Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-08-16
GENERAL.
LC0rrespOndenee Of the CommereIal.l

Correspondence OF the Commercially
BUSINESS Dull The business interests of
this place are suffering severely owing to the
excessive drouth But little rain has fallen in
this section OF the country since corn planting.
and in consequence, there has been but little
fruit, vegetables, grain To shipfrom this point
Add to this the peach crop is q complete fail
ure, the growers many OF them, not having
enough for home consumption. This crop fail
ure has inevi ably acted upon general business
10 the town, 30 that things are less active than
usual Some Of the manufacturers are, how
ever, turning out a good deal of work. The
factory and mill Of Manners, Fisher 4 Co., now
employ about thirty hands and are kept busy
They make sash. doors. blinds aud peach boxes
for wide extent of country. They have made
over 10000 crates this year, most of which were
ordered by growers in Maryland. on the line of
the Dorchester and Delaware r. II. This firm
have the enterprise to secure orders and the ca
pacity to fill Them in a manner that satisfies the
people. Fruit canning il Of course dull and the
operators in this line will have to wait twelve
month for better times.
IMPRovEMENTs.- new dwellings are
being erected one Of which il for the rector of
.he Episcopal church. The builder Of this il
John Stewart, OF Wilmington. Mr.. Stewart has
ALSO this season, put up house for his son,
VIM j., who has a foundry at this place.
LOCATION, APPEARANCE, &o.-SeafOrd is
pleasantly located town and has an attractive
appearance the streets are regularly laid ont
and there IL an air OF neatnesa about the dwell
linBs and yards which strikes one pleasantly.
The people know the value OF paint, aud do not
cOnine themselyes to white but vary their colors
TO shades OF fawn, dark, stone &c. Would that
their good neighbors of Laurel would borrow a
lesson IN this respect. The buildings are made
entirely of frame.
POLIrICs.-Ihe Democratic brethren are a
good deal stirred up on the question of swallow
ing Greeley, aud they have not fully decided
whether to do so or not. The reason Of this
uncertainty il that Willard Salisbury has not
yet told them what to do. There is a faction
here and a wideawake one, too. who are Anti
Willard, who have got Horace down their throats.
This is the party who wanted Edward L. Martin
nominated for Congress- II ls growing at its
bad luck but will lamb-like, wheel into line
when a suitable time comes. The Democracy of
Sussex, judging from the people meet here,
will not all be at the polls on election day in No
vember. II il easy TO find ardent Democrats
who declare that Delaware will go for Grant As
to the Republicans, November will see them
marching sody to the polls and voting for
Ulysses. Laurel, SeafOrd, aud Bridgevile. and
outlying sections count up eight Greeley Repub-
licans no mere, probably less. l hear of Dem
ocrats who will vote for Grant and Wilson The
political skies bright In this locality. and are
growing brighter every day remember what
tell you. II the Louisville convention nominate
a candidate Greeley and Brown will not get 500
votes in Sussex 10 Democrat declares and
this is the general sentiment of the party.
will admit, however. that it is believed that the
Straight-Out Convention will never take place.
August Is, 1872. w. A.