Evening journal., 1896-10-06
PENINSULA NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

worcester county is experiencing tne
army worm at this late day
One Kent county (Md.) woman
horsewhipped another for whistling
and was fined sS.66.
n. c. Crow, q Chestertown merchant.
has been held for action OF the grand
Jury for selling sweet cider which a coll
ored man swore made him drunk
Several dogs afflicted with rabies
have been seen in the vicinity of
Whitesvlle, Gumboro and loves
Cross Roads, Sussex county, and con-
siderable alarm has been created in
those localities. Men armed with shot
guns are patrolling the roads, shooting
every stray cur that appears. (
Survivors of the First Maryland
Regiment, Eastern Shore Volunteers,
held their sixth annual reunion in
Cambridge on Thursday. The old Off
GERS were reelected. They will meet
next year in Denton on the last Thurs /
day in September.
DR.. Henry Ridgely, of Dover, has
purchased Of the Shines heirs the house
occupied by Rev. r. H. Adams, at the
corner of State and Water streets,
Dover. and the lot extending back to
Christ Church. This lot, which con-
tains about two acres, he has donated
1 to Christ Church as a memorial to his
I late wife, Mrs. Virginia Ridgely. Upon
! it will be erected a parish house and
! the remainder of the ground viii be
used to extend the cemetery.
The mills Of the Mccullough Iron
/ Company, at North East Cecil county,
! have closed down for an indefinite
| time and probably will not resume
work under the old management. The
company has been in the hands OF a
receiver for some time, and for more
! than four years the mill has not been
running in full
In the Circuit Court for Cecil county
| Saturday the jury in the case of the
/ administrators of James A. Davis, de-
! ceased, VS.. the Jacob Tome Institute, of
| Port Deposit, rendered a verdict in
favor of the plaintiffs, the damage al
lowed being 5000.
Bridgeville is again fighting a Ii
cense. The owner of the hotel there
has applied for a license and the town
| is divided over the question.
Lewes people complain about fights
which occur on the streets of that town
every night. They are tired of it and
want the authorities to enforce the law
against the men who are disturbing the
peace.
Wheat and eggs are advancing in
, price down the state.
Mrs. Anna Mustard, Of Angola has
raised a sweet potato which weighed
seven pounds and a half.
A Laurel boy recently found $40 on
, the sidewalk and followed up the man
who dropped it and gave it back to
him. The man bought an apple, gave
; the boy half of it, and told him hon
esty was the best policy" The boy
backed off a short distance and told the
man he lied.
Mrs. Curtis S. Vineyard, living near
Milford. was awarded the first pre-
MUM for the best butter displayed at
, the Delaware State Fair last week. A
Pullen took first premium for best dis
play of nursery stock. W. IT, Case. the
well-known peach grower, of FELTON,
, took first premium for best basket OF
peaches. by an exhibition of Walkers
yariegated free.
A shark weighing between 800 and
{ 400 pounds was washed ashore oppo'
= site the Breakwater House. Lewes, anC
D fishermen along the coast say this is
the largest shark that has ever beer
seen in these waters.
"shep," the large shepherd dog be-
, longing to Mrs. Eliza Moore, was seize'
I with a fit while on porch at the M. 70
parsonage. at Georgetown Ihursda,
e last and died almost instantly.
- There we're seven steamships,
. bark. ship and a large fleet o
: smaller craft anchored in the harbo
v at Lewes recently.
]. The price of wheat has advanced ant
and No. Delaware red is quoted at 2
cents per bushel
y Farmers are harvesting and thresh
y ing buckwheat. The yield, as usual, i
y not as large as expected
a Henry w Stewart was found dea
( in bed on Thursday morning at hi
= residence in Milford. He was about Z
e. years of age.
n Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Cox recently cele
IF brated the fortieth anniversary of thei
e, marriage at Middletown.
The Maryland State Board of Healt
10 is investigating Chestertowns waite
II supply
I'd Walter Nichols of Middleford wa
lodged in Georgetown, charged wit
threatening to shoot his mother-r
law.
S Ex-Governor Jackson was one OF IN
I'd largest buyers at tho sale of the house
10 hold effects Of r. w. Schultz, in Bait
m more. last week. Among his purchase
/ was the bronze statue Of the 'Snab
ce Charmer," which took prize at tn
n Paris Salon. He paid 1915 for it.
I'd "
rs HEISLEY HEARD FROM.
se Postmaster Moore has received a LEI
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