Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-26
THE PENINSULA.

A movement is on foot to establish q
national bank in Greensborough, which
is the largest town in the county.
Thomas Lamar, a wcll-known resi-
dent OF Cecil county, died at his home
in Charlcstown, in the DIST year of his age.
Mrs. Hester Entwise, relict of the
late Joseph Il. Entwisle, residing near
Elkt,n, died Thursday of paralysis,
in the SD year Of her aye.
|. ID. Bowen, a resident of Chester
town and graduate of Johns Hopkins,
has been elected principal Of the Friends
Normal Institute, at Rising Sun, Md.
The ladies of Denton are preparing to
hold festival on the Court House
lawn, the proceeds for the benefit of
the sufferers of the recent fire in Hills
boro'.
Dysentery seems to be quite an cpl.
demic in and around EIktcn. Within
the past two weeks several deaths have
resulted from il, and many are seriously
i'll from it's effects.
Nicholas +. Larzalere, well-known
citizen of Eikton, died Thursday at
the residence of his son, Harry LARA
lerc, of complication of diseases, in
the S7th year of his age.
Recently the trustees Of the public
school at Northeast inserted four. line
advertisement calling for principal for
their graded school, to which 81 appl-
cants responded, writing from Texas to
Connecticut.
Irving Rhodes, Is years Of age, while
handling pistol Wednesday night,
accidentally shot his cousin, Dennis
Perkins, at Warwick, Cecil county. The
ball entered his breast half an inch from
the heart, and it is feared he will die.
John Riley, who for the past few
weeks has been engaged in surveying a
route for the proposed Elkton s. South
ern Railroad Co. through Cecil county,
has almost completed the survey having
arrived at Lambson's station, Kent
county, on the Baltimore T. Delaware
Bay railroad.
The friends of George NJ. Russum
| who Is perhaps the best known Repub
lican on the Eastern Shore, and who
has been defeated for Congressional and
other honors several times, are urging
him to again allow the use of his name
In connection with the Congressional
nomination. Mr. Russum is somewhat
reticent, and is evidently doing his owl
thinking about the matter.
IL now transpires that the finding O
the body Of u man in Foxhall woods,
few days ago, by George Morgan, Is al
fake, or at least no one can lind In
body now. Coroner Clark spent hal
day in the woods without finding an,
traces of the body. A newshoy. named
Baker, tells remarkable story abou
going into the wood with a couple o
tramps Wednesday night, and afte
showing Baker where the body was re
turned To Dover and boarded a freigh
train.
The question of license or no license
under an act of the last session of tn
Legislature, is beginning to agitate til
citizens of Cecil county, and on No
vember next the vote will be taken. Al
examination OF the law shows that II
all essential respects its provisions ar
the same as those of the act of 1890
under which the question Of licens
was submitted in that year. The presen
bill is to go into effect on May LIST, 1896
II approved by the people. In 1880 til
Prohibition party carried the county b
l,074 majority. In 1886 the maiorit
against license was POS, and in 1880 til
license party carried the county by 20
majority.
John Kitchens, who only few day
ago helped to rescue Miss Mabel /
Marrett from drowning in Kent rive
aided last week in rescuing Mary A
Morgan and Mamie Thomas from bein
run over on the railroad bridge on Bi
Elk creek. The girls, upon seeing til
approaching train bearing down o
them, were almost paralyzed wit
fright. Mamie Thomas fell upon til
track, while Mary Morgan had the pres
encc of mind TO save herself by waikin
on the footboard between tile track
Kitchens seized the PROSTATE girl, an
with some help from q boy name
Philip Hall, succeeded in getting her D
the bridge just in time to save her lif
News Of the death of job Haines,
Omaha, Neb., reached Elkton Thursda'
Mr.. Haines left Cecil county last Augu
with his family and went to Oman
where they have since resided. He ha
been sick for some time and his death WI
not unexpected. He was son of Il
late Edwin Haines, at one time one
the most prosperous farmers in IL
State. He was born on the old Hahn
homestead, near Rising Sun, in Il
Sixth election district, July 9Th, 1872
, When quite young man he was mat
clerk to the House of Delegates. In l9I
. he was the Republican candidate f,
State Senator, but was defeated. In 49,
he ran for judge OF the orphans cour
but was defeated by Richard
Thomas. During the latter years OF h
life he was engaged in real estate bus
} ness.