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

PENINSULAR NEWS.
THE Commissioners of the Md. and Del
| Ship Canal, were in town on Monday. They are
taking obscrvations.-DentOn Union.
Col. w. FISK TOWNSEND of the Sussex
JOur11GJ returned from his visit North on
Wednesday last.
AN imposing Republican Demonstration
was made in Wilmington on Monday night.
Several of the Grant and Wilson clubs paraded
with torches and banners. Speeches were
made by Hon. N. Ii. Smithers and Major
LOfland.
A GENTLEMAN of Concord sends us a per-
fectly matured peach, specimen of second
crop grown on tree belonging to j. b. But
Ter, of that town, this seas IN. The peach is
of the CrawfOrd's Early variety and rather
smaller than the. usual size. The tree has
been in bearing three years, and has borne
two crops annually.-SegoW Record.
THE SHIP CANAL-CSen. julius StaheI. Di-
rector, and Gen. Brown, Engineer for the Ship
Canal Company, visited Milford on Saturday
last. In the evening number of our prom
inent citizens met these gentlemen at NEWS
AND ADVERTISER Office, and the merits of
the route by, or near Milford were discussed.
Messrs. Stahell and Brown were fav0rably
impressed with this route, and the arguments
IN its favor, and will report it favorably to
tile Company.
GEORGE MCDONALD COMING TO VIII
MNGToN.-The Wilmington Historical Socie-
ty has engaged the distinguished Scotch aul-
thor, George Mcdonald, to deliver lecture
in this city, in the Masonic Temple, on Fri
day, November 22d. We congratulate the
public on the opportunity presented of hear
ing man so Justly distinguished wherever
English is spoken or read, and hope he may
be welcomed by an audience which shall
crowd the new temple from pit to DOME
Ere,y EeohiHg,
ANOTHER RAILROAD PRoJEcT.-The Mid
dletown Transcript has the following gossip
in its last issue: "The Reading r. II. Co, we
understand, has informed some of the peach
men that if they would guarantee them 20
car loads per day they would take peaches to
New York at S75 per car, $3.50 less than
they are now paying. 1t is stated that the
company will ask for charter from the Leg
lsiature to build road down the Peninsula.
This would probably effect great reduction
of freight, and cause the Delaware Railroad
TO be more accommodating. This road which
mas heretofore carried peach growers at half
fare during peach season, will not now make
any reduction unless the grower ships a Ger
tain quantity of fruit per day."
A RELICT OF THE PAsT-The Denton
(Ald.) JOurltGE says "Levin w. Robinson,
Esq, a few weeks ago set his farm hands to
throwing up marsh mud, from the edge of
Crowberry Creek, on his farm lying on the
H. r;.nnl- ~ Dv i. 1otci p,luSe anu
the ,,,y,d tn IN %u mtie,n tney nat thrown up
mon how wbioI n MI wv nGeu' Cey cuie
TO be vat, part of the remains of a tan
merry. Further digging led to the discovery
OF ten OF twelve of these watts. The timber,
Remno,,tS o' nf ,i M"s 40 sDnu as new plank
the hntton nf thnso " IN o"lN were ioullu III
this to~Dnr, " ..,eoo taSS mheil OF ny Wnom
Tho oidast y VIZ rs not KNOWN
t;nn uor fra;t a. nave helter recOllec-
tion iioi 'i"oi'ioi W "iu III SOWING the ques-
The farm was originally patented to a Mr..
Farriss, about two hundred years ago, and is
sui known as Farriss' Landing. lie and
his descendants are all gone, and it is likely
that the inquiry, when and by whom this
recently eXhumed tannery was erected, will
always remain unanswered.
w ,,s,,,, -D,,,, ..1,,, .,,,. -. >, ,,,
dletown 1anar;,t L az a. MnSe, line Mo MIC
Satnrdav lost th,.ro' w. n",u,uay, says h
W IT WamSor Az ai.''l9is a,ioat Ihat
Yori- boI foiio,a '''o ~ v" ~, nIlS ol New
we laarmed that Il NO., 0pom I,,qulIIg Ille iacts'
Mr. WanSer had % honn Uty partial failure
sa,,ton o. ~ az ,i' oon oYshe WnaC was repre-
S ohn"t ~ 70 DC sDUO9 baskets OF peaches, at
son for nicino o,, ouo mleil Ilie sea-
L., aui pn'AS ouiv .ie crops were much
ouS hn Id soId ~ odpn 1885, 49,, tP " week
cSorIS ha a sJH on nTVI ndskens, anu the or
baskets more IN fho r'u I 1.iil ~ least lO9O
vieldaJ onIv o th Lm . onn iiaa ene orchards
Wanser un,y 'iie aillou.it represented, Mr..
noSm,, N thot I ~ i'tlousn tiig season,
n a., Inss w. agLveu 10 pay. however
ti'' 9 ''.pe,,' M aIIanseInehts Win
IN Sc, y, mmo,m ne puicnase'i, tnat Is, to pay
tTa 1atI ~ '"Sngt upoll an snipped up to
o on,,,s; anu W ,ecelve an tile balance
s,,,t y; % ail eNiueIce tnat TINS ar
;t, 10 s anu tliat ms cred
oII % n t NOV iosI eoiilaence III Mr. Wanser
III, vi .nIuI aie HOW siiiPpllS thelr frmt to
l na,, anu ne htEs no! heard one word i'll
Vi iiiil'
WILMINGTON, Sept. 95.-Nrai. Lofland is in