Evening journal., 1894-12-10
PENINSULA NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

MtliOAu hhs uutu tTylDR tne experiment.
OF using arc lights for street lighting,
and is SO we'll plea ed with the expert
ment that the business portion OF the
town will be lighted in that way
The regular twice week drills Of
Troop A, Of Laurel, each Monday and
Friday evening are being well attended
and the men snow v strong interest.
A man from near Chicago is now IL
Laurel and proposes TO transport bis
steamer from Lake Michigan u
service on the Laurel river.
Mrs. william T. Hammond. wife OF
R-v w n Hammond, OF North East
died suddenly last night. In the 43i year
OF her age She was daughter Of the
late r i Thomas, and sister OF r
i Thomas. a member Of the last House
Of Delegates from Cecil county.
A terrible mortality among turkeys
has been reported from the rural districts
Of Sussex
Boats can now run from Chincotsague
TO the railroad at Lewes via the canal
Two herb doctors are doing the PENN.
T Brown. Of Milford. is g candidate
for Reading clerk OF the Delaware House
OF Representatives.
Fire on the farm OF George P. Knight,
near Dover, destroyed rs tons OF hay. a
wheat thrasher and many farming i'm
plements.
Rev. w j. Wllkle. Of New York city,
has accepted a call TO become rector Of
st. Anna's Episcopal Church, at Middle
town. The church has bssn without
a regular rector sinOea last Spring, when
Rsv. Joseph Beers resigned, owing to
falling health.
The flint mills OF the Eighth district
OF Cecil county cannot grind fast
enough to Hll orders
" Arthur Mitchell, OF Elkton.
butchered eighteen hogs this week, the
heaviest one weighing 60f pounds.
A great revival is IN progress on Chin
colleague leland Evangelist W. @.
Conway, Of Wilmington, Is assisting
the pastor, Rev, j w Williams Over
thirty professed conversion the frst Of
the week. and twenty-six jlined the
church. Six Of that numbrr were those
who had withdrawn from "Lynch's
Sanctided Band.
Cecil wants a high school.
Alfred NJ. Warrington, o. near Oakel
Del, butchered bis pen OF hogs Witch
Tipped the beam as follows. 8Ss, 87S
35A. 382 and s02 Total weight, sos
pounds
Some time ago the people Of Lewes
wore grsRtly excited over a real live
ghost, Now Georgetown has its turn
Mrs Or E IT. McCabe Of Roxana. a
Few days ago found an egg which mess-
ufed nine inches In circumference one
way, by seven inches the other On
breaking tho egg, IL was found to con.
tain not only its white and yolk but also
another perfect egg Of ordinary size, with
hard shell
Peter Gray has been appointed as oars
man at the Fenwlok Island Life Saving
statioR.
Charles P. Tull has resigned his POSI-
tion as patrolman In the Pops's Island
Lits Saving Station.
The Inaugural Committee OF East
Dover hundred met on Thursday even
Ing, pursuant to a call, and elected
Dr. g. Layton Gfier chairman and T. T.
kellum secretary.
Charles s Roberts, Of Middletown, Is
Of the opinion that be has the champion
l0-weeks old pig It weighs about sew
eniy five pounds
A handsome monument has bsan erectsd
70 the memory Of the late Era8tus Blades
oy the widow, Mrs Blades, ia the $40 v
Hnl AZ. Z Cemstery.
The ''Chincoteague Islander, Field and
Townsend, editors, makes It's f st ap-
psarance this week
Strangers on going into the stores Of
Lewes are struck With the dazzlino
wilderness Of the foora and wonder how
they are kept so white and clean, says
the Pilos