The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-07-18
DOWN STATE
JOTTIuGS.
Interesting Items of News
Gathered fn the Differ
ent Towns.

The farmers at Middlctown have only q
| sixth Of 4 CROP ot wheat this year. Soml
| Of tho farmers bavo no good wheat Their
| crop RESEMBLES the screenings Of other
| years.
Tho work Of laying the now cable of the
| Maritime Exchange from the Delaware
Brchkwnler to the mainland at Lewes has
been comp .ted. 1t Is i.OOJ feet long and
will be used in reporting news from the
breakwater to PhilateIphia. The cable
was broken some time ago by the schooner
Jennie &. McNaugeen dragging and
bgenking 1t
Tho following Peninsula can't NEE tings
will soon begin: Concord J. Il. CochI an
pasto", August 3, 10 days; Clin,on's, W.
ii. ID Johnson and c. n. Dryden, pastors
July 20, 10 day; Rehobotlr, August 10
81; Wye, c. II Atkins, July a6, 10 days,
Camden; e. II. Sheppard, July Il. IA
days; Leslie local preachers July 2S 10
days; Brnndywine Summit w. l.. 5.
Murray, July -, 10 days; Sand Hill, j.
4. Van Burkalow, July %. 10 days: Wood.
lawn, August 2. 10 days; Whoatlev's
Grove, j. l.. johnson, August 5 10 days.
Charles Il. Morris has been elected prln-
and Miss Mary Bell, Miss Cora Sipplc,
Miss'Anne Ratclff Miss Mary Hall, Miss
ella HaDsell and Miss AMMO Hall have
been elected assistants.
Mrs Mary Lohund is having built in
front Of her residence ut Milford very
handsome polch in tho Colonial style An
architect from the Eige Moor Iron Works
designed it for her.
At q meeting of tho Wilmington Com
fecncc Academy John 5. Collins, cashier
of The FIRST National Bank, was elected
trustee in place Of Walter Morris, who de-
clined to serve.
Alexander Close, who has been In Jail at
Georgetown upon the charge Of shooting
Frank Truitt in BridgevillO several weeks
ago. wa, released upon bail by Judge
Boycp upon habcas corpus proceedings.
Presiding Elder G. s. Baker announced
that the Rev NJ. f. Hackman Of Selbyvile
has been transferred to the West Wiscon.
sin NJ E Conference in exchangefor the
Rev l.. K Silell of fredericksburg, Md.
Joseph B. Belts Of Mill5boro cut
pumpkin that was raised IN 1896 and was
still in fine condition for eating
Sunday excursions are being carried
over tho Queen Anne's railrond from Bal
timore and way stations to Rehoboth.
Liza Guy, a very aged woman. died near
Wyoming. She claimed to be lO5 years
old, but, on good au hority, her ago is 1O2
The large freight barge which is being
built at Milford by w. G. Albeit for ClorE
of the Peace John B. Dorman will be
launched this week.
Work was b2gun digging and straight
ening the Appoquinimink creek Wednes-
day. Tho dTeige IL now at work in the
square Of mile.rcach below Peterson's
While others are reporting tho short
crops Of wheat 1t Is pleasure TO name
some which are near the expectation point
D. J: Nowland Of Kent county, Md, rails
ed 81 bushels Of wheat per acre on rs acres,
fallow ground. and an average of 20 BUSH
els on l03 acres On tho II. A Nowland
farm near Middletown, the average yield
was 221l bushels of wheat per acre on lac
acres. e. &. Kerr, Newark, Del. raised i55
bushels of wheat on 10 acIes, an average
of esq bushels per acre.
William J. Taylor Of Sussex county Is
one OF the sailors on board the battleship
Indiana. He writes an interesting letter
this week to the Sussex journal of George.
town, describing the battle with Cervera's
feet
Garrett c. Pogue. Of Middletown isa
corporal In Company X, Of the First Colo
RADIO Regiment, now on its way to Manila.
He has written an interesting letter to HIS
aunt, Miss Louisa Cox, which ls this week
printed IN the Middletown Transcript. He
was at Honolulu when the letter was
mailed.