Evening journal., 1898-06-14
PENINSULA NEWS PARAGRAPHS

over fifty men are at work at the
Marley Paper Mills. near Elkton, re- I
pairing the damage done during the re-
cent food.
English sparrows have become such
Ia nuisance about Seaford that farmers
are making war on them.
Through the efforts of Revs. Wise
and Cooke. a number of citizens of
North East propose to erect headstones
over the graves OF the unmarked Con- /
federate dead in the cemeteries Of that /
town.
John Cunningham and his 5-year-old |
boy attempted to drive across the rail-
road track at Newark Saturday night |
and their wagon was struck by train |
but the occupants escaped.
William Smith, a colored boy, Of Elk |
ton, Is alleged to be insane from the
| excessive smoking of cigarettes. He is
about i6 years Of age, and his parents
say his Illness is caused by sunstroke.
Passengers on the p, w. & b. rail-
road speak of the patriotism displayed
at Iron Hill where four large Ameri-
/ can flags can be seen from the cars.
The citizens of that town claim that
the pole near the station is the highest
| single pole in Cecil county. IL is over
seyenty-flve feet high.
The Baltimore. Chesapeake and At
/ antic Railroad Company have added
five fine new cars to their equipment
Three of the cars were built by the
Harlan and Hollngsworth Company of
Wilmington, and the others by the
Jackson and Sharp Company, Of the
isame city.
/ In Lewes and Rehoboth, with few
exceptions the prospects for an aver
age crop of wheat are said to be good.
The early seeded wheat will not pro-
duce as large yield as that sown in
October, but on the whole there is
great cause at this time for congratula-
ton.
Howard II. Belts, OF Houston, had a
. large increase in family last week
when three little ones were born Two
are living and doing we'll, also the mo-
ther. AIR. Belts has done much to pre-
serve the posterity Of the Belts family,
now having nine children.
A cat which climbed a tree, in Dover,
by some means fell through a crotch
} Of the tree and being unable to extri-
cate itself, was hung by the neck un-
3 til it died.
Fire broke out Sunday morning at
the boatyard of Henry Diebert & Son,
at Elk Landing, and destroyed the ma
Ichine and work shops. together with q
. large amount of material. The flames
were confined to these buildings. The
Singerly Fire Company, of Elkton, re
s. sponded to the alarm. Loss estimate,
l. at s.. 900. upon which there is an insur
Y ance OF 81 900 in the Mutual Fire In
surance Company, OK Cecil county.
There was a raising at Newarl
Saturday afternoon, the Delaware Col
p lege cadets taking part Rev. Dr. j. J.
Vallandigham presided, and speeche
1 were made by Congressman Handy an
William M. Byrne.
Professor Wesley Webb, secretary @
the Peninsula horticultural Society
says that there Is a poor outlook 10
fruit this year ON the Peninsula. Las
March he says. there was good pros
I'D pect for all fruits, but the April storm
L- about ruined the fruit south Of ker
A. lcounty, Del.
DR.. Andrew Walkerof Johnstown Pa
lclaims the ground upon which EllNto
ce lis built under the will OF his grandf;
,h4 ther Andrew Walker The will VIZ
10 Fmade in IVA
"a Thomas r. Foster residing nes
AStarr, Queen Anne county, was ser
c7 7fously hurt by a horse kicking him O
Lad tSaturday morning.
l.nt The funeral Of Charles r. Cameron
who died on Thursday last Of injurit
received in an accident in Philadelphi
u on Wednesday, took place yesterda
n from the residence OF his father, o
ev West Main street, ElktOn, and We
IL largely attended.
On July 4 Wingate Post, G. A. r
ne will place headstones at the graves {
d. G. White and James A. LOwnde
ne two Confederate soldiers, buried
no North East.
= Georgetown Council o. T. A. NJ, an
~ Washington Council Jr. o. IT, A. N
ge have erected a large flag pole in frol
hn Of their hall and will raise a flag tn
10 afternoon. An appropriate prOgra
> has been arranged for the hagraisin
-u- Patriotic addresses will be delivers
al and the pupils of the public schools W
so attend in body. The flag pole is Ol
m, OF the longest in Sussex county, Il b
49, ing eighty-tWO feet long