Smyrna times., 1872-04-17

became entangled and was thus accidentally dis
charged the load entering the left arm and thigh.
The arm and hand, as also the thigh are very [
seriously injured.
Bombay Hook is likely TO have two public schools
for the ensuing year, board OF Commissioners
having been elected favorable to such result.
Last year, through the lameness Of the school law,
this object defeated, by voting down The tax,
and deprving the island of any public school what
ever.
Tina school voters at Persons Corner, West
Dover HID, last week took vote whether or not
Rev. 0. F. FIippo, general Baptist missionary
should have the use Of the schou house for the
holding OF religious services. The vote stood
ayes 90; nays B. What objection could the three
have?
One morning of last week Iittle child Of Rev.
Mr. Ridgeway, of Milford pulled one of the feet
from under the stOve upsettng it and spllllng the
red hot couls broadcast upon the floor. A cOnfagra
tion was prevented by the neighbors. Mr.. X. had
just left the train for Odessa TO see his mother
who Is i'll.
The great show of Barnum will be in Wilmington
on the Both. 1t goes by rail and takes 60 freight !
and passenger cars 10 convey il. Barnum says 1t |
costs him $4,000 per day, and he can only show in
the cities 1t goes from Wilmington TO Baltimore,
and AsnOt come this way. 1t is the largest con-
Germ Of the kind ever organized. it is said,
Chief Justice Gilpin, in his charge to the Grand
Jury of Sussex, last week, called special attention
to the charges made by the Peninsular NeiDS and
Advertiser as TO the management OF the Aimsh0use
of that county, requesting the Grand Jury to inves.
tigae the affirs there remarkiDg that from all he
could learn the structures were only too true.
The work OF binding the telegraph from Clayton
to Easton has already been commenced aud ~
miles has been staked out the line by an
| experienced gentleman from the Western Union
! Telegraph Company. The full amount has not
! been subscribed, but the Easlonians have made up
their minds to have the line, money or no money.
The Seaford Fruit Growers Association have
made arrangements with the Railroad Companies
To have special Berry train TO leave Crisield al
noon each day and arrive in Jersey City at
o'clock a. VI. The train will be made up upon
reaching Bridge vile, stopping only for wood and
water after leaving that station. We also learn
that there has been a reduction agreed upon of ten
cents on the hundred pounds.
The proposed meeting of the Frankford and
Breakwater Railroad was held in Georgetown on
Tuesday of last week, John Hickman in the chair
This road is TO run from Georgetown, via MllSboro,
Dagsboro and ErankfOrd to st. Martn's, IN Mary
land on the WcomicO and PocomOke road. The
whole distance is about "a miles. The six miles
from the State line to st. Martins, the Marylan-
ders propose to build. A committee Of thirty was
appointed to raise subscriptions.
Mr.. and Mrs. Josiah D. Evans, Of this town, cele.
brated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary on
with some rich presents in honor Of their "sver
wedding" The presents were all in keeping with
the character of the anniversary and were therefore
valuable aud handsome. replstof rare excellence
was served, and "song and dance moved endessly
till the small hours, when, with hearty cOngratua.
, tions, the company retired.
SUDDEN DEATH -SUFPOsED SUICIDE.--At an early
hour on Saturday morning john r. Cole of this
vicinity, (who had beon working in Wilmington
car shop until recently was found in dyin. condi
: tiOn IN a vacant lot near the mill, in this town
i where he had been exposed TO the rain and colo
during the night. He was conveyed to the towr
hall and finally to the boarding his mother
y Mrs. Eliza Rcglstet, where he died about noon. liz
was last seen IN health about midnight on Friday
n when he left u restaurant apparently sober anC
. cOnented VIII lst the hall Chas Jerdon slated
that he had purchased a bottle f laudunum for hin
>Coe) the night previous, aud this bottle founC
;, on his person about half empty Il OF. gomez Th
" physician IN attendance, DIR. Swan, pronounc ceC
the symptoms those Of narc,tlc poison md the iur,
p of inquest, held by Deputy Cproner Eubanks, re
y turned verdict of "death from an overdose O
laudanum." The impression is that he committe,
suicide, as lie h expressed such intention to par
Is ties the day before, whilst somewhat intoxicated
out no attention was paid Ia the remark from thu
reason. tie had also told his late wife's relative
10 that he had nothing 10 1--we for now that she wa
nj dead lie manifested no especial signs of trOubl
VI ueSpouuchSys HoWeVer. Ills NINA seemed Clea
and his spirits as buoyant usual He enlisted il
the lst Del Regiment during the war (Co. c. an
" was taken prisoner at the battle of the WILDERNESS
u on the 18th of May. Cd. He was at Andersonvill
Il about SIX months, where he contracted the scurv
which used him rather roughly, and from which h
T. never tully recovered, lie was waywafd and reck
1t less IN fe though of kindly feelings in hi
he sober periods He was in tho habit of taking Ian
danun, but whether as stImulant or as a mrdicin
m we are not informed. Tie was brother law
B. the late Sam'I Register, killed here by the cars
~ January last.
PETIT JURo2s.-The following is a list of th
III Jurors for the May Term Of the New Castle Court
iS Brandywine, o. II. Parry, JOS B. Langley, Jol
lie {. Wilson; w lnington, VIM. II Reynolds, jaime
w. Ware, William Mccall; ChrIstiana Abrai
nv Palmer, John Stewart, sr., Joseph p Richardson
he Mill Creek, Israel Whteman, WIN. Rankin. Lew
es NIlltr; White Clay Creek, James Adams, Uria
,e. S Weir, Hiram Austin Pencader, David For
John +. Price. Edward Clendenn; New Castl
20 George d. Hansen, George w. Morrison, Reube
ne T. Janvier; Red Lion. Theodore F. Clark, Char,
IL w. Jefferson Richard Alexander ST. Georges A
n' drew Hushebeck, Alfred P Crockett Villa
Brady; Appoqnnimink, Purnel 4. Jones, J. Ga
re man, William b. NaIlor.
by ADDITIONAL JURoRs.-Brandywine Thomas
iy Bird. Lewis Talley; Wilmington, Henry Grant, {
III R. ToA Ansend; Chrisliana, J. PousOn Chandler, ia
Brow:, Bayard Derlckson; White Clay Creel
10 Andrew j. Mote Pencader, Thomas McCracke
,te J. ID. litter; New Castle. Samuel Jackson, WI
Dg liolschnmaker; Red Lion, Theodore Jones. WI
10 r.. Cleaver; st. Georges w. X. Cochran, WI
l3urnham; Appoquinimink, Eugene Crow,
Townsend.
=, Our LOAN AssncI,TIoNs-The Loan Association
~ ~ of this town have completed their fifth year al
- held their annual meetings last week. The Smyr
Association elected the following officers: Pre-
m, dent, Jas. w. Spruance Wee President. ii.
OF Douglass Treasurer Jas. p Hoffecker Sccretar
ete J. b. Cooper Directors WIN. II Baggs, Jno. CO
'rs den. VIM w. Tschudy, JAS. r. Clements, John
fiotfecker, Joseph Smlthers, WIN. Worden Au'
Of tors, Jno. G. Bailey, Jon. Emerson, l.. H. Peeke
all There 752 shares and los shareholders. II
rr. highest premium for the year was 24a cts; lowe
lis a.. The total amount paid in for the five yea
on each share is $50, the advance on which
red Sil67. The present value of the shares is SlOl
hn MhICh shnWA TINT The association more lhan n