Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-11-13
Peninsula Notes.
DELAWARE.


The SMYRNA Bank has declared a semi
annual dividend of three per cent.
One day recently, Richardson & Robbins,
of Dover, shipped 1,500 cases OF fruit di-
rect to Europe.
The contract for plastering the Dover
post-office has been awarded to Robbins IL
White, of Dover.
The Kent County Association of Good
Templars will meet at Little Greek Land
ing, on Wednesday morning, at 10 O'Clock
Nov. Is.
Rev. B. G. Parker has accepted the call
of the Baptist Church at Dover to become
its pastor, and will enter upon his duties
Immediately.
Besides the erection OF the new depot,
r. S. Downs, Robert Gain, and Ezekiel
Fleming are all building two-story houses
at Harrington.
In East Dover alone 14S colored persons
were omitted from the assessment. At
this rate the number omitted in Kent coun-
ty exceeded 1900.
The ladies of the M. Q. Church at Lewes
will hold festival for the benefit Of the
church to pay off the remaining debt on
the building, in short time.
Howard Gooden, nephew of Chas. Good
en-, near Wyoming, was kicked by horse
on Saturday. last, fracturing his skull and
otherwise seriously hurting him. 1t is
thought that he will recover.
Mr.. James f. Martin, the last of the old
stockin Cool Spring, died last week, and was
buried at the church on Monday. He served
in the General Assembly once, Levy Court
OF his county twice, and was collector Of
his hundred many years.
EASTERN SHORE.
Tilden has 252 majority in Kent county.
Talbot county, at the election on Tues
day, gave Tilden and Henry majority.
The Denton Journal has been sold by W.
A. Legg to G. T. Milvin and 2. p Steele.
A colored woman named Easter Wilson
died recently in Somerset county at the ad.
vanced age of 104.
Millington, Queen Anne's county. was moi
visited during the campaign just closed by
the ubiquitous stump orator.
Princess Anne district, Somerset county
voted on local option on last Tuesday, anC
gave a large majority in it's favor.
Messr Take, Grifin !, ;sad steYepsop. oi
Isess n UAIiEB. siierlal Ar't 9iss,aged N making
an atlas Iuap for Queen Anne's county.
Rev. Mr.. Davenport, of Vermont, has ac
cepted the call Of the vestry Of St. Luke'f
Parish, Church Hill, and filed the pulpit Of
st. Luke's Church last Sunday.
Eli Perkins, Miss Lillian Edgarton, Wal
lace Bruce, DIR. j Jay Villers, Stewart Rod
gers, and josh Billings are to deliver lee
lures at Easton the coming winter.
Capt. Joseph Hubert, near fredericksburg
fell off the scaffold of building upor
which he was at work on the 1st instant
fracturing his arm and injuring his back.
The colored people of Easton are build
ing new NJ. E Church in that place
Last week, at the laying Of the cornel
stone, $1,765 was contributed towards itt
completion.
stOn Friday last son of Mr.. Washington
Wright, at the Chimney Landing, Caroline
county, fell from cart by the sudden start
ing OF horse, producing dislocation at thu
elbow joint and fracture.
The barn of DR.. t. S. Wilson, in Queer
Anne's county, was last week burned, will
seven horses, much provender, and man,
agricultural implements. Two negroe
have been arrested as the incendiaries.
At colored pole raising at Chestertowl
on Saturday evening last, the shear pole
fell on two colored men, one Of whom wa
killed outright and the other so badly in
jured that he is not expected to recover.
Samuel, son of Mr. Stafford, residing nea
Templeville, was seriously injured Will
cunning on Saturday last. He was brough
home in an insensible condition with a loa
of shot in his eyes-the result of careles
rabbit shooting among boys.