Middletown transcript., 1894-02-24
PENINSULA NEWS.

An electric railway between Rock Hall
and Chestertown is sp oxen Of
Some of the names of the School districts
in Sussex county have very "melodious"
sound for instance, Pepper Box, Lizards
Hill, Turkey Branch, Hardscrabble. In
Kent, Black Swamp and Tomahawk, are
very suggestive.
The marriage has been announced of Mrs.
Willie R. Boulden and Toward N. Lo-
raine, of Chesapeake City. The ceremony
took place on Wednesday. February 21st at
the home of the brides sister, Mrs. VIM.
Carter, Smyrna Delaware.
Miss Maud Dawson. of Leipsic and Frank
Taylor. of Wilmington, were married at
the NJ. E. Parsonage, Leipsic, Wednesday
evening at o'clock, by the Rev. T. G.
Smoot. Thursday afternoon they left for
their future home.-Cldytom Call.
The Commissioners Of Easton have passed
law which prohibits chickens and all
other domestic fowls from being on the
streets. The constable is ordered to shoot
all such found outside of the yards, and
return them to the owners.
A startling discovery was made We'd
nesday afternoon by fisherman coming
up the Wicomico river. When within a
few hundred yards of Salisbury he saw the
body of naked white baby stuck in mud
fiat. 1t was thought the child had been in
the water several days,
The NJ. E. Church people of Leipsic, says
the DeldWaredn, started to hold an enter
tainment on Thursday evening, but they
were disappointed. Some evil disposed or
mischievous persons stopped up the
chimneys and smoked the entire congrega-
ton out of church before the performance
commenced.
By the death of John Kreller, a wealthy
banker of Nuremburg Germany, Mrs.
Anna Matilda Jones, of Wilmington, has
fallen heir to three million marks The
deceased left no widow or children, and be-
queathed his property to the persons
named, who are the children of his brother
the late George Kreller.
Blue Ball, Cecil county, is merino lamb
with six legs. The forelegs and the entire
body are natural in front, but about mid
way on its spine two distinct bodies branch
out, each being perfectly shaped and the
legs, four in number, natural size.
The body of F. G. Coates, the young
man who committed suicide in Wilmington
on Thursday last, was taken to Milford
for burial on Saturday morning. The
body was in charge of one of his relatives
and on arrival in Milford interment was
made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery near
the town.
An exchange tells of woman who
bought new tangled coffee pot from a
peddler. In the evening she showed it to
her husband, hardware dealer, who told
her he kept the same thing in his store for
half the price paid. "Well, said she,
"why don't you ADVERTISED Nobody ever
knows what you have for sale.n
game law which proposes to prohibit
the taking of partridges and rabbits in
Md. from the time of its passage until Nov.
l. 1896, is now pending in the Legislature.
The subject is to prevent the extinction of
such game. It imposes fine of $5 for the
possession of dead partridge or rabbit, and
allows possession only by individuals for
breeding purposes.
Easton will soon have town clock. u
will cost between 5000 and $500 and have
three forty inch dials. 1t will strike the
hours. halves and quarters and at night
the dials will be illuminated by electric
lights inside the clock, which will enable
one to tell the time at great distance on
the darkest night. The clock will be placed
in the tower of the new high school and
will be about seventy-fye feet from the
ground.