A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Delaware > Sussex http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=642 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=53856 Submitted by: Harrison H Howeth Article Title: Philadelphia Inquirer Article Date: August 30 1908 Article Description: Sussex County Snapshots: Article Text: Georgetown, Del., Aug, 29, 1908: Horace, 17 year old son of Sussex County Treasurer M. P. Murray, died yesterday. The young man suffered from inflammatory rheumatism for the past five years and for three years had been almost helpless. Francis Lazeroni, a young Italian employed in the Milton canning factory, was accused by Joseph Brittingham of rifling his home. The lad was taken before a magistrate but on account of his youth he was allowed to go. While unloading some stone on the jetty at the mouth of Broadkill Creek, Lollis Roach, a Milton young man , had his hand badly mashed. The farmers around Lincoln City are troubled with a large eagle which is carrying off their young chickens and turkeys. Arrested on a charge of swearing on the streets, Walter Macklin, of Milford, was fined $11. While working on the Pennsylvania Railroad, Ernest Willey, of Bridgeville, had his hand caught between two cars and three fingers were amputated. A wire rubbing on an old Oak tree on Main Street Milton, has charged the tree with so much electricity, that passersby can get a free shock by touching the tree. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DE-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com Also visit our other sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com http://www.AutumnWindz.com