Evening journal., 1898-08-02
PENINSULA aEES PARAGRAPHS

The oldisrs at Fort Mott have form
ed a baseball team, and i'm the near fu-
ture win pay the Columbia Athletic
Club, at New Castle.
Concord camp, near Bridgeville, will
begin next Friday. and there is every
Indication for a successful camp meet
ing. as no camp WIS held here lasb
year. The ground is one OF the finest
in the country, the ,ccation being de
lightful.
The Kent County w. c. T. U. is maxi
ing special preparation to have an UNI
usually interesting temperance day
program at Camden camp injecting this
year. The services win be held on Au-
gust 4, and among the speakers will be
Mrs. Ella A. Boole of New York.
Sportsmen are complaining Of the
scarcity of beach birds.
Corn is looking unusually well
around Georgetown.
]. p. Marshall threshed 1151a bushels
OF wheat from six acres on his farm
near I4ewes.
3 William Ellis, of Delmar, va,hcdic-
torian OF the class of '97 OF Delaware
College, has passed all his examina-
tions for the positdon Of first lieuten-
amt i'm the regular army, to which he
. was appointed by President Mckinley
t He has been ordered to report for duty
> Three colored prisoners in the
Georgetown jail indulged in a fres
g fight recently, and the outcome OF tht
y whole matter was that two were badly
! used up, while THE third one was iron
ed down to the floor by the neck UNI
til HE learns how to behave himself
The members OF thls Delaware Regi
ment who Worship every Sunday ait st
II Joseph's Church, more especially Com
panty F, known ais THE Irish brigade
completely surprised Father DAILY las
m Sunday morning by the presentation c
TO holy water fount. It will be a con
r stant reminder of their worship in th
church. Father DAILY blessed the otreT
I'd ing yesterday. 1t is said nice purs
oi accompanied the other gift
a.. The Keys & Miller Lumber Company
70 OF Elkton, has BEEN awarded the cor
tract for furnishing coal to the count
IA almshouse and insane asylum.
y. Charles "A. Simms & Co.. contractor
ofkhave finished the work OF straighheu
ing the road bed of tho Phiiadelphd
U Wilmington and Baltimore railnosi
and nadls are NEW being laid.
~ All arrangements have been MAI
to for the Rehoboth camp meeting. whi,
will be held from August 6 to 21, und,
is, che management OF Rev. r. H Adam
I'd. He will have THE assistance OF some 4
the best ministerial tallent OF the Wi
mington Conference.
The heavy dews are running I'll
Or grape crop, the hot sun causing the VI
rs. grapes TO rot. In some vineyards thr
were very promising until few dag
N ~ ago, more than, half the crop will be
sh- failure.
Norman Breeding, who eloped wi
her his mother-in- LAW, Mrs. j. ]. ReynOld
sometime ago, nrom Adamsville. lea
is ing hfs young wife behind, has retur
~ ed seeking forgiveness and reinsItaSio
but they received the cod should
from their neighbors and were order
entItO move into Maryland.
OF A. T. Thomas, formerly pOstmast
at milford, and his son, Walt
ast, Thomas, a recent graduate OF Prime
ier' ton University, have taken charge
the Milford News as editors and pu
fishers. The News is the oldest R
nov publican paper in the state and W
at founded by DR.. John S. Prettyma
with the assistance Of Horace Greek
lith Of New York.
ear A number OF prominent colored pc
pie are making preparations for a ste
~ college camp meeting, to be held ne
,. the State Cc.1sge for ColOred Studr
ost at Dover. Some OF THE ablest color
speakers in the country are expected
ritz, be present.
the Henry Ridgely, Jr., Herman P. u
zell and James P. Anderson, the boa
,ass of school commissioners Of Kent ecu
ty, have fixed the boundaries Of
colored school districts, as required u
|, der the new law. The number Of d
tricts is thirty-two, tine same as
HE number of colored schools at the I'll
TER of the passage Of THE law.
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