Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-12-28

TIE Legislature will convene Jan. 9TH.
The Milford eolored people want night
school.
Georgetown people have filled their Ice
houses.
Dover has a pumpkin weighing 9
pounds.
The Smyrna Branch Railroad has been
repaired.
Travel over the p. W. & B. Railroad is
quite heavy.
The chickens 10 Kent and Sussex have
"the bilious"
A glee club has been organized near
Hotlecker's Mill.
The new NJ. f. Church in Milford will
be opened January 9Th.
The bridge over Jones' Greek near Dover
is in dangerous condition.
Lowery, of Milford slaughtered four
hogs weighing s,462 pounds.
A ''brilllaut" wedding was celebrated
In Odessa Wednesday night.
Milton creek has plenty Of oysters in
it-a few years ago il bad none.
Nearly every church in the State held
special services on Christmas day.
A Milford citizen warns BOYS not to pull
bis steps away or he will shoot them.
The Methodists of Angola, Sussex
county, are to build new church soon.
A festival for the benefit of Smyrna's
poor will be held on January LIST and End.
No. 3. school, of Smyrna, has been
furnished with handsome iroa frame desks
The Greeley House Is successful insti-
tuition at Lewes, and it deserves its sue
cess.
The festival held last week by the Epis.
copal Sunday school Of Smyrna cleared
$3.50.
Three ten months old pigs were butch
cred in Seaford last week. They weighed
97S pounds.
The NJ. f. Sunday School at Middletown
give concert in the Town HALL New
Years night.
Col. Townsend, of the SUSSEX Journal,
will accept the clerkship Of the Legislature
If offered him.
The steamer Ldmokia has made her last
trip between Leipsic and Philadelphia for
the present season.
1.-The Good Templars Of Lewes gave an
entertainment at the Ocean House on the
| evening OF the SUlu lnSts
On Wednesday evening of last week the
mission Sunday school Of smyrna gave u
| highly successful entertainment.
/ The annual meeting of tho Kent County
/ Mutual Fire Insurance Company will bt
held in Smyrna on January goth.
The Town Commissioners Of Smyrna
have appointed Constable stay ton police
man for that town, rice Sol Smith.
1t is said that the new Epise opal chape
/ in smyrna will be one of the handsomesl
| Sunday School rooms In the State.
A Maryland gentleman has proposed L
the Smyrna Immigration Society 10 iurnisl
all immigrants the Society desires.
Many suppers, tableaux and other mean
for raising money for charitable purposes
are announced in almost every quarter.
The leap-year party given by the younl
ladies of Seaford at the residence o
Sheriff Sharp, was most pleasant affair
Gen. W. c. Brown, Of the Maryland &
Delaware SHIP Canal Co , commenced Thu
suryey of the rop posed route on Dee. 18th
Some Of the Penilsular papers dom
publish paper during Christmas week
SO their employees may have Week
recreation.
When Hofiecker & Bro. resume opera
tloRs in their new wooden mill, near Nil
ford, they will employ an Increased mum
Der of men.
Rev. Clement Frame, of Ohio NJ. e
Conference preached In Milford last Sun
day, and expects to be Transferred TO VII
mington Conferenc shortly.
Tie new Catholic Church, at Dover
was to have been dedicated on Christina
day, but the dedicatory exercises wer
postroned until Easter, II 10 said
The stables and cOw-sheds on Hen. job
A. Nicholson's farm, In Kent county
together with clover, hay and fodder wcr
totally destroyed on Monday morning b.
lire.
The Republican sheriff OF Sussex count
adyerlises in both Republican and Demo
cratic papers. He says he don't want 4
be considered mean Is the reason he doe
il and We say, bully for Sharp.
The following arc the routes which vii
be surveyed by tue ship-canal surveying
party The first route Is from slssnira
} river TO Blackbird creek, which two point
{ can be reached by canal Of only te
miles cut; the second route Is to BE- betwee
T the Chester river and Mahon's river, an
J the third between Cabin creek on the ChoI
, tank and Lewis.
At a regular convocation of Adonlrar
Chapter, No. 5, at Middletown bel
Friday evening, December 18th, 1877,
the following officers were eleett
2 for the ensun. year; A. G. Cox, HiR
Priest J. Thos. Budd, King; r. r. smltl
Scribe Joseph l.. Gibson, Treasurer Wn
NJ. Barr, Secretary.
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I A grant for the west-The Eml-gran
d Ought strong boy be paid week
5 silaryl
The Daubury News remarks that
sp,te of the great destruction of Ind