Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-08-02
THE PENINSULA.
Fishing is now good in Elk river.

Poles are going up for a telephone liue
between st. Georges and Kirkwood.
st. Miohaei's will have q fete cham
pe,re and canoe race August l4th.
The steam yacht Mignon of Hsyre de
Grace will probably be put on Elk river
as tow aud excursion boat.
The annual pony penning takes place
on Chineoteague Island, Monday, August |
9Th, aud on Assateague Tuesday, August
7th.
Rats last week at Crisfeld, ate up
two small pigs and q l2-pound sea turtle
and chased of all the cats on j. b.
Billiards. place.
John d. Hsines, cashier of the bank at
Rising Sun, Cecil county, has been
appointed cashier of a new bank at
Quarryville, Pa.
DR.. George Comegys, of Cincinnati, aud
Benjamin Comegys, president of tho
First National Bank of Philadelphia, are
on visit to their relatives in Dover.
Thomas Robinson, aged 26 years. son
OF ex-Representative Peter Robinson OF
Indian River hundred, was drowned in
we'll last week. He was subject to fits.
30 light that some farmers realized only
| enough to pay for seed and fertilizers,
and that with wheat at SLIP per bushel
| ]. w. M. Dean of East New Market,
Dorchester county, has sold his farm
known as "Whita Plains,'' containing
81 acres, to W. ]. Payne for 81, 500.
The Dover Gas Light Company have
reduced the price of gas to so 50per 1000
feet, less 10 per cent. if paid before the
18th OF the month; making the price
~ 70 net per ], goo feet, and 50 per / 900
feet net to the town.-Siaie Sentinel.
Louis Dagger & Co.. mechanical experts
aud solicitors of patents, Washington,
report to the JOURNAL that patent
for grain drill! nun bsrsd ISL ,013, and
dated July 24th, has been granted to J. C.
Slaughters OF Chestertown.
The secretary OF the Rehoboth Beach
Association declares that the Delaware,
Maryland & Virginia Railroad Company
could have built its line into Rehoboth If
it had been willing to accept road bed
through the associations ground DO feet
wide. The railroad company demanded
60 feet.
The assessable property of Queen
Anne's county has reached 5000, 1858,
upon which a levy OF 81 cents on the
hundred dollars has Just been laid to pay
current expenses, make some improve
ments and pay off the annual instalment
of the county debt.
Aaron Kitchener, Lloyd Balderstou and
Elwpod Balderston OF Colora, have each
Q an Indian girl from the Carlisle Indus
| twin al, q.
A raise. These girls We're formerly from
: the Indian Territory, and of three differ
a emit tribes-Ottows, Creek and Cherokee
Rising Sun Journal.
i. Hon. U. Hammond, chief Judge of tn
Talbot Orphans Court, has had wei
bored on his farm, Solitude, in st. Michael
. district. The depth of 2O6 feet wa
reached before water, other than surfac
g water was found. AT that depth spriu
@ of pure fresh water was struck. TIL
water rises in the well to within 20 fee
g of the surface of the ground.
d Ledger.
ia John p. Morris Of Lewes, was committe
to jail on Thursday, charged by Ann
- Hall with an attempted rape. 1t is sai
70 that Morris was first sued by Miss Ha
for breach of promise, but finding tn.
lg that would not cause him to marry her al
Of preferred this last and mere serio,
lr charge. Morris was bailed out by Soul
H. Davidson SUSSEX journal.
m Grand officers Of the American IegiC
Il, of Honor, resident in Baltimore, visit
~ Griffin Council Of Easton on Saturd,
~ last, and that night ]. j. Sheppard, vi
No was appointed grand orator in the pla
IN OF the grand orator appointed at the la
'm regular meeting of the grand officers, W
bit refused to Serve, was installed with
lat ceremony. A BANQUET followed
nd The Maryland Board of Public Wor
wss expected Thursday to decide mp
VOC the application of the Baltimore & OIL
20 railroad Company for permission to hui
III q bridge, according to its plans, acre
the Susquehanna river at Port Depos
The decision is withheld, aud the boai
at the request OF citizens, will on Frid
visit Por'sDeposit and inspect the local
OF the proposed bridge.
INV Ezekiel w. Dawson, a young man |
I'm ing at Smyrna, who has been al work
iiu several years trying TO invent 8 he'd
W. trimming machine has succeeded, a
III had the same patented. The knife of I
IN machine, which is to be propelled by
'n. horse, can be adjusted so as to cut [
ara hedge in almost any shape and even {
not opposite side of such a fence from
ny machine csn be trimmed.
me An Eikton sportsman hes adopted
'"d novel plan for locating his dog VIII
woocook shooting in the swamp. He
,le- taches a small clear toned bell 10
of collar of the dog, and its tiukli
est shows pretty certainly his wher sbou
ph When the sound OF the bell cannot
EST heard, he is pretty sure to be gu = star
t. A call from his master win make L
ess move enough to ring the bell, when
ide IL easily found, and the bird he il star
Dor ing brought to bag CeGi IIAiq.
INST Messrs. R. II. Maxwell and Hal
us, Henry, telegraph operators of this tov
SO. being offered good positions in Wasl.i
ton, in place Of tho striking men, W.
cd down on saturday. IA soon a. I'll
en- reached that city they were button. ho
xa. III fact captured BY the strikers &
tho pretty speedily shown that it would
lav much to their advantage not to "a
nsa work, but to join their fortunes with
ons striking brotherhood, which they a
, in aud were sworn in the same evening
frsa Cecil Wig,
.aw Bernard's cannery has bsen in one
,ac ton several Weeks putting up berri
uoe Between four and five thousand cases
cost "a cans each will constitute the pa
,ms The berry crop has not been he's
AXE enough to keep the ganpery running
nth full tine. The first seven days d
are amounted to 1000 cans. About si,l
mn. has been put atloat in the neighbour
lar- by the operation. The regular he,
ON work of the cannery will begin W
3 to peaches probably about the 10th
nm. August Greensboro 4 ee Press.
! of Yesterdays Cecil county News saws
Monday nights collision near Che
ou peake City, already reported in
az JOURNAL that the Octorara's cargo was
osS molasses and dry goods. She sank il
~ few minutes, the captain and crew m
- g.. ing their escape with difficulty. o
~. oI the pilot house and smoke stack of
~ sunken boat are above water. She ,
10 be raised at an early day but the loss
H. the cargo and boat will be very large.
~ seems to have been an unavoidable n
~ cent, The owners were notified of
~ accident as early as possible, and Ii
~ arrived at the wreck with two steam,
-. to which the cargo is being transfer
liar bayra -, 80 Etreneenle
~ Brothers of Philadelphia, to raise
az sunken steamer. The Octorara is a ste
~ propeller of 34G tons, and plies betty,
a. Baltimore and Philadelphia with freig
a ~ carrying no passengers. The Elijah
vss is also propeller, trading between Ba
;neI more and Nav York via the canals.
Dick Sanford who works in the