Smyrna times., 1873-04-30
STATE AND LOCALS.

The NJ. +. District Stewards for Easton his
trlct' held meeting in this town TODAY
Inc capitatIon tax for this town has assessed
al 20 cts. on the $lO0-same as last wear.
The present Sheriff of Sussex county is sale
10 oe the hanusomest man who has filled tha
place for number of years.
Inc 4 trial OF Isaac West, for the murder o.
COoch Turner, has been postponed until June
at the meeting OF the Court of Appeals.
ne Delaware annual Conference of colored
ministers 1 Will convene at Easton, Md, ON the
24th OF July next Bishop James will preside
James y Webb, proprietors of the largest
printing re establishment in Wilmington, have
lalled. Their liabilities are said to be heavy
Mr.. >: Y. Mcintosh near Milford. has sold
one-halt OF his farm, so acres, including bnil1.
lngs, to Mr.. James Sharkey of California, ior
Thomas b. Coursey, Esq, will have an
arl5cie entitled the Press Of Deaware--Past
ana Present in the forthcoming issne ri
Hardness Nagazi,te. -
barracks have been erected at the Govern.
ment pier at Lewes, and it is said that foreign
Workmcn have been engaged to complete the
building of the pier. ''''' '"'
The Preachers Association (itinerant. not
locaD of the Wilmington Conference will be
held at Bridgeville, Sussex CO., commencinr
Monday evening, June %.
=, Now that the State has purchased the State
House at Dover, it is understood .hat the
hent county Levy Court will build a suitabl.
Court House this Summer.
The Trustees of the Camden Union Camn
Ground held their April meeting, and have
decided that 1t will not be expedent TO hold \
camp meeting the present year.
g. W. Ingram, Real Estate Broker Of
Mlddletown, has sold the farm of Rufus
Jones, ln Appoqunmlnk HID to George w.
Halnes OF Philadelphia, for $4,000.
President Malone, of the Atlantic, Miss;s.
sslppl, and Ohio Railroad Company, is out in a
letter urging the extension of the Eastern
Shore road to Cherrystone or Cape Charles.
A tax collector in Wilmington, the other
day, ordered man under arrest for refusing
to pay his tax, and policeman Brady, sooner
than put the man in Jail, paid the tax himself
Wine. as toast beverage, has had its
day IN Wilmington, it would seem. At the
banquet given to General Hancock, last week.
water, was all there was to stimulate the
speeches.
Rev; DIR. McCabe, rector of the Episcopal
Church in MiddletOwn, has resigned. to take
effect Oct. LIST. He rendered his resignation
on Monday week and the vestry promptly
accepted it.
Joshua J. Heald ESQ, President of the
wilmington Il Western Railroad, has resigned
from this position on account of i'll health.
george ". Lobdell, Esq, has been elected to
ill the vacancy.
Rev. DR.. Kenney held his first Quarterly
Mcetlng ior Milford at that place on Saturday
and Sunday last, and in his official and minis
teral duties impressed the people very favor
ably as to bis qualifications for the Edership.
Is. F. Duane, "the queerest man in the
United States, will give an entertainment IN IN
this town next Tuesday, May 9th. under the
auspices OF the Middletown brass band. Mr..
Duane Is something after the Af. Burnett
style.
The Iatetltgencer Office, of this town. was
sold by COnsta ble Stayton to the Town Com
nlsslonerS, under a distraint for rent, and il
mas been chased back into its old quarters
IN the town hall, from the Odd Fellows Hall.
90 our corporation OWLS printing Office.
Senators Riddle, Shakespeare and Stockley.
and Representatives Lewis Thompson, Van
Oasken and Martin, are the Commissioners
appointed by the Legislature to repair and i'm
prove the State House at Dover. $50, 200
have been appropriated for the work.
The contract for erecting the large boarding
house, at the grounds of the Rehoboth Beach
Camp Meeting Association, has been awarded
to Mr. VIM. Fl. Foulk, of Wilmington. The
building is to be "a by lO5 feet, and work will
be commenced as soon as the lumber can be
delivered.
The Wilmington Adrcrfiscr thinks that
the. conduct of the members of the Legisla
ture IN granting so many divorces, ought to be
condemned, and in the conventions which will
nominate the members of the next Legislature.
some resolution deprecating such action ought
to be passed"
, At the meeting Of the Board of Trustees Of
Delaware College, at the Clayton House, Will
nIngton, on Saturday it was decided to en-
ploy Two new resident Professors. The new
branches OF study are the teaching of the
Ancient languages and for the Modern Ian.
guages and Military tactics
, Francis Vincent has discovered, he believes,
that the true origin of the name Of the Brandy
wine Is not as tradition has long asserted. IN
Inc wreck OF vessel of Brandy at its mouth.
but IN the residence upon its banks of one
Andrew Braindwine, in 1910, from whom il
came to be called Braindwine' s creek.
Prof. Saracco, dancing teacher of Balti.
more, who formerly had classes in this town,
lied almost instantly of heart disease in
Hagerstown, Nd, on Tuesday week. He was
thought to be in good health a short time be-
lore he died, He had been teaching class in
ST. James College.
The Commercial says that Mr. REYNOLDS. of
the Middletown Transcript, together with Mr.
ID. Vanderford, formerly of the same
paper, have purchased paper at Harrisvile,
W; va. The Transcript is for sale, if suit.
able purchaser can be found. it is understood.
The Transcript of Saturday does not deny this
statement.
The following freeholders have been appoint
ed to assess the land damages for the Bombay
Hook railroad through the farm of Mr.. j. H.
Bewley, viz: William b. Collins, DIR. b. S.
Gootee, N. +. Wilds, Horace Spruance and
Anderson Ford. IL is understood that other
similar damages will be adjusted by said com
mission.
Last week we stated that another attempt
to outrage little white girl had been made in
Sussex by white man named Fosaue,
Foriesqus or Foskey. The Sussex Journal
OF Saturday says: From information received
since the imnrisoninent of Foskpv wa ara / a