Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-04-25
MISUNDERSTANDING VILLAGE
A Once Prosperous Place in
Wicomico County.
AN OLD HISTORICAL CHARACTER
Made Famous in the Novel
"The Entailed Hat"
Bodies Of Two Drowned Men Recovered--
Fire in Snow HiiI--Fined for Violating
the License Law--An Old Man Found
With His Throat Cut,

SALISBURY, Nd, April ia few
days ago party of is took an outing in
an open wagon, visiting the ruins of
what was once a thriving little mining
village called the Furnace. The village
sprang up in the early part of the nine
teenth century to work largo beds of
iron ore, which still exist in the neigh
borhood. The brick and stone walls OF
the furnace from which the place de-
rived its name stand some 70 feet high.
The work was built some time about
1910 and has scarcely crack in its,
walls. There is large storehouse and,
church, with quite number of DWELL
ings, including the mansion that was
once occupied by the late Judge Spence.
The ruins Of these were once prosper
GUS mining village.
The party also made visit TO Samp-
son Harmon, colored, one of the oldest.
inhabitants Of the Eastern Shore. He
says he was born In 1888, which would
make him 107 years old this year. His,
health is unusually good. The oldest,
people who know him are now 80 or 90
years OF age and said he was man,
when they were boys. He stated he
| carried the mortar to build the old fur
mace walls, which were constructed
uDOub 1o1Os l4uob col iC taAlCb CLOuEA
ground with hoe to make 90 bushels
of corn and two stacks of fodder. The
old man figures as. one OF the principal
characters and body-guard to Meshack
Milbourn in 1.-THE Entailed Hat" by
George Alfred Townsend.
DROWNED BODIES RECOVERED.
OXFORD, Nd, April 19.-Two of the
white men who were drowned March
9th, from tue schooner Ida V. Seward,
were found to-day floating in Broad
Creek, about 200 yards from where the
vessel was capsZed. The bodies were
recovered by John S. Crockett, captain
of the police sloop Eliza Hayward.
They were brought to Oxford. Justice
of the Pence B. +. Wamsley was notified
and had the bodies examined by DIR.
Eugene Douglass. One of the men was
identified US being man named Streets
aud some years ago was a school teacher
in Dorchester county, Md. The other
body was a young man unknown, as
there was nothing on his person by
which to identify him. They were
buried this afternoon at the county aims
house. A search made this afternoon
for Captain b. +. Wilson and the rest of
his crew, but all In vain. The indica-
tions are they will be recovered in a
short time.
FIRE IN SNOW HILL.
Snow HILL, MD, April 19.-By the.
explosion of q pipe containing gasolene
oil fire was started this afternoon in
the can making department of the large
packing house in Snow Hill owned by
r. +. Ayars & Co. For while the fire
threatened the destruction of the entire
property, but through theseffort of the
bucket brigade the fire was brought
under control and extinguished before it
had done very much damage. Frank
Leatherbury, foreman of the can making
department, was badly burned on his
hand and arm by the burning gasolene.
FIXED FOR LICENSE LAW VIOLATIONS.
CHEsTERTowN, Md, April 19.-The
first practical result of a general deter
mination on the part of large number
] of law.abiding citizens of Kent to have
i the liquor prohibition law enforced was
) the conviction to-day of Lewis Young
) in four cases. The Court imposed fine
, of 5000 in each case, with imprison-
] ment in the House of Correction if not
paid forthwith. The grand jury is at
work on liquor cases, and it is expected
that number of other important con-
victions may follow. The Law and
) Order League has been instrumental in
working up these cases in Chestertown.
/ FOUND WITH HIS THROAT CUT.
ELKroN, Md, April 19.-Robert Hart
: of Liberty Grove, Cecil county, was
found in an clubhouse by his wife yes
terday morning with razor in his hand
4 and a deep cash across his throat. The
e wound was not fatal. Mr.. Hart is over
! 80 years of age and is just recovering
I from a severe attack OF fever and Is
slowly losing his sight. Harris Meeting
; House is Elk Neck was named after
S him.
e Frederick Stinson, playwright aud