Smyrna times., 1872-06-26
STATE AND LOCALS.

The Good Tempars of Georgetown are going to
give neck-te party on the 18th Of July.
The Hyeenia House, Coins's Beach will open
Tuesday, July the I'd, for the reception OF boarders
An attempted outrage on a white woman, by two
Delaware negroes, is recorded in our Maryland
items.
Delaware City expects to have its railroad in
few weeks. Perhaps it means few months. The
track is being laid.
Hon. Daniel NJ. Bates started yesterday for Apple.
dove, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where he will
spend his summer vacation.
The new Catholic church at Dover will have the
highest steeple in the State, except Wilmington,
perhaps. 1t will be ITO feet.
young lady named Van Houten from Newark,
~ j. has recently bought farm Bridgeville,
Sussex CO., for s6.300-63 acres.
The big steam pump to drain the marsh near
Delaware City is the largest in the United States
| 1t requires ton of coal per day to run it,
John O'Byrne talks horse and Greeley. He is
raising several booded horses at his beautiful resi-
dence near Wilmington, on the Phila. pike.
| Mr.. John G. Fexwe has bought out James P.
Lattomus, merchant, at Clayton Mr. L. is in feeble
health, and is compelled to discontinue business.
A horse belonging to Mr.. B. B. Allen, Of this
town, fell dead to his omnibus whilst going to
Collins's Beach last Saturday. 1t was no serious
loss
Dogs have become such a terrible nuisance in
Milford that the citizens are feeding them on
strychnne. Numbers of them have surfeited on
| one meal.
| prominent Quaker of Wilmington has joined
the Baptist Church, and considerable talk is thereby
created in religious circles. He went to New York
| to be bsptised.
Mrs. Hudson, of Baltimore IId., SUSSEX, who was
so fearfully gored by COW last week, has since
died of her injuries. The sharp horns Of the cow
penetrated her person.
| A colored man named Jefferson Cooper, who had
contracted the smallpox in Philadelphia, died in a
tenant house abOuttwo miles north of Dover, Friday
evening week. No other cases are reported.
Dupont, little son of VIM. Walker, of Dover, fell
into one of the springs at Camden camp ground
last week and very narrowly escaped drowning.
little girl saved his life by catching him by the
foot.
Laurel shipped, this year, 100000 OTIS. of straw.
berries from about l40 acres in bearing. The
average number of quarts picked per acre was 7OO
although some growers picked as many as 1000
quarts TO the
Drs. Hrons and Clawson of this town. performed
most difficult surgical operation, TO relieve case
of strangulated hernia upon Mrs. Mary Hackett, Of
the Landing, last week. The operation is a success
and the old lady recovering.
Mr. Thos. L. Sutton, living in "the Neck" on
the road TO traland, thrown from a stumbling
horse yesterday morning and had a rib and his col
arbone broken by the fall. DR.. Collins was called
in and Mr. s. is doing well.
: The Milford NeWs and Advertiser says Sussex
County has lost ten thousand dollars on her straw
berry crop alone this year IN consequence of the
abrogaton Of the contract with the Delaware and
New York Steamship Company.
TIVE negro boys arrested at Green Spring
station (Sassairas Crossng) last Saturday for throw.
ing stones at the passenger trains. They were
taken before Esquire Hall, at Bluckbird and each
bound over in the sum of 5000 to keep the peace.
Trout sounds are selling for 81 .25 per pound in
Milford, and $4,000 worth have been paid for a,
these rates recently. Men buy dollars worth Of
, ish and sell the sounds for two dollars and have
the fish left for home consumption! II is said they
: make isinglass Of them.
y The Northern Convocation of the Episcopa
Church of Delaware will meet in St. AIMS Church
Mddletown, Rev. John Collins McCabe, ID d.
e Rector, on Tuesday, July 3D. at o'clock P. NJ. A
t 7. NJ, IN the same church, service for th
4 children. On Wednesday, July. 3, a public meeting
. in the old St. AIMS Church, at lO1 A. M.
Mr.. Edwin Forrest, Jr., (son Of the great trage
dian,) with his wife and party of friends, was Of
, his way down the Delaware Railroad to Berlin, o.
J., the lth inst, and Mr.. Forrest, after leaving Mid
dletown, became badly cboked from the lodgmen
u Of chicken.bone in his throat His becam
!, critical and DR.. Green, who was on the train. ha
o to hook it out with piece of wire. The Phil
papers spoil this item BY stating that Forrest has
u son..
Sc The citizens Of Wilmington, in the neighborhoo
n of Spring Alley, are indignant because an Iris
n wake was held over a small pox corpse Monda
= night. The corpse, female, was removed to III
y yard back Of the house and laid upon the groun
.e Around her were placed burning tapers and
,; motley crowd danced and yelled around the col
grim form till the grey streaks of dawn appeare
u Bad whis8ey, too, called into requisition, an
is the too frequent potations made the scene eve
ne more terrible and the noise more hdeous.
n WhatcoaI NJ. E. Church Dover, (col) w Is dedicate
. on Sunday last. Revs. Mann aud Merritt sficiatin
81 The at'endancs was large and goodly number
white people participated in the ceremonies, whi
he were quite interesting. The pastor of Whatco
al church-name Cooper-Ais quite an intellige
=. coored man; discourses well; is always busy
lts matters pertaining to the welfare Of his chuI ch
d. people, and is very popular in the town with
No classes.
Father Gavazzi, the Italian reformer, now in Il
country lecturbg for The cause of libera Christian nj
in Rome, lectured in Wilmington last we,
IRE Chancclltr Bates presided, and Rev. Messrs.
RS, well, (BIptis) Marks, (Presbyersn) and Lattim
bo (EpscopaD took part in the meeting. Father
/, was once one Of the Pope's chief ministers
me broke faith with His. Holiness, was banished fr
Ind Rome and joined Garibaldi's army. He returned
are Rome after the overthrow Of the Popes tempo
a. power, and is now raising funds TO establish
"P Evangelical church in the Holy City. He does
renounce the Catholic faith, however.
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ltY, d;srenutsbIs cha,ac,sr ~bo ~ NeS'on
} at named Walls, killed an innohensive negro mar
ahauf