Middletown transcript., 1899-07-22
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warrant of John Alfred Brown, to be
hanged August IS, with Taylor, for
the murder Of the Rosensteins.
The Republicans of Talbut county
have desided not 70 nominate candi-
date for State Senator, holding that
Mr.. Dobson's seat is not vacant.
John T. Hodges, aged 40years. and
his son, William Hodges. aged II years,
were drowned in Kent county on We'd
nesday, the father while trying TO save
the son.
One-eighth Of an acre of ground in
Queenstown has sold for three hundred
dollars, or at the rate of twenty-four
hundred dollars per acre. The rail-
road is evidently a good thing for
Queenstown.
Mr.. John II. Clendaniel threshed
164O bushels of wheat off 80 acres, an
average OF over AZ bushels per acre.
His total crop was 5000 bushels off
40 acres. Can anything around Ches-
terville beat this?-C -Chestertown Tran
script.
Sunday evening lightning struck the
Catholic church in Ridgely, and the
colored church in Greensboro. The
Ridgely church was not seriously iDjur-
ed, but the Greensboro church was
badly damaged. The lightning killed
two horses belonging to r. r. Gary,
who lives about three miles east of
Denton.
w. F. Allen, Jr.. shipped this season
5000 quarts of Lucretia dewberries
which nstted him clear of every ex-
pense 81 800. His crop was cut short
by the dry weather. He anticipated
shipping at least 10000 quarts, which
would have been the usual yield for
the acreage set in plants. Mr.. Allen
made his first shipment of contaloupes
Tuesday. Next week he expects to
load two cars daily.-Wicomico News.
During the severe electric storm in
Cecil county Sunday evening, Charles
]. Bayard, farmer, residing at Hy-
lands store, in Elk Neck, had a mar
row escape from death. Mr.. Bayard
was knocked down by lightning bolt,
and one shoe was torn from his foot.
While not seriously hurt, he suffered
greatly from the shock. Three panels
of fence and three trees near the place
where Mr.. Bayard was standing at the
time were also struck. At Turkey
Point hail fell in large quantities.
Kent's big peach tree, which Prof.
johnson says is the largest tree of it's
kind in America, has a full crop of
peaches this yea,. 1t is of Crawford
variety. 1t is said that, though twenty.
five years old, it has never failed in a
crop since it commenced bearing.
The tree is on the farm on Easton
Neck Island belonging to Mr.. Allen
Harris and tenanted by Mr.. John
Wood. The tree measures 81 inches
in circumference and p inches in
diameter. Three of the limbs are %
inches, 20 inches aud 30 inches In cir
conference.
A heavy electric rain and windstorm
did damage in Talbot county Sunday
evening from Z to 10 O'Clock. In Miles
River Neck and other places north west
growing corn was broken off, some
fields being almost destroyed, and the
wheat standing shocked in the late
harvest fields was scattered over acres.
In Easton the electric lights were shut
off and the town was 10 darkness ex-
cept for the glare of the vivid lightning.
The storm was very severe also in OK
ford and vicinity. The barns and
stables on the farm of the late Rev,
James Fl. Lighttourne, in Oxford
Neck, were struck by lightning and de-
stroyed by fire, together with number
of horses and sheep and lot Of grain.
The largest amount of real estate
ever offered at one time in Queen
Anne's county was sold at public sale
in Centreville Tuesday by Thomas j. |
Keating, trustee, belonging to the
estate of John Cappage, deceased. |
About 1890 acres of farming land |
were sold. The home farm of Mr..
Joppage, known as "Bishop's Field. .
lear Church Hill, containing 5155 acres,
vas bought By John II. Evans for S19
'er acre, aggregating S9,794.5O. Tie
stevens, or Dudley, farm, on the public
oad from Church Hill 10 Sudlersville.
obtaining 156 acres, was sold to John
v. Clough for S17.55 per acre, aggre.
ating S2,637,80. The Casey, or Crane,
arm, between Tilghman Station and
udlersville, containing 246 acres 8
pods and 25 perches. was sold to
ohm E. George for 5000 per acre, az.
81, ,431 8S. Notley's Delight. ;
Goodwin, farm, near Church Hill.
437 acres, was bought by
noch Coppage for SIS per acre, aggre-
ating $6,555. The Bateman, or Hol-
ngsworth, farm, on public rad from
hnrch Hill to Barclay, containing 165
res rood and 8 perches, was bought
William T, Coppage for SIS. rs per
re, aggregating S2,603.43. The Bour- s
N, or Comegys, farm. near Roseville, il
i acres / rood and perches, was sold
George Taylor at S15.75 per acre, ?
gregating SIS .603. 80. The farm known l
Scott's Outrange, in the Seventh dis
let, 157 acres, was sold to Mrs. j. A.
ansant for $8 per acre, aggregating !, :
,256. The Moffet. or Relief, farm, Il
ar Ruthsturg, 326 acres, was sold to f.
E. Salisbury, of Ridgely, for S12. rs
r acre, aggregating $4,161 56. A Ell
use and lot ia Chnrch Hill was sold al
Joseph Coppage for S2O3. A one. si