Daily Republican., 1886-05-18
Peninsula Points.

1t 10 not probable that Mr.. Keigwin
will operate the DelmarvIa evapoEator
this season.
Business is having boom In George
town.
The Georgetown jail now Contains but
three prisoners.
The Douglass House at Rehoboth 1.
open for the season.
improvements for the coming season
are being made at Rehoboth.
A seven pound leather carp was
caught In st. Jones' river on Monday.
Eggs have advanced In price and de-
creased in size this week. 1t Ia pre-
sumed the hens are ON strike.
Some of the all-w lse weather prophets
predict n drouth, commencing about
June 1, and dry, hot harvest.
The Peninsula papers are unanimous
in their opinion that the coming wheat
crop will be a very large one.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders OF the ID. M. & ": r. r. Co.
will be held ct Georgetown, on the 18th
inst.
Albert Curry, Esq, late Republican
candidate for Governor OF this State,
was stricken with apoplexy on Sunday
night week. At latest account he was
Improving.
The fifteen hands employed in the
mills of I. 8. Cannon & Bro, Of Con-
cord, struck for 80 cents per day for ten
hours work this week. They have
been getting from rs to so cents, and
have been working from IL to ID hours
per day. The firm manufactures slaves
barrels, &c.
Complaint Ii made by Delaware
fishermen that they are required to
make affidavit that they are residents
of Delaware, but Jersey fishermen are
allowed to fish ct Port Penn and other
points without molestation.
| lightning struck shed early ON last
Thursday morning on the premises OF
Mrs. William j. Bennett, near Chester
Bridge in Queen Anne County, and
passed through barrack OF cornfodder,
without setting fire to 1t, but killed q
psir Of mules In their stalls below.
The Cecil Democrat asks the follow
ling questions: How will the farmer
get along with wheat at ninety cents
corn at thirty-five cents ald oats o.
thirty, with two men working eiRh
hours apiece for . days work? Will
the hired man starve or the farmer, o.
both2 And what will the world dc
without farmers.
Draper Brothers wheat field II
Prime Hook Neck. 10 probably th'
finest In Sussex County, II not in thu
State. The wheat stands waist high OF
q level and Is thick and of dark green
General O. VanVorst, near town, alst
has some fine wheat, The crop prom
ises to be large this year, both local.,
and throughout the country.
l Mr.. Edward Wilson, near Dover, ha
eight acres In potatoes, which are al
and growing, bat the bugs were ol
hand waiting fer them. Finding hant
ldusting and Paris green was too mucl
iof q Job, he has had q small wagoI
built. A wheel runs either side OF tn
trow; the Paris green is in q perforated
cylinder, and the motion OF the wheel
, scatters 1t on the plants. The who'll
, thing is light, sensible and cheap, an,
boy can Gust as many acres q day q
q man can harrow.
A man calling himself Davis ha
3 been the past two weeks playing
d sharp game on the ministers of thi
i peninsula. Hehas o pleasant addres
] and q plausible tongue. He represent
4 that he is selling q very valuable recip
L for making soap, and that be first wisht
? | to get the testimonials OF the minister
d and in few months 1t will be sold
t the people generally. He sells the II
o cipe TO the preachers at q very gres
8 discount, only asking $12.50. StranR
to say many Of them have bought I'll
Irecipe.