Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-06-01
PENINSULA POINTS,

Sportsmen are rejoicing In the fact
that the prospect is good for large
number OF quail next season. 1t is
said more old birds have survived the
cold winter weather than for years.
Corn planting has been very M uch
delayed on the Penint ula by the long
| continued wet weather. Some farme ers
are not yet done planting on low
lands.
The shipments of soft crabs has be
come 80 great that an extra express car
has been put on the Delsw are Railroad
Tor their exclusive uge. A car load
passed up the road on Thursday morn
ing.
Milford is getting up q Fourth OF
July celebration intended to do honor
TO the toWn and the day. They expect
the military and fire organizations OF
the State to take part, and will have
good speaking and fire. works to attract
| the people.
The Rev. DR.. Caldwell will preach
| the bGcCalaureate sermon to the gradu.
sting class of Delaware College on
Sunday morning, June 18th, in the
college oratory.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com.
pany has purchased of William Hast.
ings three acres of land at Delmar, al
Sl%0 per acre, on which 10 erect car and
locomotive houses.
There is young lady in Georgetown
who enteTtains the idea that little mice
grow into large rats. She abhors the
little rodent but respects his larger
brother. On the same principle she has
no use for the small boy-"small boys
are nuisance" but large boys
well they are sometimes necessity" !"
Asparagus has paid growers better
this year than for many years. The
season has been longer aud prices
higher.
A colored boy was held In 500 bail
by Justice Brown of Dover last Tues
day for stealing stump of a cigar.
What amount OF bail would that Justice
want for plug of tobacco?
1t was decided Thursday, May 81, at a
meeting held on Union Camp GIoun ds,
Camden, Del, to hold camp meeting
commencing August and ending on
the 18th. Rev. w. II. Warner will be
the preacher in charge. Leaving out
Chester Heights, this camp ground is
the best on the Peninsula, and is always
largely attended.
Peaches, in the lower portion of st.
Jones' Neck, have been injured very
much by the long. continued cold
weNther and northeast winds, together
with heavy rains followed by hot suns.
la some OF the orchards the peaches
rotLed badly, and in others they shriv.
eled up. What proportion of the crop|
will be lost 1t is hard TO estimate at th is
time. Several growers say they will
have to revise their estimates very ma
terially from two weeks ago.
The mosquitoes along the bay shore
and on the marshes during Saturday
Sunday and Monday were worse than
ever known before. The oldest inhabi.
tants say that never during their lives
have they seen anything beginning to
to this crop OF mosquitoes.
Farmers had to abandon work In the |
fields and put their teams in the stables, |
while COWS and other stock could not
be induced to feed in the pastures. Wei
have heard of two or three cattle being
killed by them. The wind on Tuesday
blew from the west and northwest,
since which time they have to a certain
extent subsidized. Dover during the first |
part of tho week enjoyed the presence
OF the pests to considerable extent,
but the town atpresent is comparatively
free from them.