Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-08-27
PENINSULA NEWS PARAGRAPHS.


Malcolm Wall. son Of William E. Wall
a wealthy merchant of New York, and
who has acountry place at Boyds. Mont
gomery county Md, was drowned at Ocean
City Md, yesterday.
The Centreville, (Md. ) Record states
that Gen. VIM. McKenney, Of Queen
Annes county, who is probably the larg
est landowner in Maryland has raised
and housed this year over 10000 bushels
of wheat.
DR. Alexander H. Todd died at the
residence Of his brother, Robert s. Todd,
near Snow Hill, on Thursday evening,
August %, aged 65 years and months.
He was buried on Saturday in the Presby
terrain cemetery at Salisbury.
The flag of finis was raised upon the
top of the stand-pipe of the Salisbury
Water Works last Monday. 1t now floats
in the breeze, 100 feet high. All that re
mains to be done to the pipe now is paint
ing and completing the spiral stairway.
The bulk Of the melon crop Of Wicom-
leo county has been marketed; there are
still some melons going to the cities but
they are not large and the quality is in
entire season. and the crop has brought
considerable money into this county.
At a meeting Of the trustees Of Cecilton
Md Methodist Episcopal Church on Sat
urday it was decided net to attempt to
repair the building, which was badly dam
aged BY the tornado Of last Tuesday, but
Co buil3 a new structure Four thousand
dollars will be asked from the people for
this purpose
Prof. j. j. Martyne, an old and well
known dancing master, died Friday last
at the residence Of his daughter, Mrs b.
Kellam. III Cape Charles City. in the 76th
year Of his age. Prof Martyne was
born in Connecticut He had, for many
years been master of ceremonies at Cobbs
Island Va. and Nag's Head N. @, and
was known to many visitors to these
watering places.
A prominent Democrat of this town
called at the Light Office yesterday morn
ing to say that he and his party friends
in Lewes and Rehoboth hundred wanted
a new deal ont of which must come a
new constitution and United States
Senator from Sussex. He further said
he meant business, and to-day he would
plainly show his party friends what had
been the matter with Hannah. Break
water QLewes) Light.
The freight traffic over the Delaware
division Of the p. W. & Is. railroad has
grown enormously since the n Y, p. &
~ Extension to Cape Charles. Large
quantities Of watermelons and other
freight from the south go over the road
every day. The freight traffic at times is
so large that passenger trains are him
dered. double track the whole length
Of the Peninsula is becoming an absolute
necessity. Snow Hill Messenger
company to do real estate and gen
eral financial business was organized in
Salisbury last Thursday The company
will be known as the Peninsula Land and
Improvement Company In connection
they will publish journal to be known
as the Peninsula Gazette and Eastern
Shore Land Record The primary object
is TO secure a class Of immigration that
. viii build up the county. The officers o.
the company are William b. Tilghman
, William Miller L. Malone. j. r. Ellegoot
and Thomas Perry. Salisbury Adver
tiser
The Baltimore Sun Of to-day says
Ashury Cole, colored, aged about so years
4
shot and fatally wounded Samuel Young
also colored. in Cecilton. Cecil county. Z
festival was being held in a room occupie,
by the colored Odd Fellows Of tina
place. A large number of colore,
persons Of Cecilton were present AM
few from Georgetown, Kent county
Md. Among the latter was Cole
! who it is said. was engaged in sell
ing intoxicating drinks contrary TO tn
prohibitory law of the county. A nun
Der of the men present are said to hav
been partly intoxicated among then
{ Cole. Several of the men got into
scufiie, among others Thomas and Chris
a topher Young, cousins of Samuel Young
who was shot. The latter acted as
peacemaker, and got his cousins out q
s the scuille Cole after threatening Z
shoot Christopher Young IF he struc
=, George Sisco, walked up TO Samu,
4 Young. and. il is said, deliberately she
him. Cole then walked away, with hi
hand on his revolver No words wei
Z exchanged by the two men, Cole is ver
, dark. heavy set ; feet 10 inches
height, with scar ON the cheek, an
n wears mustache. He was dressed
S dark clothes and straw hat