The daily gazette., 1879-10-20
Peninsula NeaVs Notes.

The U. u. Signal Service is now erect
Ing line of telegraph along the sea
coast from Cape HenlOpen to the Wiz
ginia line, connecting the life-saving
stations. The wiers are suspended from
the Western Union poles along the Del
aware and Junction and Breakwater
Railroads to RehObOth, whore the line
will run straight down the ocean shore.
A boy pointed n loaded gun at little
to shoot. "AlI rght,' she said, conf
dently; ''it couldn't burt me, cause ma
ssys If I'm good girl nothing can hurt
me-" The boy pulled the trigger and
the girl was killed.
Purnelu Maull, on his farm near Mil
ton, has just dug his third crop of Early
Rose potatoes. They were grown upon
the same patch Of ground as the other
crops ard are about as large and well
formed as those of the first or second
digging.
The village Of Fivs Points on the state
road four miles from Dover, south, Is
factory, eight or ten neat dwelling hou-
ses, and school house have been built.
The mill property damaged in Sussex
county during the heavy rain In August
has generally been repaired.
People are having lots OF fun and con-
siderable luck pike fishing in DOebridge
nil pond In Sussex co. One night re-
Gently William N. Macallister caught IS
pounds of these fish, some of which
weighed more than two pounds apiece.
The shooting season is rapidly ap-
preaching but it Ii believed that those
gunners who expect to have good shoot
ing down the State will be compelled to
own or hire their shooting grounds. The
nts.xa ir<l.,
ming to think that the birds as we'll as
the chickens belong to them.
SpOrtsmen are bagging large numbers
of English or graysnipe on the Delaware
shore marshes near Milford. A couple
of gentlemen killed AZ one afternoon Uf
last week.
Sherman Morgan, D0ver's favOrite
won second money on Tuesday last at
Ritterville Park, ,Pennsylvaniain in the 2.28
race. Morgan's time was 2.30t. Dora
was the winner of the race. Sherman
Morgan trots this week at Belmont Park
Philadelphia.
The Dover Sentinel tells of a negro
who was lodged in jail at Dover on Sat
urday for attempting to enter the sleep
| Ing room of Mrs. Moffit, near Slaughters
Station, on Friday night. 1t seems that
the husband of Mrs. MOffit was called
| suddenly away to Canada, to attend the
| funeral of a brother, leaving a friend
home with his wife. The friend came to
Dover and spent the night, and the me-
gro, who was employed on the farm, at
tempted to enter tho room through a
window. Mrs. M offit crept down stairs
and ran to neighbor's and gave the
alarm.
Jonathan Fl Millmau, of Georgetown
wa. brought before Esquire Thompson,
of that place, charged with offering $50
to have the buildings on the Bridgevilla
Fair grounds set on fire. The charge was
| not sustained.
In Salisbury, few days ago there was
. slight fire, and the new engine put il
out.
Rev. A. 8. Bastain, graduate of Gro.
zier's Theological Seminary, is now pas
tor of the Baptist Church, Milford.
II. G. LONG aud VIM. Gum of Frank.
ford, have brought suit against the b. &
F. Railroad for $700 damages. They
claim that they contracted with the
company to deliver peaches to Buffalo
N. \. And as the company failed tC
keep their contract they were damaged
in consequence.
Two THOUSAND gallons of apple
brandy were distilled in Kent county il
the month of September, and in Sussex
5000 gallons, or 10000 gallons in both
} The tax on this is $4,000, and the valu
of it about $25, 900.