Peninsular news and advertiser. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1872-1904, 1872-09-27

season, and the gentlemanly proprietor, Mr..
Walter Burton, expresses himself as very
grateful for their favors.
THE Colored Peoples Convention at Cam
den on Tuesday, was splendid success in
numbers and enthusiasm. We regret that
we have not room for the proceedings. We
will give them next week
THE Central Park Menagerie and Circus
Company exhibited here on Monday last.
They were well patronized and the exhibition
especially the menagerie department was
much better than most ''shows" of the kind.
BIG APPLEs.-Our attention has been
called to some very fine apples raised by Mr..
Martin Harrington, in his garden in this
town - Of them weighed II TBS, and one
of them weighed 1877 o.; fifty of them
measured bushel.
Mr. WILLIAM A. MOORE, of Frederick,
was the successful applicant for the Office of
Clerk of the Peace for Kent county. Mr..
Moore is clever gentleman and worthy of
the appointment, though it makes a good
many sore-heads in his party.
FULL attendance of all the members of
the Lodge of Good Templars is requested
this (Frday) evening" at ~ o'clock, as bust
ness of Importance will be transacted. The
Lodge will also be addressed by the Rev. d.
z. Ridgway and Mr. Joseph f. Holland.
STEAMBOAT connection between Lewes
and New York is again established. "rlie ell
egant sea-going Steamer Artian, Capt
EFastust ieers gdsadsGrtised to leave Maurice
town, n. j., every Wednesday and Saturday
at II O'Clock \. NJ, touching at Lewes, Del,
each way.
THE State Central Committee of the Re-
publican Party held a meeting on Friday af-
ternOon last at this place. The attendance
was nearly full, and various measures peril
nent to the campaign were adopted. Re
ports from all parts Of the State show that
the morale of the party is excellent, and that
the prospect is good for clean sweep of the
State in November.
REPUBLICAN MEETING ATSTAYToNsvILLE.
The Republican meeting at Staytonsvile
tomorrow Saturday night will be large
one. Gen. A. Il. A. Torbert and DIR. w. G.
Davidson are announced to speak, and the
live Republicans and conservative men of the
opposite party from Mispilion, Cedar Creek,
Nanticoke, and North West Fork Hundreds
will turn out eia-nsasss to hear presented the
questions pertinent to the canvass.
AT the meeting in Cedar Creek Hundred
on Saturday last, to elect delegates to the
County Convention and nominate Assessor
and Inspector, the following delegates were
elected with'authority to appoint alternates
DR.. j. S. Prettyman, VIM f. Reviile Reu-
ben A. Stewart, James Houston, Jos. NJ
Davis and Riley w. Bennett. Elias Reed
was nominated for Assessor and Elijah Hig-
man for Inspector. An executive committee
of six was appointed to make an enrolment
of the voters of this Hundred
ANOTHER FATAL CALAMITY FROM KERo-
SIMEON Monday evening of last week,
Miss Susan Wilson, daughter of John CIVIL !
son, near Leipsic, in this county, was sitting
near table on which was coal oil lamp,
burning, when an explosion of the lamp oc-
cured The burning oil set fire to her cloth
ing, and in few moments she was enveI- |
)ped in the flames, AMI in spite of every eff |
fort, she was so badly burned, that, after |
the most terrible agony through |
the night she died on Tuesday morning.
She was an interesting young lady, just upon
the verge of womanhood, and her violent |
death has cast a gloom over the entire neigh
bOrhood.
LAST Monday and Tuesday, Sunday |
School Teachers Normal Institute was held |
IN the Central Presbyterian Church at vii
mngton, under the auspices of the Presby- |
lery of New Castle; it was conducted by j.
Bennett Tyler, the General Superintendent |
If the Sunday School Department of the
Presbyterian Church. The programme con-
sisted of Singing, Essays, Discussions and
Black Board Exercises. We have the prom
Sc of detailed account of this interesting
for our next issue, and we be-
peak for it that attentive reading which the
of the subject demands. 1t is to
De hoped that more rational and effectual
nodes of teaching will speedily be adopted
both in Sabbath Schools and District Schools.
Let us have light
A SINGULAR AND SERIOUS ACCIDENT
Andrew Truitt, eolored man at work for
Rev. L. p. McColley, in South Milford, met
With serious accident on Saturday last
lie was riding a young horse, which reared
With him, and falling backward caught his
mike under the withers, tearing the astra-
yalOid bone from its connection with the
oint, forcing it completely through the skin
o the inner side of the ankle A singular
act in connection with the accident is, that
hough the bone and ligaments were torn
ntirely away, opening frightful wound
lnder the malicious to the joint, the .f5ula
vas not injured-an accident which has been
impossible by surgical authors,
wing to the peculiar anatomy of the parts.
)rs. VIM. and SamI d. Marshall are treat
ng the case.
HUNDRED MEETTNG.-The Republicans of
Hid. met in accordance with
lotice, at Woods Hotel in Georgetown, on
September 21stand organized, with
'Ir. Asbury c. Pepper Chairman, and d. j.
layton, Secretary.
A. G. Pepper, f. G. Pepper and d. J. Lay
on, were elected delegates to the county con-
-ention, to. nominate the Legislative and
levy Court branches of the ticket, and J. w.
lynch, j. p. Dodd, and j. w. Workman,
we're selected as alternates, respectively.
j. d. Kimmay, b. F. Butler, and s. T IIaz-
ard, were elected delegates, to nominate
andidates for Sheriff and Coroner, with II.
Day, ID. A. Dodd, and Absalom Rust as
lternates.