Evening journal., 1893-10-02
pENINsuLA MEws pARAoRAPHs.
Dover is to have new Opera House.

! PENINSULA NEWS PARAGRAPHS.
Dover is to have a new Opera House.
Rock and perch are being caught in
Cedar Creek with hook aud line.
Sussex county Sunday school conven
ton will be held at Frankford. Del,
October Is
Crocus are being caught in large
| quantities In Sussex waters They are
very fine pan fish.
There are some import at cases to come
of at court at Georgetown which con
vened there to day.
Professor w L Kaufman has resigned
as principal of the Friends Normal In
stitute, at Rising Sun.
The Marty mills. at ChiIds. Cecil
county, manufacturing wallpaper stock.
are running but four days in the week.
!. DR., } Hugh Hammond, of George
town, has accepted position as physician
at tarnhurst aud has entered upon the
discharge Of his duty.
It is rumored that c. w. Kenuey, Of
Laurel, is to be appointed manager OF
the government telegraph in the United
States Senate.
L o Waller, of Smyrna, has in his
| iewelry store fac-simile OF a clock
used in 1902. Il is all made Of wood and
only has one hand
Numerous citizens of Harrington have
been summoned TO appear at Dover
before Justice Jester in the case of Mrs
Romans charged with keeping a disor-
derly house.
A few years ago Milford shipped large
quantities Of melons to New York, but
the freight rates were raised from
30 TO 40 cents per barrel and the car
load rule enforced, which killed. the
business.
Mrs. Hethe Calhoun, Of Georgetown,
has In her garden a young apple tree
with several large apples on It, and on
one OF the limbs where there are no apples
there are several blossoms. which have
been in bloom for sometime.
Frank L Bryson the young man who
was shot through the windpipe by some
unknown person at the residence OF his
father, Thomas j. Bryson, In Elk Neck
on Tuesday night last. was removed TO
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. at
noon, Saturday.
It is aid that Mrs. George Churchman.
lady manager Of the Delaware Building
at the Worlds Fair is making an effort
to have the building moved to Lewes
after the close ot the fair to be main.
tained as home for the aged and in.
firm of the state
Work has been commenced on the new
iron bridge over Mil creek, at Bacon Hill,
three miles south of Elkton. The
bridge will be 90 feet long. 10 feet wide
and feet above water level The lwork
Is being done by George McQuilkin. of
the Enterprise Machine Works, Elkton.
The crop Of sweet potatoes in the vi.
cinity Of Milford ia unusually fine in
! quality aud quantity, and some few
sales have been effected at cent per
pound. Those prepared 70 take care OF
their crops are holding their selling price
at Il cents per pound
Engineer Miller is conducting the
work Of building a jetty at the
mouth of Misplillon river. The piling
has been driven and the brush filling
IN Is being Gone. While the available
appropriation will do much towards
Improving the stream It will not be
sufficient to complete the project.
The receipts of the milford post Office
fell short over $3.50 although there was
more mail matter sent from the Office
than ever before. The cause of this
was because so many postage stamps
were sent TO pay for peaches. IL is a
dahy occurrence for farmers to pay FOR
store purchases in postage stamps.
It is said that, in answer to the impor-
tunities Of residents Of the lower part of
the state, Congressman Causey will in
vite his associates on the Committee on
Rivers and Harbors TO visit Delaware
and view Assawoman canal The people
OF Sussex are particularly anxious TO
have enough money appropriated to com
plete the work on the great inland
waterway
The people Of Snow Hill are showing
great deal Of energy in rebuilding the
burnt district of the town. New ordi
nsnces were passed, requiring the use Of
brick or stone instead of wood. within
certain limits, and providing for the
widening and Strengthening of certain
streets which were before drawback To
improvements. The indications are that
II will come out of the fire all the better
Tor having experienced such a reverse.
William Ryan, of New York, an oyster
dredger, who had been shipped by C.p
tain David Whitley, Of the sloop Maud
Miller, in Baltimore, Saturday, Jumped
over board from the steamer Enoch Pratt
az ? o'clock yesterday morning in
hoopers straits. A boat was lowered
and Ryan was rescued after being in the
water about fifteen minutes. Restora
uves we're applied and when the steamer
reached Wingale's wharf he was taken
ashore By Captain Whitley.