Smyrna times., 1873-04-09

centrlpetal power. 1t beats steam, water,
horsepower or anything else, and costs almost
nothing. So they say
} Some sanguine journals are predicting that
the Camp Meeting enterprise and the
Company" enterprise at Rehoboth will ere
Hong cause one thousand cottages to be erected
at that new summer resort.
The Frankford & Breakwater Railroad, for
which the Legislature voted an appropriation
OF $20O,OO0 can be built for 1925, 700 for the
whole work-abOut twenty mles-or $ll, ,2SG
per mile. SO much for State aid.
The dwelling and all out buildings on the
farm OF Bounds Il Short, near Seaford on Wed
nesday last were entirely consumed, together
with most OF their furniture. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000. No insurance.
SSpecu atiOn in lots has already commenced
at Reh0both, the new seaside resort Persons
who bought lots early are now selling for alb yut
double the original cost. SO the Delawarean
says. This camp commences July 5th
The Legislature has passed an act increasing
the salaries of the Chief Justice and the Chan
ceIl0r to $1,000. The salaries of the Associate
Judges are raised to $2.2OO, except for the
Associate OF Kent county, which is s., 500.
Hundreds of bushels Of oranges and lemons
drlfted ashore about two miles below the Big
Light at Cape Ilenlopen last week from a
wrecked vessel, and people for miles around
Lewes have been picking them up along the
beach.
Olive Logan, Mrs. Writ Sykes) will lecture
1 at Dover on Friday evening lthi inst Subject
Successful People," This is said to be the
best lecture ever given by this gifted lady, and
VIII be the last one. She is going to quit the
boards.
,,,ia sewing machine agent named Burke, of
W llmngton, was sent to New Castle iail last
week, tor forging the name of lady to whom
he had sold machine. He sold her Grover
Baker Tor $6j, and took her note and then
changed the figures to $50.
1t is said that Prof Porter, of Delaware
College, has volunteered to survey the route of
the Georgetown 4 Frank ford Railroad free of
charge. This Is about as generous as the
State donation of $2OOO0O. This is certainly
a lucky enterprise. that cant fail
;, On Thursday last the corner stone of a new
baptlst church was laid at Magnolia, in this
county BY Rev. o. +. Flippo. The church will be
2Sx38 feet, and will be built in the Gothic
style of architecture. There is congregation
OF about fifty members there.
A fire broke out in Mddlctown on Tuesday
evening, lst inst, about nine o'clock, in the
stables belonging to Samuel Pennington, near
the Town Hall. The stables were entirely
consumed. The loss was not heavy but the
danger to the hall and other buildings greatly
alarmed the citizens.
ii. q. Lloyd, Esq, has sold his farm of
about POO acres, located two and half miles
north OF AllddIetOwn, to a Mr. Seitz. of
Indiana, for $2O,SO 1t has upon it about
5000 peach trees in bearing also fine pear
orchard OF about 5000 trees and is considered
very desirable property.
On Friday Rev. e. H. Harris was ordained
pastor OF the Dover Baptist Church. The
charge to the minister was delivered by his
father Rev. ;. VI. Harris, pastor of the
broadway Baptist Church of Baltimore, and
the charge to the congregation bv Rev. DIR
Moss, OF Crozier Theological Seminary.
The bill repeating the clause in the Junction
Il Breakwater Railroad charter reseryinr 70
the Legislature the right to regulate the charges
Tor transportation by that company has passed
both houses and has become a law 1t is
rumored that the road is now to be gobbled up
by another Company, hence this repeating
clause.
All acts of incorporation for this State now
have to be granted by the Legislature, but
bill passed to amend the Constitution and
allow the courts to grant such acts If the
next Legislature, two years hence, endorse the
action OF this one, then the amendment is
effected and much work will be taken off the
General Assembly.
The terrible stencil from the bore mills
nearly stlnks Wilmington out when the wind
Is south, and now Messrs. Walton, Whann
x TO. have discovered remedy. The odOr is
caused by the application of sulphuric acid on
the bones. Now the fumes thus arising are
forced through pipe or chimney through
which a shower of water is made to fall
continually.
A young Swedish minister in Wilmington,
named Dahlecn, was put into hot water last
Saturday evening before the Immigrant Asso
citation Of that city. He is charged with
creating dissatisfaction among the 5 gedes and
was invited to attend the meeting Saturday
night to explain his conduct. After explaining
himself the members Of the association passed
a resolution declaring him unworthy of public
confidence.
Constable Rhords, of Odessa, got into
hornet $ nest in Chester, last week, according
to the Chester Nc,cS. He had levy on a
horse belonging to a VIM. Browning, living
near Chester, the levy having been made while
Is. lived in Delaware. The Constable went
tor Il. and demanded the money or the horse.
As he couldn't get the former he took the
latter. whereupon Browning had him arrested
tor larceny, and he had to give bail in $500 for
his appearance at the next session of the Della
ware county, Pa, court.
Last week we spoke of young man named
Theophllus Goodwin, of Dover, who had com.
mltted suicide in Folly Woods, near Whining
ton, and quoted quite a romantic extract from
the Deidcdream about how he had left lady
love to pine over his untmely taking off. ALL
this tender sentimentasm has been spoiled,
however. By the youth turning up in Dover
alive and we'll. A dead body was really found
IN Folly Woods, but Goodwin saws IL WASN'T |
his.
A correspondent Of the Philadelphia Inquirer
declares that the past season has forcibly de-
monstrated the necessity of having two life
boat stations on the Atlantic coast of this
State, the best situations for which would
probably be at Lewis, for one, and upon Reho- |
both Beach, near Eehoboth Bay, for the other.
There have, probably, been five times as
many wrecks during the past season upon the
coast OF Delaware as upon that immediately
northeast of u.s.