Middletown transcript., 1892-01-14
ALI ovHR THE PENINSULA.
Condensed NEWS ITEMS THAT WILL
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READERS.

READERS.
There are said to be thirteen appli
cants for the position of State InsuI
, ance Commissioner.
B. F. Moore from North Murderkill
is being pushed as sheriffalty candi
date in Kent county.
Dover has fined forty property
holders for not cleaning the snow
from their sidewalks.
The Grange of Kent county will
petition Congress for the free delivery
of mail in the rural districts.
One hundred and fifty boss BARRIERS
in Wilmington haye combined to
raise hair-cutting from Is to 25 cents.
The town of Dover has paid off
$4,000 of the bonded indebtedness
this year, leaving balance of SIS, 900.
A defective fue resulted in the
burning of the general store of VIM.
Derrickson. Lincoln City, at midnight
Wednesday night.
The young ladies of Dover will give
leap year ball'' in the hall Of the
House of Representatives at that
place tonight.
Carl Wurtz of Wilmington, became
crazed by an attack of the grip and
was removed to the asylum at Farm
hurst on Monday.
The Watkins Packing Company, of
Odessa, is preparing for the work of
making cans, and have received 500
boxes of tin to begin on.
Eight funeral services and eight
burials took place at the church at
Brick Meeting House, Cecil county,
on Monday, January IL.
Rev. r. c. Jones of Odessa, who is
now at Clifton Springs, N. Y, for his
health, is improving and expects to
return home in March.
The quarterly meeting of the Wom-
ans Auxiliary will be held at New
Castle this afternoon. Rev. H. M.
Bartlett is to preach the sermon.
George 2. Tybout, one of the best
known citizens of New Castle county,
died at his home near New Castle
Tuesday morning about 9 O'clock
after prolonged illness. His death
had been expected during the last
week.
The will of Eliza M. Cloud who was
buried Saturday, directed that each
pall-bearer should have SIS for his
services, and that the horses and
drivers should be fed at Newark on
their return from Iron Hill cemetery
to Wilmington.
Governor Reynolds has appointed
Philip H. HOFFMAN commissioner OF
deeds for Delaware at Baltimore, Md;
also Edward Shipper commissioner
of Deeds for Delaware at Philadel-
phia, and Leo Schaub commissioner
Of deeds in New York city.
The Wilmington Board Of Police
Commissioners added three new police
men to the force this week, two of the
number being colored. The addition
to the force will cost the taxpayers
$4,000 more per year, but Mayor
Wiley found he had no alternative,
but to find a place for the men.
Rev. J. A. B. Wilson of Dover, was
arraigned before Squire Jester OF
that place Monday on the charge of
harboring a dog that was the cause
of great annoyance among his neigh
bors. 1t could not be proven that
the dog belonged to the reverend
gentleman and he was cleared on
these grounds.
Thieves broke open and ransacked
the safe in Clerk of the Peace Biggs'
office in Wilmington Friday after
noon. $4,000 worth of licenses that
had just been made out and for which
Mr.. Biggs would have been held ac-
countable in case they were lost, were
left by the thief, who was evidently
in search of money.
John Neal, a white man 80 years OF
age, employed in T. H. Armstrong's
saw-mill near Delaney's Station, was
instantly killed while preparing to
stop work for the day at $50 o'clock
Friday afternoon. In attempting to
throw off the large belt which con-
meets the engine with the machinery
he was caught and hurled with ter
rife force against the engine. His,
legs and arms were broken and skull
crushed. Death was instantaneous.
Mr.. Armstrong telegraphed at once
for the Coroner and verdict was
rendered in accordance with the
facts in the case. EE 1