Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-04-20
peninsula Points.

The new stsslon at Hare's Corner cros-
sing Of the DelRware railroad is rapidly
approaching completion. What 10 now
needed 10 more trains TO stop there.
Curtis 6piuer of Laurel is over 70
years Of age, and had been . constant
user OF tobacco, smokinG and ehsvinG
the same for fifty years until within .
few weeks ago, when he suddenly and
positively quit both hnbits.
The cold winter was hard even on the
wild flowers. Arbutus, Of which there
Ii usually such quantities in our woods,
10 nearly all killed. The leaves are zll
killed and there are but very few bios
SONS.
Wicomico county, which was organic
| cd In 1867 out of portions of Somerset
and Worcester counties, spent SAC, ,000
within the last few years in public
buildin2s. Financially, however, the
county lie one of the safest ON the lower
Eastern Shore.
John Snow, one of the First Dela-
ware veterans, died at his home la
Raymond's Neck on Friday, in bis
69th year. At the battle of Gettysburg
he had both legs shattered by shells.
VIM. NJ. Singerly and daughter fre-
lquently spend a day or two In theil
Iuew villa In ElktOu. The grounds eur
founding the house are being put II
first. class order.
Two men, said to be from Manayunk
visited Elkton last Saturday anG
Ietaried Knights of Labor organiza-
tion among the employees of 6ingerly'l
Pulp Works. About half of the work
men, 1t is said, have Joined the organi-
zation.
Charles P. Barnes, who is serving {
long sentence in the Mary land peni
tentiary for killing his son and brother
in-law, is employed in the shoemakinl
department. He is said to be in poo
spirits and to brood much over hi
troubles.
DIR. Fl. B. II. Brewer. who publishes
a paper in Chesapeake City for a shor
time and afterward removed the plan
: to North East and founded the Mort
East Record, to fail second time /
Establishing q paving publication, die
at Lockhaven, Pa, last Wednesday
Q after long illness, in his 72nd year.
An Eastern Shoreman who emigrate
10 the West writes to the Cam bride
Era and says that people who leav
Maryland to seek their fortunes In IL
West are very foolish. 1t takes moi
A money and more work to yield LEI
lreturns out there than In this Stat
Most MaEylanders he has met, he say
iregret that they have left their nati'
State.
One of Dover's milliners, about tv
, weeks ago, lost q lead pencil that Il
highly priced. Diligent and faithf
search failed to reveal the whereaboI
Of the pencil until day or two aa
- when the lady concluded to comb
~ hair To her astonishment she foun
not only her much prizsd pencil, b
IL TWO other pencils, paper of pins,
j. needle case and sundry other articl
imbedded in her hair.
r. The peach buds-at least the Ii
st ones-are swollen to considerable si;
and few warm days will bring the
10, into full bloom. Apricots are alrea
b, in bloom, with great profusion Of II
buds. The probabilities of pea
h crop are the same as recently report
10 Many orchards near large bodies
:. water have plenty Of live buds,
inland there aFe but few buds except
by the tops Of the trees. Even In sill
~ valleys the buds are all killed, while
the high ground In the same orchi
or there are many live buds.