Evening journal., 1901-09-13
SUSPICIOUS OVER
DEATH OF TWO
Dover People Proud Of Her
Lotus Bed and Clean
Streets
speclal 10 ,he Evening journal.

Marshall died on Wednesday afternoon
, at $3.50 O'Clock at the home Of her
sister. Mrs. II. C. Cain. Her body viii
, be inferred tomorrow afternoon at
4 clock. Ms Marshall was the wife
of Aaron w. Marshall. of Lewes. one
OF the Delaware pilots. Her sister
! Mrs. b. T. Davis. OF Cape Girardeau,
, Mo-. had been at her bedside for some
months hoping for her recovery, when
last Saturday she departed for her
{ Western home. believing her sister In
Ia fair way To recover The cause of
, ihe sudden termination OF Mrs. Mar
{ shalls life was due to stroke Of pa
J ralysis last Monday
There was a breakdown in Bakers
cannery on Wednesday night, and
. traction engine had to be used to fur
nish necessary power to- operate. Mr..
+ Baker had 1000 baskets of tomatoes
for which he had paid % cents per
basket when the accident occurred.
J Dovers preoccupying game among
the young society people is golf A
number OF good records have been
made on the new links. Afternoons
are occupied in the entertaining sport.
land considerable enthusiasm has been
laroused A. b. Richardson holds the
championship record so far and spirit
ed efforts are being made to snatch
the laurels from his brow. The old
fair grounds have been converted into
links.
The recent robbery at the Dover
depot has brought out the fact, that at
the station, when the o'clock evening
train arrives, the colored population is
cut in full force and through their
noise and disorder become a nuisance
to travellers. This fact has been COM
mented many times by the travel
ing public. but no action has been
taken TO put a stop to the nuisance
The large congregation OF this cass of
people at the depot is one outcome OF
there being a negro settlement and a
lWhiskey 0istillery near the place Itl
is really unsafe TO walk into Dover
from the depot while coming in on
the midnigh, train because of the des-
perate character of these idle negroes.
Il is not generally known among
Delaware people that there is .arge
bed OF lotus flowers in one of the tribu-
ltaries OF the st. Jones river but such
is the lact About four miles down
the river from Dover Is a small tribu-
ltary. and there is and always has been
from time immemorial, q large bed Of
lotos flowers. The leaves are higher
above the water at low tide and are
large, some measuring two feet across
their broad surfaces. The buds,i when
lready to burst in boom. are as large
as large-sized Florida oranges, ana
when in full bloom. are white. with a
yellow centre, and send forth a sicken-
ing sweet smell These are said 10 bel
the true Egyptian lotus but doubtless
lthey are of the American variety, oil
/ which there are numerous beds in
z various parts of the Atlantic coast.
2 BOYS and colored youths gather the
J flowers and sell them about town
: lin punches When in bloom
, this bed is O lovely sight, and creates
a great deal of pleasurable surprise TO
the visitor.
J, The general report among farmers is
4 that the apple crop is short except in
those orchards where liberal spraying
D. has been resorted to- The favorite
mixture for spraying purposes is the
n Bordeaux mixture. and when used lib
o orally is said to give satisfaction The
] most successful apple growers IN Kent
:. county spray every tree in their or
chards thoroughly several times dur
g ing the season. This spraying de-
e strOys the curcul.io. their young and
it the eggs that are lodged on the leaves.
* twigs and branches. This insect, if al
8 lowed to remain on the trees, increases
in enormous quantities, and when
y. grown stings the apple while small
- This produces a small. knotty and un-
y, salable fruit which no one wants 10
\ cat and finds no sale upon the mar
!, ket- The spray destroys the insect be-
~ fore the app-e Is stung and Is de.
ne clared by fruit growers 10 solve the
O. riddle Of the curcullio AN iuit grow.
W. ers must resort TO spraying their appl,
er trees il they wish crop of good, sal
70 able fruit The peach crop. with tn,
sw exception of the late cling and October
of fruit is about over Very few are seer
irc in Dover
The tomato crop. because of it
smallncss is interesting not only the
ne farmers. but the Gamers. The latte
threaten suit against every farmer VIII,
In breaks his contract with them Tn,
farmer replies that the Gamer has n,
a ground to stand upon, for during heav.
crops the canner cOmpels him to re
]. lmain the whole day waiting Co be un
as loaded. and then cuts the weight o
the tomatoes down beyond all reason
in causing him to lose a larger share o
his crop. The results will be interest
ing later on, when the lawyers get Il
their fine work.
Trcut fishing along the hayside IS re
be- ported as not so fine as it was las
ht- week
M The Academy boys are observe
AZ kicking the pigskin I'm practice game
lnt for the coming lall. Dover's small boy
ely are becoming excited over the adver
cf circus news, and are peddling pear