Daily Republican., 1879-05-19
All Over The State.

The "Delawarean" has got to pub
fishing a religious column.
Charles +. Stevenson has published
a directory of Milford, but the "News'
says it has many defects.
The fruit commission men Of New
York and Philadelphia, have their
agents all over the Peninsula soliciting
consignments.
The three masted schooner Jonathan
May was successfully launched at Mil
ford on Wednesday evening last, in the
presence of about five hundred people
who had assembled to see her 60 off.
What would the Lewes Light do for
locals if it had not Captain Fowler to
fall back upon.
The fair grounds at Dover are being
put in full repair preparatory to the
fall trotting.
There are 1877 inmates in the Kent
county almshouse.
The Frederica Band is pronounced
the best on the peninsula, below Will
mington.
The managers of the Camden camp
meeting met on Thursday, and decided
to hold camp on the grounds this
year, commencing on Friday, July 18th,
and continue till the Tuesday week fol-
lowing.
The Breakwater "Light" says -
Grandfather Knowles, of Odessa, is 100
years old to day. Success to the old
gentleman. May he live long and pros
per.
The "Rehoboth Record will be pub
lished this season as usual, but will
not make its appearance before the
middle of June or first Of July.
Strawberries were shipped from Cris-
field on Thursday. This was the first
shipment from the peninsula this sea-
son.
The Old Dominion Line, running from
Lewes to New York, intends putting a
faster steamer on their line, so that
fruit loaded in the evening can he land
ed in New York by sunrise.
The owners of the immense excursion
steamer ''Rockaway" Which was wreck
ed on the Jersey coast during March
1878, have sued the Old Dominion
Steamship Company for $4,000 on &C.
count of their loss.
An entertainment consisting of Sc.
lect readings and recitations will be
given by Geo. R. Phoebus, son of Rev.
Mr.. Phoebus, of Laurel, at Morrow =
Hall, Seaford, on Thursday evening.
The Casho Machine Company of New.
ark recently shipped to Messrs. Thomas
Dolan & Co., Philadelphia. one Of their
unrivalled wool scourers, complete, and
which was built expressly for this firm.
Mr.. Mansel Tweed, near Newark, has
been shipping large quantities of ground
quercitron bark to Europe, where it is
used for dyeing purposes.
Middletown is going to remodel its M.
Z. Church, at a cost of $4,000. Man.
love D. Wilson, A. G.. Cox, G. E. HUI
kill, r. E. Hurn, W. Ii. Moore and r.
L. Martindale compose the committee.
The Middletown post Office, having
been raised to the third class, will here
after publish list of unclaimed letters
weekly.
The Middletown Transcript" has
the following:
On Friday, number of the members
OF Damon Lodge, X. of p. went to Will
mington to induct some of the Knights
of that city into the mysteries of new
order that has its Grand Head Centre
here. 1t is to be supposed they had a
pleasant time.
Rev. WIN. V. Louderbough, of Dover,
who recently graduated from Princeton
Theological Seminary, has accepted a
call to the Presbyterian church at Odes-
sa, and will enter upon his work there
next week.
The "Delawarean" says, some chap
who doubtless had desire to look into
the may labyrinths of Blackstone, or
the inside of our stone jail, broke into
lawyer Massey's office on Saturday even
ing, and caused friend George heaps Of
trouble, Judging from the quantity of
papers piled about.
The Methodists of Milford are making
arrangements to have grand festival
and "Jug Breaking" on or about the
10th of June for the purpose Of raising
funds to pay off the floating debt of the
church.
Two hundred acres of land around
Bridgeville have been set in straw berry
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