The Morning herald., 1878-03-11


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.. PENINsULAR NEWS.
Compiled from our Exchanges)
s'. DELAWARE.
Wheat around Dover is looking fne and
plows are busy.
The Milford Basket Co. is running full
force on strawberry baskets. ~.
The municipal elections down the State
on Monday last passed off quietly.
Five hundred and thirteen persons have
signed the temperance pledge in and around
Seaford.
Middletown is erecting number Of new
houses, and a great many improvements are
in progress. 49,, 49,
Rev. Arthur Milby is very Ill a. his resi-
dence in Milford, with erysipelas Of the
head and face. .rr
The proposed insane department to be
added to the Sussex county almshoase 10 to
be constructed at once. ~
Mr.. Banta, of Mlfotd, ,has sent handsome
case of evaporated Delaware fruits to the
Paris Exhibition. '''''.''''' ~ '
The oyster season, with the boats eagaged
in the trade from the Delaware bay, has no
been very profitable one. ',''
The project Of building q horse railroad
70 run from the depot near the Camp Meet
ing Association in and through the grounds
at Rehoboth, is being revived. 1870! =
David Mall shot catamount on Wednes-
day last, about -four miles from Oakland.
Mail shot the varmint through the heart.
It measured about four feet from tip to tip
and weighed 10 pounds. ID ,bobsc4a,r
An Anti-swesring Association has been
formed at Seaford. The fne for each oath
| used by members 10 Ave csnts,g and the
| money is to be divided equally, once . year.
A praiseworth association, truly. .i,l.!
The Delaware R. R. Go. will begin the
erection of q now depot and granary at
Canterbury Station soon. . The depot build-
ing will be of brick, of q neat and new
design, and the granary two. story, j.
Dover post Office becomes vacant mex
month, and big struggle 10 about COM
mencing 40 to who shall have it. The can
| aidates are Thos. Harper, Henry Cannon,
Ardrew Smithers and Mrs. Murphy.
Pbilip, son Of Philip D. Marvel, Of West
Dover, was murdered on Tuesday at GAR
deli, Csstella county, Colorado. The
young man left homo about one year ago,
going to New Jersey, from there he went to
Colorado, where he met his unt:mely
/ death.
Elkton milkmen sell their milk At 6 cents
per quart. ....... ..,.....
Fresh shad are selling at Easton, Nd, ior
% per pair. 3D., ............,
Snow Hill is to have fruit evaporating
establishment The coming season.
The Pocomoke Superb Phosphate works
are kept busy in supplying the demand for
fertilizer. ...u. ~ ......,.r
There is q congregation at Fredericksburg
20 which the preacher is afraid to preach the
| subject of bribery. ... -.m
The fire company at Salisbury numbers
| 100 men, and is soon to have u hook and
| ladder attachment. .'.. .5...., .r7,,
| Lieutenant Colonel Andrew W. Evans, Of
the Third Cavalry, stationed in the Indian
] region, is visiting his brother, Hon. Alexal=.
Ter Evans, In Elktop.
The Newtown Record says: There is said
o be between 500 600 and $4,000, 900 worth
of oysters lying in Chincotesgue bay, ,whi, h
should have been In Market by this time,
had 1t paid 10 ship them. s',1@ ...
| The st. Michael's Comet says: "The dull
times affect the bay shipping as severely as
any other business anywhere. siuce last
september the expenses have not bean paid
by the Chesapeake bay and river craft taken
as whole. The oyster fleet has sunk
money, aud The general freighting business
has been extremely dull .''T te@ l. 1a fou
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Detroit Free praess fsSothern doesn't
| allow himself to- be put out at anything.
4 Ooa .1au whom kickr5 on tho n rect NV fufa.