Newark post., 1913-08-20
HERE AND THERE

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John S Cemetery. He died on the
previous Sunday a long illness,
aged so years. His wife and one
son survive him.
Samuel Mcconnell, a farmer of
the Iron Hill section, died at his
home on August 9, aged As years.
His wife and six children survive
him. lnterment was made in Cher
ry Hill NJ. E. Cemetery.
The funeral of Millard F. Nc
= DoWell, Roads Engineer of Cecil
county, was held on Wednesday
from his home in Port Deposit,
with interment in Hopewell Com
etery. He died suddenly Of heart
trouble, on the previous Sunday.
aged 56 years His wife, a son and
daughter survive him. He was
a skilled stone mason and promi-
nent contractor.
/ John Merritt, 70 years old, we'll
known as a farm hand in the Glas-
go wsection, was found dead on
Wednesday morning in a truck
patch on H. X. Armstrong; farm.
Death, it is supposed, was due to
heart disease.
The State authorities will move
against gamblers who work various
games of chance in the fields be-
tween Augustine Park and Port
Penn among Sunday excursionists.
The new steel bridge over the
Milford was put in place and the
raceway on the d. M. & V. R. r. in
old structure removed within twen-
ty minutes last Sunday.
Garfield Ralph, a stalwart young
man Of the Georgetown section is
dangerously i'll from fracturing
his skull by diving in shallow
water at Slaughter Beach, one day
last week. He made a narrow es-
cape from breaking his neck by
like dive last year. at Oak Orchard.
On the day of his last mishap he
had saved Miss Cora Swain of
Bridgeville, and Miss Ethel Walk
er of Baltimore by leaping from
his own wagon and checking their
runaway team.
Frank Van Wrinkle and Richard
Hargrove, Adams Express agents
at Smyrna and Clayton, were held
in $500 bail each for Court, last
week, Oh the charge of violating
the Hazel liquor shipping law by
delivering packages of whiskey
sent from other states. The Ex-
press Company is said to rely up
ON a decision of the Kentucky /
Court of Appeals, holding the !
Webb Kenyon Federal law as in
valid and are seeking to make a
case stated for a test Of the Hazel
act. The Delaware authorities de-
cline to meet them and will prose
cute each offense as it occurs.
Richard, the fve-year-old son of
George F. Conner, Of 1903 Van
dever avenue, Wilmington, was
found drowned in hole filled with
rain water in a lot on Clayton
street on Thursday. He had gone
to play with other boys during his
mother absence from home. Eff
forts were made to revive the child
with pulmotor but they We're
fruitless. /.
Hearing that a party answering
the description Of George Dutton,
colorcd, who shot and killed Ar
mold Tenant, colored, near Bridge
Vile, early i'll June, had been ar
rested at LeWes on Thursday,
Sheriff Dukes hurried thither but
found that the man hailed from 1
Salisbury. '
While William Warner, a Bal h
imore druggist, his wife and 9TH \
rs of his family were on their L
way in touring car to Atlantic
Jity, on Wednesday, it ran against |
he guard fence at the overhead S
ridge of the p. W.. & B. r. R. at e
Sacon Hill on the Elkton-North
Cast road. Dr. Warner and his h
on were thrown out the former o
'etting cash over his left eye and
ruises on his legs. Mrs. Warner d
vas severely shocked and one Of h
er thumbs was dislocated. The e
ar was damaged somewhat but
7as soon repaired. The turn in tt
he road at the bridge is dangerous 81
or tourists and the railroad COM O.
any will be asked to lower the
eight Of the fence. L