Smyrna times., 1870-09-07
STATE AND LOCALS.

SHORT ITEMs.-The canning establishment
OF Collins, Geddes & Co., at Lebanon. near
Camden, employs 300 hands and put up abou,
oO,OOO cans per week. They expect to put ur
100000 cans. PN' y
| Inc DetGUdreGn recommends the farmers
on low lands to engage in cattle raising as the
most profitable occupation for them. The
bombay Hook farmers are engaging in it.
Eighteen children died in Camden and yicin.
lty within about week, RECENTLY
The negroes in Dover fight on the street cor.
ners Saturday nights
=, All 9 our school Is are now in operation again.
Miss Ella Culbreth proposes to open primary
school next Monday. See adv.
1t is said to be the fashion in Wilmington.
| for people to get married privately, and let the
affair " leak OUT gradually.
Myers Z. CQnwell, esq, formerly chief en-.
glnGer OF the junction and Breakwater Rail
road, has been appointed General Superintend.
ant of the road ''''' "O
The canning establishment of Stetson & Eli.
son, Camden, have been putting up about
1900 cans per day.
a young negro man named White has been
arrested In Milford Tor having two wives His
Iather was arrested short time previous for
selling liquor on the camp ground
Harris, the man who was to have been hunO
at Elkton last Friday, but was respited. is said
to be native of Blackbird, and was imnlicat.
ed in the Cosden murder.
A large tract of woodland owned by Charles
B Lore, OF Wilmington, near Princess Anne
Nd, was on fire at last accounts.
A young tree is said to be growing from the
old .roots of the celebrated "Iisten's bigb
tree, on u. j. Cummins "Listen farm"
above Collins Beach. The old tree was for
many years land mark for navigators
Thomas Z. Chandler of Pencader Hundred
raised the present season LOG bushels of wheat
from six acres Of land.
Hop" the trotting horse formerlv ownod
Dy Mr. Ihos. Cochran, near Middletown. is
entered for Point Breeze next Thursday@to-
morrow. He is now called Col. Russell
Delaware College and Newark Academv
both reopen on tie 18th inst. Prof Edward
u Porter, Principal o. the Academy, paid our
town visit on Friday last. fN '
Mr.. Albert Pennington, of Middlstown. has
invented machine for cutting off corn II cnts
two rows at time, aud deposits it in lunches
suitable for tieing up.
DIR; VanDeventer, of Wilmington, has in
vented an apparatus by which all the smoke
cenders, &c, are carried to the rear of the train
IL dlSO NeDtlidJeS the train.
Nathaniel r. Jacobs, prominent citizen of
Sussex CO., went to Saratoga for his health 20.
Gently, but was so feeble he had to return.
during which time he was taken with AN aba
ration of mind, from which he cannot recover
it is feared. '0'''''
The New York Circus, advertised TO exhibit
here on the 18th, is not coming. 1t is going
back to New York. The DISAPPOINTMENT 70
many children is terrible.
The Anniversary of the Delaware State
Bible Society is to be held in Wilmington, At
the Union NJ. Il. Church, on Thursday even
ing, September 8th, and will be addressed bv
Revs. Mr.. Clymer Smith, Sheldon and Lati-
mer.
Up to last Saturday, it appears from the
railroad officials that the number of peaches
shipped to New York, was 73 per cent of the
number shipped last year up to the same date.
We are indebted to Mr.. VIM. Money of
Appoqninimink, for basket of fine peaches.
OF the Temples Late variety. They are the
finest canning variety in the market.
STEAMER FROM LEIPsIC. The Delaware g.
New York Steamship Company are now run
ming the steamer Rugg'es from Ieipsic and
mahon's to the pier at Lewes, connecting with
their steamer for New York, taking freight and
passengers; and making tri-weekly trips.
Capt. H. Fowler is the pilot.