Middletown transcript., 1900-06-16
PENINSULA NEWS.

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counties, to be held at Colchester, will
begin August 2S.h, and continue foul
days.
/ James G. and Arthur L. Harris
have bought Howell's Point, one Of
the finest farms in Kent county, for
S15. 900.
The Elkton Improvement Co. has
bought the Cecil county fair grounds
and will convert the property into
building lots.
The capital stock of the Cherry Hill,
Elkton & Chesapeake City Electric
Railway Co. has bsen subscribed by
PhiladelphiaEs.
Justice P. NJ. Groves, of Efkton,
committed five daughters, children Of
Harry B. Boulden. of Cecil county, to
the Henry Watson Home in Baltimore.
The tax collections for May as Ie-
ported by County Treasurer Rettew
were as follows: Wilmington, 1897,
$40o; 1898, 50, 387; 1899, 81 ,121 Brandy
wine. 1926. 90; Christiana, GIT;
Mill Greek, S997. O5 and 1921. Is; White
Clay Creek, $40O 81; Pencader, 1926 88
and 1882: New Castle, S533 80; Red
Lion, S597.74; st. Georges, $251. IS;
Appoquinimink, S13896; Blackbird,
S310.04.
Former Governor William T. Wat
son, is suffering at his home at Milford
from severe injuries which be received
few days ago. Governor Watson
was walking on the joists ::over his new
business block which is being built,
when he slipped and fell through. The
Governor is not SO much ,ncerned |
about bis bandaged legs and bruised |
body as he is over the fact that he had
carried accident insurance for over four
years but only last Monday permitted
the last to lapse.
Marshall Wellington, colored boy
living with Thomas Vickers, a farmer
residing near Cambridge, poisoned the
family the other morning, by putting
paris green in the coffee pot. The
poison, however, was promptly discov,
cred, and physician relieved the suf-
ferers. Wellington was arrested, and
brought to the Cambridge Jail. cad
mitted that be put the poison in the
pot, but said he did not intend to hurt
anyone. The boy is about IA years old
and was taken from the House of Re-
short time ago.
The Philadelphia and Lewes Trans
Company has appointed a
committee to arrange for the purchase
If the steel screw steamer Long Island,
% ply between Lewes and Philadelphia
lpon the completion of the new piers
here. The price to be paid for the
boat, it is understand. is $4,000, al,
nought the cost will reach $60, 900 when
necessary alterations are made.
The Long Island has gross tonnage
# 400 tons, is 132 feet long, 81 feet ,
vide and 10 feet deep. She was built ,
y Neafe & Levy, Philadelphia, in 1893.
Miss Mabel S. Day, daughter of
Judge Thomas L.Day, of Ridgely, Md,
died the other evening, after retiring e
from fright. Hearing strange noise +
in the house Miss Day was seized with p
nervous feeling of an alarming type 4
and tegan to sink rapidly before physi- c
'ians could be reached. In less than Q
lalf an hour after the first symptoms
If her illness was known, the girl who :
had been entertaining young friends I
ii the evening, and retired appar-
ntly in the best of health, was dead.
The physicians attributed heart disease Q
8 the cause of her death. Q
The strawberry growers of MilfoLd E
nd Vicinity received a setback at
be commencement of the seasun. A a
firm made contracts with C
lost of the growers in that section to n
ny their crops at four cents basket
nd furnish crates. They were to pay q
on Wednesday and Satur-
ay. Last Wednesday the firm failed :,
, materialize and again failed on Sat-
rday. The farmers now sadly realize
lat they have been defrauded. The
rm got the berries upon the strength b
their rating in Bradstreet's of from u
10000 to $4,000, and it now turns = =
ut they are worth nothing. A mob r
as on hand to meet the Philadelphia ],
an last Saturday, when he promised Vi
come to Milford and settle up. in
arge amounts have been lost, 0ne of j.
400 and several of $500 and $500. &c
he firms Indebtedness around here u