Smyrna times., 1899-09-06
PENINSULA NEWS.
Items Cleaned From All Parts of Delaware
and Maryland.

ttl tLC NOlA- IL CoSINeu skeleton OF an In
dian, seven feet tall.
Six thousand negroes celebrated
big Saturday" at Slaughter's Beach
They had no politics there.
The colOred people of Dover and vi
cinity are to make big social demon
stratiOn to-day, September 6, at the
State Fair.
The railroad excursion on Thursday
to RehobOth and Ocean City was well
patrOniZed, there were twelve cars. all
of which were well filled.
A correspondent writing from Wash
ingtOn to the EUcnjltg J0urnal, sends
forth blast for Charley McFee," as
worthy candidate for the vacant Sen
atorship.
Rev. W. A. Wise, who has been suf-
fering the entire summer with rheu-
matism, is somewhat better, but is
not able to fill his pulpit in Harring-
ton.
Samuel ID. Warren, of Boston, has
contributed $500 toward the proposed
Bayard memorial at Wilmington. A
number of designs for the statue will
he received in a short time.
ga boss is not leader, and cannot
be made one" says the Dover Hlder
IF he be successful, he is simply
boss, that is all. No party needs a
boss, but every party must have
leader"
Potato bugs are causing the farmers
throughout the State much worriment
and considerable work. A. L. Burton
near Lewes, has had every man he
could employ at work this week clear
ing the bugs from his vines.
The three canneries of Frederica,
Relk u Co., Reynolds & Co., and Pos
ties Il Sons. are all running on full
time. The tomato crop is a large one
this year, and the contractor is the
lucky man as canned goods have fallen
in price.
Prof. Geo. w. Price, Messrs. Rob
ert l.. Johnson, A. r. Fitzpatrick and
H. H. Hall, members of the Diamond
State Band, of Middletown, will assist
the Dover Band this week in their en-
gagement at the Delaware State Fair.
At one time one day last week, ther e
were As wagons in line waiting their
turn for the deliverance of tomatoes at
at Stetson & Ellison's factory in Cam
den, and at nightfall of that day 10000
baskets of tomatoes were in the yards.
Sheriff Wharton's son, J. B. Jr., has
good eye for weight. In butter cut
ting contest at Norristown, Pa, the
other day, he won first prize, cutting
y pounds to hair from large lump
of butter out of thirty trials.
Almost all the towns of Sussex
County are considering proposition
to light their streets with electricity,
the power to be supplied from a Gen.
trail point, by recently incorporated
company. Charles NJ. Cullen is the
attorney for the company.
Mir. Jason, Of Frederica, the colOred
school teacher who was reported as lost
in the recent hurricane, has been hearC
from. He is alive and well in Porto
Rico and in the employ of the govern
ment.
Gov. Tunnel has issued prOclama
tion, requesting the citizens of th'
State of Delaware to contribute to thu
relief of the sufferers in the island o
Porto Rico, which was recently dev
astated by a hurricane, by donating
food money or clothing.
ANOTHER BOWERS BEACH HOTEL
G. W. Bilderback, formerly of Milford
has secured the Wyatt property, ad
Joining the Beach Hotel, at Bowers
and will erect hotel and music hall
and will have laid off baseball groun
and bicycle track on the property
MiLtOrd Ne,Os.
The Philadelphia Times in vein
sarcasm says, "because OF her quee
politics Delaware has very mucl
shaken the good opinion the Who'll
country wants to entertain OF her as
sister State But the Times also bt
lieves that Delaware is cutting he
eye teeth"
Eoery EUening says edltorlally
prosperity reigns, wages are fair, en-
plOyment is plentiful, and food
cheap that a family can be well fed
small expense. There is grei
demand for labor, even that of youn
girls, in the various mills that canno
run to their full capacity for want
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