Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-06-17
THE PENINSULA.

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church will be on July 18th.
The Laurel Gdsette says that William
s. Moore, of that neighborhood has 81
aores in Strawberries, chiefly Wilson's.
Mr.. Moore employed 400 picliers, and
during the hight Of the season be shipped
507 thirty-two quart crates II dag, which
was ut tue rate of crate minute Tor the
time occupied in picking.
Governor Lloyd has refused 10 reintt
the fines imposed by the circuit ,uj Of
this county upon a number OF oyster
dredgers, the most of them from Talbot
county. The cases were 10 III lumber,
and were tried in this court upon an
appeal from Justice j. O. Phillips of
Kent Island, and fine of $500 anu costs
imposed in each case. The fines have
been paid. Centre0tlIe Record.
Isaac Richards, an honest and hard
laboring man of this town, WAS happy
enough on Thursday morning and re-
ioiced in pleasant home with wi and
children, but before nighttali lie WAS
horror stricken on learning TINT the wife
| he had loved so well had been torn from
his boto ON. She had eloped with his
brother Thomas on the $50 p. M. train
] for parts unknown, at least TO him Mrs.
| Richards took the children with her -
BreasDater Light.
An item is going the rounds of cx-
changes giving this different waya by
which farmers call swine in 'lir a,v,na
states. In this State he ytiiR l;rlly
chuk, chuk, chuk, pronounced choGe.
| Webster defines this to be the original
| name of that animal which our ancestors
brought from Persia, where il is yet used.
The term is still retained here in the word
wood chuck or wood hog. II came to us
directly from our English ancestors, with
out the aid of books, like many other of
our popular expressions which can not be
found in any literature of the present
day but are in common use.-DetdUd9e
Democrat.
The temperance people held e prelimi-
nary meeting at the Hose House, Monday
week, to talk over the situation, when
it was discovered that there was as much
dissension among these reformers as there
is among the Bourbons One set want to
nominate spotted ticket of 'alf and 'alf,
kind of Polly McNatt, while the other
want to beard the lion in his den and
make out ticket composed only of Dem
ocrats who are known to favor temper
ance. That is the fight, and to judge
from the noise made in the meeting on
Monday night, the State convention will
be lively one. John II. McFee, Esq, of
Georgetown, is prominently spoken of for
governor. r.-D0ger Sentinel.
Robert Wiltbank, who resides on Pilot
Town bank this town, considers himself
surrounded by ungodly neighbors. He
came here from Philadelphia two years
ago and engaged in the poultry business.
His neighbors claim to have been greatly
annoyed and have made threats against
his business. He had large lot of fine
Pekin ducks, which he placed in a ruu he
built for them on the marsh in front of
his residence, adjoining the creek. He
was much surprised and mortified Wednes-
day week at finding 180 ducks dead ard
and others dying. An examination showed
that they were full of salt and large
quantity of salt scattered about the pen.
The ducks had been sailed alive and he
lays the cruel act on some one of his
wicked neighboIs. Bredkrdter LsGht.
Editor Carey, of the Cecil Star, has his
full share of unpleasant adventures A
year or SO ago he was ''held up" by anna
teur train robbers, who took his watch,
and now he relates the following; 'Jast
Saturday afternoon while the editor of
this paper was sitting upon the porch of
Beatty's drug store in North East, read-
ing newspaper, he was without
moments warning grabbed by the collar,
and struck with an axe-handle in tke
hands of Isaac Mackinson, the keeper of
saloon in this town. The club was
raised for second blow, and but for the
timely interference of Mr.. Beatty, would
have descended with a probably more
deadly aim. Mackinson was also armed
with revolver. No special explanation
was given for the assault, except the
stand this paper has taken upon the tenn
perance question in general and against
the violation of the prohibition law in
particular, for which violation Mackin-
son has been several times arraigned."
Mackinson was promptly arrested aud
required to give $500 bail for court and
$l00 bail to keep the peace.
A mother rushing frantically to snatch her
19-month's old babe from the railroad track,
on which was approaching flying train
and only reaching within 20 feet of it when
the iron monster came upon II, was the
sight that made the engineer and flreman
on the north-bound mail train at Lincoln
Saturday week, apply the air-brakes
and run back with blanched faces to see the
result. 10 their RELIEF and the mothers Joy,
they found the little one in ditch without
n broken bone or n serious bruise, but
stunned, from which he revived rapidly,
and is now as we'll asever.-MiJord Chron-
icle.
Henry B. Flddeman's house. near Milford,
was built at a period dating back to about
| 1850, and the bricks that composaits 15-inch
walls were made upon the farm. While the
| ancient structure has been kept in good re,
| pair and the roof remodeled, the interior
| has never undergone any change with the
| exception of cutting door through the
heavy wall on the north side. Its ceilings
| are unusually high for houses Of the last
| century, and the woodwork mutt have
| been far in advance of the general carpen-
| ter work of its day. Around the big house
still stand the "negro quarters" which are
now used for storage rooms, tool houses, &c.
RenI 'CarifG Reform Wanted.
| Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.