Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-02-04
DELAWARE AND PENINSULA.

Elwood Arters of Hartley had leg
amputated last week.
Edward T. Davis is a candidate for
register of wills for Worcester county.
A life saving station will be built
City.
The corner stone OF Millsboro Method
ist Episcopal Church was laid last
week.
Edward Tull of Pocomolse City has
had leg broken by machinery falling
on it.
Citizens of Cambridge will ask Con-
gress Tor a lighthouse at the entrance
TO the harbor.
James Palmer has been granted
fractional license for the sale of liquor
at Slaughter Beach.
A bald oagle, measuring SO ven feet
between the tips of the wings, was
killed near Trappe recently.
Delaware river pilots have rented the
hail over Waples' store, Loves, and
will occupy it as club room.
j. }. Brown mas been appointed post.
master at brownsville and ii. Masten
postmaster at Masten's Corner.
The Rev. and Mrs. II. G. Turner of
Girdletree celebrated the third ami
versary of their wedding recently.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs
James W. Wiley, VINO reside near Mil
ford, was found dead in bed on Satur-
day.
Tho Friendly Call, Mnthcdist
Protestant publication, will be issued
Mt Dover monthly by the Rev. Il. p.
Revelle.
Milo W. Blanchard of Bridgeville and
S. |. Roop of Laurel are applicants for
the position OF collector of internal
revenue.
f. Collins Brace. who died in
Philadelphia lsat week, was professor
of mathematics at Delaware Colleges 55
years ago.
The contest for postmaster OF Snow
Hill has narrowed down to two appli-
cants, Chalres W. Farrow and john
James Collins.
John Lank and Miss Hannah Fisher.
the former of Wilmington, were married
near Nassau last week, the Rev. Mr..
Neese officiating.
Bonnet purtieu are tho latest in Girls
field social life Each man present
trims bonnet. while the women stand
dfOunu anu IHuSn. .t
The Rev. Thomas E. Martindale, d.
D., of Milford, has been summoned to
Illinois by the ilnoss OF his daughter,
Mrs. j. L. Bryan, Jr.
Some OF tho Delaware Gamers are
making contracts with farmers at 50
per ton for ton atoes and 2 cents per
pound for shellsi peas
Cambridge business men will srect
factory, in order to give employment to
persons who can no longer gain liveli-
hood in the oyster industry.
Saulsbury's City Council has passed
au ordinance requiring the railroad
companies TO place safety gates at the
principal crossings in that town.
Samuel Collins. who resides near
Milford, was bitten by mad dog last
Thursday. He has gone to tho Pasteur
Institute, New York, for treatment.
Roswell j. Brown and Miss Bessie
Fleming, the former of Wilmington,
were married at Hillsboro last Wednes-
day, the Rev. +. c. Carpenter officiating.
While skating on a pond near Town
send, last Friday, Nathaniel Clifton,
formerly of Wilmington. broke through
the ice and narrowly escaped being
drowned.
The convention of the Young Mems
Christian Associations OF Delaware,
Maryland. West Virginia and the Dis
trict of Columbia will be held at Fred
erick, Nd, beginning on February 10th.
1t is probable that the Rev. Harvey
". Ewing will succeed the Rev. S. NJ.
Morgan as pastor of Mt. Salem Church,
Wilmington, and that Mr.. Morgan will
succeed MIR. Ewing as pastor of Tome
Church, Port Deposit.
The Rev. Pelhalm Williams, D., D.,
who has accepted an invitation to
become rector of the Church Of the
TRANSPORTATION, New York City. con-
cluded his rectorate at st. Luke's
Church, Seaford, yesterday.
a man pretending TO represent Will
mington art school is said 10 be work.
ing fraud on tho peninsula. His
scheme is to get photograph and %
cents. crayon portrait is to he
made from the photograph and tho
rest of the money is to be paid when
the crayon is delivered. Those who
invest, it is stated, lose quarter each.