Smyrna times., 1873-07-23
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STATE AND LOCALS.

has leased the Bowers Beach Hotel.
General Torbert, U. S. Consul at Havana,
has reached his home in Milford.
Prof. Gawronski proposes to open dancing
ing school in this town next Friday evening.
Hon. N. B. Smithers and Geo. V. Massey,
Esq, have been on fishing excursion to
Lewes
FELTON, is now the dryest place in the county.
1t has had no rain to do any good for over ten
weeks.
Mr.. W. Nathaniel Ransom, near this town.
had a horse to drop dead whilst threshing
wheat, last week.
An excursion train will run from Clayton
next Sunday to the GOldsborOugh Camp, on
the Md. l. Del. X. r.
The Fruit Growers Association of Milford
estimate as large crop of peaches for that
section as was shipped in 1871.
Tomorrow Thursday Mr.. VIM. Collins
will offer his real estate at peremptOry public
sale, in this town.
The colored people will hold Camp Meeting
at Sandy Branch, % miles from Middletown,
commencing on Friday, August Sth.
Mr.. Amos Cole, late of Seaford, has sue
ceeded Mr. NJ. III. Beckett as the proprietor of
the Union Hotel of Milford.
Abraham Laing, baker of Delaware City,
has left his home, his bakery, and his wife,
Olivia, who is agonized by the desertion.
The knights of Pythias of Wilmington
speak in the highest terms of their reception
in this town last Wednesday.
Mr.. Samuel p Wright, young townsman,
a graduate of pharmacy, has opened a drug
store corner of 7th and Mitfiin Sts., Phila.
A pair of mules, which estrayed from Mr..
Horace Spruance two weeks ago were taken
up in the vicinity of Chestertown, Md, last
week.
The NJ. E. Sunday School of this town go
to Fraland tomorrow. A number OF citizens
outside of the School are expected to ac
company the party.
W. L. Chance, for number of years the
popular proprietor of the Odessa hotel, has
quit, and Mr.. +. Llppincott, of MiddletOwn,
takes his place.
Mr.. James B. Mahan, one of the pioneer
newspaper men of Milford, has accepted
position in the Government printing Office, at
| Washington.
The steamers commenced to run on the Lewes
and New York line on Monday. The tariff on
peaches by this route will be IS cents by rail
road IS cents.
A big iron steamer, the Gen. Whitney was
launched at Wilmington last week. She has
capacity of 1000 tons, and is to run between
New York and Boston.
The Building Committee of the Wilmington
Conference Academy have awarded the con-
tract for the work to Fisher & Bockman, of
Dover, for $45,OO0
The body OF man supposed to have been
drowned in April last near the Indian River
Inlet was washed ashore at Lewes one day
last week and inferred.
Rev. j. G. Thompson, formerly of the Pres
byterian Church of this town, and so highly
esteemed by our citizens, has resigned his
pastorate at Pottstown, Pa.
Rev. A. d. Davis, Grand Worthy Chief Of
the Good Tempars of this State, will deliver
temperance lecture in the NJ. f. Church O
this town this evening, at o'clock.
The Knights of Pythias number / ,563 mem
bers in this State, about 20 of whom wer,
initiated during the last six months Tn,
order has paid out in weekly benefits, during
the last term. 81, 356.
Mr.. John Cow is constructing large cisteri
and other appliances in the barnyard of tn
Van Worst farm at Milford for the manufac
s ture, on a large scale, Of manure by the Bonn
e mer method.
On Tuesday of last week the Dover base bal
club went to Milford and played the Accademi
club of that town, and were beaten fearfully-
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e Dover next Friday.
Two horses belonging to George Foote Q
o Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle county, wa
: killed by lightning while grazing in the ope
. field, last Thursday afternoon. They wer
o quite valuable animals.
n Mr. Ferdinand Miller of Wilmington has
d taste for collecting pictures, from wood cut
+ up. He has nearly eleven thousand picture
. of different descriptions. Amongst them tw
: thousand portraits
On Saturday morning Geo. S. Hagauy, .Jr
" was arrested, charged with forging the nam
Is of his father, Esquire Hagany, Of Wilmington
K to drafts and orders to the amount of abou
- $3.50 on parties in Philadelphia.
e A portion of the wooden factory known &
/ Badwins, formerly Lord's) near Newark, ws
= destroyed by fire last Wednesday night. Th
!, ire was caused, it is Supposed, by a ma tc
II running through the picker. Loss, $1,000.
s. DR.. George S. Cubreth, u. S. N, assistar
e Surgeon on the flag ship of the Pacific SquaC
! ron, arrived home, in this town, last weel
s looking remarkably well. He has been on
! cruise of two and half years.
Monday morning, as the north bound trai
on the MARYLAND 4 Delaware Railroad was al
r proachlng kenton, horse attempted TO cro
d the track in advance of the engine, but W;
,e struck and instantly killed. The animal W;
!, not a very valuable one.
Ie r. X. Robinson, the banker, and a NJ
!. Belt, drove from Wilmington to Rehobot
II last week. They started on Thursday evenin
1t and reached Rehoboth on Saturday. The
a travelled at night They reached Dover Fl
le day morning-50 miles.
a Miss II. Chamberlain, of Newark, has bee
,f elected Principal of Newark Academy, in plat
u of Prof. Porter. resigned. Girls are hereaft
" to be admitted to the institution Miss G.
al lady of fine attainments and has kept cir
r. select school in that town for several years.
in Rev. Bishop james. of the NJ. f. Churc
ne has been sojourning in this town for fe
no days (the guest of Jas. X. Clement, Esq
- whilst en- route for Easton Md, to attend Il
ld sessions of the Delaware Annual Conferenc
it colored. The Conference convenes to-morro
w During the heavy thunder shower of Thu
ny day last. in this town, the dwelling of N
IA. Willard Weldon was somewhat damaged
EOhtnin0 which struck and ran down q