Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-06-17
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postmaster at Glasgow.
John Floyd. aged 55 years, was
drowned at Seaford recently.
William Ford Of Northeast has been
granted an original pension.
Running races, to continue for 30
days, began at Warwick on Saturday.
Lice are destroying wheat in the
vicinity of Chestertown and Still Pond.
The Kent Island yield of wheat is
! expected to average 20 bushels to the
acre.
An original widows pension has been
reissued to Mrs Margaret Howen of
Berlin.
james o. Harrison has been an
pointed postmaster at Neavitt, Talbot
county.
The Talbot county comm issioners
have appropriated Sal, 600 for public
schools
The Sidney Jones farm, in Somerset
county, has been sold to Dr.. j. +. Kin
ney Of Ohio.
Tho pocomoke City Council has
elected L. James Tull president and L.
W. Veasey clerk. ss..- ....-
W. b. Massey has heen appointed
postmaster at Greensboro, vice II. G.
Rawlins. removed.
The Rev. j. E. Graham is editor of
the Visitor. a. paper published at
Wyoming monthly.
w. b. Reed has been elected president
of the Queen .Anne's county Board of
Election Supervisors
The annual regatta OF the Chesapeake
toI Ira nj
Miles River On July 10th.
Mrs. Ann Maria Westcott, mother OF
State Senator Charles T. Westcott. died
at Chestertown Thursday.
George l.. Vandegrift of McDonough
will erect d creamery on the site of the
burned Sassafras creamery.
Miss Anna Turpin of Centreville,
Md, was graduated from ST. Faiths
School, Saratoga, this week.
j. W. Little, who was removed from
the Union Bridge postmHstership, has
been succeeded by W. s. Wolfe.
Miss Nellie Fisher of Tuckahoe Neck
was graduated from the Maryland Col.
lege for Young Women last week.
The Somerset county Republicans
have fixed June 26th for primaries and
June 29th for nominating convention.
2. d. Laird, formerly OF Pocomoke
City, has been appointed commissioner
OF immigration for Canada and Nova
Scotia.
Church Hills election for town com
missioners resulted in the selection of
E. S. Valiant, Levi Pippin and Med
ford Walls.
Dover's tax rate for the ensuing year
ia 22 cents on the 500 for the general
fund and 10 cents on the sl00 for the
water fund.
While loading revolver, last week,
Mrs. Ludwig Morgan, residing near
Ingleside, shot herself in the thigh, |
infiicting a severe wound.
Miss Blanche f. Harman of Centre
vile, Md, who was graduated from
the Woman's College, Baltimore, Tues.
day, received the degree of B. A.
Preston Methodisr Episcopal Church
will celebrate its Tooth anniversary on
July 18th. Presiding Elder Adams and
the Rev. j. s. Willis will preach.
The Townsend Town Board has
elected the following officers: Presi-
lent, j. ID. Stradley; Secretary, Win
field lIattomus: Treasurer. l. pritchard.
W. II. Knowles. Ii. f. Elzey, +. O.
Robinson, Il. S. Bounds and John 4.
Bailey have bsen elected members of
Board of Town Commits
iiouers.
Gov. Lowndes has made the following
j. B. Benson justice of
he peace for the Eighth district of
Dorchester county; William McKew,
leputy game warden for Worcester
county.
BY the will OF the late Isaac N. Jack.
on, brother of ex- Gov. E. e. jackson,
le bequeatbes his entire estate to his
wife, Fannie ii. jackson, in fee and
lames her sole executrix. The prom
rty consists of Washington real estate
md of personality. MIR. jackson carried
policy of $50, 900 IN his life
Graduates of the Wilmington Confer
nee Academy have received degrees as
ollows: Jonathan II. Smith of Horner.
lille, degree of LII. b., from Dickin.
ou Law School; Clarence Collins of
laurel. degree OF ID. ID. s., from the
University Of Maryland; John S. Will
OK of Georgetown, degree of A. NJ, /
rom Dickinson College,; Thomas r.
loore of FELTON,, degree of A. b., from |
Wesleyan University; Miss Mary Will /
OK of Georgetown, degree OF A. NJ,
rom Dickinson College; John l..
parklin of Fowling Creek, degree of !
!. B., from Wesleyan University; Rey. I
oids Clough of Dover, Isaac I. Parks
Oriole and Miss Annie L. Miles /
Fairmount, degree of A. b., from
dickinson College; James t. Bright OF
.ent leland, degree of LII. B., from q
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