Middletown transcript., 1897-11-27
KENT COUNTY.

Mrs. Margaret Queen died near Bowers
Beach Tuesday, aged 70 years.
An insane man supposed to be a ship
wrecked sailor, was captured near Milford
Saturday and sent to Farnhurst.
The Richardson & Robbins factory at
Dover is now running on full time and
about 175 hands are working on poultry.
Mrs. John L. Boyd. who has been quite
i'll for SONS time. died at her residence at
Cheswold Monday of last week Of cancer,
aged 4s years.
Isaac Carman has sold his farm one mile
from Dover to George w. Fiack, of Nanti.
coke. Pa, for SIS 600. This farm is known
as the morris Farm"
Miss Irene C. Draper. daughter of Cap
tain Thomas Draper. of near Hazlettville.
and DIR. Morton e. Downes we're recently
married in Camden. NJ.
The announcement is made of the COM
ing marriage of Miss Emma Penn evil, a
well known and popular young lady of
Dover, to Mr.. Rhoder, of Mexico.
A.boy named Ford was accidently killed
bp Jacob Taylor on Saturday, near Downs
Chapel. They were cunning, when the
load accidentally entered Ford and he
died short time after.
J. Colby Smith. of Willow Grove, has
taken fourteen hundred pounds of honey
this season from his apiary. He reports
this half yield, as he ought to get II tons
from the fifty colonies that he has.
The house of McIlroy McIlvaine, near
Magnolia, was destroyed by fire Friday
morning. Most all the furniture was
saved. The property was insured for $4,000
The fire originated from defective fue.
Charles Price, colored, son of Perry Price,
residing near Blackstone Cross Roads.
was killed last Tuesday while out cunning.
His gun accidentally went off the load en-
tering his abdomen. He only lived few
minutes after the accident.
Invitations are out for the marriage of Miss
Susie, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Peachy, to Eben c. Alfree. on Thursday
evening, November 25th, at eight o'clock.
The ceremony will take place at the resi-
dence of the BRIDES parents. near Smyrna
While cunning with Town Councilman
Ross and his son Charles, near Camden
Saturday, Charles Phillips OF Wilmington,
was accidently shot. Charles Ross shot a
rabbit, and Phillips, who was in the way,
received half the load DR.. L. s. ConwelI
dressed the wound. Phillips is not badly
injured.
John Larrimore, accidentally shot Nor
man Smith while cunning near Harrington
Saturday. Both are boys. Larrimore saw
Smith sitting in bush. and mistook the
butt of his gun for rabbit and fired. The
load entered Smiths hip. but he was not
badly injured.
Milford peoplesare delighted over the an
nouncement made by General Smith the
engineer in charge of the Delaware river
improvements, to the effect that channel
$50 feet wide will be cut through the bar at
the mouth of the Mispillion. The farmers
and shippers about there had nearly deter
mined to dig out the bar themselves if the
government did not act in the matter
shortly.
The entire family of T. G. Roe, of near
Dover. had narrow escape from suffoca-
ton from coal gas Thursday night of last
week. The family retired as usual after a
fresh fire had started in the heater. The
children were sleeping in distant part of
the house and during the night one of them
awoke feeling rather strange. Becoming
frightened it went to the room where the
father and mother were sleeping and arous-
ed them. When Mrs. Roe got out of bed
she was unable to stand and fell to the floor.
Mr.. Roe was in a much worse condition
and the room was filled with gas. The win
dows were opened and the members of the
family we're saved from sure death. They
were sick two or three days but have
fully recovered. The trouble was caused
by sparrows building nest in the chimney,
thus preventing the gas and smoke from es-
Gaping in that direction.