Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-05-21
NIIIferd Items.
[From our ArEus-EIed correspondent.

lFrom our Argus-Eyed Correspondent
TEE sKAsoS.-Alresdy the dull season In Mil
ford has set ina natural result Of the activity
| IN the rural district Our farmers are now As
busy IS bees in the cultivation Of crops which Il
Is said. give promise OF suoh returns they nave
not had for years. The wheat crop promises tC
be early, which is equal to saying 1t will be very
good The recent cold, wet and windy weather
has not done the damage that it Was feared would
follow. The disease and pests TO which the grain
| is subject we have a. yet heard no complaint Of
and under the influence of an early harvest may
possibly be escaped entirely.
THK PKAcHEs.-The peach fever in Milford and
vicinity Is beginning TO rage pretty extensively
Several parties from New York and PhiladelphiA
have visited this section and purchased con-
siderable lot Of fruit giving 90 much per basket
the orchard through, delivered Al the depot.
CRoouET MArcH.-The championship Of Nil
ford was decided on Friday afternoon last by
the defeat Of Messrs. Adkins and Hudson BY
MessFs Ready and Richards, in . well contested
game, At the Chapel Croquet ground, In south
Milford. Richards and Ready's playing was ex :
celent and was heartily aPplAuded by the spec
tStors. S. g. Abbott umpired the game. This
game was played under the Pennsy lyAnIA rules
and was witnessed By quite 3 number OF ladies
ard ge entlemen. Ready has offered to play any
crOquet play or below Wilmington with one hand
three best games In i've.
IRUNK hOBBED.-Mles Lizzie Ready, Of this
place, had her trunk ritisd OF its contents at the
Harrington depot, last week. OF about seventy
hve dollars worth OF clothing.
OUR NEw LIGHr HoUsK-The Government
steamer Rosa has just delivered at the new light
house. At the mouth OF the hiepiion, the nlu-
minAting apparatus. 1t is an imported Fresnel
lens costing four hundred and fifty dollars In
gold in PAns. Mr. James Mccall, constructor,
is pushing the work rapidly; the piling is all
driven, and the structure being weather-bosrd-
cd. and painted with cement composition,
MINOR MESIIoE.-
The new steam saw mill, on the wharf. is In
operation, grinding 10 bushels of grain per
hour
Academies OF this town on Friday afternoon,
the 23d inst.
One Of the chief wants Of Milford is Ma
tionAl Bank
sounding houis is all the rage at our bay
fisheries Sounds being good price Ii this
market.
-Shsd are getting scarcs in our market.
The eolored folks gave grand hop last
week.
-our sportsmen report English snipe a. very
numerous this season.
Our butchers are complaining OF a scarcity
| OF cattle.
Several boats from Philadelphia have been
dow on our Shores sturgeon fishing.
Milford hAs seventeen pace walkers.
The bridge leading over the MispIion from
| closed with railing.
Trout sold in our market this week for four
| cents dozen
The schooner Emma virdan, launched this
week, was the largest ever bull; in this place
/ The handsome monument OF the late ChAs
Draper, deceaaed, will be erected in the Episco-
pal cemetery Of this town daring the present
| week.
Our young ladies now spend their evenings
sailing on the Mispilhon.
| The largest haul of trout this seaton wa.
made a. Bennett's Pier last week. Seven hun
dted lIO1) bushels were landed 81 one haul, snd
| sold for 25cts per bushel.
Mr.. Vim. A Scribner hAs commenced worl
| on another new schooner
Chicken cholera is still prevalent in this Vi
einiiy. Several Of our farmers have suffered
| great loss from il.
Our town commissioners have commence
operations. Several cart loads Of oyster shell.
and Nth, having been dumped by their orders
upon soft spot in the street at the CT uer O
| Front and Walnut. This would be ali right II /
we're intended to plant the town in corn
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