Middletown transcript., 1900-06-02
PENINSULA NEWS.

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in few days begin the building Of
flour mill at Ridgely. Md, 30x40 feet
two stories, with improved process
machinery and steam power.
George Bacon, Of Laurel, while at
tempting to stop a runaway horse be
longing TO G. w. Wiley, was run owe
and seriously hult. DIR. E. H,
Farlow was summoned and dressed
his injuries. He will probably recover
J. D. HLWkins, former Secretary o
State, has purchased the Milford Demo
crat of Howard and Henry Wilkinson
The newspaper plant will be removed
from Milford to Dover. The Daml
will be changed to the State Capita
and will be published as free silveI
Democratic paper.
A fund is being collected in Dover
for the purpose Of sending Prof J. E
Carroll on a trip to the Paris Expo'i
ton during July and August. The
amount required will be about $175
The citizens are doing this in apprecia-
tion Of his faithful services as principa
Of the school there, he holding thai
position for the past 21 years.
The trutees of the Grace Methodist
Episcopal Church have bought from
w. Lake Robinson a residence on Lo
Gust street which will be used as a par
sonage. Within few days after this
step was proposed the desired amount
of money for the purpose was raised.
One Of thu members of the church
gave $1,000. All but one Of the
churches Of Cambridge have parsonr
age as a part of the church property.
David II. Hancock, Of Dover, has al
his hGme one Of tie greatest freaks
of nature that has been seen in that
section for a long time. 1t is nothing
less than fowl that is half hen and
half rooster. 1t has head that is
large and comb and gills that any roos-
ter might be proud Of. Here is the
puzzle: For several months the fowl
has been laying eggs but instead Of the
usual cackle that a hen has there al.
ways follows loud Growing.
A great commotion on the Eastern
Shore was caused Sunday by the rush
OF Two locomobiles through The section
Such vehicles had never been seen by
many Of the farmers before, and there
was a great speculation as to whether
they we're not some supernatural affairs
James E. Hooper was in one Of the
carriages and NJ. Gillet Gill aud How.
ard Gill all of Baltimofe in the other.
They intended to make the 70
miles from Queenstown 10 Rehoboth
Beach during the day, but found the
roads IN pad c0ndlflOr.
Capt. A. Judson, near Pomona, in
Kent county, Md, is building yacht
rs feet long, II feet beam and feet
hold. He has been at work on it 15
years and expects to be able to launch
it on July 4, next. He has built it
two miles from water and the question
Of launching the craft is not the least
important in the work. lie proposes
to run it by steam and claims it will
make twenty miles an hour. Several
parts of the original structure have rot
ted and been replaced and now this
modern Noah will soon see thu finish
Of his great woik.
Episcopalians from all parts of the
State will be at Milford to attend the
annual Diocesan Convention, which
begins in Christ Church, June 6, and
will be presided over by Rt. Rev.
AClBnsOA SulcIudus OI5AOP u OcAo
sare. The Bispop, in his letter to the
clergy Of Delaware, appeals to them to
so arrange their affairs as to be present
at the missionary meeting, to be held
on the evening Of June 5, and to re-
main until after the convention. Ore
Of the interesting features in connec-
tion with the convention is mission
ary meeting by the women Of the dio-
cese, representing the Women's Aux
iliary, at Laurel, on the eve Of Whit
sunday, June 2, and the attendance Of
these representatives and prominent
churchmen on the following day at
Christ Church. The Woman's Auxil-
iary, Of Laurel, through its secretary,
Mrs. Daniel Short, offers hospitality to
all the church people who can attend.
The programme consists of Woman's
Auxiliary meeting with the Laurel
branch on Whitsun eve; SERMONS on a
m .ssionary topic on Whitsun-Day By