Newark post., 1914-12-02

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Temple Lodge A. F-and A. NJ
will observe its ahundredth ami
versary on January l6 at Milford
with fitting ceremonies. iaaoit.gn, o.,
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Thomas Gill's herd of cows on
his farm near Cochranville, Ches-
ter county, having been found af-
fected with the foot and mouth dis.
ease, n Of them and A hogs were
ordered killed last week.
Clty and county officials and the
building Commission witnessed on
Thursday the laying of the first
block Of granite for the walls Of the
new Court House and City Hall in
Wilmington. 2s"oa~-4/.3' IT0I
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Work has begun on the construc-
ton OF a large three-story concrete
and brick laboratory for the Caulk
Dental Company in Milford. a'
Charged blythe Law and Order
Society with selling cider on Sum-
day, John S. Dorman of Henry
Clay, was arrested last week.
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Gustsi McNelly of New York,
has purchased the 69-acre farm of
the late Miss Sarah M. Wright,
near Seaford, for $4,000. a.a -.,.
Mrs. John Bancroft has been
chosen to succeed former Judge
David 7. Marvel, resigned, as
chairman Of the Delaware Chapter
of the Red Cross. og a%. #.o- aa
The New Castel Board Of Trade
will urge the Legislature to pro-
vide for the erection of a $4,000
armory in the city. -. "
Sheriff elect Harry j, Stidham of
New Castle county, who will as
sumo office in January, qualified
last Tuesday and gave bond in
| $4,000.
Mrs. Willard S. Morris has pre-
sented 172 volumes to the Seaford
Public Library. e." ...-.
Young men Of st. Paul's Church
Georgetown, are organizing a Par
ish Club.
Juniors of Emmanuel Church
Sunday School, New Castle, cleared
$25 from a minstrel show.
A corn show will be held by Rose
Hill Grange this wednesday, ev-
ening, at Rose Hill School, near
New Castle.
Many chickens in the Delaware
City section have died of climber
neck" )" Large focks are reported
stricken in sections of Sussex
county, with a disease resembling
cholera in its effects.
Marie Hunt, who hailed from
Boston, died last week at the True
Light Army Home, refuge for
colored people, at the Buttonwoods,
near New Castle, of which she had
charge for some time past, aged, it
is believed, ITO years.
While James HI. Stanton and
Ellis Chamberlain of Milford, were
quail hunting near that town one
day last week, the latter 8 gun was
fired accidentally, the charge strik-
ing Stanton in the face, several
grains entering his eyes, the sight
of one Of which specialists at Della
ware Hospital hope to save.
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| While Graham, the ten year-old
son of Constable Hiram Short, Of
Georgetown, and Raymond Gran
field, a comrade, were cunning on
Thursday, the latter fred at a rab-
bit which came out Of the bushes
near the esspot where Young Short
was standing. The load took effect
in the boy 9 foot. Cranfeld carried
him on his back cto4a q farmhouse,
land thence he was taken home. 1t,
is feared that amputationo may be
Us pffcegSsarSs' egSssanS' ssnr3aird0 zuoy tag II
b 1WhilelJ't blowing ''sartree stump
with dynamite along the line of
piece Of new road through woods
near Blackbird station. Zone day
last week, Herbert Caulk, ,colored
aged IS years, who had walked
100 yards after ramming the
charpe was struck on the head by