Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-02
THE EASTERN SHORE.

CHEsTERTowN, MD, Oct.26.-Another
case in many respects similar to the sad
experience of Miss Bean, has just been
reported from Philadelphia. A physi-
cian Of Chestertown while at the Phila-
delphia Hospital Friday saw in the in
stitution lady who was delrious and
gave her name as Mary Dulin, daughter
Of Frank Dulin of Still Pond, Kent
county, Md. Upon inquiry 1t was found
that the patient had been taken upon
the street in delirious condition. She
remembered the names of number of
Still Pond people, but could give no
connected account of her wanderings or
of the nature or cause of her trouble.
She insisted that she was lost and among
strangers, and that the gentleman from
Chestertown was an angel sent to her
relief.
The board of election supervisors of
Kent county have given out the contract
for printing 10000 official ballots to be
used at the November election. The
law requires that 100 ballots shall be
printed for each so OF fraction of so
voters in the county. The size of the
official ballot as decided upon will be 0
by 10 inches. That of last year was
OF by 10 inches. The resignation of
Isaac l.. Leary, one of the judges of
election for the fifth district of Kent
county, was received and accepted, and
William X. Judetnd was appointed to
| fill the vacancy.
| CHEsTERTowN, Nd, Oct. 27.-In spite of
the financial depression the real estate
record in Kent county shows the transfer
of some of the finest property IN the
county. Among the deeds recorded are
the following Laura A. Thomas to Samuel
w. Dunn, ZIG acres of land; John @. usil-
ton and wife to Sarah NJ. Usilton, the
"kcndall Farm" of 1872 acres; Samuel NJ.
wilkins to Thomas w. Eliason, the York
Farm containing 34S acres.
For the first time within the history OF
Kent county, Chestertown has direct water
communication with Philadelphia in the
form of general freight and passenger
line. The Baltimore and Philadelphia
Steamboat Company has established line
running twice week. The principal
freight is oysters in the shell.
Mr.. Joseph S. Archbell, one of the only
two persons who were rescued from the
telescoped and buried passenger coach No
Is in the Battle Creek railroad wreck, is a
son-in-law of the Rev. Stephen G. Roberts
rector of Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal
Church of Chestertown. Mr.. Archbell.
ankle was painfully injured, and Bibl'
which he carried was literally torn in two
Mr.. Roberts son was reported among the
missing, but was not or the train.
ELKToN, Nd, Oct 26.-The young
men of Elkton gave a dance in Max
wells Hall last evening. Among thost
present were; Mr.. and Mrs. w. ID
Price, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank ]. Kerr, Mis-
Marcella Regain, Misses BERTHE Bigate
Florence Ruth, Miss Crew, Miss Ell;
Seminar, Messrs. George Spence, Lesli
Moore, Neal Seminar, Frank q. East
burn, Of Newark, Del; Mr.. Powers 0
Baltimore; Misses Edith Dunbar, julia
Hannah and Lizzie Hartnett, Annie an,
Lizzie Walls, of Philadelphia, Lotti
Halves, Katie Mccartney, Messrs. o.
Giles, V. NJ. Bennett, Andrew ID. Dean
George H. Brown, Fred. Garrett, William
@. Feehly, II. Donaldson Lee, MI
Thompson, Philadelphia; Samuel Bates
Richard Hickey and others.
ELKToE, MD, Oct. 27.-The registration
in Cecil county this year shows u total vol
ing population of 6,S40. OF this numbe
5,895 are white and OIL are colored.
Mrs. Annie V. Blackston has purchase
the Henry Emory farm on Red Hill 70
: 5000.
Oliver Dorsey, respected citizen of tn
, Eighth district OF Cecil county, died at tn
advanced age of 20 years.
A new FIRE bell weighing l,l90 pound
! has arrived in Elkton and will be place
in the belfry on Council Hall.
William q. killgore of Montgomer
county, Nd. George w. Cruikshank an
2 Charles @. Crothers, the nominee for Stat
Senator, addressed a Democratic meetin
at Cecilton this evening.
CHICAGO, ILL, Oct, 26.-Governo
/ Brown of Maryland to-day signed tn
$ death-warrant of the colored mel
. Arthur Courtney and Henry Taylo
J. fixing the date of their execution DE-
e cemher 18th, 1898, for the murder {
Captain j. Frank Cooper. The paper
in the case were forwarded from IL
executive office in Maryland to the go'
!, ernor, who is in Chicago on bushes
4 He promptly affixed his signature to Il
2 death-wsrrant and remailed it to Seer
= tary of State Brantly, who will forwar
!. it for execution 10 the sheriff of Some
seteeunty. r