Smyrna times., 1872-03-06

now, some of the unsatisfed want a pound
party, where each and every individual is re-
quired to take a pound of cake, candy or what
ever else they may see fit to bring, so that it
contains pound weight.
On Bombay Hook there is no public school,
because the tax was voted down" A private
school is maintained in the neighborhood OF
the lighthouse, and another is to be started
lower down the island, for which there have
been about twenty-five applications as teachers
from ladies' in Philadelphia at SS per month
and board. Some Of the applicants are pro-
ticlent In the higher branches and the Ian
guages.
AT a vendue near this town recently young
colored girl was put upon the auction block
aud her unexpired time auctiOned off for
$50. so. Such sg ght as this was not witnessed
here in the days of slavery, and the unaffected
tears Of the girl excited the sen>ibilities of the
men who stood around her. We do not know
! that disrespect was intended, doubtless it was
not, but human feeling should have suggested
better method.
Wilmington man named Robinson, a
wld0Wer of two months standing, last week
married Mrs. Maloney living over in Chester
CO., who is Only grass widow Hardly had
the nuptials been performed when Pa. con
stable arrested them for bigamy. a Squire
committed them to ilil, but on the passage
hlther the bride skedaddled, and while the
constable was exerting himself to recapture
her the groom left without much ceremony
leaving the officer nothing but their trappings
for his trouble. Report says the bride and
groom have since arrived in Wilmington, in
safety, the place of their destination.
OLD RELCs.-On our first page we publish
an Old document Of William Penn's, nearly 100
vrl, ,tch |, 1 IL :
were leased to one Robert Palmatary, during
his lifetime, for which he was to pay Annually,
to Penn 5 agent, the first mouth in every
year, at ye town Of Dover, one bushel of wheat
for every hundred acres, and one years rent
at every alienation thereof" Also, accom-
panylng this, Is a,curiOus old will, drawn up l24
years ago and certified to by Caesar Rodney,
who was Register Of Wills of this County,
in l174-thG year before the Revolution. They
are curious old documents of local interest,
which have been hid away in the archives at
Dover all these years, until brought forth by
parties IN this town who have recently pur-
chased the lands. They have been handed us
Tor publication and will be transferred to the
Delaware Historical Society as relies. We
have also been handed bv Mr. q. w. Taylor,
Of this town, a copy of ''The Del,trare Gazette
Hnd General Iirertiser," dated "Wednesday.
October Is, l7S9." 1t is a curious little old
paper, printed nicely, in large type, with the
letter looking ike AN t. 1t was printed in
Wilmington, by Frederick Craig & Co., when
thi, town was called Duck Creek Cross Roads,
and when what is now las them the little village
OF Duck Greek was started" for Smyrna. 1t
contains two advertisements of local interest,
which we copy. One reads thus
JUST imported, in the ships Levant Captain Ward from
Liverpool aud PiEou Captain sutton from London very
large assortment OF European goods immediately from the
derent manufactures and will be sold very by the piece
or less quantity, at the store of
DUCK Creek Oct 10. GEORGE KENNARD&
1t will be seen by this that all the drv goods
used then were imported direct from Europe
by the merchants in each locality. The other
has reference to what is now known as Casper
son MILL and reads thus
TO BE LET,
Aud may be entered immedIately
GRIST MILL in very good order for grinding mor
chant i"ork distant mile and halt from Duck Creek
Roads in Ken; Delaware state and known by
he mann lAnf( (Artf1 / a