Smyrna times., 1872-03-27
STATE AND LOCALS.

Our farmers think the weather is both un
Seasonable and unreasonable
One day last week II cords of wood were sen
Oy rail to Lewes for shipment to New York.
number of youths of this town, organized
as Giee Club, propose giving concerts soon
The Orphans Court and Court of Chancery
day. ' " '''' ''''''
The steamer LamokiA will commence trips
from Leipsic, Spruance's, Collins, &C., Oh
April first.
This time last year the farmers in this section
had finished blowing for oats, and some had
flushed seeding.
The friends of the Smyrna and Del. Bay r.
Il. hold meeting at Foxwelrs hotel next
Saturday. See adv.
Mr.. George Y. Tybout, living near Delaware
City, has % head of beef cattle, which average
l,S00 pounds piece.
On Friday night last Mr.. Thos. Mccoy,
tailor OF this town, had coat stolen from his
residence valued at $25.
One day last week Mr.. Samuel Yearsley,
living at Port Penn, killed five wild geese at
one shot, and one at another.
Governor Ponder is building a very large
vessel at Milton, which is said to be too wide
for the draw bridge" that spans the creek.
There was another heavy shipment of car
rlages from Wilmington last week about one
hundred and seventy-fve being shipped to
various cities.
Mr.. j. h. Primrose has fitted up his new
dry goodLS; room and is in Phia. purchasing a
stock. He Is also purchasing his shoes aud
hats for spring trade.
On Saturday last, whilst a barge loaded with
IRON IRON was passing through the canal, between
Delaware City and 81. Georges, she was run
into by another boat and sunk.
., Gov. Ponder has appointed Sylvester W.
Elements, OF st. George Hundred, Justice of
the Peace for Pencader Hundred, vice II. NJ.
Black, whose time has expired.
The druggists of Wilmington have agreed to
advance the prices of all proprietary medicines,
which they allege have heretofore been sold at
rates that do not afford any profit.
At the request of friends, the editor of the
Gazette, III Wilmington, has concluded to call
his proposed daily the Daily Gazette instead
OF HeTG(d, as heretofore announced.
The Telegraph Office at Lewes has recently
received full set of International code flags
Tor marine signals, also a splendid Bnocuar
glass, for examining arrival of shipping.
r, The work Of procuring subscriptions to the
clayton and EastOn telegraph line progresses
tavorably. The telegraph will be nut up as
soon as the citizens along the line subscribe
$1,000.
A matchmaker in Georgetown repaired the
town clock there, at the request of the citizens.
and charged but $2j for his services, which the
Levy Court (the clock belongs to the county,
refuse to pay.
: The scholars of the Methodist Sabbath
School OF tins town will meet in the Lecture
Room OF the church, this Wednesday evening
at e o clock, by request of the Pastor and
Superintendent.
An ordination took place in Wilmington last
week, when Bishop Lee ordained Rev Samuel
McE.wee, Rector Of Christ Church, Dover. to
the order OF the Priesthood of the Protestant
Episcopal Church.
Almost all the women, and the children of
OF Concord, Sussex CO., from seven years old
ana upward are now employed n making straw
perry baskets. About three thousand Of these
baskets are made daily by them
The, records Of the Levy Court of Sussex
VIII snow appropriations amounting to $500
TO the late Recorder OF Deeds for indexing a
mortgage record. This lndexing business is
apparently very profitable one
Ibe Levy Court of this county has made
the following additional appointments of Con-
StaoieS, w North Murderkill, William II.
Sarde, llllam G. Cubbage Dover. BENJAMIN
Ford hlSpiion, James Hughes.
Jonathan Hearn, school teacher at Laurel
uieG whilst eating MS supper Saturday evening.
n piece OF beet lodged III his throat He was
greatly respected in the town. He was nm.
married. His life was insured for -, 200.
=, The smallpox in Milford is mainly among
the c0l0red people, aud is of mild tvnn
Nearly all the patients are conyalesrent
hospital Tor white persons has been established
Dut seven cases were reported at one time.
MIR; Geo. K. Reed, President. and John A
Sheatf Superintendent of the j & r r r
authorize the statement that in a short time
mere Will be a good steamer running from
LeweS 70 New 1Ork, in connection with their
road. N'''" WIZ" ''''li
The citizens of Delaware City, dissatisfied
at the way their steamers are managed have
9fawn up petition to be presented to the
oirectorS OF the Company asking the removal
0i the othcerS OF the ReyGOLd from the cantain
down. '"o 0'p'ain
Inc Mlddletown Transcript states that VIM.
DTauy' OF that place, has young Durham cow
Which made 10 pounds of butter i'm one week
ms Is nearly equal to the COW Of Mr.. Mckee.
OF New Castle Hundred, which made tx
pounds. ~
1t IS estimated that, of the $780, in scrin
issued by Wilmington when change" was so
scarce during the war, $4,000 still remain upre-
deemed, and will continue to remain so for
the most part. A little over S3l were re-
deemed i'll 1871.
Again the report is circulated that Charley
Draper, the late excentric individual of Milford
about which SO much has been said. never
drank liquor, talthOugh bar-tender) smoked
case. He did all.
John Burk, of Wilmington, a lad of about
10 years OF age, undertook to outlift young
TREND on Saturday week, aud in doing so pr1e
duced an internal rupture He was seized
WITH the most excruciating pains at once, and
died on Tuesday evening. ''''''
On Sunday last Messrs. j. Fl. Graham and
J. Emerson, Of this town, Organized a SUNDAY
School at Fraland, Bombay Hook. Mr.. Jehv
Jester was elected Superintendent and Mrs
Enoch Spruance Sec'y. The School is auxiliary
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