Daily Republican., 1886-08-03
PENINSULA POINTS.

rust 10 affecting the nc elon crop G
upper Wicomico county.
The apple crop In Carroll county. Md,
promises to be very abundant one.
Mr Carmine, Eastern Shore, Va,
caught 2l0 drum hsh in two days.
Mrs. Jno. Morris, Of Georpetow
gave birth to triplets last week.
The steamboat business is rapidly In
creasing on the Nanticoke river.
lt has become common thing 70
whfat-threshing to continue as late q
IL O'Clock at night In Talbot.
The "Breakwater Light" failed +
make Its appearance last week on &C
count Of its press breaking down.
| VIM, r. Phillips OF Milford IL put
ting u? several Of his evaporators il
the Shenandoah Valley, Va.
The State Fair Association has ina
erected an additional grand stand, at
cost of 5000.
MT. George A. Millinpton of thu
Capital Hotel 10 said to have the fines
held OF corn on his farm near Dover
that can be found in days travel.
Sweet potatoes are being shipped
from the lower peninsula. The frst
rel.
A brood mare valued at Sl75, belong.
ing TO William a. Airy, who lives
near Blackbird, was killed by lightning
ON Tuesday night.
VIM. Prettyman, of Kent County,
has bronze turkey hen that laid 106
eggs this Spring, and every one of
them Matched ont young turkey.
Pear champagne is what they call it
OF Chesapeake City, and they sell from
forty to fifty kegs of IL per week, and
Judging from the noise it makes it
orings the answer every time.
VIM. "a. Anderson, of Harrington.
raised over 900 bushels of wheat on
his farm this season, and had an aver
age OF thirty one and a-quarter bushels
per acre.
Col. j. j. Ross, OF Seaford, has
threshed his wheat crop. From forty.
two acres sowing he has harvested
nearly 1 $40 bushels, nearly thirty six
bushels to the acre.
Mrs. Jennie Toadvine. wife of 8.
Frank Toadvine, prominent mer-
chant OF Salisbury, died of hemor
rnaRe OF the lungs ~ An early hour on
MONDAY morning. She Was out riding
the day before her death.
The farmers are having a fesrful az !
perience IN threshing wheat. The con
tinued wet weather keeps wheat in bad
condition, and much OF the wheat that
Is threshed is damp or tough, and there.
lore not In prime marketable condition,
The corn crop In the vicinity of
Dover never looked better than IL does
at this time. Corn which was planted
in low ground has been more or less in
J ured by the heavy rains, but taking
the crop as whole IL will be very
large.
Philip Duling who recently received
q handsome sum OF money from the p.
W. Il b. 4. r. company for the killing
OF his child at the Red Mill crossing.
proposes TO put it to good use. he
has bought lot in Little Elkton and
intends building house for his family
on il.
The railroad authorities have agreed
to Issue excursion tickets to the Camden
Union Camp Meesing from Philadel.
phia, Wilmington and stations soutb
Of Wilmington at the rats of two cents
per mile-which is one-shird less than
the usual rates. Tickets good from
An gust 3rd to 14th inclusive.
Mr.. Elijah Lynch of Frankfort was
thrown from his dearborn by the upset.
ting OF barrel oafour on which helwas
sitting last Tuesday and sustained a /
fracture OF his collar bone. He was also
bruised about the body. I
MI. Lynch Is 80 y care Old and ne will
recover slowly II at all.
On M onday last a mule belonging'to
t. clemson of Elkton died of lock-
oW. A post norton examination
moved that the an,mal had trod on an
III can such as is used in oiling agri-
'uitural machinery, the long tapering5
oar, or which WAS found in its foot, and
lad no doubt caused its death.
Camden camp will be the largest in
,oint OF tents that has been there for
'everal years. We learn there are 100
ents taken and Others are being negoti-
'ted for. The managers hope to have a
iccessInl time spiritually. Policemen
rom Wilmington have been engaged to
'eserve order during the ten days theI
lamp Ia in progress.
Mr.. w. W. Holden of Elk Neck ship.
I'd last week to Emory & Neavitt, com
mission merchants, 66 South street.
$50 bushels of Fultz wheat,f
u weighed 1914 bushels and 48 poundsa
md sold for 9S cents a bushel-two1
ents above current market price. This
an excellent evidence that 1t pays to
aise good grain and secure good COM
mission men,
The corn crop of the Peninsula will
% poor one this year. Many fieldsl
ave been abandoned to the grass and
1eeds; while In others the hot suns
tier 30 much rain has burned or scalG-1
4 the corn and the stalks are yellowI
nd unhealthy. On the lowlands vest
I Harrington some farmers have dis
harged their help because they will notI
aise enough corn to pay for It.
Living on the seashore is growing in
opularity. At the Hammock some
Fenty or thirty tents anil cottages
ere pnt up last year to accomm date
'sidents of Dover. There are several
ow at Slaughter Beech, with q pros
got for as many more soon. At Bow L.
r.. Col. BARNARD has had q tent for
,veral yeara, Mr.. T. B. Coursey has c
lat finished one and Mr.. Rogers, Sr.,
building one, john Reed viii erect 7
lother soon.
Gravity Versus wit. IO