Smyrna times., 1871-07-12
STATE AND LOCALS.

n"eu 'he W. Z. pulpit of this town, SUNDAY.
Eleven boys were injured in Wilmington BY
PLAYING with fireworks on the Fourth.
:, ,ul Ihe jokeists of this town now call Clayton
Whartonby."
J The yield of wheat in Sussex County this
season Is larger than usual the papers say.
+ Among the familiar names registered at
i Cape May we see those of John g. Corbit,
Cen Torbelt, Rich'd Harrington, &c.
Capt. John johnson has been appointed
superintendent of the Lewes Pier, vice, Louis
Prettyman, removed.
The closing exercises of Wyoming COLLEGE
were very interesting last week, and the ora
ton OF Rev. Mr.. Eaches was fine production.
Buy your Stencil Plates for marking Peach
Baskets and Crates of j. T.. Worden, Smvrna.
Del. Orders by mail receive prompt attention.
Bishop Lees Sunday School, in Whining
ton, made steamboat excursion to PcnnS.
grove last week
At New Castle the Odd Fellows and KNIGHTS
OF Pythlas celebrated the Fourth in a grand
picnic in the woods
Georgetown had no celebration of the
fourth' except what the boys did with fire
crackers.
The Middletown brass band bas been organ
ized, with Henry Hitler as leader. Prof Ro-
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u hev' Mr. Clymer, Peter s. Collins, ESQ,
postmaster Emerson II. Hastings and others
OF this town are camping at Round Lake.
A Rev" j. q. White is creating corsia
erable excitement in Wilmington by lecturinp
against The Catholics.
On Monday night before the Fourth num-
Der OF firemen in Wilmington got into a dis.
graceful street fight and two were badly ipiur-
ed. O' '"'0i-
John L. Gouley, a well-known grocer of Will
mlngton and also largely interested in building
operations, has made an assignment for the
benefit of his creditors. '"o
:, OId Pete, an old colored man of Milford
SAID to be over a hundred wears old was
found dead III the woods near his shantv SIM
day week '''"'''y 0"'i-
", The Long Branch correspondent of the
w ashlngton Capital refers to Miss Eyre n
beautiful blonde from Delaware, as the belle Of
"a recent hop there.
A man named Conner, who recently walked
out OF his bed room window in Wilmington in
| MS sleep, has died from the effects of his in
IjurieS '''' III
party of gentlemen from the North on.
calnpGu last week on RehobOth Beach six
miles below Lewes and were delighted will
'he location as summer resort.
wv, There was no celebration of the Fourth in
Wilmington " except what Young America GOT
on with ire crackers and the like, which nearly
set the people crazy.
:, Last season the apple brandy product Of
hent and Sussex counties amounted to soma
-'ooo galiohS--worth about an average of SO
per gallon. w
A little boy, son of John Mcdaniel was
4IoWugu III Ia tne creek near Wyoming on Friday.
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IN company with two other boys.
A very old lady, who lived alone in tbo
country, some distance below Milton. in SnS
sex, Sc was found dead in her bed recently. Narv
d. Martin was ber name
Mr.: j. V. Smith, jeweIer. of this town hoe
established branch store in Dover. under tba
management Of his son Wilmer, an energetic
young man. e'''0
he Baptist service which was to have hoen
held 10 this town Monday evening was noSt'
poheu tliI more appropriate season. owing 70
the hot weather '"'"s ~
Le"es, on the Fourth, was crowded with
people from all directions The staomor
E"SteIn r. queen made an excursion To Cane
May for the yacht race. "p'
The Odd Fellows entertainmentin this tovn
on Friday night will doubtless be larreIv w.
M7!f tended. Joshua Maris, Esq, Ex-MayoT of
"llnlngton, Is to make an address
= The Young Mems Christian Association of
heV' Mr.. Chatham's Church, Wilmincton
make a steamboat excursion to Cane Nav on
the 2Ith. They start at lO1 o'clock that niqbt
ana return at a the next day from Cane Nav
In Sea lord the Fourth was celebrated bv
the BRASS band, which gave a picnic in tbe
o;i %;ooqS' ana l,rof. >. Hepburn Hargis, Prnci |
olPrl vi tne Georgetown Academy delivered an
auu'eS' "hich dld great credit to the speaker. |
carriage was turned over and completely
week, whilst Mrs. Mckee, anotbar iod nisn anJ
three children were 10, vet none of tben rn.a umu
injured. ""' u '"em were
Professor " .lliams of Delaware Collepc 70.
Gently received an appointment AZ State Cno
loglst oi Arkansas, with a handsome s.Iarv
attached but we are glad to say that bc vii
remain where he is. '"1' N' viii
On Monday week, the lightning struck a
Darrack on Mr. Robert Cook farm abont ona
.:le nm; pciow New Castle, causing the destruc.
tI0n OF 200 bushels of wheat@baf the cron uO
Oiiver Appleby lives on the farm. '0p'
a. hIiloTd !. r celebrated the Fourth by poine 70
the NJ. +. Sunday School picnic near go tevu ~
where Rev. Dir. Stubs, DR.. VIM. G. Dav;I'
son ana Mr.. Middleton, of the Milford Acadc.
IN my made speeches; also by going to a picnic
Lewes. ~" 'A0ulSlon 10
Dover had no fun on the Fourth except
mmao inn tne ne ooys made in bonfire in the even
ing on the outskirts Of the town. Most Of The
luh hunters went away-to see the Cane Nav
regatta, to the Hammock, Sand Ditch, or son,o
other place where they could founder in the
water. III Une
A bonded warehouse for imported goods
has been established in Wilmington EH;ch
VIII enable the morocco and powder mann.
iiacturers, the iron merchants and other Iarre
~ In that city to receive their roods
ulIect' thus avoiding trouble and expense in,
eluent TO receiving them at New York.
harrington went on an excursion to Le,voo
On on the Fourth, for the benefit of the NJ. =
HHnu;on' Hni unuer tue patronage of Rev. A. ID.
OaVlS, the pastOr. The affair trr,..I -. - =,