Milford chronicle., 1889-01-18
ON THE PENINSULA.

John Marshall of Philadelphia, has retume
to Lewes with his two daughters, Linda an
Rhina, and will make his home there in tn
future.
The Atlas Dredging Company of Wi
mington, has been awarded the cantract 70
dredging Cape Fear river, North Carolina
The total amount of the bid is $3.50
At the semi-annual meeting of the direC
tors of the Farmers Bank of Delaware, he'll
at Doyer on Thursday, Joseph L. Carpenter
of Wilmington, was elected president in plac
of the late George Richardson, also of VIII
mington,
There are rocks enough in the stony "hun
dred" of upper New Castle to harden hal
the roads in Delaware, and enough oyste
shells in Sussex to fix up the other half
There are idle rascals enough in three Della
ware jails to break and lay the stone and Il
pound down the shells.-Philadelphta Rec
ord
The Sussex National Bank, of Seaford, will
probably be removed to Laurel. This il
rapidly becoming the business centre fSus
sex county, and that fact cannot be disguised
A bank we need and bank we must have
and the sooner brother Wright packs up hi
paraphernalia and moves down the better fo
the Sussex National. al.-Lanyel Gazette.
Will York, colored, convicted at the las
term of court of larceny of a watch from
George W. Bennum, escaped from George
town Jail on Monday while carrying in wood
He was captured the next day by Sheriff
/ Ward near BishopYille and was returned tC
his old quarters. He broke Jail once during
Sheriff Purnell's term, but was recaptured
His term of imprisonment expired on Tues
day
At the annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Farmers Bank ofthe State of Delaware
the following directors were elected for the
bank in Georgetown Chas {. Stockley
president; John r. McFee, DR.. c. H. Rich
ards, Edwin R. Paynter, Ebe W. Tunnell
Harbeson Hickman, Chas. P. Houston, Dr.
Hugh Martin D. R. Barton. A dividend oi
3 per cent was declared.
James Henry, of Berlin. caught Edward H.
Bowen hugging and kissing Mrs. Henry, and
knocked him down with cudgel and stabbed
him twelve times with pen knife. All the
parties are of high social standing Mrs.
Henry fled to Philadelphia. Bowen is re-
covering from his wounds Mrs. Henry was
a former student at Newark, Del, and her
maiden name was Johnson. She is very
wealthy.
The pneumatic dynamite gun cruiser We.
suvius was tested by the Trial Board on
Thursday and Friday in the Delaware Bay.
It attained a speed of az knots; more than
the contract requires The official trial took
place last Friday morning. After the test,
which was perfectly satisfactory, the gun
boat was pointed up the river and the dis
tance from the Breakwater to Cramps ship
yards,o2 knots, or Io4 miles, was covered in
five hours and forty-three minutes.
General Thomas A Smyth Post, No. l.,
Department of Delaware, Grand Army of the
Republic, of Wilmington celebrated its ninth
anniversary last Monday Evening. It was
also the anniversary of the organization of
the permanent department under the COM
mand of W. S. McNair. The celebration
was largely attended and addresses listened
to from many prominent c. A. R., men.
The funeral of Miss Sue Mills, daughter Of
I. n, Mills Of Clayton, which took place at
Dover on Sunday afternoon, was largely at
tended. Friends from Wilmington Middle
town, Smyrna and Dover completely filed
Governor Biggs was among those who were
on the special train which carried the re-
mains from Clayton to Dover The Rev.
George w. Dame of Smyrna, assisted by the
Rev. Lewis D. Gibson of Dover, conducted
the burial service.
Since the organization Of the Denton Ma
tional Bank the Building aud Loan Asaocia-
ton, which had done hourishing business,
has been a source of annoyance to its stock
holders, It soon became apparent that its
affairs had been losely managed, and H. R.
Lewis was appointed receiver Walter H.
Thompson, an expert accountant of Easton
was employed to examine the books of the
association. On Friday morning Mr. Thomp-
son delivered to Mr. Lewis a statement
showing the financial condition of the con-
cern. He finds that the assets Of the asso-
cion foot up S9,63a 95, while the liabilities
are shown to be $I6,oII.3I,
Samuel Young,an aged coiored man, prob.
ably more than 90 years old was placed ON
trial last Friday afternoon in the Cecil county
Circuit Court on the charge Of murder in
having killed his son-in-law, George War
ren, in Elk Neck, about ten miles from Nor h
East, on November 9th The two had Guar
relied considerably, and al the time of the
shooting Warren had assaulted the old man.
The latter gave himself up Immediately
after the shooting, which he claimed was in
selfdeience. He is defended by Albert
Constable and W. r Warburton, Esqs. TIE
trial ended on Saturday and resulted in a
verdict of not guilty
Constable T. Emory Lee Of Cherry Hill,
Cecil county, took to Elkton Jail last Friday
morning George Smith, colorcd, aged "a
years. charged with committing felonious
assault OIL Mary Ward, the I3.year' old daugh-
fer of James ward, farmer, who liyeson the
farm Of Taylor Reynolds near Blue Ball in
the Fourth election district of Cecil county,
not far from the Pennsylvania line. The
assault, it is alleged, was committed in the
woods near the residence Of the girls father
OH Thursday. Public feeling in the neigh
borhood ran very high for some time and
there we're threats oflynching Nc hing of
the kind was attempted, however The vic
tim Of the assault is recovering fem he
effects Of the fight and now alleges Il The
brute did not accomplish his purpose,