Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-07-20

children.
There will be camp.meeting held at
Lake View Park. Salisbury. beginning
Friday, July 2Sth, aud continuing one
week, under the auspices of the Second
Methodist Episcopal Church.
The will of Edward Wilson Of Brandy
wine hundred was proved before Register
Cooch Friday afternoon and letters testa-
mentary were granted on the estate TO
Sallie S. Kline Of Philadelphia.
The funeral of Mrs. Margaret Hayden,
mother of Ne F. Hayden, took place
| Thursday. Services were held in 1t. Paul,s |
Catholic Church and interment was made |
in the new Cathedral cemetery.
Apple-growing orthe market was nearly |
discarded few years ago by reason OF
the lowness of price and because the very |
| insignificant results of fruit culture, but
now it is more extensively engaged IN.
The following property transfers were
recorded yesterday: Lot Eighteenth and
| West streets, w. d. Haddock to John
France lot Seventh avenue and Anchorage
street, Wilmington Savings Fund Society
to Floyd ID. Stow. q.
The Cambridge, Md. Chronicle says Con-
| gresham Causey and Superintendent Hol-
liday of the Delaware railroad talk of buy
ing Cherry Island Md, and converting 1t
into n hunting and fishing resort for them
selves and friends.
l lhObOib ID OlAoI VI l.aSbCbt -hA't
has bought the property of the Easton
Wharf and Warehouse Company AT Eastoni
Point consisting of wharf, ground and
warehouse for Sll500. The wharf is used
by the Choptank Steamboat Company.
The infant school of the Olivet Presby-
terrain Sunday-school and the Christian
Endeavor Society of the First MP Church
gave a street car excursion to Shellpot
Park Thursday. A Sunday-school excur-
sion from Pennsgroye spent the day at
Union Park.
Delaware has produced another ssnsa-
ton in the trotting world. Fascination:
DIR. j. G. McCoy's fast gelding, surprised
the talent in the grand circuit at Pitts
burg, Tuesday, by trotting an eight heat
race, and making the remarkable time of
2.16f in the seventh heat.
| Burglars made an unsuccessful attempt
: to gain entrance to the store Of George L.
, Tobin, in New Castle, last Wednesday
night, but il is supposed they were foiled
: in their efforts by watch dog which
, | frightened them away. The marks OF q
, jimmy are plainly visible on the front
: door of the store.
S Caroline Breeze, colored, Easton, so years
a old, fell down stairs last week, striking
a her head on the floor cutting the temporal
artery and otherwise injuring herself so
n that DIR. Merritt, her physician, thinks she
, will die. She is the oldest person in Eas'
|
n family live in the same house.
e Walter Johnson, aged years, son OF
o Abraham johnson of Odessa, was acct
dentally drowned in Odessa creek on
v Thursday. The lad went in swimming
II with some companions, got beyond his
9 depth and was drowned. Coroner Kirk
o yesterday issued certificate of death in
Z accordance with the facts.
y The commissioners of Kent county
- Nd, have fixed the rate of county taxes
! at 80 cents OIL the 500. This is seven cent:
- less than the rate of last year. The de
4 crease has been the outcome entirely o.
"a the adoption last spring of radical chang
in the county's. public road system, b,
which are saved in the county treasur,
between six and seven thousand dollars.
At meeting of the New Castle common
is trustees Tuesday week, President Blacl
introduced resolution providing for
at division of the Bayard and Union farm
into three separate farms, to be rented q
at separate tenants. In this way it ]
thought they will prove more proiitabl
nv than they are at the present time Actioi
months. The senli-annual report of tn
ce New Castle Water Works Company wa
read and ordered entered on the minutes
eo The Prohibitionists held meeting Q
Paramount, Friday week, which ended i
m disorder. During the course of the NEE
ing certain charges were made in refel
We ence to some local legislation for Somers'
M ture last winter and in which the Prohib
tionists were interested. These charg'
49,, were refuted by certain prominent Dem'
As Gratis of Paramount district. The charg'
were reiterated and were refuted secon
ng time, when the meeting broke up in gre
disorder. s.
10 The Somerset county Prohibitionists a
sembled in Princess Anne last week al
ng nominated the following county ticket
For House of Delegates, Bennett p. Mil
pol of st. Peters district; J. II. Byrd of Cri
ty. field and w. E. Parks of Paramount; I,
ne sheriff, ]. +. Hopkins of Mt. Vernon d
yer trict; for county commissioner, j. q. Jail
of Crisfield district; for surveyor, 7. 4
aat Hall of Princess Anne. A prohibitit
,Jej meeting was held in the court house in u
afternoon, aud was addressed by Mart
,da Van Buren, Bennett of Kansas.
I'M The Rev. A. L. Woosey, pastor
the st. Lukes P. Il. Church Of Seafor
inc has rendered his resignation, to take ettt
bree October LIST. He has been in charge
this parish for three years and has alwa
rad shown commendable zeal IN leading
a movements that might tend to impro
up the parish. During his stay here 7
church has been remodeled and extensi
ION interior improvements have been mac
ing He has made his parish one OF the M,
prosperous in the diocese, All men W
on have the best interest of the church
Cast heart feel sorry that he has decided
leave. W.
om- A crowd of several hundred people "
are messed an amusing speed contest betwe
Edward Cheffin's Diamond and Har
this McNulty's Never Fail, on the New Cas-
asst, causeway last Thursday evening, viii
]. was decided in three hhlf-mile heats, t
,ecil of which were won by Diamond in
1rk, and LAO. Considerable money was put
ned the race by outsiders, but the odds were
favor of Never Fail There was anotl
md race between Evan S. Watts runni
,ora mare Black Bess, and Wheelman M.
80 Lancaster. In the half-mile Bess won
two seconds. There will be other races
= the causeway during the summer. q
MS events of much interest will shortly be
s;ar ranged. ... IS
! In the Talbot county Levy Court yes
nv day week a permit was given X. Thor
IL of Elliou OF Eastoii' W ~ - VIZ nid aIy
n ]. Oeneral 5ospeai, IL
dig ri Mis- M Nav Kemp If e; Trappe. notice
the r;rar thot fha law AGAINST tetherinp ca
I'M on the public highway will be enfor'
Rolandus Burrows, Tilghman's Isla
the was appointed road supervisor, vice
irty- ward Porter, deceased; the attention of
ught tax collectors was officially called to
ton A, article 81 Code of Public Gen
aries Laws; Collector w. T. H. Lee paid in
Dusi- of the taxes of 1898 and Collector ].
nds. Radcliffe $3.50 of the taxes of 1892.
disbursements were e2S2.43
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