The daily gazette., 1879-06-16
Down STATE ITEMS.


shipped over 1000 quarts of strawberries
to Wilmington during THIS past week.
The U. S. Fish Commissioners have
just emptied $4,000 young shad in the
Delaware, $4,000 in Blackbird Greek,
$1,000 in Duck Creek, and 100000 in
the Mispillion at Milford. The messen-
ger emptied his cans in the Mispillion At
''Paul Knabs'' yesterday. .., a,.ss .s.s
Henry B. Fiddeman, Esq, is remodel
ing his house on his valuable Milford
farm, the residence of the late Governor
Burton, and will greatly improve, orna-
ment and paint it so that 1t will be one
of the largest and and handsomest houses
in the town. lt... 1853
The junction and Breakwater Rail
road Company this week commenced the
erection, near the Lewes depot, of q
building to be used as the business
abode Of the company's executive ofiicerS
and their assistants.
The railroad from Lewes to Rehoboth
has been put in excellent condition, and
on and after Monday next the Junction
and Breakwater Company willr their
passenger trains regularly over that part
of the track.
The material of the SUSSEX Journal
and Col. Townsend's personal property
were sold at Sheriff's sale, last week.
Mrs. Townsend bought them in at q
nominal figure.
A lot of land owned by Ezekiel Will
liams, deceased, situated in Baltimore
Hundred, was sold at Roxana on the
31st ultimo. Mr.. j. James bought 4
tract of it for $11.50 per acre, the Same
one hundred acres perhaps, three years
ago would have sold for $500. - 5..
There was nearly 1000 acres sold, and
it did not bring $4,000! Three other
! is of land near Roxana, land of Lemuel
Lynch, deceased, was sold on the 23d
ult. The lots containing 3O3,, 81 and 36sa
acres, brought from $3.50 t." $1065.
Cheap as dirt! The above statement
shows that Baltimore hundred land
(Which is second to no land in the State
in point of fertility is selling far below
is value.-Mi!ford Ne,ss. ''n' ''''''',
| "BoYD's New Peninsular DIRECTORY !,
has appeared and several copies have
been sold in this town. We have ex-
amined it and find it very incomplete,
Not one-half the names Of the business
men of the Peninsular towns are to be
found in it, and there is very meagre
mention of the farmers. wilmington
business men. seem to have encouraged
it with their advertising patronage, under
the idea, perhaps, that it would have q
large circulation on the Peninsula, but
in this they were greatly mistaken. Pen
insula people are not SO easily humbde-
ged. The price of the Directory is, fixed
at 50 but was sold at 81. This
is a transparent dodge to make It seem
cheap, but as Peniusular DIRECTORY it
is dear at any price above that Of, waste
paper. The only thing that we can say
in its favor is that 1t Is neatly printed
and substantially bound" p -Midtl tllet0,cn
Transcript. - siqh as'i1''
Directories are of very little use, as
the Transcript says, as advertising me-
diums. One of our experinced business
men whose trade has the most extensive
ramifications, says that he has not found
such advertisement worth ANYTHING
The books are referred to in hurried
manner and the advertisements rarely,
and sometimes never seen. In this city
a directory is not needed to be reprinted
oftener than once in three years. - 4 .o