Smyrna times., 1872-02-28
STATE AND LOCALS.
The town election next Monday.

night on The Stage"
One day last week the captain of Scotch
vessel died on board Of his craft at Lewes of
smallpox, contracted in Phila.
The general appropriation bill of Congress
contains $4,000 for the new Fort opposite
Fort Delaware, near Delaware City,
Rev. Mr.. Flippo, of Wyoming, had his
horse stolen at Canterbury Sunday night week,
whilst attending religious services there.
The new colored NJ. f. Church, in Dover.
will be large aud imposing building when
completed. 1t is situated near the Railroad
The firm Of Allen 4 Bell, tile and brick ma
kers of this town, has been dissolved by Mr..
Wm NJ. Bell purchasing the interest of Mr.. A.
s. II. Forbes, Esq, General Agent OF the
Phoenix Lille lnserance Co., is in town, and
looking for an active agent to canvass with
him.
Some of the farmers around Milford are
seeding oats. Remarkably early 1t is said
late seedlings are killed by the hot suns in
rpening.
1t is asserted by officers of the Chesapeake
and Delaware Canal that that improvement is
to be greatly enlarged to admit craft of large
capacity.
The Milford pigeon shooters, not feeling
satisfied with the recent match at Middletown,
have challenged the Mddletowners to match
at Milford ''''''
Jos. Yarnall and Frederick Eagle, two men
OF New Castle, on Saturday week, walked from
Mt. Pleasant to that town in hours and u
secOnds-I7 miles
A party of burglars "went through" the
house OF DIR. Leslie of New Castle, last Friday
night, and succeeded in getting away with
silver ware amounting in value to about
81, 900.
DR.. VIM. A. McKown, of this town. has
been presented with pair of California Quail
by friend in Philadelphia. They are beauti-
ful birds and the Dr.. will try to propagate the
species.
The Wilmington Republican SAYS that
Albert Lyman Of Christiana Hundred, sold
calf for the Philadelphia market on Monday
week for $35. 1t was thirteen weeks old and
weighed 4O5 pounds gross.
Prof Cemuer, the Gilmore of Wilmington,
who recently gave a concert with one thousand
ch'ldren, now proposes concert of .fre thouS-
Gnd children, to be given in the woods i'm
May, and to be called grand May Festival
Jubilee.
Barretts Chapel, near Frederick, one of the
venerable old monuments to MethodiSm. is
likely to be abandoned to the bats and owls
the society is about to be disbanded and
absorbed by the Frederica and other neigh
boring charges.
John o OByrne, Esq, addressed the chill
dren III one OF the public schools in Whining
ton on Washingtons Birthday, and advised
the lads to turn their attention to useful me-
chanlcal occupations, not to be clerks, doctors.
lawyers, but to learn trades.
Mrs Clement Smith, of Wilmington. on
Thursday put her infant in the crib, in the
afternoon, apparently as well as usual, and
early IN the evening, upon going to look at it.
she found her little baby dead. 1t is not
stated what caused its death.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Milford. last
week presented Rev. Mr.. Stubbs, their late
VI. II. minister with handsome silver cake
basket, on which was inscribcd-Rev. and
Mrs. +. Stubs. Presented by the Ladies
Aid Society, Milford Del, 1872
The new p Il. Church in Middletown will
be Consecrated by the Bishop of the Diocese
on Thursday, the fourth day of April. at .
o clock: T. NJ. Quite number of the Clergy
Will, 1t IS anticipated, be present, and take
part In the interesting ceremOnials.
The RePubt'cdh says that farmer of New
Castle county recommends ocean oil as GER
tam cure for chicken cholera He administers
tablespoonful IN pint of meal. As soon as
they partook Of the mixture they ceased diving
The remedy is cheap and worth trying.
John Pike, resilient of Chester, Pa, was
accldently killed, Oh the evening of the 18Th
inst, at MahOn's Ditch, below Dover. bv The
premature discharge of his gun, caused by his
falling into a musk-rat hole while on his re-
turn to the vessel on which he had gone to
that place.
There Is rumor in Laurel tha. two Western
men will shortly visit that town with the hone
OF laying claim to large portion of it by right
a fa1 l,1,k al
tor nlnety-niue years which these men claim
to be out. No traces of such lease can be
found, however.
The Baptists, under DR.. Cole. have been
holding an interesting meeting at a school
house near Canterbury, but it was suddenly
terminated last week by a misunderstanding
IN the congregation, as between Bapti,t and
Methodist it is said The latter are now con-
ducting the meetings.
Washingtou's Birth Day was celebrated bv
the citizens of Lcwes. In the afternoon
street parade, with drum and fife was partci
pated i'll by persons of all ages, marshalled bv
the town Constable. In the evening Wash
lngtOn's farewell address was read, and the
ladies sang Red, White and Blue
A Sussex correspondent of a Maryland
exchange states that a public school near
Bridgeville will close in March for want of
anus anu !" aiOIheI paragraph states tnat
the colored people of the same neighborhood
are supporting good school by private sub
scriptiOn. The two facts are suggestive
1t is stated that Messrs. Beesmer & Gross.
of Wyoming, have donated lot opposite
Wyoming College to the First Reformed
Church of Kent county, upon which that
denomination are now taking steps to erect
suitable church edifce. The society, composed
mostly of Northern settlers, has been holding
service in Camden.
On Saturday night, as the evening train was
coming down, between Blackbi.d and Clayton,
it ran into log which had been thrown across
the track by some malicious person it is sup
posed. Fortunately the engineer saw it in
time to check the speed of the train, and the
COW catcher pushed it ahead until the motion
was entirely checked No damage was done.
school socisble will be given by the pupils