Evening journal., 1892-07-18
pENlNsULA NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

Stephen Loaand of cccilton. Nd, is
dead
The Port Deposit Nd. band has new
$3.50 outfit.
Tho merry.goround craze has struck
st. Georges,
Cecil county Nd. has cash balance
of 81 ga. 30
Cambridge. Md. viii probably have
water works.
The depot at Port Deposit. Nd. has
been improved
Bass and rocl, are plentiful in the sus
quehanna river.
Noisy rowdies disturb the peace at the
Milford race track.
Tho schooner Lizzie A. Williams has
been launched at Bethel.
About 400 baskets Of peaches were
shipped from Milford to-day.
The electric light contract at Elkton.
Nd, will not increase the town tax rates.
ID. ] Hedges has purchased the Mill
property at Frenchtown, Nd, for 81, 400.
The farmers of Sussex county are sow
ing large quantities Of scarlet clover
seed
The Delaware river laznretto will
probably be removed 60 Bombay Hook
Island
John Baker, mail carrier at Frederick,
is in critical condition, the result Of a
horses kick
Two barges loaded with phosphate and
coal are sunk in the lower cut in Apo.
quinimiuk creek.
John T.. Alexander of near Elkton. Md.
fell from hay-wagon several days ago
and broke his arm.
A large shark was caught several DAYS
ago ON the fats of the SusQuehanna near
Havre de Grace, Nd
An iron bridge over the Murderkill
river, above Bowers Beach. isnow talked
Of as one of the possibilities.
The number of vessels passing through
the Delaware and Chesapeake canal is
unusually large for this season Of the
year.
''Squawk' shooting is the fad on the
marshes near Milford. This bird Is vul
carly known as the "shike poke. 20 anJ
''hyup-the-creek.
The bed Of the Delaware railroad al
Townsend is being reballasted with
broken rock. It will extend as far north
as the trestle bridge
An Odessa correspondent is irresponsible
for the statement that c. II. Sentman
will remove the Odessa Herald plant tC
New Castle in goods box
There has been another run of stur
/ geon in the Delaware river. and thu
fishermen have been making good wage
during the last few days
The farmers picnic. under the auspice
Of the Kent County Farmers Institute
will be held at Spring Branch camp
meeting grounds on Wednesday.
The wheat crop in the lower part o.
New Castle county was not satisfactory
Some of the farmers have only realized
from fifteen to sixteen bushels per acre.
The three heirs Of the late Senator JOIN
Hall of Frederick, have. by amicabl,
agreement divided the property. Tn,
home property was chosen by his sol
John
George Jackson of Principle Furnace
Nd, assistant foreman on p, w. 4 Il
work train, is seriously and perhap
fatally injured, the result of piece O
iron falling upon him.
The basket-inalsers in Smiths mill a
Lincoln, Sussex county. struck severa
days ago AS soon as it was rumore
that Pinkerton mon were hurrying L
the scene they resumed work
James Bradley. the Elkton, Nd. ma
who attempted to kill his wife severn
months ago, was adjudged insane. II
was sent 10 the insane asylum and sub
sequently released. His wife. feelin,
unsafe, has had him put in confinement
again.
The NJ. p Church at Greenwood wa
reopened yesterday II was decoratel
with sheaves of wheat, grain cradles
siclSles, and other emblems of the whea
harvest. Ex-President II. ID. Valian
and Rev J. L. Nicholson conducted th,
services.
Violations Of the oyster law in Mispil
lion river are reported from Milford
The oysters are secretly caught, taken {,
market at night and disposed of. TIL
law-abiding oystermen will not lodg
complaint, fearing that the lawles
oystermen will knock the bottoms out O
their boats In order to get revenge.
The vessel property Of the late Captain
d. r. Burton was sold at public sale re
Gently The schooner Emma Bur on
nine years old, was bid of by Thoma
Burton of Frederica for 81 800; one
half of the schooner c. c. Davidson wa
bid off by }. b. Dorman, for Mrs. Burton
at 5 400; one-half Of the schooner w
f. Parker was bid of by the same person
for the same party for 50, 400
Cheap Excursion FOR Ten Days.
The Pennsylvania Railroad announces 10
sale on July Fl, excursion tickets from VIII
mington 10 New York and return good G.
nII IrnIn. nnd NnIIn 10 rnInrn within tom lnl I.