Daily Republican., 1881-04-02
Third EDITION.
FROM MIDDLETOwN.
About the Peach Crop &c-The
Fruits Prospective Failure.

MIDDLETowN,D Del, April Your
correspondent, floating on the wave OF
the OCCASION" arrived here last week.
This place has population OF 1900, and
is beyond doubt the prettiest and most
enterprising towns upon the Delaware
and Maryland peninsula. A few years
ago there were not more than tw" or
three residences approaching architec-
tural beauty, but now no place on the
peninsula can boast Of so many pretty
and substantial dwellings and as hand
some stores, while the town hall is per-
haps the largest between the bays south
of Wilmington. Green and CaSs streets,
lately built up, are the fashionable
locations for dwellings. yet few hand.
some houses adorn Main street. where
most OF the business stands are located.
On Broad street, too, there have been
many Improvements. At the present
time several houses are being built and
more will be started soon.
An academy and several other schools
attest the appreciation OF education
among the citizens. and the three
Episcopal. Presbyterian and
MethOdiSt->pcak well of the morality
OF the town. The Episcopal church was
built some nine or ten years ago and is
a handsome stone cditice. The Metho-
dist church has recently been enlarged,
and is timely preserved and fitted mp.
Tn" Prc>byterianS contemplate eniaTg.
ing their church the present year.
In The way OF manufacturers Middle
town has machine shops, repair shops,
and an extensive carriage factory Just
north ofthr town are located III" grounds
nt the pcninSular Pathological and AG-
ricultural Association. The buildings
are new and we'll constructed for the
purposes intended. and the track is fine.
The exhibitions ol this association have
been quitisucccsstul
MiddetUwn j. in the centre Oi the lar
gest pcach-growing region on III" p"nin'
Sula, and the shipments from this point
exceed those of any other point. large
quantities coming from Cecil county. in
MARYLAND. As this crop j. in the main
the dependence "i the farmers of this
section, particular inquiry was made
concerning the prosperity" yield, and
from everyone interviewed came the re-
ply that the crop would h failure This
year. Along the water-cour>c in Cecil
county it is believed the yield will reach
half crop, and the same reports come
from orchards similarly located further
down the peninsula Away from the
water, however. but few peaches will
be raised. One grower said that h"
could eat al one time all the peaches hr
will have from an orchard oi 900 trees
and another near town did not believe
he would get a haSkctful from lI,O0o
trees.
BetDr. reaching this point Vour cor !
respondent spent several daySl IN Eikfon, /
the county soat "f Cecil county. Elkt"n
is "A pleasant place for residence. hing |
located and po ScSsing a |
genial and social population II has /
not grown much IN size, but the past
decade shows much Improvement III the
way Of rcn"vatlng and h'autIiNiug build /
inGS aud streets.
Cecil county can boast Of h'rug the .
home of NOR public men that any other
county in the STAT" and in this respect /
might challenge any county III til" /
country nj like area and population. |
Elktun is the home oi two ext tunErc>S-
men. an cN-GovtruOr and present Uni /
ted States senator, and AN ex-senator |
and PuStmastcr-Ge
The Democratic party Sotnr years ago /
selected an Elktuulau as its candidate ,
for governor. who was beatrn by Gov !
Hicks. and later the Republican party |
selected a Port Deposit citizen for the /
same exalted position Through the |
influence Of public men Cecil has fur
niShcd the STATE and nation. including |
the present heavy independent Senator +.
from Illinois. the number Of Cecil c"un- |
tians holding state and federal positions |
is legion. though not 81 many Of them
are now holding offices as formerly.
Politics in the country ar" sadly nlN-
ed. which may account in some degree
for the falling oft in the loaVcS and fish
eS usually falling 10 Cecil. Both par
ties seem to have war in their ranks.
the faction lines, however. being more
marked in the Democratic than III tn"
Republican party