Smyrna times., 1871-08-30
STATE AND LOCALS.

80 OeaIoru mas steamboat Tor the NantlcOk(
'H river trade.
IS A 500 pound sturgeon was caught in the
a. river near Delaware City recently
IN The steamboat Netanora has been with
drawn from the line between Mahon's and
y Lewes
n VIM. A. Cochran, of Mddletown, pulled a
peach from his orchard last week weighing I49
ounces.
Both brass and string band will be at Col.
lin Beach to morrow evening, to play at the
closing party.
Mr. John II. Falconer rcopens his classical
g and mathematical school at Dover OH Monday.
! September 4th.
1t Is expected that the stone and brick work
on the new Jail at Dover will be completed in
about six weeks.
Gen. Van Worst shipped pears from his
orchard near Milford last week to New York
which sold for SO Per crate.
The negro man arrested for killing "old
John, in MiddletOwn, last week, was named
Alfred Joice, instead OF Bos.
James f, Smith who has been kcenino
livery stable in MiddIctown has rented the
Capitol Hotel stables in Dover.
A disgraceful fight occurred at the Brandy.
wine Summit camp Sunday week, between a
number OF Wilmington roughs.
new Presbyterian church in the Gothic
style OF architecture, with tower and spire, is
about to be erected at Georgetown.
DIR: ThoS. G. Dawson, of this vicinity, has
associated with DIR. VIM. +. Smith, of Sails.
bury, Nd, in the practice of dentistry.
Delaware City has paid its first instalIment
OF town bonds. $1,000, in aid of the railroad
now Delng build from that town to Ayondae,
Pa.
The town commissioners of Milford are n set
OF dro1GS, according to the -HttuH Friend,
who seldom hold M, etings and do notb;n1
when they do
\ little founding was left on the stems Of the
motel or the city passenger railway, Wimin0-
ton, Wednesday night, and a benevolent law
took charge of it.
The celebiated Allen & Needles phospbate |
now sold by VIM. N. Needles, and SO popular
with our citizens, is still kept up to the hiph /
standard. See adv.
r, .>i Sheriff Hargadine sold the farm of Caleb
Glbbs, COL, in keuton, last Friday. to Dr /
Cooper, Tor S33j-37 acres. The tract is ak
miles west Of Kcnton.
An educational meeting will be held az tbo
Seminary, at s o'clock o-morrow-Thursdnv
~,1evenng. Several addresses will be made /
The public are invited.
Among those injured by the terrible railroad
accident near Boston on Saturday last was
1nas. w. PoulsOn, formerly of this town
Ills injury Is not serious.
The Sussex Journal says that Mr.. George
NJ. Davis Of Bridgeyille, has a chicken two
weeks old which has three perfect legs. The
odd leg has double foot
The schools of this town all resume tbcir
sessions next Monday. The Seminary com
mences with the most extensive and allie corns
OF teachers 1t has ever had.
In Wilmington, within the last twnntv-oro
years, one firm have built the hulls Of onn bnn1
dred and thirty iron steamers and steamships
ana another trm have done nearly as well.
A party of gentlemen of this town pronoso
to go ON short fishing excursion down the
bay next 'week-starting on Monday and
returning Wednesday, They 90 in sail
vessel. S"''
=, A railroad excursion to Lewes and the Sea
Shore for colored people will take nIace on
l thursday the 7th of September. IL starts
from " iImlngton, stopping at all points on the
Rev. &. w. Kennedy of this town, is col
ie9ctlng material with a view Of writing the
History OF the Ancient. Presbyterian Churches
OF the Peninsula and sketches of the lives of
their Pastors '''0" u
The Amphion Band of Middletown has en-.
gagea Is. f. Duane, y. T. K. the great comic
ana buriesque actor 10 give an entertainment
at which the Amphions will assist on Satnr,
day, Sept. 10th.
In the case of the shooting Of the negro man
Howard, by JAS. Raughley, in Tuckah0e Ncck
we VIII state that the former was only slightly
wounded IN the hand and the latter has been
held to bail in the sum OF $500
Lhge (Elljah) Lobe, colored, and peacb
PICKER got Into an alteration in Mddlctown
last week, and the former was stabbed severe
~ in the abdomen. He will recover, il Is
tinought. The picker was taken to New Cas-
A white girl named Mack, in Wilmington.
on Monday, alleged complaint that she had 1
peeh outraged by negro, but investigation bv
the police dlscredit the matter. 1t is tbouobt4
the girl, aged about II years. wanted to create {
a sensation. ,
Phll Carlin, committed to Dover iail bv AL
dcrman Budd, Of this town, several wpnts ,
slnce' made his escape last week He express
ed qualification at being transferred from our {
lookup to the Jail for the reason that he conIJ {
make his escape.
The Old School Bpptists have resolved to
tear down their little church, known as Brvn-
z'on, on the road from Smyrna to Kenton. five
miles from the former, and erect larger one
on its site. Mr.. Chas. II. Henderson, i b tbo
contractor for the work.
The hcnton Camp is now in progress and
VIII close on Friday. There arc about 30 tents
On sunday there was an immense crowd Of
people. An excursion train from Easton
Drought about 300 persons Il is under the
auspices fthe Methodist Protestants.
On Sunday night last, while the children Of
Mr.. McCusker, 7O8 West I'd street Whining
Ton, were soundy sleeping, they were su ldenIv
al, aroused by something gnawing at their feet. {
The father captured the intruder, which
proved to be coon, which had got into the
house by some means '-0
A Miss Stewart was dangerously if not
fatally injured Sunday week at REYNOLDS
camp, IN the neighborhood of Milford. Mr.. |;
Smith, her escort, when ready to start home,
TOOK the bride off his horse to adjust the bit,