A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Delaware > Sussex http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=642 Also visit our new sister site: http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=42315 Submitted by: Harrison H Howeth Article Title: Chester Daily Times Article Date: Various Article Description: Lewes New Items Article Text: 1879, August 11: Work on the iron pier at Lewes has been resumed. 1879, October 28: Fishermen at Lewes are catching shark seven feet long. 1880, January 7: The "Brekwater Light" tells of a dead 'mermaid' which was recently cast up by the sea near Lewes. It ought to be perserved in the interest of science. 1880, March 6: A bill to promote the efficiency of the Life Saving Service introduced in the House by Mr COX of New York, provides for the establishment of a number of additional stations, including one at Lewes, Delaware and five on the coast between Cape Henlopen and Cape Charles. 1880, April 13: A telegram from Lewes, Delaware, tells that on examination of the peach orchards of the Delaware peninsula, as far north as Dover, show that nearly all of the peach buds have been destroyed by the late frost. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DE-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com