Evening journal., 1896-08-11
PENINSULA NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

| COMMONLY known as the forest has never
| yet been reached by mortal nan f. -
said to be between Suow Hill and Salts
bury on one road aud Snow HUI and
| Princess Anne on another. The traveller,
| II he inquiries. will fad that II Is lst he.
| yond him a mile or 60. Bis next j qpiD
viii reveal the startling fact that II Is
| jast behiud him. How ard when he
passed 1t be will never know.
| prominent Chestertown grAin buyer
has made the remarkable II not alto
| geiher unprecedented record OF bu, log
over 100, coo bushels Of wheat in twelty
three days
The town authorities Of Dover have
purchased Eve hundred feet OF new cot
ton hose, with the lateat coupling attach
meuts, at cost Of $500 The hoes
company NOW has about 1000 feet Of good
hose
Throe times In FIVE years has lightning
struck the house OF Jsmes r a. ff-cker,
in Middlotown
A Bryan ard Sswall banner has been
ordered By the East Dover Hundred
Democratic Clun and II will sooa Il 81 to
the bretzs In Dover
The barn on the farm OF James G,rdy
near Milton, WAS set on ace by Lightning
and destroyed, causing the loss OF two
horses and some farm implements. Loss
$4,000; partially Insured.
The Prchibitionists OF Sussex county
have nominated & full local ticket, bat
decline TO make the names OF the csndl
dstes public at present.
Zoar camp. meeting, Sussex county,
opened lsst>evenipg with Rev. j. w.
Talley as pastor In charge
Easton people have just re elected the
board of directors of It's Mere lntiie
Librsry. The library has now been
established for three yeare, and the
people have every reason TO be proud OF
1t, for 1t Is attractive aud has a good
supply OF books. Sons of the towns on
the Peninsula have excellent libraries ior
, to Ens OF their siz', and others mig hi
! follow heir tx mpls Dover, Mili I'd
Z Smyrna and New CASTLE have institutions
OF this kind which are credit TO those
] towns.
A Hollyville correspondent wri. eit
Bertrsm Jones died verv suddenly at the
. home OF his daughter, Mr5 Charley Col
, lins at Trinity, last Saturday. Many
- hosry frosts OF tlms had covered to {
locks OF lis head and hs Was known IA
, and near as the great coon hunter, anS
! many night hath he made the welkiI
l. ring With the buying Of hsun Is and hts
! loud hallco.
4 TgAmps are 4 rulsanse to Milford rssi
J. dents. They 20 from house TO hous'
J. begging food and when their own sppe
tiles are satisfied they csrry heir pock
/ cts full to tue gang that loitsr aroun'
q the depot In some csses their coats vii
y hold as much as 3 bushel bag, ard Otter
/ they are 80 full that they are unable 4
]; wear them and are compelled TO carr,
I; them Ike a sack often they throw
J.; away food that Is given them becauss n
/, is not as choice as they want.
Howard M. Wilkinson, OF Dover, vii
= leavs 70 day for Montreal, Canade, [
?, represent Dllsware at the Amt rlca
% Pharmaceutical Association. He vii
- also visit Saratoga, Lake George and "a
White Mountains.
N At the regular monthly nesting {
Town CaUncii OF Dover on Monday ever
ST Ing last a petition was received asxin
8, for tho strkie ehteniug OF Court stre'
between the county bailding and Coz
ps eills bridge It was referred to Il
lp street ccmmittae. The residents Z
&c State street between Budd street 40
ii Fulton street, having agreed 10 pay hA
the cost OF extending the town sewer
the latter point, Council decided TO mai
the Improvement The expenre will
d. about $50
ho Three hundred barrels OF sweet d.
o. tatoes were shipped from Holly OAK, Va
p, on Monday lAss Up to that date 1874 0C
ny barrels Of white potatoes have bss
- shlppsd from that point snd the freigt
~ SCENTS think the 200, coo mark will
" reached before tbs close OF the season.
q. The trout fishing season has con
m | menced aud good catches have bes
u. made by several Csp-Ain james Psrma
at Cedar Beach. has two large b1ais lius
aud bait prepared and takes parties
TIE fishing grounds at very ~ price
en- q dsr Beach is only six miles gWay fro
iu Milford ard Is convenient for parties
be short notice
., 6umboio has had more visitors th
al leason than ever before
be HHrf Leonard, OF Wlcoml.o. trea
h, dogs 50 that they will never 'run mad
,re Ha claims that there is worm IN evsi
,rs dogs tongue and that it ir this Vhi,
he causes the animal to be sflcted vii
bs rabies With the worm removed n
dog will never be troubled, snd hs "a
treated over tweuty dogs 10 Worcsst
recently. Quite a number Of Sao0 Il
na people examined the worm taken r.
'sa the dogs tongue. and they say tn
N, believe Harry knows bis business.
h. The body Of mau, In bad state
st decomposition. WAS found on the shore
he tie Brick Mill pond a. Middleton
of Friday morning, By several men fro
M that town who went ont for da,
ne fishing Harry and Wallace Ellason Al
rhomss ShsnnoD were OF the part
A shirt aud vest were all the clothing
e. the man and he Is supposed to have be-
Al. tramp who had been washing l
nel clio ,hes IN tho shallow water, and "
al, ostyad nth rramna tho poeifi,p - .