Smyrna times., 1872-06-12
STATE AND LOCALS.

To-day will finish the strawberry shipments in
this section, or nsarly so.
The NJ. E. Sunday Scbo,l Of Odessa contemplate
holding Raspberry Festival.
President Grort passed through Wilmington yes
terday en- route for Long Branch.
The reTorted discovery of iron ore in Christians
Hundred turns out to be humbug.
Jimmy Cole, and aged old man of this town, left, |
with his family, for the aims house last week.
The drought and heat is hurrying the wheat
harvest, which we'll be but little short of failure.
A little girl, daughter of Mr.. Chas. II. Turner, of
this town, fell out of her cradle on Saturday and
broke her arm.
The culcuo is singing the peaches badly in
this section, but we hear campaint OF the ravages
OF the rose bugs
A Sunday School meeting will be held near
Fraland next Sunday, 10 be addressed by Rev. Mr..
Clymer and others.
Mr.. j. 5. Huntingdon, Conveyancer of this town, !
continues to execute instruments of writing on
most reasonable terms.
DR.. Richards. Amshouse physician of Sussex, on
Wednesday treated the paupers at the Aims house
to several bushels Of Strawberries
The Good Templars of this town have decided to
publish the Rames Of the sgners for liquor licenses
IN the temperance paper, the Sentinel.
| We give an accaunt of the new Camp Ground of
is short distance above Wilmington.
Rev. Mr.. Clymer will preach on the sixth com.
mapdment at the NJ. E. Church next Sunday night.
Subject: Popular modes of numbering.
| George T. Keller. If Wilmington, announces him
self as TIE Working mems independent Candidate
for Mayor Of that city at the coming election.
Two prominent citizens of Mispillion Hundred
have recently dicd-Davd Taylor ESQ APRIL 29th
and Beuiah Tharp. Esq. on Saturday, 2nd inst.
! A German named Uschman, in Wilmington.
jumped into the ChristIana and drowned himself
last week. He was crazy, unmarried, and 80 years
old.
The Dover NJ. E. Sunday School will hold their
usual picnic at Sand Ditch near kits Hammock,
on July 10th This is always great event to that
town.
The Sherif9s house at New Castle came near
being destroyed by FIRE last week. The kitchen
roof caught FIRE by some means, but was saved from
much damage.
The circus cleared s4OO here, according to the
statement o! one of the partners, while at Middle
town they barely made expenses, and At Wilmington
they lost money.
Rev. DR.. Willitts, of Philadelphia, lectures again
in Mlddetown On the 18th. This will make his
thirdectu there within a very short time. Smyrna
ought 10 try for him.
On opening the Missionary boxes Of the Milford
Presbyterian Sunday School Saturday week,
they were found to have been robbed of the last
quarters contributions.
The eight hour movement has extended 10 Will
mington and the mechanics of that city have held
several meetings to organize a formidable move.
ment TO obtain their ends.
Tomorrow Thursday the great Jubilee in vii.
mngton takes place. number Of persons going
from this town and all parts Of the State. 1t has
been reported that Milford will turn out 500 strong.
A Strawberry festival will be held at Townsend
9 on Thursday and Friday evenings next, the l3tn
and 18th inst Tor the purpose OF raising funds tc
liquidate the debt of the NJ. T. Church at Townsend
The closing exercises Of the Seminary will take
i place at the Town Hall on Friday evening June II
b Examinations will begin Monday next aud con
~ time during the week-patrons specially invited t.
y attend.
- Richardson & Robbins, fruit packers Of Dover
is purchased few days since. quantity of very fn
d cherries, grown near OxoFd, Md, for which thel
# paid five dollars a bushe They can them for th
English market.
!" Rev. Henry s. Thompson, whilst attending tn
is General Conference, transferred to Warren
Rhode Island. by the Bishop. His Congregation a
EiGt1n was greatly surprised, and deeply regret hi
sudden removal.
p The rose bugs are literally devOuring the pea che
er in the orchard of Henry W. Draper, ESQ., nea
as Dover Other orchards are also infested with th
q new enemy Of the peach in that neighbohood, III
DelaWGrean says.
:, Sanford the negro minstrest, fuiIed "to draw
sn at his entertainments down the country and omtte
I'D the towns up the road from Seaford to Middetow
of In the latter place he also failed TO get house
- and went 10 Newark.
ui John H. Payuter Esq, Secretary OF State and a
IS. old batch, of long standing, was married at III
lc Episcopal Church, Georgetown. on the 4th inst
tv Mss Sdllie c. Wright, only daughter Of George
~ Wright, Esq, all Of Georgetown.
L" Beck's Band complimented the Delaware Del
ed gates TO the Phade phia ConventioR with serenat
ect on Wednesday evening at their quarters at ii
,ar American House. Jas. r. LoaAnd responded la
PLY in few straightforward words for Grant ar
en- the Union.
&c The Presbyterian Church al Newark which h
on been under Of erection for number Of ycs
ms VIII be dedicated Tomorrow (Thursday " evening"
is a handsome stone structure, Gothic style, wi
we stIIned glass windows and frescoed walls, and "
asst cost nearly $4,000.
ON On Saturday week three yeaf.oid child Of Sar
are Wainwright, OF Loves Cross Roads, SUSSEX, v
~ burned to death by falling into the fire. The
w. are sus icions that the mother threw the child
be the fire but no facts could bo adduccd in proof
ia had threatened its hle.
rk The owners Of "speedy" horses in this town a
vicinity have had several "scruh" races recently
'u' the public road near Jlmtown. The other event
-ng tour or hVe parties who commenced TO race bel
I'M ea'i"s tO""t hdu 70 p'y Aldetman Duud % ed
- Tor using the street as race track.
=, The immense pump erected in the marsh n
tne Delaware CHy will pump 3000O gallons Of wa
per minute and will thoroughly drain 1900 acres
N, the finest lands in the State. 1t cost 81 900 to
=, It in complete running order. II sucks up the n
VIII and rubbish too. Hundreds OF people have beer
has see it work.
900 The Commercial says that arrangements h
- been perfected in public school No !. IN WImi
ton to give daily weather reports in the tnily pal
ON Of that city. The instruments for full observa
ton have been secured, and consists Gf weather
rav thermometer, barometer, dew point instrument,
l' rain guage.
""y The Rev. J. c. Thompson Of Pottstown,
Dve formerly Of this town. will by request deive
of address at the town hall, Thursday evening
-. 2Oih, at 8 o'clock, on "rhe Question Of the A
"o' The numerous friends Of the Rev. Mr.. Thorn
'om- will no doubt be glad to avail themselves o
900 opportunity Of hearing him the above ma
lone, educational topic.
Mr.. b. Benson Cahoon, delegate TO the Phil
10 d phia Convention from Missouri, is now on a
st. to his relatives and friends Of this town and ID
and He is now States Attorney for the Judicial D
,d;, in which he resides Missouri, and the attic
for mining company oflaIge capital. Few y
le as men who have gone fiom amon0 ~ IA,