The Morning herald., 1875-09-11
The oyster boats have conmeAced to Ar
rive It the SeafOrd wharyps.

The oyster, boats have conmeaced to ar.
rive ct the Seaford wharves.
The Society Of Grangers a. Bridgevule,
ase said TO be in : hourishing condition. !
James Kirk, Esq, publisher of the Desa.
/ Harsan, has entered his son as cadet at the
Annapolis Naval School.
The farm Of Henry Blanchard, deceased,
containing 212 acres situated in N. w. Fork
hnndered, was sold on Wednesday, for
5000.
The Colored people of Sussex complain
hat the whites visit their camp meetings
and pic-nics, abuse them and indulge in
Ti0tous conduct.
BENZ. 8. Rich has been appointed Super
intepdent of the Life Saving Stations on the
coasts of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.
Salary, 81 600 per annum. ~.
The Kent County Bible Society will hold
its annual meeting on Thursday, September
10th, in the M. E. Church, Dover, Della
ware, beginning at II o'clock a, m.
A man named John jefferson, after elop-
ing with Mrs. Newman, of st. Michaels,
Nd, has been arrested in Baltimore on the
charge of being the murderer of Capt. j. T.
Ford. tle 81
A gentleman from Pennsylvania, has pur-
chased the farm belonging to Rev. Thomas
Moore, near Ross Station, Sussex county,
and intends improving it and removing
thereon in short time. =
If the necessary arrangements can be salts
factorially completed, Seaford will soon have
. select school of the highest grade, under
the management of an intelligent and highly
accomplished Virginia lady.
The man who made the balloon ascension
at Seaford, on Tuesday, alighted on the
roof of the storehouse Of James NJ. Blades,
in Bladesville. He was severely bruised
about the back and shoulders.
The corner stone of the new NJ. E. Church;
at Preston, Caroline county, Nd, will be
laid tomorrow, Sept. 18th, Rev. C. Hill, of
Port Deposit, and ReA. j. NJ. Williams,
Presiding Elder, will ofliciate.
The early corn crop in Sussex, was ma
terially injured by the heavy rains of last
menth, and the low ground latter corn was
also somewhat injured, yet the crops in the
county will be heavier than for many years.
The Sussex Journal says: : On Wednes-
day morning telegram to the Journal stat
Ing that Col. W. &. Whiteley had been
elected Mayor of Wilmington, was read at
the court house door and in less than ten
minutes the stars and stripes foated from
the hickory pole in front of the court house,
Col. Nhiteley has many warm friends in
Sussex, who were exceedingly anxious for
his election.
A meeting of the stockholders of the Sea-
ford Steamboat company, was held in Sea-
ford, on Friday evening. The probable sue
cess of the project was discussed, and the
preliminary arrangement for the commence
ment Of the work, made. The boat is to be
90 feet keel: Is feet beam; foot hold.
Capt. VIM. A. Donoho was appointed to go
down the river for the purpose of getting
out the timber, &c. y,
Pennington is an improving town. Where
twenty years ago no house stood is now a
bustllng, thriving town of several hundred
inhabitants. 1t contains four well stocked
stores, churches, school houses, and enough
residences to make it feel that it is of some
Importance. 1t is situated in the midst of
well-to-do agricultural community, and is
one Of the most important stations on the
Delaware Railroad.
The Telegraph, of Newburgh, New York.
the people of which town are greatly inter
eeted in Delaware and her peaches, contains
long paper entitled, "Notes of a trip to
the peach orchards of Delaware" In the
course OF the article the Telegraph says !:
=" The peach region of Delaware and Mary
land covers some $4,000 acres, and numbers
over 5,OOO, ,0OOs trees The most extensive
farm in the neighborhood of Georgetown is
Gen. Van Vorst's, near Milford, which con-
tains six hundred and forty acres, and is the
model farm of that region. Just over the
line, in Maryland, are Colonel Wilkins
farm Of 400 acres, j. S. Harris farm of
1900 acres, s: F. Shalcross, 200 acres, all
devoted to raising peaches.