Smyrna times., 1900-09-05
PENINSULA NEWS.
Items Cleaned From All Parts of Delaware
and Maryland.

"N yiNhNs
The public schools of Wilmington |
opened yesterday.
Farmers, are now busy saving fodder
down in Sussex.
Nathan Dorsey, an old man inBridge-
vile, Del. died on Saturday, victim
of the "Faith Cure"
Ninety-three persons professed con-
version at the Salem campmeeting in
Dorchester county.
After vacation of three weeks the
Centreville shirt factory, resumd oper-
alton Thursday.
The Harlan and HOllingsworth Com
pany has received an order of big
steamship to ply in the Porto Rican
trade.
H. G. Clark. of Delaware City, has
been awarded the contract for erecting
the new Government buildings at Fort
Mott.
The Kent NetOs says the most extern
sive agriculturists Kent and Queen
Annes have abandoned the cultivation
of the peach.
Robert r. Hill, of near Kennedyville,
Nd, has sold 375 baskets of peaches at
% cents per basket, to be shipped to
Canada, forthwith.
After a residence of five years in
London, Mr.. and Mrs. William Du-
Pont have returned to their old home,
Bellevue Hall, near Wilmington.
The colored camp at Wye Sunday
week netted 5000. The admission be-
ing cents per head would show that
there were 10000 persons there that hot
Sunday.
Senator Wellington of Maryland is
f to make speeches for Bryan. Mary
land Republicans are evidently not
proud of the man they honored few
v years ago.
IS Moore, Democratic candidate fol-
r Congress on the Eastern Shore, is
this week visiting the country fairs anC
"a making himself "solid' with the farm
|. ers and the oystermen.
= The DeLdW0re Democrat says
: events have proved that there are
> corruptible Democrats just as well a
> Republicans, in fact, no party is or cal
be free from persons of this character
j. At the meeting of the Wilmington
v Methodist Episcopal Preachers Asso
Ig citation on Monday next Rev. J. W
e, Easley will read a paper on "Al
le Evangelistic Move in Wilmington
j. journalism.
. Delaware's delegation to the Gran,
- Army Encampment at Chicago return
ed home Monday, DUPONT Post br
nging a banner awarded for havin
~ the largest number of men from De
al aware in line.
The marriage of Miss E. Chipmal
is of Georgetown, and Anthony I
Hudson, of Providence, r. 1. wi
IS, take place in st. Paul's P.
rs. Church, Georgetown, on Wedn ssda.
September 12 at o'clock p. m.
W Rumor has it that Mr.. John F. Wa
u" gaman is about to dispose of his inte
ests at Ocean City to the Pennsylvan
Railroad. If such should be the cas'
Ocean City is sure to have boom
Vi the near future.
Miss. Helen Dukes, daughter
a Mis-. Elizabeth Dukes, died at b
.oe home in Denton the 9th ult. age
twenty years. She was seriously
es- only a short time. The immedia
cause of death was congestion of t
is liver.
Thirty-fve cars of peaches we
Id, shipped from Bridgeville Tuesda
at of last week making the largest o.
days shipment from any point on &
ick peninsula. Each car contained
on baskets, making total of neasly 25,O
'ly, baskets of fruit.
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lightning struck the steeple of
i. M. E. Church at Ocean View, and to
the wood work all out, breaking
,ad number of costly window, and dal
~1 aging the new furniture. 1t is estin
49, ted that $500 will be necessary to
place the loss.
d a James Christian, who has be
ght locked up in the Dover Jail on t