Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-11-06
1aB PENINSULA.

Robert Curry Of Ellendals, received
q, 4n0 pension money last week.
The Kent county grand jury recon-
mends the erection OF brick or stone
walled yard around Dover Jail.
The fair Of holy Cross Catholic Church
o'osed Oh Tuesday with good satisfaction.
a number Of good articles we're awarded.
TINS amount Of money taken In was $500.
--Dslaparean.
David Russell, living on William Rsy
b. Ids farm, near Woodland Beach, last
week, husked 500 baskets Of corn from
81 acres Of land. Mr.. Russell thinks this
pretty big yield.-Smyrna Record.
james H. MoGlothsn, who travels down
the Peninsula ss agent for o. H.nnum,
captured aome mammoth oysters at Chin-
ooteague this week. One Of them was 3
regular Jumbo In size, weighing IL
ptuGds In the shell and measuring 8
Inches In length and ST in width he
presented the monster TO John W. Causey.
-D,lara-e Dem c at
Tha following liosasss we're granted by
the Kent ocuety court: William W.
Whitlook, Cisy ION Charles Smith, W.
Frank Jefferson, Enooh Clayton, Smyrna;
G. a. Millig eton, Walter Burton, Dover I;
Justis Llwery, Milford James Satter-
fisld, aariir gton Walker & Mcdaniel,
Drusgiats, Dover. Rsiussd-Isaao K.
Sbortmap, Smyrna N. JAcpbs, Hartley.
The annual coRvsr ton OF the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union OF Delaware
will be held at Smyrna on November
18th, 18th and 18th. The business meet
irgs, and probably the mass meeting also,
will be held in the NJ. e Church. J..
Ellen Foster of Iowa, will address the
mass meeting, which will be held on the
evening OF the 18th. Delegates are re.
questsd to report to Mrs. J. W. Denney
Of Smyrna.
As the schooner Stetson & Ellison,
bound from Lebanon to Philadelphia,
was passing up the bay on W ednesday,
and when 81 miles e. S. L from MGhon's
Light, the captain picked up two men in
the bay on raft. The men are sup.
posed to be desefters from some ship, az
the raft was we'll dashed together, which
could have been done during their watch
on deck If the vessel had been anchored
in the bay or river. The stetson & Eli.
son proceeded to Philadelphia with hel
picked up men.-Douer Sentinel, Nou.,1
An excursion Of farmers ard otneri
interested in real estate or fruit growinI
will be run over the New York, Philsdsl
phia & Norfolk railroad to Cape Charlie
City on Monday, November 10Th, Georg
W. Ingram, the Middletown real estat
agent, has completed the arrangement
with the officials OF the company for tn
running Of this excursion, and thos
desiring to so should apply to him q
early as possible for transportation. II
will be she guide, philosopher an
travelling encyclopedia Of the expedi
ton, having been over the rout
: four or five times and fully In
formed himself in regard to the soil
: climate. productions, price Of land, 60
! OF the Virginia counties Of the PsninsulI
The exoursionists will be taken from Mic
dletown to Delmar by special cars attache
!. to the train leaving here at 1.29 p. m, o
November 10th, and from Dslmar to Cap
Charles City by . special train. tt
officials OF the new road will give the 81
oursionists ample opportunity to examir
the country along their line and will |
prepared to load them with more statistic
n about the lower Peninsula than they CO
, digest in q week. The exeursionists wi
q return on Wednesday, November 12tl
. reaching Middletown at 4.55 p. IN. tt
excursion will no doubt be very pleassn
Middleton Transcript.