Evening journal., 1894-03-13
PENINSULA NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

Herring have bseu plentiful in market
this week
Some Of the town folks have already
planted their gardens.
City statesmen ara beginning to make
their visits TO the Peninsula towns.
All the fruit buds on the Peninsula
this far are alive aud the prospect for a
crop is good.
John Ksnderdine, Of Milford, took the
fret herring Of the season from the Mis-
pillion on Monday last
The annual meeting Of the grand lodge
OF Delaware, Ancient Order United
Workmen, was held In Dover to day.
In Easton, Md, the constable or town
bsilih has authority TO shoot all chickens
and domestic fowl found on the public
streets.
The w. C. T. U., Of Milford, sc their
meeting on Thursday afternoon, decided
to hold a temperance mas8 meeting In
that town on April8
With the coming Of the blue bird and
robin, the house wives Of Lewes are pre-
pairing for the much dreaded house
cleaning campaign.
The steam dredge at work on the Re.
hoboth canal scooptd up twenty seven
turtles, Weighing from five to fourteen
pounds, at one scoop.
The Maryland Legislature has appro-
prlated $4,000 for the purchase of 500
acres Of land on the Eastern Shore and
the erection OF an insane asylum
cunning last week met with some success.
and succeeded in bagging eight wild
geese and hfteen ducks, says the Lswes
Pilot.
The farmers in lower Sussex are sow
ing larger number of acres in oats this
spring than they have for years. The
low price Of wheat has brought about
the change
Labor Of Lewes lost The clearing out
the cutters on the street on Thursday.
and allowing them TO be filed up with
coal ashes and sweepings on Saturday -
Delaware Pilot.
The good will and fixtures Of the How
ard House, William w. Burkley, pro
prietor, in Elkton. has been purchased
/ by Frank Phillips son Of ChallJley Phillips
proprietor Of the Falls Hotel.
A meeting Of the taxpayers Of the town
Of North East, Cecil county, on Saturday
evening decided to petition the Legisla-
ture for authority 10 issue S.. 600 of town
bonds 20 improve streets and sidewalks.
Two boys Of Georgetown took it upon
/ themselves, through pure downright
badness. 10 60 into The pantry of Mrs.
w. A Faucett last Sunday evening and
eat and destroy several pies
The little town Of Delanev's. situated
only few miles from Clayton, is bid
ding through its sporting men for the
Corbett-Jackson fight, SAYS the Sussex
Couutian, and offers purse Of $4,000.
The Bright House at Rehoboth will not
likely be rebuilt In time for the traffic Of
the coming summer This leaves but one
hotel at Rehoboth. the Henlopen. Here
Is great chance" says a Sussex paper.
"ior capitalist TO invest, as a house
with modern improvements would pay"
A party Of Frankford capitalists have
leased the butter tray plant Of John 7.
Long, the owner, and will begin opera
tions about the frst Of April mal1lng
butter trays, peach ard berry baskets
berry ates They hope TO be able TO
emp oy from two to three hundred men,
women and boys.s
On Saturday the first behring's Of the
season were caught on the fats two miles
from Port Deposit The river, which has
been very high from the melting SHOWS
above is falling a little. and If the wealth.
er continues warm. the fish will soon be
up Ia large quantities The fishermen of
that vicinity are making extensive prep
arations Tor big season.