Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-05-17
ON THE PENINSULA.

The Delaware Baptist Union will meet in
Dover on Tuesday and Wednesday, May %
and %.
1t is reported that there was a site shock
of earthquake felt in the upper district of
Maryland at Saturday.
George E. Vickers has taken a sub-con-
tract to carry the mail between Lewes and
Rehoboth Beach for four years, beginning
July Ist next
LEwEs,-The W. c. T. U. will open a
room for the benefit of the young men of
Lewes next week. It will be made attrac-
tive, and place for our young men to spend
their evenings socially and harmlessly.
Captain E. D. Register, few months ago,
bought at public sale wreck on the beach
south of the capes with damaged cargo of
sugar for $40. He has succeeded in saying
enough of it to realize about $1,000 on the
speculation.
Colonel Leven Woolford and several other
capitalists of Princess Anne are arranging to
start a national bank in that town. It is ex-
pected to be ready for business within two
weeks. The lower room of the Insurance
Building was arranged for banking purposes
when erected and already has vault
H. W MacIntire, who has been con-
nected with the Evening Journal for almost
year, resigned on Saturday Mr.. MacIn-
tire is thoroughly familiar with the affairs of
the people of Delaware, and is an excellent
newspaper man. He intends to take posi-
on the PHILADELPHIA Inquirer.
The citizens of Laurel celebrated the COM
pletion of the new draw in the railroad bridge
over Broad creek at that place on May 7; at
the opening of the draw a salute was fred off
by the militia, when a schooner of M. H.
Tilghman's passed through. Music was fur
nished by the Laurel Cornet Band. All
Laurel was at the wharf and business was at
a standstill.
Thousands of young shad are being Matched
daily at the Eastern Shore fish Matching
stations. Commissioner Toadvine, assisted
by Thomas Huglett. Jr, turned 5000, 900
young shad loose at North East on Thuraday
last On Saturday 100000 were liberated in
the Manokin at Princess Anne. Monday 3,
soc, 900 were turHed out 500, 600 in the Wi
comico river. 1000, 900 in the Nanticoke, and
900, 900 in the Sassafras.
James L. Smith, who so far we can learn is
the only manufacturer of king crabs into COM
ercial fertilizers in the United States, has
erected another factory, the new one being
on St. Jones river about three miles from ITS
mouth He has put in drier and grinding
machinery. The former is 100 feet and is he
ated by 20 furnaces. The:grindiug mill is run
by steam. The product of the home factory
has been about 100 tons per year. This capac-
ity will now be about trebled.- Meas and
AdVertiSer.
The Grand Army men are making prepa
rations for big time at Dover on DecOra-
ton Day The militia, State Capital Band,
and large number Of school children will
participate in the memorial celebration.
The services will begin at O'Clock, A. NJ. !,
when the veterans will start for Bethel and
decorate several graves there then to Leip-
sic, and return to Dover by 10 O'Clock.
Several prominent men will deliver speeches
at the public square, after which the graves
in the town cemeteries will be strewn with
flowers.
The large canning factory at FELTON, form
erly owned and operated by Peck, Clifton &
Co., was burned to the ground between
and O'Clock Saturday morning The
factory was run last year by G. Killen & Co.
and contained So, 600 cans of tomatoes of
last years pack; which were either totally
destroyed or injured so as to be unfit for use.
The building and machinery cost when new
about SI2,ooo, twas owned when burned by
the Farmers Bank The fire is thought to be
of incendiary origin as there had been no FIRE
in the building for months.