Smyrna times., 1871-05-17
STATE AND LOCALS.

The Wilmington Commercial rejOices that
:" there is a growing revival hereabOUts OF the
good old custom of weddings in church.
Terrc Haute Indiana, has just been the
scene of the wedding of young lady of 20 and
her fourth husband. - She bids lair to rival
Smyrna--only has to marry twice more.
A dust mill exploded at the Dupont powder
mills last Friday afternoon, shortly after one
o'clock. No lives were lost, and the loss was
comparatively small
The Delanareda of Saturday last says that |
butter is so plenty in Dover that themerchants
will not give more than 10 and 10 cents
pound for it.
Geo. SCHNEIDER formerly well-known sa-
loon keeper in Dover died suddenly of apo
plexy, at Williamsport, Pa, on the Sd inst. |
Whilst he was being laid out some " skunk
stole his gold watch.
The Camden Union Camp Meeting will be |
held as usual this year, commencing on the
Goth Of July next.
Prof Pratt's horse training system, in this
town, last week, was about the only thing of
the kind that has given satisfaction here.
The Sunday School festival in this town,
last week, cleared $7325 for the children
fund.
There will be joint meeting of the Stew
ards and Trustees Of the Nj. Il. Church, of
this town, on Friday evening at o'clock at
the Parsonage.
Three weeks ago we published an item about
a negro woman, Liz COnaway, who defended
herself in court at Georgetown in a manner
that de6ed the lawyers, and amused the spec
tators. A gentleman who was present informs
us that she is tohite, not black, and as full Of
grit as she can stick.
Fifteen hundred bushels of trout were land
ed on Slaughter Beach near Milford at enc
haul on Tuesday week.
The Juveniles of Milford have novel way
of catching rats They bait a common fish
hook with piece of fat meat and throw it
where the rats use, and the rat bites and they
haul him in.
A negro man named Walker, in Whining.
ton, fell dead whilst playing cards one evening
last week.
1t is reported that the j. & B. r. r. r. Co.
will run an excursion train once week from
Harrington to Lewes, during the watering sea-
son.
The Harrington Farmers Club recently in
: vlted Horace Greeley to come on and tell them
what he knew about farming, but Horace
wrote them be was going to Texas and could mt
visit them for the present. They managed TO
read his writing.
The Milford NJ E. Sunday School will make
an excursion on the 30th inst, either to Lew
es or Brandywine.
, Daniel NJ. Bates, Jr., son of Chancellor
Bates, was thrown from horse in Whining
ton last week and badly hurt-but 10 bones
were broken.
Question-When will the Methodists COM
mence the work of repairs on their church?
The Dover District Ministerial Association
holds it's session at Camden this week.
} Mr. Clement Reed sent the first strawberries
to this market on Saturday. They were fine.
Mr.. Lowery, of the Milford Hotel, has
taken the Excursion House BELLS Pavillion)
at Lewes.
The Sabbath School of Forest Presbyterian
Church, have the honor of providing the first
Church bell in Middletown, which rang out
last week for the first time.
y At VIM. Goodley's public sale near New
Castle, last week, fifty-six head OF fresh cows
: and springers sold for an average price of
$S0.17.
: The circus, in this town on Monday, was
largely sttended-larger than usual. The act
ing was very creditable, but the menagerie
I part wasn't worth the room it occupied.
The New Castle County Agricultural Society
sold their exhibition grounds on Wednesday
: night to the Wilmington Rife Company, com
posed principally of German citizens, for $20,-
{ 500.
The Mddletown Hall Company will hold a
strawberry festival in the Hall, on Thursday
and Friday evenings of this week.
There is a family living in New Castle
: county named Two
One Of the teams of the circus troupe was
g seized in this town on Monday by officer Stay
Y ton upon an attachment for damages issued by
gentleman of Middlctown. Aftera hearing
before Esquire Carrow they paid $40 and costs
!, and took the team. The horses damaged
wheat lot 10 MiddetOwn belonging to Mr. Wm
t Green.
f Rev. Geo. W. Kennedy, of this town occu.
a pied the pulpit of the Presbyterian church. at
Snow Hill, last Sunday.
The Lewes NJ. II. Sunday School will give
, an excursion to Lincoln Grove on Tuesday
June 9th.
Rev. N. w. Bennum, spoken of last week
as dangerously ill., in Sussex, is recovering.
s 1t is said that the recent heavy frosts have
hurt the fruit, particularly strawberries, in the
lower part of this county.
The Seaford Record pronounces the report
OF the falling off of the peaches in lower Sus-
Sex inaccurate.
L. ID. Cummings has commenced the manu-
facture OF mineral water, porter, ale, &C., In
v this town.
r We have received the annual report of the
Wilmington Institute. Its receipts for the
year ending March 81 were $943l.27; expen-
l. diurcs $S962. 96. The debt upon the Institute
s is s27, 500; the original debt was $500
n Whitlock, at Clayton-every body knows
f WhitlOck-is going to spread himself this sea
son in the peach ;rade See what he says in
" our advertising columns.
To those in this section who have used the
, celebrated Allen K Needles Fertilizer so long
we will state that VIM. ". Needless has be-
:, come the sole proprietor of the establishment,
/ and bis adv. appears elsewhere.
= The first crate of strawberries from this town
It was shipped yesterday.
/ DR.. II. II, Porter and William Bradford Of
Wilmington are the executors of the Rev.
Is Thomas b. Bradford, late of Dover.