The Morning herald., 1877-12-31
EMBER 81. 1877. THIRD YEAR ONE CENT
PENINSULAR NEWS,

| PENINSULAR NEWS.
i Compiled from our ExchaDges.)
DlLAVARB. :.
i A daily postal route has been esta blished
between Lewes and Rehoboth.
Tho First National Bank of Dover has
declared . semi-annual dividend Of four
per cent. ws.m
The oyster packing esta blishmeuts Are not
doing well 1t seaford this year, the weather
being too warm 80 far. .oe
The Literary Record is the title of a new
paper published by q society of young
ladies and gentlemen at Milford.
The grain trade is brisk in Dover just at
this time. More than double the amount
has been shipped up to this time than was
shipped all last year. ......-s
Tho Directors of the Bank of SMYRNA
will bold . meeting 10 January, to consider
tho propriety Of reorganizipg the bank,
under the National Banking Laws.
Henry Slaughter, of White Hall Meet,
finished thresh;ng last week, 1889 bushels
of wheat, which was grown on 40 acres of
land, making "a bushels to the acre. r
The Kent County Mutual Insurance Com.
paDy has cleared about $1,000 this year,
and will declare = dividend of II per cent,
The losses are about an average of SO, 900
during the past year.
William, son of DR.. Lafferty. Of Capter-
bury, left that place on Wednesday last, for
Philadelphia, where he Joined the expedi.
tion to Brazil. he goes out as a member
Of the engineer corps. "'.
Mr.. G. A. G. Smith, who was ordered
from Dover to Port Huron, Michigan, has
been promoted to the position of Superin.
tendsnt Of Repairs Of Public Buildings, and
ordered to Lincoln, Neb. =
MARYLAND.
The General Assembly of Maryland will
convene Oh Wednesday, January 2.
An attempt was made to rob the post
ofnce st St. Michael's, on Wednesday even
Ing last.
St. Hicheal's Comet publishes in their
last edition . list Of the people who have
died in Talbot County during The year
Tho number is "a.
John Bearer, 81 years old, died last week
IN Carroll county. He was fifsr in the
var Of 1912, and was At the battle of North
Point in defense Of Baltimore.
Tho recent mild weather has walked the
coppsrheads and black snakes have wrip.
.led out Of their holes in Hartford county
atsly, to be slaughtered by vindictive rurals,
ind crocus and other bulbous plants have
lowered in open air.
John R. Platsr, convicted at CAMBRIDGE
n 1873 Of killing his wife, and sentenced to
lve years and half in the penitentiary,
IA been pardoned by the Governor, His
ine would have expired last week, he
laving boon credited with over three months
ine for good behavior. He has returned
0 Talbot county.
At meeting OF business men In Cum
erland, last Friday, it was proposed to
rect IN Iron furnace there If $4,000 were
ubscribed BY the Cunberlanders, $15O,OOO
0 be subscribed in New York city. It was
lated that iron could be produced there for
Is per ton. There was also stated a pro-
'et for establishing shoe factory in Cum
erland. ., ..
Mr.. Charles Cooley. formerly Of Hartford
'unty, after reading law under Henry W.
rcher, Esq, for two years, was admitted
the Maryland bar, and shortly Afterwards
migrated West, four years ago. and engaged
the practice of his profession in Niobrars
ssraska. has lately been elected Judge of
70 Circuit Court of Knox county, In that
ate. Mr.. Cooley is young man of more
an ordinary ability and his many friends
're will b. glad to hear OF his success,
BEECHER's LECTURE.