Evening journal., 1897-10-25
PNINSULA NEWS PARAGRAPHS

The Maryland Bureau Of Immigra-
tiOn has made arrangements to locate
about 900 HOllanders on the banks of
the rivers in Somerset county. All
these people, or at least the heads of
the families, will purchase farms, and
it is expected that the Eastern Shore
Will be considerably benefited by their
location there.
Captain jeremiah Eskridge, OF
Bethel, was buried yesterday. He was
S4 years Old and had beenmarriedtwice
BY his first wife he had eleven children
and nine by his second one. He fought
both in the Black Hawk and Seminole
Indian wars and was badly wounded in
ihe latter. He was afterward a sea cap
tain. but had been a farmer for more
than forty years.
The new bell of the FELTON, NJ. E.
Church was used for the first time yes
terday. 1t weighs 400 pounds, and is
the only church bell in FELTON,.
On the charge Of stealing wheat and
turnip seed from Edward Downs,
keeper Of the Kent county almshouse,
| Edward Deets, a farmer near Camden,
and Sherman Ross his hired man, were
committed to the Kent county Jail yes
terday in default OF $500 bail.
One hundred years ago the church
collection in Laurel was taken in a
bag at the end OF a pole with bell at
tached to arouse sleepy contributors.
The annual convention of the Society
OF Christian Endeavor, OF Cecil county
will be held on Tuesday at Rock Pres
byterian Church.
The Hardness farm has been sold to
S. Theodore Harkness, of Cecil county,
for $1,000. 1t contains thirty-siX acres
OF land with improvements.
n Warren Webster has purchased the
= George w. Kline farm OF forty-siN
acres. with Improvements, near Elkton
Z for $4,000.
> Charles w. Shippers and James Nal
len have purchased of George w. Cos
? den 204 acres of land in the fifth dis
e trict, Cecil county, for $2,79S.
Thomas b. Bordley, aged So, of Fair
lee Kent county, Nd, goes squire
shooting with immense success.
! Miss Cora Pitcher has been appoint
o ed assistant principal OF the South Mil
2 ford public school and Miss Editt
s Pitcher has accepted a position al
teacher in the Church Hill School.
y A large steel, fire and burglar proc
8 vault will be put in the First ationa
Bank at Dover
Seven dwellings are being built a
Seaford and several will be erected il
g the Spring.
J. 1t is rumored that the Delaware Rail
q road Company will establish repal
$ shops at Clayton.
John J. Rosa, near Milford, is a sue
y cessful trucker and grower of smal
= fruits. He picked last Summer $500
= quarts of berries and has just iinishe
harvesting and housing $500 baskets o
- merchantable sweet potatoes and abou
=" Loco baskets of second-class, or fee
potatoes.
l. The thirtieth anniversary of the dedi
cation of Christ Methodist Protestan
N Church, Of Laurel, will be celebrate
November IA. Revs. J. ]. Murray, /
,s d. and L. w. Bates, d. D., who preach
10 cd at the dedication, will occupy the pul
v pit, and a number of eX-pastors wi
Is preach during the week. Protracted SCI
+ vices viii be begun the evening of Oh
10 14th.
IN James Truitt and Samuel Heite, {
n, Dover, were given a trial as song an
r dance artists at Maynard Macdonald
t. show on Thursday evening and HAY
I'd been engaged by the company and wi
go on the road.