Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-05-10
PENINSULA POINTS.

q, rnere are only tnrss prisoners now In
7. J.. Collins, Of Dover, has been an
pointed route agent In place Of Henry
walker resigned. The route extends
from Philadelphia to Dover.
The wheat harvest, IL 10 thought. vii
Dc two weeks earlier heroabout than h
was last year. Farmers say the grain
never looked better than it does thil
year.
The Easton Nd. Water Company In,
four flowing artesian wells bored on
their grounds at the north of Eastop.
The water 10 delicious ; it comes from
under strata OF rock which lies 9s feet
below the surface.
The deck of the schooner David Lea.
which sunk last February near Four.
teen Foot Bank, was washed of during
tine storm OF last week. She was not
otnerwise damaged and the wreckers
VIII endeavor TO save the hull.
SNOW Hill, Ia old Worcester Countv.
MO-, will be- 200 years old ON the 9th of
July next. and proposes TO have 4 hi.
centenary celebration. New York and
SNOW Hill were founded the same wear.
put New York has somew hat outstrfpped
the Eastern Shore town.
Sassex County 10 becoming famous
Tor large cattle. On Thursday . Mid
aletown butcher purchased three oxen
from Charles T. Pepper and one from
miihan Oallaway, the weight of which
we're 1870, 1895, 1850 and 3 $40 respeo.
lively, aggregating 0,695 pounds.
At Havre de Grace, Nd, herring are
90 plentiful that but little account is
taken OF them, and any quantity can be
bad ut 10 cents per hundred. Shad have
fallen on considerably, and bring from
$l2 TO $l6 per hundred. Immense num-
oers OF herring and some shad continue
70 be shipped daily from Lapidum.
Extensive preparations are being
made 1t Crisfeld for the crab business.
especially on the part OF the catcher.
small boats, In every part of the dis
trict, are being made for the purpose.
and the prospects are that more people
will engage In the business this season
tnan In any previous year.
The Lewes Light says: Squire Evans
Is the Oldest man In town, and boasts
that no man ever saw him chew, smoke
or drink, or ever heard him use profaue
language. He 10 now nearly so years
old, and attributes his length Of life 20
the fact that he has abstained from all
dissipation.
Constable Hutohins Of Dover recently
sold the four sturgeon boats, seiues and
fixtures captured some weeks aao ct Il
public suction. They were purchased
BY represent atives of the owners, who
paid for them and left with them the
same night for the sand hills of New
ersey. having had q sufficiency Of Del.
aware justice.
The planting season for oysters isI
now under way and immense Nuanti-
ties OF the young bivalves are being
taken from the Chesapeake and laid out
In the Delaware bay. The product oil
the latter are much the finer Of the two.
and the manipulating imparts TO the
small fry the desirable qualities of . |
native spawn.
Although the Rev. A. W. Milby, oil
Dover district. Is mending slowly, his |
friends fear that he will not be able to /
40 effective work this year. Some oil
The preachers OF the district and the
presiding elder himself, IL is said. haveI
spoken OF the Rev. W. K. EuRland as
his successor.
The Talbot County Paper Mill, manu-
Iacturer OF straw board, has shut down,
and the superintendent cannot saw
when work will be resumed. The i'm
mediate cause OF the stop is the scarcity
II coal and the great advance In price
'aused by labor troubles In the bitu.
ninous coal regions. The mill uses 10
ons of coal daily. When running on
ull time the mill has daily output oil
~ tons Of straw board. About as men
re thrown out Of employ msnt by the
top.