Smyrna times., 1871-11-08

The Local Preachers Association will meet i
: Dover, Friday evening, 18th inst, and be he'll
f Saturday and Sunday. All local preachers an,
exhorters of Dover and Easton Districts are in
\ Vlted to be present. j. V. SMITH, Secretary
Sergeant O'Bren, a soldier at Fort Dele
ware, tried to commit suicide last week, willis
laborlng under hit of temporary insanity, b,
cutting his throat. The wound was not suffi
clent to cause death. He had been serving ON
sentence for crime which had lust been re-
mitted ~
The barn on the farm of the late Cantwel
Clark, near Glasgow. New Castle county. anc
occupied by Milton Dempsey, was DESTROYED
ny hire on Tuesday morning of last week
l llree horses and one COW perishcd in the
names, together with about GOO bushels of corn
carriage and lot of valuable farming impe
mentS.
The steamer Eastern Queen which plies reg
ularly between Lewes and New York collided
with schooner off the Brandywine Lightship
saturday night The captain Of the steamer
was Knocked overheard but was recovered
One man was badly hurt. The steamer lost
her bglwarks and part of her upper deck, and
the schooner lost her bowsprit.
The Philadelphia Ciy Item SAYS that Mr..
Edward Grewer, student Of the Medical Uni
VerSlty OF Pennsylvania, performed a surgical
operation few weeks since, on the person of
Mrs EIvina Clcndenning, in that city, by re-
moving large tumnr from her side weighing
several pounds. Mr.. g. was formerly typo in
the CIayton Herald office. The Item speaks
encouraglngly ot the young man S skill.
The Trustees of Delaware College met on
Thursday last and elected Theodore Wolf Phi
D., to bill the vacant ch1ir of Chemistry. DR.
Won Is native OF Edward>ville, Illinois. a
graduate of Washington College. St. Ionis
nP Il
Philosophy from the University of .Neissba.
den' Germany, where he studied undercminent
teachers. He also took course at Lcipsic.
Germany
A Methodist mass meeting is to be held this
w edneNday) evening in Wilminton, in Grace
Cnulch, to hear representation for the cause
nt Chicago MrthOdl>m, and to secure suh>rrin-
tlons for Its relief. 5000 900 of church prOpertv
was destroyed of that drnominqtion. and aid Is
asked for, Hot to ruJniHi Mejr tine churches:
nut to pay Oft existing mortgages and nut nm
pl"ln structures, until such time as thsy Shall
DC able to help themselves.
MURDER.-1 JuSticc of tie Peace EjHs Li<
[r!end The little village of Christiana. about
eight miles from Wilmington, was the scene
or terrible tragedy on Saturday night. in
whlch drunken Justice of the Peace murders
MS most intimate friend by shooting him
through the heart Wilmington E,erD Errn.
L,n9 says: stephen II. CoSten, .Justic of the
Ieace appointed about three years ago. is un
married, and has been living by himself in
frame mousse about the center of the village.
"a scho0l teacher also single man, named
Charles WOoSey, had been his intim,t. fr;nnJ
Tor the last tOur years, and they were lust about
making arrangements to live together, when ON
Saturday night last, they mt as usual in
Co9ten Office, and about o clock went over
TO a MOTEL across the street and drank some
liquor. Afterwards they were ioined bv tonr
others, when they adjourned to the SGuire's /
once to have good time Supper was pre-
pared and eaten about clock SUNDAY morn. I
ng' after which good deal of drinking was
Iohe and the two, CO>tcn and WoolSev. got
INTO an excited discussion. Three of the nartv
eit about two clock and another laid down
2n lounge and fell asleep, leaving Costcn and
" oo!sey alone. The discussion continued and
lnalIy words came to blows Wool,ev reached
cr"S@ the table and struck Costen ON the
h'aiier WITH carving knife, nfitcing severe
wound. he noise awakened the gentleman
N the sofa, Thomas Cam, who on aw,k;ng
aw the two facing each other on different sides
Il the table. CoSten finally withdrew to
mother room, and Cam thinking the quarrel
Ver took 10 more notice Of the parties until
IL ntdru the report OF IA gun. C0sten had pro-
ured a double barreled gun, loaded with 10
Nnol' ana hred one barrel at WoOlsey, the
not entering the lett lung, causing almost in
tant death. Coroner Woodward held an in
ueSt on the body on Sunday. The murderer
lade no effort 70 escape and was placed in iail
wait the November term Of Court. Both
arueS were well and favorably known. and
'ohcd upon as two of the most intelliopnt c;ti
ms OF the village. Costen is about s. years
age ana " 01!sey was about - years.
1900
uEH' LEVI HARRIS man who had made
hrIIG:aoie reputation as real estate broker a
.-l''l'Fd' and proprietor of the .HttuaI S
n%"n nJ newspaper OF that town, died there on E
ITluay last OF paralysis, in his 57th wear /
trough the effort Of his irm, Harris & Co. 7
cat cir many Northern settlers have located in l
mora anu vicinity, more than in any other a
lrt OF the State, and it is estimated thar Lis \
'aIln9S IN real estate amounted to million or p
'IlarS' lie was native Of Vermont. but |
'nt 10 Chenango county, n Y, penniless e
phan and finally got into large business ns 4
merchant, tanner lumber dealer. &c. He \
owed from there to Milford in 1860 lie a
lneG great notorlety and established reputa st
:" ;oL unlIrlhS perseverance, by a famous II
"Su'c 1or the possession of property, legally Ii
ionglngtO his wife from the estate of a dpceaS- W
brother who had become wealthy in the tr
'rchantlIe business in New York, aud which
itechnleaIity was about to pass or indeed
d passed into the hands of his late partners, al
~ II. contested this case from court to conrt d;
period of twelve years, and was finally i
:ce'Slul ~ gaining the sum of about 5000. 900 Ell
Is Sald mat such lawyers as Chas O'Conner. 81
hatof Nye, and others gained much of their ct
ne in this suit. The General was several in
lGs elected (hy the Repuicans) to the n, be
legislature, in which he engineered the be
Militia hll which became a law and he ha
appointed general of militia, by Which gr
sot Ills utlc. cl