Milford chronicle., 1891-04-24
ON THE PENINSULA.

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DESTROYED the store house formerly occupied
bv Iotn 7. Wagamon, the dwelling house Of
John K. Long and the latter's barn and
stables
VT ellis of Delmar died from lock-iaw
Sunday last. He was a railroad employe
and a short time ago ran a nail in his loot
which brought on the lock-iaw. He leaves
a wife and three children.
The breaking of stone by the prisoners
confined in New Castle Jail began on Tues
day last There are seventeen prisoners
under this sentence. Sheriff Summons son
Harry has charge of the work.
Gov. REYNOLDS has appointed school supei-
intendents as follows For New Castle
county, H. D. Griffin, of Delaware City; for
Kent County, c. c. Tindale, of FELTON,; for
Sussex county, John G. Gray, of Bridgeville.
The residence of Alexander Hudson, in
Indian River hun dred was destroyed by fire
on Thursday afternoon. The loss was $1,000
upou which there was an insurance OF $1,000
upon the house and $500 on the furniture
in the Fire Association, of Philadelphia
The accident is supposed to haYe been
caused by defective aue.
Tohn B. Moore, third assistant Secretary
of State has been unanimously elected by
the board of trustees of Columbia College,
New York Ci ty, to the chair of international
law recently established there He is son
of DR.. John Moore. of FELTON,. He was APP
pointed TO his present position by Mr., Bay.
ard soon after his admission to the bar OF
New Castle and continued by Mr.. Blaine.
Mr.. Moore was born in FELTON, in 1860. The
probabilities are that he will leave the State
department and go on duty in his new posi-
ton next October
It is proposed to greatly enlarge the pos
tai facilities of the peninsula. The regular
mail train south in the afternoon will be
the one which leaves Wilmington at $50,
and mail will be distributed at points as far
south as Delmar. This train will return
from Delrnar early Ia the morning, aud will
bring the mail north. In addition to this,
the New York and Philadelphia night mail
for all points along the road Will be taken to
Delmar 10 be distributed by this early train
north. AT present the people along the line
south Of Wyoming, have only one mail per
day each way.
Mrs. Sarah Weir, Of Wilmin gton, and
Anna Ouarveli, Of England, have won a suit
involving the possession Of 100000, the
estate Of their grandfather, Francis Quar-
vell.a Frenchman, who died intestate about
1900. The suit has been pending in the En-
glish Court Of Chsncery for forty-four years,
and was decided February 18th. Counselor
Brill. of New York, who represented the win.
ners Of the suit, went to Wilmington on Tues
day last and made a payment Of several
thousands Of dollars Of the estate which he
had received for his clients. Mrs. Weir and
Anna Ouarvell will receive about $4,000
each. The estate is In French ana Engiish
estates and securities The heirs in Will
minetou expect to receive all their money
in a short time.
One Of those delightful little events which
are certain to linger pleasantly in the mem
ory years after their occurrence took place
in Georgetown on Friday evening last, The
occasion was a supper given by the Hon.
Tohn W. Houston to the bench and bar OF
Sussex county. Those present viii mot soon
forget the genial manner aud the kindly
smile of this host as he presided with the
grace and dignity which have so long made
him a conspicuous figure on the bench and
at the social board The bench was repre-
scented BY the chief justice aud Associate
Judges Cullen and Grubb and the bar by
all the members in this county except two
or three who were unayoidably absent from
GEORGETOWN. "reminiscences of the bench
and bar were literally INDUCED in, and with
such inimitable reconteurs as the Chief JUS
tice and Judges Houston, Cullen and Grub,
it need hardly be said that the intellectual
feast was worthy of the hospitable table OF
Judge Houston. Inc following kSHtiGnGu
were present. Chief Justice Joseph P. Come
gys. Judge Charles NJ. Cullen, Judge Igna-
thus G. Grub, James R. Lofland, A. p Rob
iusou, Charles f. Richards, Edwin Payn-
ter Charles w. Melee, r. c. White, c. W.
Whitley, Joseph L. Cahall, ]. Frank Bacon.
William H. Boyce, Charles W. Cullen Rob
ert G. Houston, Prothonotary ]. I. Adams,
Clerk of the Peace Edward W. Houston,
Sheriff Robinson and Crier d. S. Purnel.-
Ge0rgefomR correspondent Of Morning
Meas.
1t has been proven beyond a doubt that
George Bran, now confined in the Jail at
Tzlkton, Nd, with completely IN the Richards
murder, was near the scene Of the tragedy
on the Sunday previous. Conductor W. T.
Halter, Of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore railroad identified Bran as the
man he had talked with at n o'clock on
Monday, the morning Of the murder, at the
station. This skaters BRAINS
story. He declared that On Monday he was
ia Baltimore and at tile house No. no Port
land street. Miss Johnson, who liyes al
that number, also denies Brams story that
he was ia the house that day.
Frank Ferguson, man against whom sus- /
picion OF completely In the Richards Cecil
countyl murder has been directed was ar