Smyrna times., 1869-07-14
STATE AND LOCALS.

SHORT ITEMS.-Henry Wolfe, Esq. one of
q tne newly appointed Assistant Assessor of II
., hevehue' has resigned, owing to che dnties
requiring too much time. U''i0S
graph stations. " W n@ue 1eie-
roles are now being purchased for buildine
a telegraph line from Harrington to Iewcs +
Will be built conformity by the Teleeronb Gon,V
pany and the Railroad Company. O'"'
Henry Bennett has taken a census Of Dover
ana found apopulation Of 1851 whites, and 4S3
blacks, in all 1884. '"u 100
Mr. David clayton, late u S. Assistant
Assessor, residing near Dover, fell from a load
OF wheat recently and broke his lee.
Inc DeldUdredR learns that the iron pur-
CHASED Tor the completion of the junction and
breakwater Railroad has been condemned as
Oelhg 100 light, and that this will delav the
completion OF the road two or three months
Ii was expected it would be finished bv the
middle Of August
John +. Milburn, engaged in baulinp loos
Ior Mm. NJ. Shakespeare, of Dover was killed
'tst tuesday morning by the guide pole or lever
ol t1e l0g carriage striking him on the back of
the head. The deceased was a young, strong
e ane nearly man, highly respected and leaves a
wife and several children.
Capt. Jas Deputy, formerly of NIilford)
proprietor OF hotel in Phila., was run over by
passenger car and nearly killed last week.
On Friday, I'd inst, little boy, aged four
years, named William Harris, son of John
Harms, OF FOxhall, in Dover hundred. was Xii.
led by gate falling on him.
The corn crop about Middletown is not doing
wei me prevalence Of cool weather has re-
ttarded It's growth, and worm or some other
insect is destroying the tap-root. II stands
unevenly and does not look healthy.
The two weeks after harvest are the dullast
OF the year In business point of view. it is said
-, FOR about the fifteenth time the dummy
thlng has broken down and been sent to Wi.
mlngtOn for repairs while regular locomotive
runs the town train. Our citizens wouId nor
weep II the Dummy never returns.
Mr. j. h. Collins has moved into his neu
hardware store and Mr.. Robt. Dennev has tax.
en- MS old stand for feed store.
The freight train, with PASSENGER orr o+tooh
ed comes down half hour later in the morn.
ing and goes up half hour earlier in the even
ing FasseS Clayton at 7I5 down in the
layed. "e Il "o' ue-
There have been several peach orchards (tbe
yield IN other wordS) sold out in this neighbor.
hood the last week at 40 and IS cts per basket.
the the grower to do the picking and hauling. Mr.
Whitlock is the purchaser.
Our farmers are now busy threshing their
wheat and the quality and Weld is all that wa
have claimed for it. New wheat -four is ex.
cellent --O"1 10 OK
Union NJ. E. Church, Wilmington, Rev. s.
+; ~ TRACEY; pastor, will have tent at Camden
lamp and has asked Smyrna to join it, and
the invitation has been accepted.
According to the Commercial some Of tbo
peach men, to prevent the New York market
from being glutted, propose to secure. with
the cooperation of the railroad companies. a
large steamer similar, to the Maryland, long
used on the Susquehannah for transfarrinS
trains on the P. W. & B. r. R., and taking
the q trains around New York city, by water. to
the termini of the various railways, and thus
avoid unnecessary shipment.
The first shipments of peaches from this To-
callty was on Friday week. They are what
are known as prematures. Yesterday a fair
quantity were shipped