Smyrna times., 1871-12-20
STATE AND LOCALS.

II i ne new M. IL. Church OF Milford with the
IL walls not quite up, has come to stand still
There is case of small pox in Thoroughfare
" Neck, Appoquinmink Ild., we are informed.
n Skating seems to have few admirers in this
town this winter. None but children engage
in it,
The farmers in Sussex are shipping their
corn huskS to New York Fifty bales we've
shipped Saturday week.
Wilmington is tickled at the prospect OF
having real first class opera hOusc which
will open next Friday evening.
The Western Union. Telegraph Company
has supplied the operator at Lcwes with d
powerful telescope. 1t is six feet long.
The Fourth Quarterly Conference for the NJ
f. Church Of this town will be held at the
Parsonage next Friday, 22d inst. at > y. NJ.
All the treSSel work on the Delaware and
Pennsylvania Railroad between Delaware CITY
and Newark was finished on Saturday last
The Wilmington Board of Trade talk OF
holding grand Industrial Exposition next
Fall, if the new hotel is completed in time.
Mr.. PierSon, chief engineer of the Bombay
! Hook Railroad, will tomorrow issue proposals
Tor the grading, bridging, &c, of the road
Pound parties are becoming fashionable
| In Wilmington. Persons who are invited and
attend, carry pound of something nice with
them.
Yesterday was the largest day in the poultry
trade ever witnessed in this town. Mr.. j. W.
Jones; produce dealer, shipped three tons to
New York
The life Of Clement L. ValIandigham, bv
his brother the Rev. James l.. Vallandigham.
Presbyterian minister at Newark, will be issued
about the first of .IaDuary
Two dogs, whilst fighting in the street in
Milford the other day, broke the French plate
glass In the window of Mr.. r. Williams store.
causing a loss Of about 5000.
A concert of sacred music will be given at
Friendship NJ. f. Church. on the Collin,
Beach road, by the choir, Prof Ouimby
director, on Thursday evening, 18th
The prisoners in Georgetown ia made
bold attempt to escape Inst week. They mad.
a hole in the wall, but were discovered before
1t was quite big enough toilet them through.
The pastor Of the VI. f. Church of this
town Will preach Christmas Sermon npxr
Sabbath morning. Rev. Dr. Thompson. the
Presiding Elder, will preach in the evening.
There Is society of Lady Masons in VII
mlngtou They presented the directors of the
new Masonic Temple with a flag Monday. and
Hon. VIM. u. Whitley made the presentation
speech.
Samuel Candy, Treasurer for the Diocese Of
Delaware, has forwarded $943 s. as the con
tilbutlon Of the Episcopal churches IN this
State for the relief Of the sufferers by the late
fire in Chicago
Rev. Charles D. Shaw has resigned the
{Pat>>torshlp OF Central Presbyterian Church, in
W llmln&tOE to accept the call recently rendered
him By the Second Presbyterian Church uf
Springfield, Illinois.
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the Lewea steamer, to New York. ON SaturJ,v
week, torty-seven dressed hogs, weighing IN
the aggregate about hltee0 thousand pounds
all raised on his farm near Milford
The BreakDdter Light says the smaIl.pox i
gradually spreading through Sussex. There
are two or three cases in GEORGETOWN. and
Mt Gray near GumbOro' has it. 1t il aI.o
reported that Arthur McKim, of Georgetown
Is sick near Seatord with it.
The Light House Board, at recent session
recommend light house at Cross Ledpe Sta.
ton IN the Bay, opposite Milford, 10 ttke tba
place OF the light vessel also a screw bile
hight house at Mahon river, rendered nerc..
0ary by abrasion OF the old one
The Springer claim to Wilmington i ag,ip
on the tdp'S. 1t is stated that in I77O nr
thereabout>, one Charles Springer leased some
80O acres OF land to the Episcopal church for
- JTdIH dI cI near the City OF Wilmington
and the heirs arc now claiming it.
John Richardson of Chri,tiaLa Uundrod
raised the present season S4i bushels OF sbcIled
corn to the acre-or 10 bushels from nine
acres The field had not been plowed for eirht-
cen years. lie gave it "a dressing of BARNARD
manure, but used no other fertilizer.
a young colored man named SamI pritcbott
had hearing yesterday before Esnuirc
Mariner, OF this town, for stealing six bushels
OF wheat from Mr.. L g. Lapham, and was
sent to Dover Two others, Alex. Hines AMI
Charles Boon, made their escape M2pJav
night. ""'J
An Immigration Society, to import Swed;L
iaborers male aud female, was Organized in
Miidletown last week Officers Robert ! y
Gochran' President; DR.. j. V. Crawford, Vice
President; {. Ii. Vanderford, Secretary and
DR.. Il. Troupe Maxwell, Corresponding Sec.
rotary.
Tom Cox, the notorious character We noticed
last week who attempted to rob Mr.. Blank
was was caught last week and lodged in Dover iail
lie a>kcd Mr. b. 70 let him ride to jirecns.
borough with him. and when in the carriage
tried to rob and threatened to kill the man wbo
beirlended him.