Daily Republican., 1886-08-10
PENINSULA POINTS.


The annual meeting at the Camden.
Kent county, camp grounds began on
Wednesday evening.
Middletown is very much in need OF
small tenant houses, there being ct q
vacant dwelling house in the town.
Twenty bushels OF whortleberries are
shipped from Georgetown every morn
ing now.
The early apple crop is large one.
But the price Is very low, not being
over 10 cents per basket in the oity
markets.
The peach crop in Sassafras Neck is a
good one this year, and the peaches
command good prices, selling for rs
cents basket In the orchards.
Superintendent Isaac N. Mills of the
Delaware railroad, who has been seri
ously Ill at his home in Clay ton, ia
slowly recovering.
The Mi6dletown pea ch growers now
anticipate shipping about 800, 900 bas.
kets Of fruit this year. The season
viii open fairly about t,,e 18th isstant.
A cheap seaside reso.s mas been
opened OF Ocean View, In Baltimore
Hundred, ten miles east of Frankie
There is very malignant type of
dysentery prevailing near Lewes, and
several persons have died. This
should serve as q warning 10 us and all
should be careful OF their food.
Mr.. Elijah Lynch who was injured
by falling from cart at Frankford on
tuesday OF last week, died last Satur-
day, aged about so years. He was es-
ttmated to be worth $4,000.
Harry Morgan, o young man of Elk.
ton, was arrested at Baltimore on
Thursday evening upon the charge of
having stolen q pocket book with $75
from Samuel Mcconnell, of Elkton.
W. N. Ransom Of Smyrna shipped to
New York on Thursday eight crates of
peaches, for which he received $40 per
crate or IS per bask ct. They were of
the Mountain Rose variety and were
consigned to G. w. Jamison.
The authorities at Rehoboth and the
railroad are not working together this
year, and as result this rea lily fine re-.
sort is not 80 we'll patronlzeo as former
iy. Fifty or sixty persons each is the
highest mum Der of guests any of the
hotels have had at one time.
The officials of the Pennsyleania
Railroad Company state that the peach
crop OF the Maryland and Delaware
peninsula of this year will be nearly up
to the average. The estimate is that
Kent County, Md will produce one
million baskets.
shipping peaches commenced at Green
spring ON Monday, by the car load
sending away on that day nearly two
full cars, Troth variety. Clayton has
been shipping daily this week between
one and two cars, Bren ford one car and
henton nearly car load.
The annual pony penning Of Chinco
league and Assateague comes off this
year on the 18th aud 18th of August
The exhibit of ponies is expected to be
very large. Ponies will be offered for
sale on those days, both privately and at
public auction.
That dairy company str has no
hackers. Tie salvation of New
Castle county farmers depends very
much upon their adopting new methods
OF farming and abandoning, In large
measure, grain culture. The dairy is
the easiest established and most prof
table change.
captain VIM. Il. Frazier, aged 81, who |
was for number of years day inspec
tor In the Baltimore custom house, was
found drowned last Monday morning
In Hue sons creek, an estuary of the II
Ohoptank river, nine miles below Cam |
bridge, in the Neck district of Dor.
chester County.
The many friends of Rev. r. H.
Adams. pastor of the M. E. Church at
ID will be glad to learn that
his health is rapily improving. Mr.. |
Adams has been suffering for the past |
three months from prolonged attack |
Of malaria, which almost untitled him 4
for work and rendered existence q bur-
den.
Peninsular agricultural fairs are an
bounced as follows: Kent County Fair,
Worton September 2ist to Oath, W. b.
stevens secretary; Talbot County Asso.
citation Easton September 21st to 25th,
Robert Hough secretary; Delaware
state Fair Dover Septem ber 28th toI
October LIST, d. P. Barnard, Jr,, secre-
,ary; Cecil County Fair Elkton October
9Th TO 9th, John Partridge secretary.
According to Une "Delawarep,
several small boys in Dover have goats
which they are training for the fair
they have selected as a training ground
,he south end of New street. They 20
,ut of evenings with their goats har
1essed up in the best style. They have
heir teams well trained, and whenl
hey give the word, they are under such
.ood command that the goats run for all
here Is In 1t. A goat race at the fair
will be novel and curious sight
The failure of berry growers toI
inu markets for the large crop raised
his year has induced many of them
o plow up the fields and plant them in
'ther things. Some of them who wentI
nto debt when the large crop becamel
'vident expecting to pay all off from
ne returns, are discouraged, and 1t is
likely that the acreage of small fruits
will be considerably less next year than
his. The speculators, too, were badly
eft.
The Executive Committee of Grand
lodge, l. o. G. T., met at Dover on | :
'uesday aud unanimously refused to | :
ccept the resignation of Frank Whe
On, Grand Worthy Chief Templar,
phich had been placed in the hands of Q
irand Worthy Counsellor Mohorter. >
hey hold that the wonderfully effeo-
i've work that Mr.. Whelen has doneIt
the past makes him too valuable an 4
fficer to lose.
He is Still Hanging
'all paper cheaper than any other man Y
l the State. Harry ID. Holt, 213 West | a
econd street, upper eide. a
T. 81 have large force Of work
ZEN. All work done without delay all
l3 West Second street.