Newark post., 1914-06-17

f Bowen Milburn, OF Barksdale,
n,as offering last week for sale the
LARGEST Strawberries ever seen in the
town, % berries filling quart box.
The Union Hospital Training School
s,r Nurses held it's first annual COM
,,,oncement this Wednesday morning
~ Elkton Opera House. The grad
,,a+os were Misses Alice M. Denver,
Stella S. Graves, Mary T. King and
Coorpia M. Miller. DR.. Joseph c.
pIoodoood. the noted surgeon, of the
Iobns Hopkins Hospital staff, deliver
ed the address.
r Burkins, an undertaken of Ris
;oo Sun. Cecil county, died recently
nnd narties making an inventory of
his effects found $4,000 in money in an
old desk in his shop.
The old Hollingsworth residence on
vost Main street, near Maffit, Elk
+on built in the style of the Par
fridge. now the Gilpin mansion, has
hapn sold by Victor R. Bennett to
coorce r. Howard, son of former
owner of the property, in which Cen
oral Washington was entertained on
several occasions.
Mr., George A. Strahorn, of New
ork and Miss Estelle Andrew Wilson,
dauqhter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A..
Andrew. were married on Wednesday,
at the brides home, "The Oaks" at
Berkeley, Hartford county, Md, by
Rav Thomas r. Brown, of Hamp-
s+oad Md. a cousin of the bride, who
is a sister of Mrs. Daniel Bratton, of
Elkton.
A valuable driving horse owned by
Frank Mckinney, of Calvert, Cecil
county. died last week of spinal men
ingitis.
Harmony Lodge, A. F. and A. NJ, of
Port Deposit, observed the hundredth
anniversary on Sunday and continued
the exercises on Monday.
CYRUS Ferguson, VS.. the B. 4 o.. K.
P and the American Bridge Co.. one
Of % suits for damages growing out
of the flood following the breaking of
the ice gorge at Port Deposit, in Jan
nary. 1910, on trial at Easton, Md,
for nearly three weeks, closed on Sat-
urdav with the disagreement of the
iurv. Whether any other plaintlft Will
meet with better luck remains to be
seen.
While handling a revolver, one day
last week, Carl Long, aged IA years,
of Green Hill, shot himself in the
right side.
A COW owned by Thomas Truitt, OF
Laurel. died one day last week from
eating a lot of white lead left IN a
shed by painters.
Highwaymen beat John .. McClos-
kew senseless and robbed him OF SlS
in Wilmington on Friday.
The Athletic Club of Christiana
cleared S1S from a bake held last week
on the lawn of William Burris.
The Wilmington High School Civics
class went to Washington on Monday
for a three days visit as guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred l. DUPONT.
Falling from a load of hay, one day
last week, William Collins, OF Selby-
vile, was seriously injured internally
A Wilmington special states that
Mrs. Josephine Pyle Rogers has fllec
bill for divorce in New York City
from her husband, Theodore B. Rog-
ers, of New Castle, Del. She names
an unknown female" as correspond
ent, whom she alleges her HUSBAND
met on May 6, at the Hotel Navarro
New York. The couple were married
June 26, 1909, at New Castle, and sep
arated last winter. Mrs. Rogers plac'
ed her young son with her sister, Mrs
Arthur deb. Robins, in Germantown
(Philadelphia), from whom Mr.. Rog
ers demanded and obtained possession
of the boy on the night of June 3. L
is said that he will not fight his wlte''
suit, if she will agree to his retaining
custody of the child.
Sussex county's strawberry crop
this season, it is estimated, was worth
100000.