Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-12-15
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La grippe is epidemic In all the towns
Of Talbot county. Md.
The ages Of twelve residents Of Lewes
range from rs 10 81 years
N P. Marley has been elected master
of the grange at Elkton, Md.
Cecil county, Md has cash balance
Of SIS ISL 80 in the treasury.
The town election at Lewes will take
place on the first Saturday In January.
The pilot boat whildin has relieved the
Howard as station boat on Delaware
Bay
An electric scissors patent rights sharp
Is said to be operating in Sussex county
towns.
John M Vessels. superintendent Of the
Maritime Exchange station at Lewes, has
resigned.
John Carson Of FELTON, has had two
Singers cut of while 'monkeying with
buzz saw.
The Ssott Fertilizer Company of Elk
ton, Md. has declared an eight per cent,
dividend
Husking parties are prevalent in
Eastern Shore Of Maryland rural com
munities.
The December term Of the Circuit
Court for Cecil county began at Elkton,
Md, to-day,
Devils Dominion, Hell's Corner and
Buszardsville are the names Of places on
Kent Island Nd.
An electric light plant will be put In
the darret paper mill near Childs station,
Cecil county, Md
Nathan Cook Of near WoodsIde, Kent
county, has raised hog which weighs
almost !, 600 pounds,
William S. Evans has been appointed
att )rney for the board Of commissioners
Of Cecil county, Md
In one day recently forty Eve oyster
shuckers of Cambridge, Nd. ahueked
1857 gallons Of oysters.
A large majority Of the inhabitants OF
Kent Island, Md, make comfortable
livings by fishing and oystering.
Fora n Brinsfeld Of Galestown was
accidentally and perhaps fatally shot by
James ?. Tnll one day last week
Captain Roberts succeeds Captain
Beverage as the commanding officer Of
the salvation Army at North East, Md.
cat belonging to farmer who lives
near smyrna catches rabbits and takes
them to the house. It's average is one a
day
Rev. Thomas W. Thurston, colored
minister Of Elkton, Md, has been ten
dered a 81, 1000 position by Bishop Tan
ner
George Balderston Of Colora, Md has
Jack rose bushes the canes Of which |
are ten feet high and form arches sixty |
feet In sizs
There are twenty three licensed saloons
Ia Cecil county Nd The Whlg OF Ekton /
Is Sighting the liquor traffic In that town
and county
Captain Horace Nelson Of Kent Island
Md, went to hotel In Baltimors, Md
blew out the gas and went TO bed The
usual result followed his act.
Gambrill & Co., at Baldwin. Nd, have
been compelled to shut down their da
mask factory because the grip has pros
trated nearly all Of their workmen.
In chronicling the death OF a 4-year-old
child Heam's correspondent OF the Sus.
sex Oountian says that the cold winged J
angel Of death lowered around the house.
The Official figures Of the Prohibition /
party In Maryland show that II polled
5,l36 votes at the late state election, an
increase Of 200 over the last guberna-
torial vote,
Rev l.. P. Corkran aud Miss Ethelyn
Small o. Lincoln, Sussex county, will De
married this evening A Sussex county
paper speaks Of the wedding as ian
affair
The heavy rains have caused much
trash 20 hoAt down the Susquehanna
river and lodge on the fats below Havre
dc Grace This has caused the ducks TO
fly up the stream where they have been
killed in large numbers.
The candidates for the prothonotary.
ship Of Sussex county, which becomes
vacant on January /. are w F. Jones.
Josiah Marvel. Cyrus Ward and r p
johnson There are fourteen applicants
for the position Of insurance commits.
eioner
The Laurel Gazette critieises Detective
n. II Hutchins Of Dover. for the man
ner 10 which he Is trying TO collect fines
for the Delaware Game Protective Asso-
citation. II says that he attempted IN
compromise $500 fne for $3.50, aud the
compromise was fatty refused by a game
dealer Of that town.