Milford chronicle., 1889-04-12
ON TEE pENrNsuLA.

The oyster planting season began April 1
Twenty-Five boats were commissioned tha
day.
The creditors Of the Frankford NJ. z
Church are notified to present their claimi
for settlement.
A farmer near Odessa has contracted tc
grow 40 acres of corn for packing house al
$3.50 per ton.
WilliEm Willis, hfteen-year-oid lad liv-
ing at Dover, was fatally injured on Tuesday
morning by being thrown from horse.
The Middletowu Creamery Co. paid itu
patrons II cents per gallon for milk during
February, amounting to about s., 500 for the
month
z. L. Jones, OF the Dover Machine Works,
was granted patent on Tuesday last for a
new and improved machine for putting heads
in tin cans.
Sturgeon fishermen are on the grounds
fixing their nets and getting into shape for
fishing, but have had no catch yet. Bowers
is their headquarters
Two hundred and fifty new freight cars
have been delivered to the N. Y, P. & N.
railroad to meet the demand for truck ship
ments from the South to Northern markets.
VIM. johnson, of Georgetown, received a
pension this week of $50 per month and $50
back pay. Mr.. Johnson was obliged to retire
from the naval service several months ago n
account of consumption.
Mills Island, a large island situated in
Chincoteague bay, was sold on Tuesday at
trustees sale to DR.. John S. Parker for SI,s7s.
The place is favorite resort for sportsmeu
by reason of the splendid ducking grounds
which it affords.
The Trustees of the Poor for Sussex coun-
ty held regular meeting last week at which
the following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President, Ebenezer NJ. Lowe
treasurer, N. NJ. Stayton; clerk, Edward Bur
ton.
The fishing sloop Indepedent, Camden, N d.
T., went ashore at Lewes on Monday morn
ing she was a very old craft and went to
pieces rapidly and will prove total loss; all
the crew were got ofsafely.
The late gale, with high tides at Reho-
both beach, has washed down and destroyed
the pavilion and nearly all the board walk.
Half the width of Surf avenue, nearly its en-
tire length, has been badly washed out.
The Postmaster-Geueral has appointed
William c. Jump postmaster at Hollau ds-
vile, Del, in place of George E. Smith.
Salary last year was $27.96, Cyrus Holly,
postmaster at Millville, Del, in place of E.
c. Dukes. The Office paid 74.37 last year.
The Postmaster-General has appointed
John c. Raymond to be postmaster at Leip-
sic, to succeed H. L. Wilson. The salary of
the Office is placed at sI97.44. Allen H. Ber-
mis- was named as postmaster at Viola, to
succeed J. D. Harrington. The salary Of this
Office last year was given as SI57.I4.
The steamboat John E. Tygert, that has
been running between Smyrna and Phila-
delphia, has been sold to parties in Accomac
County, Va, for $4,000, and has been deliv-
cred. The Mary U. Citizens will run on the
Tygert's route for time, in addition to her
own. It is expected that new and more
commodious boat will be built
Edward Gainor, of Syracuse, N. Y, con-
tractor of the Reedy Island jetty, will begin
next week to erect his ways or laying mats,
which are the foundation of the stones
First The foundation is a mat which is COW
cred with two feet of stone, then another
mat which is likewise covered with stone.
These mats are three feet thick and fifty feet
wide, are made of long branches or twigs in
tertwined.
The Baltimore Sun says The schooner
Mary E. Bacon, of Seaford, Del, which
sailed from Whining ton, N c., on March ed
with a cargo of lumber for Baltimore, is
thought to have been lost in the subsequent
gales. She was commanded by Captain VIM.
]. Eskridge, of Bethel. Del, who was accom-
panied by his son and a crew of several men
The vessel belongs to Mr.. Samuel Bacon, Of
Philadelphia The Bacon was built at Lau-
rel, Del, in 1876, and was first named the
Clara NJ. Goodman. She registers IS2 tons.
Experiments have been made at the New
York Agricultural Station in growing toma-
toes without transplanting which has proved
very successful. Plants that were grown en-
tirely in the open ground matured fruit in
twenty-five days shorter than those cared for
in hot-beds during the first two or three
months of their existence. Expert cultiva-
tors have found their earliest tomatoes to
come from selfgrown plants where tomatoes
were raised the previous year and some of
the first rotted on the ground.
The Delaware river shipyards have never
been buster than they are now and the vari-
Gus shipyards are crowded with all the work
and men that they can accommodate. Ship
builders feel confident that this rosy hue of
affairs will continue uninterruptedly for sew
eral years to come. As a result of the gen.
eral boom, Mr.. Jacob Cramp, of Cramp &
Sons shipyard yesterday said that he should
not be surprised to see several new shipyards
established. Cramps have added 500 men to
their working force, and are paying out
S25 900 weekly in wages. The Delaware
River Ship Building Company at Chester
(Roach's old ship-Yard), is employing over
1000 men, and the three leading ship-yards
of Wilmington are all busy enough to con
irm the general prosperity, the Jackson &
Sharp Company especially being pressed for
time and men.
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup is particularly re.
commended for children. It cures coughs,
colds, Group, sore throat, and whooping
cough. II is pleasant to the taste. and acts