Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-07-24

THE PENINS ULA.

Arrangements have been effected, we
understand, to bring the telegraph to the
centre Of the town again from the
depot, and the expectation was that 1t
would be done to-day, but at this writing
nothing has been 6one.-Smyrna 1imes.
Sheriff Melvin was In Easton Wednes-
day and borrowed the Talbot county gall
lows for the execution OF "Bug'' Cephas,
the murderer Of Mrs. Murphy, who will
bs hung August 1st. Dorchester used
the same scaffold for the hanging Of
George Lake -Easton Gazette.
Nine men, all named Smith, who live
At Harrington, challenge the same num-
Der Of players, all of one name, to play a
match game of base ball Let ui hear
from the Davises, the Joneses, the Truitts
and the BENEFITS. Democrat =
After you've hearn from the Hearns, you
mean.
The s'frst pine,' colored bsse ball
team Of Laurel, played game at that
place with the HNine Thievesn OF Deals
Island on Saturday. The score was IL to
a in favor of the Deals Islanders, and
the game wound mp with a row over the
decisions Of the umpire who was Deals
islander.
A steam wheat thresher, owned by
Hill Il Co., of Nantiooke hundred, while
getting out wheat on Thursday, set fire
to the straw surrounding IT., and burned
about $50 bushels Of wheat, as we'll as
being destroyed itself. This grain had
been hauled to the place by several par
ties, so that the loss will mot fall heavily
upon any one Of them
After great deal Of time ani expense
the Philadelphia & Smyrna Transports
tion Company have secured freight boats
and light draft tug especially adapted
to the creek, also large tug to tow the
boats up from the month Of the creek to
Philadelphia. With these two tug boats,
one In the creek aud q heavy one outside,
there will ba no trouble in making the
earliest Market Smyrl Iimes.
A Kent county farmer has tried the
remedy for peach yellows that we recon-
mepded several mouths since and PRO
nounces 1t successful. he removed the
earth from the roots of the trees and
about each poured a gallon or more Of
boiling water. The trees, whica were
nearly dead before the application, put
forth new growth and are now flourish
ing. The scRlding water destroyed the
worms or disease germs about the roots Of
the trees Pen,nsular Ne,1s.
NJ. q. Lofand, who lives about mile
from town, has profitable peach orchard.
II consists Of 1000 trees, which he has
owned six years. During that time his
peaches have melted him over %, 900,
from five partial crops. One year the
fruit was sold at 80 cents per basket, and
another season at 35. This is an aver.
age for the six years OF $50 per acre
Who that has grown grain can make
suoh showing Of profit f-MiDord Ne,0s.
Levin Williams raised this year on ex-
Governor Ross farm, near Seaford l,772
bushels Of wheat from ALI bushels Of
seed, and on 48 acres on land. The field
last year was two-year. clover sod.
It was plowed last July and August,
narrowed i've times, and the wheat
drilled in with 400 pounds Of highly
ammoniated phosphate, furnished by W.
M. Ross Go. The land was compare.
lively poor, and would not have produced
eight bushels Of corn to the acre Is years
ago without the aid Of manure.-Sentinei
A temperance picnic Of colored people
In Chapel district, Talbot county, on the
Fourth Of July was interferad with by
some drunken negroes Of Easton, one Of
whom boosted he could whip any man in
Chapel. His boasting finally became un.
bearsble to enc Of the church trustees
who was about to draw his ooat and wade
into the Esston dsrkey which some white
people persuaded him not to do and re.
minded him Of his position as trustee
swell" said he, cpd like TO know what
is de use oh trustee II 1t amt to whiI
sioh drunken fellows as dem 10 and ht
kept out Of the fight very reluctantly
EGston Ledger.