Milford chronicle., 1915-11-12
sEAFoRD.

John Jacobs, 68 years old was found
dead Sunday in shanty near his home
on the Seaford- Bridgeville road, with a
bullet wound in his temple, by his wife
and farm hand. He left his home at
an early hour Saturday morning, and
when he did not return in a reasonable
length of time, his wife, fearing some
thing had happened, called in the farm
help and began a search for him. A
revolver with one empty cartridge was
found near his body. Coroner Dawson IS
jury has returned a verdict of death
caused by bullet wound in the temple
by unknown hands, For many years
Mr.. Jacobs was Justice-of-the-Peace of
Bridgeville and Democratic leader for
Northwest Fork hundred politics. He
was widely known and came from one of
the best and wealthiest families of this
section of the State. His death was a
shock to his many relatives and friends.
Mr.. Jacobs is survived by a widow, two
daughters, Miss Olive Jacobs, of Phila-
delphia, and Mary, of West Chester, Pa.
and one son, Price, of Bridgeville.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon at St. Mary's Church, Bridge
vile, where he was a lifelong communi-
cant.
The largest FIRE ever known to have
occurred in this town was discovered
Saturday evening in the main building of
the Seaford planning mill, near the county
bridge connecting Blades and Seaford
and the manufacturing centre of the
town. A bucket brigade, composed of
several hundred farmers and fremen,
and five steady streams of water with the
best order and management ever seen at
a local fire confined the blaze to the main
Building. The other buildings which
were threatened, but saved, are occupied
by the Longfellow Manufacturing Co.,
the R. & G. Shirt Co., L. w. Hurley
lumber mill, the Seaford machine works
and the Sussex Hotel. The mill property
is owned by an incorporated firm of which
William +. Day, OF Salisbury, Md, is
president. The loss is estimated at S50,-
900, partially covered by insurance.
Several fremen were overcome by heat |
and had to be taken from the lumber
yard, but none were seriously injured |
The fire ragged for nearly three hours |
and demoralized the regular Saturday |
night business.
Pennsylvania avenue, West Seaford, is |
being widened and cement crossings |
placed at all intersecting streets.
Many oyster openers who left here for
New York aud Connecticut a month ago
are returning, because of lack of work
there.
Farmers in this section are getting in
their corn, and the crop will be the larg-
est around this section in recent years.
Y Emil LapOta went to Georgetown last
week with S. J. Stein to apply for natur-
alization papers.
Miss Julia Marvel was seriously injured,
Saturday, when she fell down stairs at
the home of Harry Lawrence, on Water
street. The girl had been up the stairs
with Mrs. Lawrence, and was assisting
in bringing a large bucket of water down
the stairs when she missed the first step.
Fell with all her weight on her arm she
broke it in three places and severely
bruised and cut her body. The arm was
so badly broken and twisted it was nee
essary to hurry her to the Cambridge,
Md, hospital, for treatment, and her
condition is said to be serious.
William T. Marvel, Jr., a young but
prominent blacksmith of this town met !
a painful accident Monday afternoon, by {
a young horse which he was shoeing {
jumped from the braces which was hold
ing it and landed on Marvel's foot, caus- I
ing it to swell so rapidly that his shoe '
had to be removed, fortunately no bones
were broken but the tendons and mus
cles of the top of the foot was badly 4
bruised and cut by the shoe on the the
horses foot.
Edward Holt is confined to his home
On North Street with a severe cold, and
t is feared he is suffering a slight case
If Paralysis. t
A general mixup occurred when Harry j
Polk, colored, near here was left in S
,harge of the home of John Ellegood,
Ilso colored, while Ellegood was work a
ng as a helper in a brick mason gang
In some manner Polk found t
iome hidden whiskey and began drink v
ng freely and after treating John Robin =
on a neighbor, soon got into an alterca-
ion, resulting in Robinson being badly
,eaten ny. Ellegood returned but es-
aped uninjured from the intoxicated
men.
In compliance with the Shepherd Oys-
er law the Maryland Shell Fish Commits {,
ion has engaged in work of vast impor- Il
ance to the oyster industry. The most &
pectacular feature of this work of the
Commission is the investigations being a
onducted off the Western shore of the a
Bay. From the Anne Arun- a
lei county boundry line below Holland /
'oint to Point Lookout, the southeast el
rly point of St. Mary's county is a q
tretch of so miles of bay waters capable d
( producing great quantities of the best -
ysters in the world. In this stretch the II
riginal survey set aside thousands of :.
cres of natural oyster bars and charter
S barren bottom over large areas. ~
'hese areas, leasable under the old law, ID
Iere applied for prior to the meeting of
ne Legislature, but the leases were not
sued,
To decide what was the condition of
lese bottoms the Commission has been
sing the State police steamer Governor
IcLane, Captain James a Turner, and
lie dredging schooner John Martin, n
Ianned by experienced oystermen which