Evening journal., 1896-12-14
PENINSULA NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

A Georgetown girl last week sent
young man the tail Of a hog neatly
wrapped and tied with dainty ribbon
A special meeting of the New Castle
County Farmers Institute will be held
in Odessa on Tuesday afternoon, De-
cember Is, at o'clock. Professor c. Z. |
Chapman, of Peruville. N. Y, will adj
dress the meeting.
A valuable bird dog belonging to
John Barr, of Georgetown, was at
tackled by hydrophobia and killed be-
fore doing any damage.
Hiram Reedy intends to dispose Of
his property and business Interests. and
remove at an carly day from Dover
and the state. Mr. Reedy moved from
Milford to Dover twenty-five years ago.
He has been leader in business mat
ters at the state capital and prominent
in its municipal management, having
served in the Town Council for twelve
years and been its president for eight
years. 1t is not stated where he will
go
The hop to be given by the young
men Of Milford in ArmOry Hall Christ
mas week promises to be the largest
and finest affair of the kind ever held
in Milford.
A dog belonging to Cornelius w.
Joseph, who lives on the farm of w.
w. Pepper, near Georgetown, showed
sgns of hydrophobia and bit several
cats on the farm, which, together with
the afflicted canine, were Immediately
dispatched.
A branch railroad is to be built from
! Queenstown to CrumptOn, via Church
Hill, next year.
Cyrus Hatfield, who has been as
sistant ticket agent and operator at the
Georgetown station, has been trans.
ferred to Berlin, Nd
Miss zadie Lee, Chestertown, fel
down stairs with a lighted lamp in hei
hand, broke the lamp and cut her hand
Peter Baker, Of near Dagsboro. hat
his front teeth knocked out and hi,
tongue split. Baker had felled
large tree in the woods. which lodged
on another. and in trying to remove i
small sapling was relased from unde
the tree, and springing up, struck hin
in the mouth.
George W. Wilson, a resident o
Georgetown, planted an apple tree OF
his lot last Spring that came out il
full bloom in October and bore an appl
as large as a hulled walnut, which h
plucked just before the recent col,
SPELL
Ducks are scarce in Chincoteagu
and Hog Island bays.
The contour of Chincoteague Islam
is undergoing many changes. Tn
, southeastern side is fast washing an
the channel on the eastern side
moving westward. Fish are now caugl
= where houses stood fifteen years ag,
:. Although the average width seems I
o be diminishing, IL is believed that tn
island is gradually rising
G The best 1895 wheat yield on tn
n Peninsula was by James Brown
n Sylmar. 80 bushels TO the acre: th
/. next William c. Mearns, of Zion Gee
county. Al bushels to the acre. Robel
Cameron. Upper Principle. raised Il
bushels of corn TO the acre.
There Is a great herd Of wild catt
q in the Nanticoke iungles this year.
There are several cases Of diphther
In Elkton and through Cecil county.
d A factional fight between the frient
y OF moderate drinking and total abst
j. nence has resulted In several member
n of Caesar Rodney Council. Jr. o. u.
NJ, of Dover, withdrawing from II
IN lodge. The boilers who do not see an
- harm in moderate drinking will form
y new lodge.
Of The Town Council of Delaware Gil
has made arrangements with +. Tayl,
Leland. of Philadelphia to build
water plant and work viii oommen
D. in about two months
Or Milford boasts of the cleanest stree
le and prettiest girls on the whole Peni
sula.