover. Herbert
Blackiston secured the privilege of the
bread tent, and Moore Bros the food pen
and boarding tent.
A prominent citizen of Bridgeville, Sussex
county, has offered the Episcopate of this
State a large piece Of ground ON which to
erect mission. Action will be taken upon
the offer at the next meeting of the Episco-
pate, held in Wilmington.
BLAcKsroN's Cross Roads is to have
postoffiee shortly. B. F. Graham is to be
postmaster, and the mail will be carried
from Clayton by James Burrist, for SIzs a
year. The name of the Office will be
"Blackiston, aud will be open for business
in a week or two-C7ayfon CAL.
There was large attendance at New Mar
ket camp meeting last Sunday, persons from
Milford, Georgetown, Milton and other
points, as well as from the immediate neigh
borhood were among those present, and ser
vices were listened to with marked attention.
1t was pronounced a very successful meet
ing.
Burton Johnson. formerly of Millsboro,
bied at hisresidence at Burton's Mill Indian /
River hundred, on Monday, of paralysis.
iged about 62 years. His remains were in
erred at Millsboro Wednesday morning.
He leaves a wife and several children to
mourn their loss. Deceased was the Jesse and
operator of Marshalls mill few years ago.
md was quite well known to many residents
# Milford and vicinity.
Mrs. Rachael z. Smithers, widow of Ma
haniel Smithers and step-mother of the
Ion. N, B. Smithers, of Dover, died on Tues.
ay at the residence of her nephew, Joshua
layton, on Bohemia Manor, Cecil county.
he was one Of the oldest residents of the
ounty, being "a years of age. She made
er home with Judge James A. Lewis, of Elk
IN, but was visiting at the time of her death.
he was able to go about, and left Elkton
.ss than three weeks ago
The Cecil county farm owned by William
Ioore, of the Girard House, Philadelphia,
i'd tenanted by Lewis W. Ashton. was Wis.
ed by cyclone on Thursday afternoon
St The farm is situated near Charlestowu.
ecil county, on the line of the Philadelphia.
'ilmington and Baltimore railroad, and is
equently visited in summer by Moore and :;
me of his friends. The dwelling-house :.
as demolished by the wind, Ashton and Il
S family taking refuge in the cellar. The v
able and other outbuildines were also II
own down and the crops injured.
Z, B Frazer, Secretary of the State Board v
Health, reports the following mortuary /
cord Of Sussex county for the quarter end "
June 80, 1889. Deaths, So, of which y P
re caused by consumption, pneumonia, b
disease of the brain,3 typhoid fever, s dys- n
terry diphtheria, 8 Group and all other
'eases, S. The births number "a ofwhich Is
were white and black. There were "A "
lrrisges, of which II were white and v
'ek. With an estimated population of :,
600 people, the death rate was $50 per Il
,usand. n