Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-08-14
TIE PENINS ULA.

TheCrop Of Bartlett pears in Kent county
promises to be large.
The tax rate for Queen Anne's county
has been fixed at 81 cents.
Willie A. Hackett, aged 16, was
drowned on Sunday while bathing near
fredericksburg, Md.
The Fist Maryland Republican con-
gressional convention will meet In Cam
bridge, Thursday, August 2sth.
Presley Spruance, Esq. Of Smyrna is
an applicant for the position Of recorder
Of deeds in and for Kent county.
The New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk
railroad will be completed to nrummond.
town, Accomac county, Va, on Friday.
The Republican primaries Of Dorchester
county will be held Saturday, 18th inst /,
and the county convention following
Tuesday.
Miss Lizzie Register, q teacher in the
Dover public schools, has resigned, and
applicants for the petition have been ad-
vertised for.
A valuable colt, blooded stock, owned
by W. Polk Cummins Of Smyrna, was
gored in the side above the foreshoulder,
on Wednesday morning week by steer.
Mr.. Richard NJ. Jones, near Dover,
raised the most wheat per acre this
season. His crop on Is acres was 577t
bushels, or 44t bushels per scre-Fultz.
George W. Humphreys has lost one Of
his old mules. exit" aged SO years
died Wednesday morning. She worked
steadily till within three days Of her
death.-Salisbury Advsrtiser.
The North Rast Star says: The ad-
journment Of the [Second Maryland dis
triotJ convention from q local option town
Elktonl to meet at Bsrnum's bar room,
IN Baltimore, is-well, rather suggestive
Of several things.
Several oanneries will not be run this
year. One at Middletown and one al
Wyoming will not bs operated. while one
al Camden and another at Lebanon have
been burned, and the machinery taken
from the one At Pennington.
The outlook for the Delaware State
fair this fall, says the Milford NeWs, ia
better than ever before, judging from the
numerous letters Of inquiry received by
the secretary. Work will soon commence
on large and oommodious cattle barn.
The National Bank Of Smyrna now
opens its doors for business at O'Clock in
the morning and closes at o'clock in
the afternoon. These hours will be
maintained until October when the fruit
business will be about finished for the
year.
The necessary subscribers having beer
secured, Easton will soon have water
works. Over 1900 feet Of pipe will be
laid, and the system ia expected to throw
a stream without the aid OF an engine,
over any house in the town, which will
make property in Raston more secure
than ever before.
The lands Of the late Col. George W
Spencer, comprising some 1900 acres in
the vicinity Of Galena, Md, were sold al
executors sale Thursday. The hons
farm was bought by John R. Cochran and
Mr.. Hason Of New York, at $76 pei
acre. John g. Meers bought the Jervii
Spencer place at s70 per acre, and
Andrew Woodall the Todd farm at $5I
per acre. The latter place sold at sur
prisingly low figure. The sale aggre
gated over $50, 500, and the bidding wal
| very active.
We are told that this meeting [Repub
lican county executive committed "wen
off admirably, and that there was 81
pervading determination to 60 TO work
general enthusiasm and no nonsense.
Were Mr.. Hukill ard his friends (wh
count up many hundreds) enthused
Was that honest element who protested
against this outrageous fraud enthused
Was Collector CoffmAD, who refused
to become party to thi
fraud, snthused Were Vincent
Hosglsnd, Hermann and Moore AM
their numerous supporters enthused W
rather think not. Nor do we believe tn
editor Of the Morning Ne,os enthuse,
much over the endorsement by tn
authors of this peculiar system Of cumu
lstive voting. He ia q gentleman of to
much self.respeot, too pure minded, to
patriotic and too honorable man and
oitiz n to enthuse over auoh a piece Q
political villainy. We have too high
regard for Mr.. Sperry to believe him caps
BILE Of oountsnancing much less beoomin
enthusiastic over such palpably dishoneH
party PRACTICES Castle Star.