Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-08-30
Letter from Denton.
Correspondence Of the RHpuaIroAr

DENTON, Nd, Aug. 20, 1s84.-Der
ton, the county seat of Caroline Count,
IL coy town of 800 inhabitants. sitr
Ated at tho head OF steamboat nayips
uon on the Choptank river. We hav
daily line of steamers to Baltimore
but labor under the disadvantage a
being six miles from the railroad
hidRely, on the ID. & G. Railroad. bein,
our nearest station. For moral tom
and good department our citizens ar
not surpassed anywhere. To see 4
drunken man or hear an oath ON ON
streets IL the exception. not the rule
and more start ling to our moral an(
church-going citizens than the recen
earthquake. We have i've churches
Methodist Episcopal, Protestant Epis
copal. Roman Catholic and two colored
the A. M. u. and M. f., or old side, a,
they are called.
Local option has been In operation IL
this county for the past ten years
which largely accounts for the ad.
vanced state OF morals in this com
munity. We have but one inmate in
our county Jail, and be was put there
TO violation Of the local option law,
and bnt eighteen inmates In the aims.
house, costing the county less than
1890 per year. No part OF the Eastern
Shore is improving more rapidly, per.
haps, than Caroline County. Numbers
of our farmers now grow from /, 800 To
$500 bushels of wheat and other grain.
fruits and vegetables In promotion
This has bsen quite an abundant sea
son. While the peach crop has not
been beyond that OF last year, all other
fruits are abundant and prioees good
Corn Is scarce and high, and wheat
being plentiful and cheap, quite a NUN.
Der are substituting the latter for feed.
Corn, however, of which there promises
10 be fair average crop, will soon be
in the market aud take its place again.
As yet there is but little interest
manifested In politics. II is the GUS
tom here to have short, sharp cam-
paigns.
The Republican County Convention
met here last Tuesday and appointed
delegates to the Congressional Conven
ton, which meets in Cambridge to-day.
II Ia thought that George NJ. Russu,n.
Esq, a talented young lawyer of the
Denton bar, will be the nominee. AL
though very popular, it will hardly be
possible for him to overcome the 200
Democratic majority against him in
the District, yet 1t is believed be will
greatly diminish it. Blaine was the
choice Of the Caroline County Republi.
cans, and will poll full vote. 1t Is
believed that he will receive number
or Democratic votes, rs many of the
best men of that party do not regard
cleveland as mentally or morally quail
he'd for the Presidential Office.
AS this is a radical temperance cou IL
fy, 81. John and Daniel will receive a
ber of votes, which will mainly be
irawn from the Republicans, but will
more than be made up to them byI
Democrats whose consciences viii
not allow them TO vote for such man
as Cleveland.
The building boom, which struck |
Denton year ago, is still booming, and |
'nr mechanics have more than they
IAN do.
Miss Ida Davis, daughter Of Rev. A. |
Davis, has been appointed first as.
istant teacher of the Georgetown
Del.) public schools. She recently |
'assed AN excellent examination, and |
Ter appointment TO her former DO.
ition Is a token of the regard with which |
ler former efforts have been appre-
lated. As there were num ber OF ap-
'licants anxious for her position who
rought every possible influence TO bear
% secure II, she may consider herself
omp limented In her re appointment.
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