Smyrna times., 1871-06-07
STATE AND LOCALS.

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morning
Some of the NJ. +. ministers on the PENN
sula are talking up" Rev. DIR. Eddy, of Bal
tlmole, as one of the candidates for Bishop.
A patent has been granted for an Adjustable
car. seat to Chas. Stevenbanks and Joseph
Quinn, Wilmington.
Going to the city don't any longer mean
Philadelphia for the Lewcs and Georgetown
peOple-New York is " their city" now
Jas. II. Heverin, Esq, of Phila., son of j.
L. Heverln, OF Dover, has resigned as asst
Dist Attorney for that city.
Geo. Paris, Esq, has opened new lum-
Der yard in Dover.
A lot of excursionists from Cambridge, Md. T..
visited Seaford ene evening last week via Dor
& Del. r. r.
! Max Adcler. Of the Pha. .Sundav Dis
p0tch, says the Coroner of New Castle county
would insist on holding an inquest overa mum
my recently brought to Wilmington by a tour
nlst-more amusing than truthful
+. 5. McWhOrter, Esq, our former fellow
citizen, now OF st. Georges, advertises his pat
ent bagging and talying machine elsewhere.
The $4,000 required for the repairs on the
NJ. Fl: Church Of this town has been subscribed
and the contract will be given out soon.
According to the Denton Union the people
around Vernon, in the lower part of this county,
refuse to eat fish caught out Of the big ditch
near Marshy Hope, where the Baptist converts
were recently baptiscd.
The friends OF the NJ. Z. church. at Town
send, realized 5000 from their festival on Wed.
nesday Thursday and Friday evenings week.
There will be grand social picnic and CO.
tlllonat Townsend tomorrow (Thursday). The
AmphiOn Band of Middlctown is engaged.
A concert will be held by the NJ. +. Congre.
CATION of l1eipsic, Rev. Mr. Prcttyman, pastor.
on Thursday, l5th-proceeds for the purchase
ota church organ
The Secretary of the Treasury has named
the Steamer being gcOnstructed by Pusev, Jones
y Co., Wilmington for the revenue service
Ulysses S. Grant.
Beni. Il: Lummis, lately of Brandywine
banks, wilmington, Was instantly killed by
lightning near Chester, on Wednesday after
noon, while crossing field
| The NJ. f. Church of Harrington contem-
plate an excursion to Lewcs on the 4th Of
July-proceeds for the Church Entension
fund. The festival last week, to pay for the
new organ was a success.
The N. f. Sunday School of Milford made
grand excursion to Lewes last Wednesday
and the Presbyterian School makes one on the
| 18th.
B. Wales, of Milford, shipped one day last
week 2,6I2 qts. OF strawberries. He has shin
ped over 1000 qts. thus far this season.
Prof. Pratt, the horse educator. has had
good success. At Dover he had a class of
l2$; Camden, Sc; FELTON,, %; Frederica, 81
and Harrington, So.
The Presbyterian Church, of Milford # ;s
said has increased in membership more rand.
| y than any in the State, of any denomination
Nearly all the NOrtherners who settle there at
tend It, Rev. r. a. Mallory is the pastor.
Miss May Chapman gave two lectures in this
town on nhrenology last week and examined
number Of craniums to the satisfaction of tho
parties. She lectured at Leipsic last evening
and goes to Millington to-day.
Mr.. Thos. Carrow will remove his office 70
the Llbray room in the town hall and act as
Librarian hereafter.
An effort is being made by the gentlemen
of Leipsic and vicinity to get up sailing nartv
Tor an excursion down the Bay
The fly is in the wheat about Milford
Gcn: ~ J. A; Torbert's family have arrived
home In Milford, bringing with them scvo,ai
monkeys, PARROTS and other birds.
Large quantities of new potatoes are bcing
shipped from southern Sussex to New York
st. Pauls' M f. Sunday School, Whining
l9G Ton, makes an N, excursion to Collins Beach next
Thursday. There will be one from the same
city ON Friday, as announced above.
Kev. Mr. Sturgis, the new pastor Of tbo
Presbyterian Church of this town. Is exncctnG
here this week. P0'''u
=, y sow belonging to Robert Taylor of Mil
Creek Hundred, New Castle CO., gave birtb 70
a pig last Thursday which had eight legs two
podieS up to the middle, four ears and one
head 1t died in short time afterwards.
The BARRIERS of Wilmington have apreod 70
cease shaving on Sunday, and their sbons
hereafter will be closed on that day.
:, Two young lrisl men, +. 7. aud VIM. +
iiarrlty, OF W limlngtOn, graduates of La Sa1Ie
college, Phlla, made able orations at its com.
n. B. and A. NJ '''' Vi
Messrs. Hall & Co., of this town, Successors
evening ''''o" iaSU
-, Ch4s. Ash, and Jos. NJ. Vanhekle. Of Dol
City. have been appointed as aids ON tiovernnr
fonder stall, with the rank of Colonel.
:, Some one stole satchel belonging To Row
Mr. hippo, Of Wyoming from the exnre.s
freight tram, whilst at Wilmington, last Sat.
ufuay night. IL contained ten or twelve ofI
MS ieaSt bad sermOns-sOmething a thint
would not want, but badly needed bv the an.
thor. viz "u-
DR.; Stiles Kennedy, of Newark, son of Rev
Dr' hennedy OF this town, has been appointed
resluelt physician to notwithstanding summer
-; a Il!3 hre company from Norfolk, Va, will
HlIlt ,aI w Ilmlngton to-day, when a grand parade
Inc = one E2S hundred and seventy third anuiver-
11ry 6ry G ~ Old 1we1es Church, Wilmington, Rev.
last Sunday. ' was 0oieOrated
:, Sixteen sheep, belonging to Mr.. John q
tarrow, in Raymond's Neck. near the I" tnnD w.
were killed by lightning Sunday last wb;lni %
standing under cherry tree which was struck
=, The rain of Sunday revived the cron. and
the farmers and everything else.
Inc Republicans, in Wilmington hold n