Evening journal., 1902-03-08
GEORGETOWN HAS MUSICAL Club
Death Of Miss Mary Cullen Farmer Near
Town DliBg Of niccUughS
Special to the Evemng Journal.

Sptclal TO the ENeung journal.
Georgetown. March S.-Truitt Petty
john. a wealthy farmer, living near
St. JcIhns Church. In Indian River
hundred, is in a critical condition, as
the result of a severe spell of hic-
coughs. Mr. Pettyjohn has been at IL
continually for the last nine days. His
life is departed Of.
Miss Mary Wales Cullen, daughter
of the late Hon. Elisha d. Cullen, of
this town, died on Thursday night,
about 10 O'Clock. of lingering illness,
aged nearly rs years. She was a sis
ter of former Judge Charles NJ. Cullen
and Miss Lydia Cullen, now deceased
She was always a strict member of the
Presbyterian Church, ais. indeed, was
the whole family. and for some time
has lived in the family of her bro
ther, Judge Cullen. 1t has not been
long since She has been able to be
out, and her death was the result Of
months Of disease and suffering AS
long as she was able she was a strict
attendant of her church and Sunday
school services and faithful i'm all de-
votiOns. Funeral service was held to-
day at Lewes on arrival of the noon
train and interment was made in the
cemetery of the Presbyterian Church
at that place.
a rather unique club HAS been or
ganized by the most prominent profess
sionals and business men of this town
to be known as the Gentlemen's Musi-
cal Club. These musicany inclined
men will assemble once a week to hear
THE latest instrumental and vocal
music "as sung for the New York and
Columbia Phonograph Company"
William J. GOrdy, of Laurel, was a
Georgetown visitor last Thursday.
Levin Cooper, Cf Little Greek hun
dred was in town on Thursday.
Register CT Willis William =. Causey
has granted letters of administrat on
on the estate of Sallie +. Cooper to
John w Waller.
An appeal has been taken to the
Superior Court in the Harriet n. Can
non win case. In her will She left
practically all her property, amounting
to about 10000 to the several Prot
cstant Episcopal churches in the coun-
| tv. Her heirs contested the viii be-
fore the register. who gave a decision
upholding the will. The case win he
tried at the April term of the Superior
Court
The crew of the Italian bark which was
stranded on the Virginia coast last
week came mp from Lewes ON the
morning train yesterday. and was com
PEELED to wait about four hours for the
southhound train The tOwnspeople
looked upon them as objects of curl
, os'ty as they paraded anound town
clad in their seafaring garb Tho sons
of Neptune, in turn, got "A thorough
survey OF Georgetown.
Register of Wills w H. Causey has
I granted letters of administration as
/ follows
On estate of Emma r. Raughley, de-
ceased late OF Kent county. to Joshua
G. Rauehley; on estate of John p. Mel
son. deceased late OF Broad Creek hun
j dred r. Hetty a. Nelson; on estate OF
Peter Gray. deceased. late of North
( West Fork hundred to Sarah A. Gray,
on estate of William ID. Norwood. de
ceased late Of Lewe5 and RehObOth
hundred 10 George e. Johnson: on es-
tate of Theodore Lynch. deceased, late
of Lewes and Rehoboth hundred. to
John NJ. Lank. on estate % Sallie f.
Cooper. late of Little Creek hundred
to William j. Wallen.