Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-16
THE PENINS OLA.


Seven families of Swedes have settled in
Somerset county.
w. II. Chapman & Brother are b uilding
a grist mill near Laurel.
Sussex farmers say that last weeks
rain was worth 100000 to that county.
President McCready, of the junction &
Breakwater railroad, will sail for Europe
July 6.
Eastern shoremen had a complimentary
excursion on the new steamer Ida on Fri
day week.
James 0'Neil, one of the stock company
at Booths Thratre, New York, will speId
the summer with his family at Frederals-
burg, Caroline county.
few days since fve-years-old son of
James Anderson, living near Templeville,
Queen Anne's county, was taken sud
denly ill and died in 20 minutes.
A few days since Henry A. Bull, agent
for G. w. Stone of this city, while driving
through Caroline county lost horse
valued at $3.50. The animal dropped
dead.
The Chestertown Transcript denies the
Smyrna Times story of railroad from
Herring Pond ON the Chesapeake to Bonn
bay Hook, and the ferry across Delaware
bay to the Jersey shore.
A correspondent writes that Miss Me-
Cabe of Dagsboro, whose accidental poison
ing was noted in the ,loTNAL, is
happily married to w. D. Barker, for
merry of Georgetown, Mr.. Barker being
the gentleman who was mentioned ill
this connection when the poisoning was
first published.
The Cambridge Era institutes the follow
ing comparison There are nine full
practicing physicians in Easton and four
large drug stores making comfortable
living out of population of 1000. Cam
bridge has but two full practieing doctors
and three drug stores, for a population OF
$500. What would be the opinion of an
unbiased observer in regard to the health
of the two places
The New Castle Presbytery will meet
in the Presbyterian Church at Pocomoke
City on Thursday the 18th day of June
at 1870 a. M, for the purpose Of Install
ing the Rev. James Conway TO the pas
torate. The Rev. David Conway of Snow
Hill will preside and put the Constitu-
tional questions. The Rev. w. Nj. Herse-
man OF Berlin, will preach. The Rev. DR..
Heaton, late of Princess Anne, will charge
the minister, and the Rev. j. l.. Polk, of
Newark, this county, will charge the
people.
Thirteen young men of Easton, Talbot
county, had a shooting match for club
badge on Monday week. They had 10
birds each at 81 yards rise with three
minutes to gather birds. G.. w. W.
Haddaway, |. &. Morris and Il. II. Free
land killed nine birds each. They then
shot at 26 yards rise, four birds each, and
the score stood Hadaway, 5 Freeland,
s.; Morris, 4. Haddaway and Morris shot
at 81 yards rise, three birds each and
Haddaway won the badge, killing three
birds to Freeland's two.
The Cambridge Chronicle says that a
colored man of Dorchester county finding
his son in declining health consulted a
conjurer near Philadelphia and was
advised to give the patient cod liver oil,
at the same time being assured that this
would eSpel from him number of singu-
lar worms that the lad had drunk in cider
at a corn husking; that at the expul'
sion of the worms death would ensue.
Finding the boy would die the father
tried the remedy with the result indi-
Gated, the patient dying in commissions
soon after taking the cod liver oil. The
worms are described as being like cent?
pedes.