Evening journal., 1899-10-02
PENINSULA NE VS..

Paynter Frame. near Georgetown,
who is famous throughout Delaware
for the mammoth watermelons he
grows, last week presented magnih-
cent specimen, weighing 55 pounds, TO
his old friend, William F. Robinson.
After an effort Of more than twenty
years by the people of the vicinity,
post Office has been established at
Staytonsville, Sussex county, with Mrs.
Clifton postmistress. The mail route
will be from Pennington, Kent county.
While tapping the sewer on Mont
gomery street, in Milford, Wednesday
last, a number Of human bones and
few coffin screws we're found. 1t was
near the place where the skeleton was
found a short time ago.
The meeting of Dover New-Century
Club in their new room at the CLASH
cal Academy will be held to-day at
$3.50 O'Clock. After brief addresses by
the new chairman, there will be i'm
portant business to be attended TO,
therefore it is desirable that all the
members should be present If possible.
Applications for membership should be
made to the secretary, Miss Rattle Dep
uty, on or before that date, so that the
may be acted upon by the executive
committee at their meeting on October
3.
William H. Virden has purchased the
lot in Laurel on which formerly stood
the Laurel Hotel, and will erect a brick
building to be called the Laurel Inn.
The price paid for the lot was $4,000
and the building a three-story struc-
ture will cost about ten or twelve
thousand dollars. AS Mr.. Virden is too
busy to look after the work Of erecting
the building he will have the work
due by contract
Rev. c. Dexter Weeden, rector OF
Trinity Church, Clayton, has decided
to decline the call to the parish of St
Paul's, Georgetown, although the latter
is a larger and much more remunera-
tive parish. Mr.. Weeden assigns his
reason that a work has begun in Clay.
ton which he cannot now desert.
Charles Lynch, who has been EN-
ployed as second engineer on the
steam pilot boat Philadelphia, has re
signed and accepted position as sales
man in Outten's drug store. He enter
ed upon his new duties this morning.
The annual meeting for the election
of officers of the Georgetown Building
Loan Association was held at the of
fee of the association, Saturday, Sep
tember %, at 7.30 D. m, and resulted il
the election of the old officers. Pro
fessor Reynolds, of Wilmington, au
dited the books for the past fiscal yea
and reports the association in excellen
condition and managed, and hearth
recommends it to the confidence of tn
community. Three series have ma
tured and the fourth will mature afte
the November payments are all il
Only one loss of any consequence ha
occurred in its experience of fourtee
years, which speaks well for the mar
agement by the board Of Director
The loan is now receiving subscriptio
for stock in the fifteenth series.
The blacksmith business of w. SEQ
Biggs has been purchased by ArthU
Russell, who will remove from h
present shop, on Water street, and o
cupy the Biggs shop, opposite the ele'
trio light plant.
Last week 40 900 baskets of tomato,
were shipped from Oakley station, G
the Queen Anne railroad, to Baltimol
Gamers by ]. +. Hobson, who pa
from to 10 cents per basket for sam
The nursery stock of E. c. Rees
near Harrington, has been purchase
by the Pullen Brothers, who ha'
now with the trees grown by ther
selves, a finely assorted lot of nurse
stock. the number of trees aggregatii
about 100000.
The Kent County Teachers Institu
will this year be held in Dover. TIL
town has excellent hotel accOmmod
tions for the great number of teache
and visitors who will be present and
hall with ample seating capacity
those attending the evening entertai
ments. The Institutes in each coun
takes place November Is, 1G and IL.
w. NJ. Ross, OF Seaford, will erect
large oyster packing house on I
Coulbourn property, which he h
leased for the season, and will empl
$50 people. Mr.. Ross expects to ia
up about 100000 bushels of oyst,
from his beds in Wicomico and Nav
coke.
Ezekiel Cooper. Of Dover Concla
No. 2S6. Improved Order of Hep
sophs, has been appointed deputy
district No. is. The appointment v
made by Supreme Archon NJ. G. Cob
TO succeed David c. Montgomery.