Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-10-27
The Eastern shore.


MIR. Ewing, of the Whig, is still in the West.
Jesse A. Boulden, of College Green, has sold
his trotting horse, Lady Chester, to William
Heckart of Port Deposit, for 5000
Mrs. Casey Williams, (colored) of Elkton, has
taken to the rostrum.
Elkton has pedestrian who is acquiring no.
toriety. His name is George NJ. Sanford
A very successful revival ID in progress at
Bethel, and another threatens to break out at
Chesapeake City.
Andrew Kidd's store at Port Deposit was bur.
glarized last week, the thieves first boring a
panel 10 as to unfasten the door.
A temperance crusade of speech is about to
break out III the Tth district.
Elkton claims the cheapest beef in Maryland
Eleven hundred and ten boats have passed the
outlet lock of the TideWater Caual, at Havre de
Grace, for Baltimore, Wilmington, Philadelphia
and other points since the opening of the sea-
son.
CAROLINE COUNTY.
| Jas II. Holt has sold out his store at Hillsbor-
| ough to s. p. Jump and rhos. Lee.
| The liquor saloons have all closed and not a
| drop of liquor is now sold in tho county. The
| Union saws the peace has been unbroken since
| the closing of the bars.
| 1t takes 100 tons of coal for Denton.
| The rail birds have gone.
| Judge Goldsborough will address the Republi-
cans, on Saturday, at Denton.
| The man Woodward who was to invest $25, ,0Ot
at fredericksburg in a large factory was chea
/
| the town will testify.
| Distribution has been made of the State
| School fund, and Caroline gets 81, 710O6 for her
| white schools and S5S5.0l for the colored.
The Grangers sold phosphate, made at then
factory at Denton bridge, during the late season
to outsiders for 1872 per ton.
wIcoMIoo COUNTY.
Woodcock are unusually numerous.
| A devoted Baptist walked 30 miles to attene
the late Association at Salisbury.
An association is organizing with success il
prospect which will be known as the "Wleomic(
County Shooting and Fishing Association"
Geo. W. Parsons has received the contract fol
excavatng the channel in the Wcomico a
about "a cents per cubc yard.
Work on the new hotel at Ocean City viii
probably be commenced next month.
An old gentleman named Peter Flint OF lndl
ana, visited Salisbury, last week, after an alb
sence of go years and could not find a singh
person living who resided there when he did
The town has undergone an entire change with
in that period
DORCHESTER COUNTY.
Petty theving is becoming quite troublesom
in Cambridge .
The burying ground in Cambridge has dnall
been enclosed with a new fence.
The Collyer has made her last trip to Taylor
Island. Another boat is promised, but hardi
expec ted.
The police vessels which have been building
at Cambridge are completed, and work has bee
begun on 800 ton schooner.
< Dorchester farmer bought large quantit
of bone phosphate, this season, and in order t
test it put a quart of it into water He gathere
up about plat of sand.
The Dorchester Fair which takes place on th
, 9Th and 9th of November, is attracting much al
tention, and fine display is promised.
JOS. II. johnson has been appointed commit
sioner under an act Of the late Legislature +
1 restore lost wills. Some years ago the Coul
House was burned, and the records with !
Hence this step.