Democratic messenger., 1881-10-22
PENINSULAR ITEMS.
CONDENSED FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

The New Castle iCounty Teachers
Institute meets at Odessa in November.
-Seaford furnishes text books at
cost to pupils of her put lic'schools.
The Delaware IOquirer still sets an
example of enterprise to it's Sussex cOn-
temporaries.
Theodore Laukford, the leading
carpenter of Princess Anue, Nd, died
of lockjaw last Sunday
-Repairs to cost $500 are being put
upou the Presbyterian Church at Mil
ford
"A funeral in Sussex was postponed
and the body placed in church over
night because the grave was found too
ebUtt.
--Workmen on Sharp's Island light
house are receiving 81 40 per day with
board. aud still the supply u hands Is
! short.
The Cris6sld Souder.Cullin matri-
monial case has been continued until the
Jaousry term Of the Somerset Circuit
! Court
The brandy iistilery at Harriug-
ton las converted over 5000 bushels of
apples into liquor during the present
! season.
The plaque factory at Frankford
which does a business of 100000 a
year. is seeking to establish similar
works at Georgetown.
Bishop Lsy vas thrown from his
carriage at Galena cue day lsst week
and some what bruised, but his Injuries
were not serious enough to prevent him
from punctualiy filing his appointments
A mass meeting will be held at Eas-
ton Tuesday, October %. Hon John
Lee Carroll, CO.. Henry Page, Mr..
Thomas j. Heating aud others are ad-
vertised to address the meeting.
-Richardsou & Robbins, Of Dover,
cauned about 19,000 baskets of peaches
this season. The First District OF Cecil
county, Nd, furnished the most OF
| them.
The Eastern Shore sent large
crowds to the Baltimore Oliole, and
most OF the visitors came away With a
-ense Of disappointment The Oriole
was not exactly huge catchpenny, but
it was not what it was cracked up to bo.
On Saturday last Mr.. Wilber Will
500 was the recipient of fine rock fish,
sent him by Mr. Joseph Miller, of Bsr-
liu. nd; The fish MAS of excellent quail;
ty, weighed about 40 pounds and meas
ured 36 inches in length. Newark
Ledger.
The ten schooners which we're sunk
ia Delaware Bay during the storm Of
untober, 1878, have been raised by the
government contractors. taken out TO
sea and sunk iu deep water. Their car
goes OF coal were saved aud sold. The
work vas accomplished 10 three months
time.
Two gentlemen in this county have
eighty acres in red raspberries growing
ior them in Delaware aud Maryland, be-
sid,s what they have on their own farms.
Most of the pla.taiions are two years
| old. and another year ought to yield
them a handsome revenue. Dover Sen
| linel.
"A jury de luBatico inquirendo was
held Monday at Princess Anne on the
case of William J. Handy. the old missr,
whose house was burned on Wednesday
last. After the hearing of testimony
verdict of insanity was rendered, aud
Levin L. Waters. E-q. appointed trus-
tee. The old man is worth about S20,-
900.
Those Democrats in Queen Anue's
who we're displeased with the ticket re-
gently nominated have shown their good
sense by refusing to put up another
Tia district committees which have been
appointed for the purpose of selectiug
aud reporting ticket met 10 Centreville
aud resolved to abandon the project
The Republicans refused to affiliate
with the Democratic dissenteIs and nom
mated straightout ticket.
-Easton Star 1T John Andrew
jackson Creswell is not ruler of ''the
Queens Navee." he is now certainly the
ruler of the Republican party of Mary
land, and he will rule it not "sacred
to the memory" of the murdered Gar
field. but in the interest of Gen. Gran.
aud ex Senator ConkliDg, and a third
term for Grant. How is il now with
those Republicans hereabouts who have
been cur.iDg Conkliug and Grant since
the q of July =? Are they prepared to
vote for CreswelI's man Gorsuch aud help
forward the third term business?
Politics are getting lively in our
county, and nov that the meetings are
fixed the contest will wax warmer and
warmer until the day OF election Parties
are so close in our county that few
dozen votes subtractsd from one side and |
carried to the other will win, but the
outlook appears to be that there will be !
a mixed ticket elected as mas happened
for several years past There are al
ways men on either political ticket who
will get more votes than their neig b0rs,
and these men are under the eircum-
stances likely to be elected -Cembridge |
Chronicle