Smyrna times., 1871-10-04
STATE AND LOCALS.

Dr. Jos r. Sudler, well known physician
OF Baltimore Hd., Sussex is dead.
:, Dr. Edward Lewis, dentist, is to succeed DIR.
Bouwill at Dover DIR. b. has gone to Phila
Three large coasting vessels have been built
at Milford this summer and three more are on
the stocks. .
n Olive Logan delivers her new lecture, on
Nice Young Men, in MiddletOwn next Sat
urday evening.
A number Of business men in this county
have not yet taken out licenses under the State
, Revenue Laws.
The stone and brick masons have finished
their work on the new Jail at Dover. twill be
rooted in this week
Our pleasure seekers are perplexed. The
circus shows here the same day the Middle
town tournament takes place.
From fifteen to twenty crates of peaches
were shipped from off the Dorchester Road to
New York on Wednesday la t.
The Presbyterian Choir of Milford will give
a concert Of vocal and instrumental music next
Thursday O-morrOw-evening.
William a. Cochran of Mlddletown received
S3l for six baekets of peaches which he ship
ped at the close Of the present season.
The white crane shot at the pond in this
town several months ago has been stuffed and
is in the possession Of Mr.. Woodward, of the
Delaware House.
Gov. Ponder offers reward of two hundred
dollars for the arrest Of Charles W White, who is
charged with the murder of John Mawbeny, at
MiddletOWn recently.
Before the T. S. Court in Wilmington, last
week, petitions for discharge in bankruptcy
were granted to Daniel Lammot, jr., John b.
Shockley and ThoS. IL. Wilson.
Rev. Dr. Morsell, of this town, will be absent
about three weeks at the National Episcopal
Convention which convenes to day, in Balti-
more. DR. Cummins supplies the pulpit.
w. Fl. Wanser shipped from Middletown
the past season 3Sl carloads, or 1893 2G3 baS-
kets OF peaches. lie is therefore justly enti
tied to the appeIlation of peach King
The Sussex Journal, like several other pa
pers, makes up its local column mainly from
the Times We give it credit for good taste
whether it gives US credit for the articles or
not.
The new Methodist Church of Milford, now
under contract, is to be of brick, 47 by 20 iect
and have central tower, not less than l20
feet high, and will be finished off in modern
style.
Five new dwellings are, or soon will be, under
course of erection in Dover. Two for Wm
! Fisher, anG one each for VIM. 7. Kellum and
JAS. Bice. Mr.. A. j. Wright has nearly com
/ pleted his.
A session of the Levy Court of this county
will be held on Tuesday next for the purpose
of instructing the Assessors of the several
hundreds in regard to the assessment Of the
coming year.
The pet fire company of WilmingtOn--the
Washington ARE going to make an cxcur-
sion to Charleston, 5. c., in November. and
take their pretty steam engine and Riches
band with them
The first of a regular course of semi-month-
| ly lectures was delivered in Raymond's Church
on Thursday evening last by Rev j. f.
Clymer, Of this town. His subject was The
| Mind and its Faculties.
I Sheriff Armstrong sold, on the 2jth inst, at
! Ortlip's Hotel Middetown, Is acres of land
in AppOquinimink belonging to William CCle
! Geo. W. Ingram was the purchaser, for the
MORTGAGE, al a nominal price.
! The MiddletOwn tournament takes place
next Wednesday. The prizes-carriage, har-
ness, blankets &c.-are all ready. Should the
weather prove favorable it will be difficult to
estimate the throBg that will attend.
ID. T. Richards, local Methodist preacher
in Wilmington, known hereabOuts as an auc-
tioneer, has had his papers taken from
him, after trial in Asbury Church. for being
too attentive to some of his lady friends
The ladies of Trinity Chapel (Epi>copal) in
Wilmington have started what they call chill
dren's sewing school They meet every Sat
urday afternoon and teach the little girls ow
to use their needles Good for those ladies'
An effort is being made, headed by Rev. w.
Is. Gregg. and OLhers, to start school of
higher grade in SealOrd. Miss Annie Cannon
proposes t. secure the services Of teacher and
give her own aid for the sum Of $500 per an
NUN.
Some Of our State exchanges will locate OK
ford on the Chesapeake Bay. Such is not the
case. 1t is on the Tried Haven deep branch
OF the ChOptank, which makes up to Easton.
The ancient little village, founded in 1853, is
ten or fifteen miles from the Bay.
The firm of Warner, Dickson 4 McE.rath,
commission merchants, New York, failed re-
Gently and some of our peach shippers are
heavy losers The Sussex Jouradi says that
Gov. Ross and HarbeSOn Hickman ESQ, lost
large amounts and many others lost smaller
sums.
Who first shipped peaches to New York ?
that $ the question Sam Townsend says he
did ten years ago. or in 1861, while a cores
pondent OF the Commercial says JONES' Smith
= ers &CO., Of Dover, shipped the first lot in
1868. What difference does it make who was
frst2
, The Catholic church now being erected in
Dover will be fine structure. The outside
, dimensions are 20 feet inches by 40 feet 6
inches, interior 6Gx36. The height of the walls
to the ewes, 26 feet; to apex, 56 feet, above
. ground. The tower will be GO feet high and
surmounted with wooden spire of about 7j
feet.
q Wilmington must be nice place for iremen
to visit. Two or three times week, it seems
tire company from some where visits the
t Wilmington firemen, and they alb turn out to
2 gether for a parade, with their red shirts, and
0 pretty engines and brass bands. It's pretty,
e but at this distance it seems like :" too much
$ Of the good thing"
d Adam and Eliza Dayett Of pencader Hun
y dred, New Castle CO., celebrated the fortieth
Anniversary nf their % I'm the 07t ult