Daily Republican., 1879-04-29
THIRD EDITION.
tn Il STATE.


Cream Skimmsd from our Ex-
Incidents and Accidents
Among Delawareans-The Peach
Crop and O.her Matters Of Iu-
terest
There were several marriages in
Georgetown last week,
The Georgetown hotel keepers had a
good run OF trade during court.
There is an end to the Bridgeville
Fair. The exhibition ground has been
turned into corn field.
Rev. |. 7. Cooper, d. D., of Camden,
is very ill, so much SO that his life is
despaired of. DR.. Cooper is a promi-
nent mi. lister of the NJ. +. church.
DR.. W. q. Marshall, of Milford, will
represent Delaware ut the National Med
ical Association meeting, at Atlanta,
GA, next month.
Rev. Henry S. Thompson, Methodist
preacher at Camden, has been trans
ferred to the New Hampshire Confer
ence.
Mr.. J. W. Abbott 4 Co., will launch
th"ir 700 ton schooner in about three
" eks. In about two weeks after this
they will also launth two others, one Of
Its tons burden and the other of IS.
John Raymond, living near Cannon's s
Ferry, was last Tuesday bitten by a
dog supposed to be mad. The dog was
seen by several persons who say that
he was stranger in those parts, and
showed every sign of hydrophoba.
1t new appears that Rev. Mr.. Scott
has been transferred to the Wyoming
Conference, and will not succeed Pre-
siding Elder Todd at Milton. 1t is said
that Rev. Mr.. Robinson OF FELTON, will
go to Milton, and the Rev. J. Willis of
the New York Conference will 60 to
FELTON,.
On Wednesday afternoon I year old
son of Reuben Donovan, who resided
near Redden, on the J. & B. R. r., was
fatally burned. He was with his father
burning off ditch sedge when his cloth
ing caught fire and was entirely consul
mcu dIu DuIHiuS hlill So oduly hO IL
we'd but few hours aftervard.
Thomas Tully of Houston drew $1,000
"arrears of pensions" last Saturday.
He is poor man who has been at hard
work at GO cents day to support wife
and five children. The money made a
very happy family. TulIy had four
rebel bullets put through him during
the war.
In the Episcopal Church at George
town there has been new deal in the
matter of vcstrymen and in the shaking
up Judge Wootten, Esquire Burton and
* Senator Stokley have been retired.
The change causes good deal Of talk
ard spec 1lation is rife as to the cause
The pensioners make no explanation
Lut h,andly smile when the subject is
brOSched.
Court met n Dover yesterday. From
present indications, there will be a long
term. Especially is this true OF the
criminal business, as the list is an
usually large one. There ar. y prs-
onrrs now confined in the jail, that
will have to be tried. A ma jority of
them are held for larceny; there are
awo capital cases and several for assault
with intent to kill. Several are out on
bail.
One Of M:lford's merchants on Satur-
day last had lump of butter returned
to him by purchaser, because it had
a turnipin the center oft which weigh
ed half as much as the lump Of butter!
lie called the attention Of the farmers
wife of whom he had bought it to the
fact, whereupon she said it must have
come from the COW as they had been
feeding on turnips.
The Dover "Sentinel' says the peach
prospects are good for moderate crop.
All these stories Of millions Of bask-
sts," "unprecedeDted crops, 40 600.
900 baskets" &C., &c, are perfectly
unreliable, and are the vague utter
ances of persons who give it no thought.
If there should be no more cold wealth
er the crop would be a moderately full
one, but not larger than '7j. But we
are not Through the woods yet: one
night may blast all our hopes. Long
before this time last year peaches were
in bloom and killed.