Evening journal., 1893-06-03
PENINSULA NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

Princess Anne has organized brass
band.
The busy season has come to close
in Crisfeld and vicinity.
The Methodist Protestants Of Dover
are going to build a $4,000 church.
The frame has been raised for new
Episcopal Church at Cape Henlopen City.
Fine strawberries can be bought in
Dover markets for and cents a
quart.
Peach trees in Sussex county cover
507. 600 acres, and the value Of the crop
is $40, OOO 600.
The destructive army worm has made
it's appearance In the vicinity of Nassau,
Sussex county.
Applications have already been re.
ceived for tents at the Sand Hills Camp ;
near Georgetown.
It has been estimated that $4,000
baskets of peaches will be shipped from
Bridgeville this season.
DR.. Cyrus Cort will begin his work as
pastor of st. Johns Reformed Church,
Wyoming, Sunday, June 4.
A large mail is distributed at Princess
Anne from all the lower sections of
Wicomico and Somerset counties.
The next meeting of the Peninsula
Creamery Association will be held In
Smyrna, the last Thursday in August
James NJ. Vandegrift, Of McDonough,
will celebrate his eightieth birthday on
Saturday, June 10th. There will be a
family reunion.
Georgetown is proud of her "Pride
Of Delaware" No. colored society of
Good Samaritans-or rather Of their
gorgeous regalia.
A Middletown exchange says that ice
cream, cakes and kisses were dispensed
at the Presbyterian festival held there
Thursday evening.
Postmaster Of Salisbury Moore has
made arrangements with the postmaster al
Princess Anne which gives an extra mai
daily between the two offices.
Cheswold public school has now a flag
Of it's own, secured through the efforts o
the teacher, Miss Nitterauer. 1t wa.
raised for the first time this week.
Mrs. sallie Waller, Of Laurel, was at
tackled by a savage rooster, and tainted
and had il not been for timely assistance
the woman would have been seriously
injured.
The commencement exercises Of Della
ware College begin Sunday, June 16
when Rev. Jacob Todd, d. D., OF
Philadelphia, will deliver the Bac
calaureate sermon at Sp. m.
, The Newark Ledger says that Olive
Lockhart, Of that town, who has been al
the Worlds Fair, gives a glowing &C
count of the big concern. He also say
d. that board is cheap enough for any one
Rev. j. Beers will preach the initiator.
sermon Of his ninth year as rector o
Queen Anne's Church on Sunday morn
( ing. The annual service in the oil
a church will be held on jane Is in tn
b morning.
A certain set Of Georgetown society
y called the June Bugs" The girls VIII
y form the most attractive half are know
by the charming title of "buggesses" an
tho young men the euphonious one q
'buggers. "
n It is reported that in the engagement
a in Tangier sound, yesterday, Capital
=. Reid's son received shot in th
shoulder. Captain Reid did not bottle
Il the crabbers, but Captain Gaskins col
d tinues his usual tactics in Pocomok
"a sound.
le The public schools of Caroline count
closed yesterday after a session of eigl
e. and one half months. The commenc
le ment exercises for the graduates of II
ninth grade will be held in the Tow
Hall Of Denton on Thursday evening
June s. State Superintendent Prett
m man will make the address 70 the grad
j. ates and Judge Joseph A. Wickes vi
or probably award the diplomas. The
will be fifteen graduates.