The Morning herald., 1877-12-24
PENINsULAR NEWS.
Compiled from our Exchanges.)
DELAWARE.

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Compiled from our Exchanges
| DELAWARE.
The fox.hunting is in vogue on the PENN
sular.
Ex Governor Ponder Is said to have
sold 500, 900 feet fine gum timber from one
of his farms down the State. 7AaaH agr
Railroad ties are being procured in large
quantities by shippers. The woods around
are alive with the sound of the axe, and
the noise of the teamsters.
The six oyster packing Establishments of
seaford employ $50 persons. About fifty
boats run continuously during the season
between the oysters shoals ard the town,
and an average of 1900 gallons are shipped
north, east and west daily. ,i II
The Lewes Light says: On almost any
pleasant Sabbath morning, ther. can be
seen In attendance at the W. E. Church Of
this town, twelve persons members of tho
church ages are above seventy-two years,
and whose averages are seventysix years.
The teachers of the public schools of
Kent County, beld their annual meeting at
Smyrna on three last days of last week.
The exercises were unusually interesting.
Messrs. Purnell, President OF Newark COL
lege, Rev. j. H. Caldwell, H. G. Conrad,
Esq, Prof. 8. J. Wiley, of Wilmington.
Rev. E. Stubbs and others participated and
added greatly to the interest of the occa-
sion and the instruction of all who heard
them. ,-ra
Joseph CULLEN, of Milford, has sold his
farm to Edmund Medburst, of, Canada
West, who will settle upon 1t early in the
next year. Mr.. Quillen and his family of
seven persons will 90 to Texas. Wesley
jenkins and his family of five persons will
20 with him, and go will his son James and
family of five persons will 60 with him.
and so will his son James and family, and
Benjamin Davis and family. The total
number forming this colony is eighteen.
MARYLAND. ~. .ao' 'na1
Winter shad have been sold at Cambridge.
Dorchester county. .......,
st. Michaels calls Easton q frst-class
sport mandatory. .--..........
The Maryland Legislature will convene
on Wednesday, January.
A five and q ten dollar bank note, 7S
years old, were found stuck away between
the rafters of house near Carville, Queen
Anne's county. I,.,..- ~. ''''.' ,'
Captain Clements, of the sloop Mary
Compton, on Tuesday, arrested Captain
Hodges for illegal dredging, after pursuing
him from Swan Point bar into Rock. 'I
The Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad
have the iron on the ground for an iron
span over Port run. The, company intend
cleaning out the run. laying new rails on
the main track and raising the side track
on level with It. This will prevent the
road bed icing flooded every heavy rain.
The exceptionally moderate weather has
caused wheat to spring up in an almost
exuberant manner all over Maryland. This
fact is not considered good thing for next
harvest If the winter proves a hard one.
At present the farmers are pasturing their
stock on the wheat in an effort 10 restrain
It's growth. .r...,
A musket ball was recently found on top
of Grey's Hill by ex-Sherif Thomas. He
has found several Of these balls there re-
Gently. They were found short distance
west of the ex-sberiff's dwelling house,
which indicates that the British cncamped
there shortly after they left Elkton, hun
dred years ago.
Mr.. Thomas Hughlett who has recently
moved into Easton from bis farm In Colds
borough Neck, and oct tupies the residence
lately bought by him on South street, known
as the Hammond property, adjoining the
rectory of the P. E. Church, made singu-
lar discovery while having furnace erect-
ed. In taking up part Of a brick floor in
the cellar, the necks of two champagne
bottles were broken, causing the loss of the
precious liquid. They had been buried
beneath the floor and were in good state
of preservation. The house is very old
one.
Captain Edward Scott. of the schooner
Emma, of Baltimore, came up St. Michaels
on Saturday last, and reported to Justice
Wiley that at sunrise on Saturday morning
while dredging off Wade's point, the dredge
struck snag, causing the handles of the
winders to slip from the hands of the two
men that were at work With the dredge,
q nd re uolued with rreat ranidHu mha.ohx