Middletown transcript., 1892-05-12
State Items.

Carrier pigeons made flight from
Wilmington to Newark, N. j., q dis
tance of 112 miles in two hours.
Cards are out for the 25th anniver
sary and wedding reception of Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew E. Crow on Monday
May 23d, at their home in Whining
ton.
F. s. Phelps at one time editor ant
publisher of the Smyrna Record, il
now manager of the Erie, Pa, Sunday
Gazette.
Hon. R. G, Horr Of Michigan, viii
lecture on "Wages and Money" in
the Wilmington Opera House next
Monday evening.
Philip r. Clark of Wilmington, de-
sires to succeed John T. Dickey as
receiver of taxes and county treasurer
of New Castle county. He is of the
Republican faith.
Register of Wills Cooch has granted
letters of administration upon the
estate of Edward Collision, late of
Christiana hundred, to Edward G..
Bradford. It is thought that his
estate will amount to about $4,000.
J. Colby Smith, well-known Kent
county peach grower, predicts one
quarter of crop of peaches in the
state this season. He claims that the
yellow varieties are about all destroy
ed but that there will be plenty of
the early fruit.
William Bell, stranger, died at
the Delaware Hospital of brain fever
Monday night. Mrs. William Bell, of
Philadelphia, viewed the remains
Tuesday, but failed to identify them
as those of her son who has been
missing for four years.
John Pilling and F. w. Curtis, re-
ceivers of the Theodore C. Knauff
Company of Newark, have begun suit
against D. NJ. K. Hobart for $15, 1000,
the amount of eight notes given by
Hobart in payment of subscription
to the company's stock. He was sec
fetary Of the company. Suit has
been brought in Philadelphia.
VIM. Shockley and Charles Hufing-
ton, two negro prisoners, escaped
from Dover jail at $50 o'clock Satur-
day evening. Shockley knocked the
turnkey down as he entered the main
corridor to lock the prisoners in their
cells and escaped. They were recap
tured in about half an hour by Sheriff
Cole and Deputy Sheriff Clark.
I. N. Mills Of Clayton, positively
denies the published statement that
the P. w. & B. R. R. are .contemplat-
ing the removal of their Clayton
offices and repair shops to Dover, and
had purchased land st the latter place
for that purpose. Mr. Mills says it is
merely newspaper story and there
is nothing in it.
The Norwegian bark Nor, Captain
Buckholdt, from Rio Janeiro March
10, for New York in ballast, arrived
at the Breakwater Tuesday morning.
On the voyage nine of her crew were
stricken with fever. Two Of them
died and were buried at sea. Seven
are now convalescent. Surgeon Orr,
of the Marine Hospital, boarded the
bark upon her arriva. and placed her
under quarantine.
A freight train, composed of ten
cars, some of which were loaded with
powder, was wrecked at Greenville,
On the Kentmere branch of the VIII
mington Northern Railroad, Tuesday
evening. The powder consignment
1000 kegs and every keg
was torn open. Fortunately no ex-
plosion occurred. Damage, $4,000.
1t is rumored that the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company has under advise
nent plan for building a line of
rack from Farnhurst station direct |
% Bear, on the Delaware Railroad,
;hus materially shortening the time
If through trains, which by the old |
.oute touch at New Castle. That |
own will then be shut off entirely |
rom the main line, the old road be- |
;ween Bear and Farnhurst being con-
lucted as branch line. 1t is said |
hat surveys have already been made |
or the new road.-Sunday Star.