Delaware, U.S., Marriage Records, 1750-1954
Past In Review from 09-20-2001
125 years ago
September 23, 1876
LOCAL AND STATE AFFAIRS.
Items of Local Interest.
Mr. Frank J. Penington lost a cow on last Monday evening from some disease that could not be doctored effectually as our veterinary surgeon was out of town.
The steeple of the Episcopal and Presbyterian Churches, in Smyrna, were blown down by the gale last Sunday. [One advantage of having no steeple.]
A young man named Holden who stole a horse in Bucks county, Pa., was captured in Lewes, Sussex co., last week and locked up to await a requisition from Gov. Hartranft.
The Delaware State Bible Society held its 6th annual meeting at Newark, yesterday week. Hon. D. M. Bates was re-elected President. Its next annual meeting will be held here.
The Smyrna Times says that nearly all the trees, some 80 in number, that were blown down in that place on Sunday, were silver maples, mulberries and willows. It was pretty much the same way here.
Rev. Wm. Urie, D. D., formerly pastor of the M. E. Church in this town, but lately of the Salisbury Church, has resigned his charge and proposed to remove to Smyrna, where he will hereafter reside. Ill health is the cause of this movement.
Successful Shooting.
Messrs. H. A. Nowland and T. H. Gilpin had pretty good luck in shooting rail birds on Monday afternoon. They went out shortly after dinner and in a few hours succeeded in bagging, in 120 shots, 112 birds. A pretty fair afternoon’s sport.
Big Apples.
Mr. Z. McD Roberts left at our office a few days ago five apples which weighed respectively 12-3/4, 13-1/2, 13-1/2, 14-1/2, 14-3/4 ounces. These “Uncle Zack” thinks are pretty good sized “Appoquiniminks,” and wonders in Uncle Sam (T.) can go him better on them.
A Large Stock of Stoves.
Messrs. Eliason & Benson have on hand a very large assortment of parlor, cook and other stoves, embracing a great variety of patterns and styles, which they are offering at prices to suit the purse of the rich and poor alike. They invite inspection of their stock.
Hurt on the Railroad.
Mr. Charles Sharp, who lives with Mr. Wm. Welden on Samuel Ginn’s farm, in Appoquinimink Hundred, met with a sad misfortune on Thursday evening. He was going home from Townsend, walking on the railroad track. He heard the freight train approaching him and stepped off the track, but unfortunately, thinking when the last box car had passed that that was the end of the train, he stepped on the track again, and was struck by a log car, which was attached by a long coupling rod to the other cars, and was knocked down, the wheels passing over his leg and crushing it terribly. A little boy who was with him, ran back to Townsend and told of the accident, upon which some persons procured a hand car and carried and unfortunate man home. He leg will, doubtless, have to be amputated.
100 years ago
September 21, 1901
WARWICK HAPPENINGS
Mrs. Rebecca Day has returned home for the winter.
Miss Bessie Pearce, of Philadelphia, is home for a week.
Dr. Wright is entertaining relatives from Coatesville, Pa.
Miss A. Estella Marsh has returned from a trip to Boston.
Miss Almeda Holden, of New Jersey, is home on the sick list.
Mr. James S. Merritt is spending this week at Angle Sea, N.J.
Mr. Edward Kunkle, of Illinois, is visiting relatives in town.
Miss Clara Blackburn, of New Castle, visited relatives this week.
Misses Margaret and Katherine Dorsey are visiting their parents near town.
Mr. Harry Manlove, of Centreville, is expected home to-day for a short time.
Mr. R. B. Merritt has purchased the “Naudain” property opposite his residence.
Mrs. Avon Dill, of Chester, Pa., is spending a time with her sister, Mrs. E. E. Marsh.
Mr. William Staats, of Wilmington, visited his sister-in-law, Mrs. Hannah Staats, last week.
Miss Minnie Smith returned home to-day from a visit to her aunt, Mrs. Maxwell Bland, at St. Georges.
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Aiken spent Saturday and Sunday at Rising Sun, Md.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Merritt and daughter, Mamie, spent Sunday with his sister, Mrs. J. P. Wilson, near Fredericktown.
75 years ago
September 23, 1926
OUR LOCAL NEWS HAPPENINGS
Many Brief Paragraphs Gathered Weekly By Our Scribes
The tomato season has been the poorest in years.
Over one hundred couples have been married at Elkton, Md., the past week.
The waters in the Chesapeake Bay and the Delaware River will meet on “sea level terms,” so to speak, by March 1, it was predicted unofficially Wednesday by engineers of the United States Engineer office at Wilmington.
Gunners in various sections of the State report squirrels not plentiful. The early opening of the season some of them say prevents the young ones from maturing. Some gunners say and think November 1 would be a referable date.
Charles M. Toy, graduate of Chesapeake City, Md., High School last June has obtained The Jonas G. Clark Scholarship at Clark University, Worcester, Mass., as a reward for scholastic attainment in the upper classes of his preparatory school course.
The Delaware City Branch of the American Red Cross Society Tuesday sent $75 to the Florida sufferers. In making this announcement, an officer of the local branch of the organization said, “It is a matter of civic pride that our local branch can so quickly respond to the call for help in this grave emergency.”
While most things point to several years of prosperity, a distinct recession in business and possibly a panic within the next two or three years would not be surprising, Roger W. Babson, head of the Babson Statistical Organization, told delegates to the thirteenth annual National Business Conference, recently.
The annual fall meeting of the Del-Mar-Va Press Association will convene at Newark Saturday, September 25, at 11:30 o’clock. Dr. Walter Hullihen, president of the University of Delaware, has invited the Association to meet at the college. Following the meeting, Dr. Hullihen will invite the members to luncheon in the college dining-room at 1 o’clock, standard time. There will be several addresses.
