Evening journal., 1894-09-17
PENINSULA NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

The Lswes Pilot has advertised for o
rainmaker.
Rain, with the exception Of light show
ers, has not fallen IN the vicinity Of
Greenwood since May.
A man giving the name Of John Pat
terson and Wilmington as his home was
lodged in Dover jail charged with steal
ing O coat from In front OF store there.
The annual convention Of tho w G
7. u, of Maryland, meets nt Centrevllle,
Queen Anne'a county, October
Lewes is to have brass band in the
future
Some OF the oung men Of Lswes loaf
during the day aud court at night, they
are not married. Others work during
the day and fish at night and they are
married. Delaware Pilot.
country dog went to Milford and the
whirl OF business upset his mind He
had ft In the street, and the cry Of mad
dog was quickly raised, resulting in the
visitors death.
Rev. G. A. Grise has offered prize TO
that scholar in tho Georgetown public
schools who receives the best report ia
department during the present term.
Tho new bridge over tho oaual at Re
hoboth has been completed and put In
use.
Il is just four wesks since any rain has
fallen In Milford and In the adjaccnt
country. The coil Is almost as dry ss it
can be and such late crops as buck wheat
potatoes and crimson clover arc suffsri9g
severely for want Of moisture.
There Is talk Of another no vspap'r In
Snow Hill
Owing 20 The non appearance OF either
preachers promised, the corner stone OF
the Zoar NJ. E Church. in Sussex, was
not laid last Sunday The people oame
ia force from the surrounding district
and evidently felt badly used.
The three Milford cannerles packed
so. GOO cans OF tomstoes daily last week,
and the three At Frederick 10000 cans
per day,
Vlrgie DRshlell, a 7-ysar old colored
girl Of loves Cross Roads, WAS playing
with matches IN the house while her
parents we're az work In the fodder field
when her clothes caught IRE and she
was burned tosdeath.
According to the Democrat there Is
q Georgetown girl who boasts that she Is
never IN a hurry except when she's
hungry.
The seeson at Rehoboth has closed and
nearly all the oottagors have returned to
their city homes Owing TO the fact
that the Henlopen was not opened and
the Bright House had been destroyed by
fire during the winter, the season was
the dulles6 ever known.
A tWig from pear tree In the garden
/ Of james milman, near Milford, though
but little over TWO feet IA length, bore
twenty-nine pears fully developed
Mrs r +. Tuft, teacher in the Elkton
public school, lost her purse Saturday
morning, containing $50 She had been
80 the post office aud IN coming out had
forgot her pocket book. Returniug In a
minute afterwsrd u WAS gone. She a,
once notified the authorities, who began
an investigation The only person that
was in the office 40 the time WAS colored
mau, who has since disappeared.
Winfield Bennett, the youngest son Of
Winfield Bennett, Of Elkton, fell from q
hsyloft Saturday afternoon and broke his
| 1911 leg.
The Talbot county fair begins at
Easton TO morrow. Rev. J. s. Willis and
State Treasurer Burnite. of Delaware,
are expected TO represent on Wednesday,
At o'clock Saturday morning the
stable belonging 10 solomon Newmeyer
Ia Havre de Grace, caught fra aud
spread to the stable Of j. T. Arthur.
Roth qtabiae yvara lurnad 20 tho
ground. Mr. Newmeyer and Issao
Hecht both lost carriage. Owing C
the small supply Of water IN the water
mains, the ire was raging for over two
hours before controlled
Frank Thornton and Joseph Tyler
Mahoney were arrested In Crlsfeld
charged with robbing the store Of +
Sterling and Bro. Of $500.
Walter Dixon, formerly states at
torney Of Somerset county, has beeI
nominated by the Republicans for iu6gl
ia Colorado.