Smyrna times., 1869-10-13
STATE AND LOCALS.

SHORT ITEMs-The two horse thieves, Har-
lngton and Morris, have been released on bail. t
Wyoming shipped $4,000 baskets of peach
s by railroad. 1t was not included in our list
asst week.
DIR. Styles Kennedy who is going to start
,aper somewhere in Delaware, has removed to
Newark. He thinks he will start his paper in
he spring.
The depot at Dover was broken into last
Week-the eighth time it is said There was
nothing to steal.
Mr.. a. i. Hudson, on the railroad, near
town, had all his hams stolen last week by some
" skunk" who entered his smoke house.
The Mutual Friend allowed itself to be
&c sold last week in stating that Harriet Beech
er Stowe had visited Milford. The strange |
lady was from Washington, and could not tell |
why the people stared at her so obtrusively as
she rode through the streets.
The Town Commissioners and merchants of
Milford are at lagerheads. The latter want to
exhibit their goods in front of their stores and
the Commissioners say they shan't.
Mr.: Theodore Polk, proprietor of Drug
store In Frederica on Saturday evening week
was badly burned whilst filling kerOsine lamp.
The oil ignited from another lamp sitting near.
The company chartered by the last Legisa
ture to engage in the manufacturing of fish
manure, on Rehoboth Beach, Sussex county,
has commenced operations
Lewes has canned $4,000 cans of peaches
this season.
A man named Quimby, of Wilmington, has
received patent for flying machine.
A widow lady named Hardness died in
White Clay Creek Hundred, New Castle CO. :,
last week, at the advanced age of l0l years.
! Her husband, Sam'l Harkness, was 90 when he
died. She was a German but came here when
little girl. She retained her faculties remark
bly, never used spectacles till about year
ago.
The Rising Sun Cornet band of this town,
colored, will give concert at Dover next Fri
day evening as minstrel troupe.
There will be hop at the Logan House,
Bombay Hook, tonight.
An attempt was made to burn the Brandy.
wine Springs Hotel, last Wednesday evening,
by some unprincipled scoundrel.
The apple crop in this State, this season, is
a remarkably fine one. 1t has failed so MANY
years in succession that many feared it was
running otu." The quality of the fruit
which has heretofore been inferior, is unsur.
passed, and the size and quantity are frequently
commented upon in our exchanges.
The potato crop in Sussex Is said to be Q
failure.
The first Sociablc for the school year will be
held at the Seminary this "Wednesday even
: ing at u o'clock. The patrons and friends
are invited.
Alexander Warren, died suddenly at Town
! send, on the lst inst He was taken i'll in thu
morning and expired between and 4 o'clock
The nature Of his malady was not ascertained
A company of forty, ladies' and gentlemen
: left Wilmington an Wednesday, for an excur
r sion by rail to San Francisco They will ais
i visit various other points on the Pacific coast
e Miss Ruth Mcbride, of New York, has bee
r appointed a teacher in the Seminary of thi
q town. There are now five teachers constant
engaged and three others occasionally.
The steamboat s. III. FELTON,, running fror
Wilmington to Phila., was sunk in the Dela
: ware on Saturday, off Claymont, by runnin
: against rock during fog. She was ru
ashore before gcing down, and her passenger
taken off in safety. She will be raised and re
) paired. She belongs to the railroad company
: According to the official statement Of tn
{ railroad company the total amount of thei
: peach shipments was 2,ll5,500 baskets-2
n 02l ,474 to New York and 3,025 70 Philade
|. phia. Included in this is the Kent & Ouee
- Annes the Md. 4 Del, the Junction & Breal
. water and the PocOmoke & Wicomico railroad
rs A MATRIMONIAL ITEM We occasionallyr rea
" of noteworthy events in matrimonial matte
"a in our exchanges, and this week We feel calle
upon to note one In our own midst. The ma
n riage is recorded in the proper place in tb
< issue, the happy couple being we'll known an
ID respected citizens, the groom having at OF
r time filled the Office Of Sheriff of the count
y with crdit to himself and the station he occ
'n pied. The bride, by the ruthless hand ofdeatl
as has been compelled to follow five husbands
st the grave (all former respected citizens of t!l
ID community and don the widows weeds,
. and now Cupid, without regard to past circur
- Stances has hurled another fatal DART and
ne the age. OF about 65 years she again bows
be Hymen's altar, to which she is lead for the Sir
n. time, to offer herself willing sacrifice to Il
= god of marriage by gentleman who has ente
y ed his Slst year. She becomes his second viii
rn In every instance, save the first, the lady h
be married widoWers, with children, while s
h has remained without issue. And now, VIII
-. she is childess, she has married q husband W
has founded tribe, as has been said of Re
ne Peter Cartwright. The number of his descen
Did ants, children, grand children and great gran
on children, was, when last counted, lust 9
ad hundred and sirty-fUe, and there have beer
- number OF accessiOns since-nearly enough
'ou make the number seventy, he thinks The
re. are other circumstances in connection with
,li- gentleman life that we feel constrained to
ca, fer to, though not altogether appropriate ,
~ der this head, perhaps Notwithstanding
'he numerous progeny, he has had but one dea
en- in his tamily-bis first wife. He never b
ion rowed dollar in his life, and never paid cen
bo. cost in suits at law on his own account. '
~ W may add, with pleasure, that be is remarka
'4 hale and healthy (as is also the bride) weie
rty 2l0 pounds, stands nearly six feet in height
vas stands even higher in the estimation OF his
ure low citizens than he does in his boots. n
- fortune favor the brave"
RELIGIOUS Camp Meeting. "A camp me
rec, ing was commenced near Zion NJ. Il. Chur
the on the Laurel Circuit, on last Saturday VIII
the is expected to last over a week. The neonl,
rty. that section must be cold weather proof.
'ery ResignatioB Of a Pastor Rev. William
not Newbold having been appointed Financial s