Smyrna times., 1873-05-28
STATE AND LOCALS.

SOiu AOi oO4 per cent.
Anna Dickinson is to lecture in Dove
June Sd. Oo'e
The First National Bank of Dover is ont !,
nobby new coat of Averill paint.
Dover is to raise l,5O0 as town tax III;
year. '"N ''ii
The graves of soldiers are 10 be decorated :,
wilmington next Friday--Decorating Dav.
Mr.. Chas. Ii. Henderson, of this town bo
utility. l'o0 Hoo'
The settlement of Germans who have re-
Gently settled near Camden, lost ej0ht cLjI1rer
last week by scarlet fever.
The joint committee of the Legislature bav.
lng IN charge the repairs to the State Honse
VIII meet at Dover on Tuesday of next week.
Ihere are three acres of timothy near Sea
ford three feet high and Islands as thick ON
the ground as the hairs on dogs back.
Ten cottages have been contracted for at
nehob0th and will be commenced immediately.
for parties in Philadelphia.
HE cabbage bugs are again infesting the
cabbage plants For two years past thew have
nearly destroyed the crop.
The colOred people will hold their camn
meeting at High Hill" near Milford. com.
menclng on the 10th of August
The funds of the new Loan Association of
,mlddIetown sold at 81 per cent last week
Rather high. '"0' "N0A
MIR. William w. Wilson, of Middletown.
lost valuable, high. priced horse, last week
He fell dead. '''' "'~ n
MIR. j. 1. Craddock, merchant of this town
Is going, to quit business, and is selling off at
cost. lie has an excellent stock.
MIR. Geo. 5. GrieI, of Milford, has patented
a saw for beveling ship timber 1t cuts to any
bevil desired. any
Liquor Leagues are being organized in Will
hnngton and other parts of the State, by the
whiskey dealers, it is said.
Mart Bates IIilyard, Esq, of Dover. has
gone to AlcCOmb City, Miss, and is now the
Secretary OF the Mississippi Valley Company.
Rev. Chas. Boynton has been placed in
Ghargc OF the lIewes Presbyterian Church. He
mas formerly been stationed at Eidora, Iowa.
:, a correspondent or rather reporter of the
new L ork ItncS, writes to that journal from
Fort Penn, and speaks in the highest praise of
Delaware agriculture
Some OF the Dover people arc talking of a
Park and the valley formed bv the branch
south OF the town it is argued, should be pur-
chased for this purpose
George Whitlock at CLAYTON has MO that
weighs eight hundred and twenty.three lbs
lie challenges pork raisers to a ''matcb
game.
The court at New Castle-iulges LAWYERS and
jury-went TO the Grand Opera House. Wi,
mlngton, last Friday evening to see Maggie
Mitchell play" :
The Wilmington & Western Railroad ;s
gong to run 'church trains on Sundays ~
enable people on the route to attend church in
! Wilmington. ~ u VI III
The new and beautiful NJ. L. Church. At
FarmlngtOn, in this county, will be dedicated
On Sunday, June Ist Dr. r. l.. Dashieil and
kev. >. , Willis are expected to oficiate on
the OCCASION ="
Miss Lizzie Ready, Of Milford. had her
! trunk rlf1ed OF its contents at the HARRINGTON
depot, recently, of about seventy five dollar.
worth of clothing
! The Philadelphia Ledger learns that one OF
the proposed improvements in the Delaware
pay Is the erection OF Breakwater at Cane
May about opposite the Delaware Breakwater.
Between the cities Of PHILADELPHIA and Raj.
tlmore; the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Balti.
more hallroad runs sixty two trains per day
thirty one each way.
IL rs said the amount paid the Fritz family
IN W lmlngtOn, by the p, w. &BR r. r ~
for the injuries they sustained by the railroad
accident, was $685.
Senator Bayard has been invited and ha,
accepted the invitation TO deliver the ANNA
address before the literary societies of m,
University Of Virginia, on July ,. WY
Mr. Chas. f. Treidlcr, Of Milford n Gornar
tenor OF line vocal powers, entertained the VI
H. audiences of this town last Sunday will
several solos of decided merit.
/ Lebanon near Eam1ao =, .I.1 .,
new German residents. Thirteen famil;c
have settled there, aud six new houses or,
being erected to accommodate them.
MIR; VIM. Irons, near Dover, has calf with
Tour distinct and separate ears, two close To IN,
eyes, and the other two little above tbt
proper place for its cars Wv
Rev. j. b. Merritt, Pastor OF ST. paurs NJ
Il. Church, Wilmington, (late of Dover !
very sick with the typhoid fever This is IN,
third time he has been afflicted with Mi;
lingering disease. Wv" '"'
We have received neat description of tn,
base ball matches of the College students !,
which l,rlnccton beat both Yale and Harvard
last week, from young Princetonian from thi
town, W. +. Z. Princeton is happy.
Richard Harrington, Esq, delivers the al
dress to the graduating class of the Nationo
University commencement at Lincoln Hall
ashihgt0n, to-day. The diplomas will b,
conferred by President Grant.
The Milford Ne'os is informed that Mr.
Baumgardner IS now making efforts to indnc,
Jay Gould Of New York, to buy out his in,oreS tao
IN the ). q B. r. r., and it earnestly hons
he may be successful. "'p'
=, Inc term OF service-one year-for which
the party of Swedes engaged with the neonI
in and about Middletown, expired last pycp, weaL
A large. number of them, being dissat;sfie,
with their positions, have gone to Wilmingtnn'
Collector Prettyman, on Friday, seized Iarr,
IMG I9t OF manufactured tobacco in the hands of
Wilmington dealer which was not pronerl'
stamped. The goods were put uaoD OPII, n,
market BY large dealer in Philadelphia. Th'
penalty for this violation is severe. :"
The Sussex Journal certainly believes !,
the r. eternal fitness of things" 1t puts in
plea for dueling demands the whinn;n% nns 10
shall have victim in Mary Meeteer' and tbe, P"S
defends the school teacher Wilson for knock;n
down his mulattO female rival. '"'