Evening journal., 1895-07-23
PENIN8ULA NEws PARAoRApHe.

Frank Lynch, of Georgetown. was
leading q horse By t. halter wrapped
around his wrist, when the horse became
frightened and ierked his arm out Of
place.
The soft shell crab busine,s On the
Peninsuls Is good aud the men who ave
running crab ranches are making money
out OF the shipments. Shipments OF a
thousand dezsn are quite common, and
lately a shipment Of 500 d,zsns was
one day made from one Of the Maryland
towns on the Peninsula.
Miss Ethel Albury, Of Georgeto vn, has
been elected assistant teacher In the
Millsboro public schools.
Peaches are selling very cheap In the
Georgetown market
Millsboro has 10 retail stores, Q ice
cream saloons, barber shops and .
millinery stores, and a population OF
800
Middleford camp commences Friday,
July 20
Two Miillngton butchers opened a wer
Of prices, and before they were conscious
of where the matter would ead prices
had dwlndled from 12i to 4 cents pound
for choics cuts
The NJ E. Church at Airy Station,
Cambridge and Seaford railroad. which
has been closed for twenty years, was
reopened Sunday. There will be regular
worship there hereafter
Boat parties on the Nsnticoke arc now
| fashionable.
The people Of Millsboro are in furore
over the temperance question
The annual wheat threshing at the
Sussex slmshouse took place this week
The yield was 266 bushels
Miss Martha Carney, a young women
from Annapolis visiting Chestertown,
was violently thrown from her bicycle a
few days ago and injured. She was run
down By team and the carriage wheels
passed over her neck.
Professor L. J. Smith, Of Kenne dyvills,
has been appointed teacher OF the Towns
end public school at special meeting OF
the Board of Education There we're
twelve applicants for the position
John Reagan, well knoEn and aged
farmer residing on the McIntire farm,
near ElktoD, was seriously Injured Sat-
uIday while at work he was hauling
hay from ths fsld into the barn, aud
while In the barnlhe accidentally fell from
the top of a load OF hay upon the board
floor, distance Of about ten feet
Since the Grst Of May last Cecil county
has bsen dry y"-by lsw-as on that date
the prohibition law went into effect, and
all tue licensed saloons closed their doors
throu ghout the county. But soon as the
/ a. e
easies' started up and have been doing
business ever sincs some almost openly
while others are little private
Johu Hsgar, q well-known citizen Of
Chesapeake City. died ut his home in
that town Sunday, from a short illness.
He as Ga years Of age,
John B. Wharton. Of St. Jones'a Neck,
threshed from twenty seven acres / SOC
bushels Of Winter oats, an average Of
over sixty-six bushels to the acre.
The post Office az Rehoboth has beer
moved down near the railroad station
which makes it much more convenient
for the people.
Miss, Ella McNeal. Of Easton, Talbot
county, Md. has two perfectly formed
hands with the exception Of the thumbs
She has no thumb on either, the hsndi
being perfectly straight on each side
She uses her index fingers for thumbs
She writes beautifully, and is q skillfu
performer on the organ aud piano.
Early Rivers peaches from Delaware
have been marketed this week They
rotted SO badly on the trees that th'
quantity was small Two years ago thi:
variety brought nearly double the prict
Of this year.
Thieves are at work in Georgetown
Recently they tried to effect an entranc'
unto the stors OF j. J Morris & Son. OF
Market street.. by prying open the bscl
grocery room door. They succeeded il
getting the stout bar loose, which holdi
the door, but were frightened of before
they aceOmp iahed their purpose