Smyrna times., 1873-07-30
STATE AND LOCALS.

Mr. M. M. Kirby, of Delaware City, has
been appointed Justice OF the Peace.
Elizabeth H. Muldaur, of Dover has secured
a patent for an improved alphabet block.
A lodge of colored Sons of Temperance has
been formed in Wilmington.
1t is said that Ex-Governor Salisbury an
nounces himself as done with politics.
Three camps commence next Friday-Black
bird, Rash's, in West Dover HID, and Kent
Island, Queen Annes CO., Md.
During the storm of Sunday evening, the
house of VIM Dutfee near Odessa, was struck
by lightning, and considerably damaged.
There is a strong desire in some quarters to
hold a camp meeting ut Camden, and the re-
port is that one will be held there
DR.. Lyons, Of Lewes, has raised sc bushels
OF wheat from one bushels sowing. This
beats the yield named in Maryland items.
Five men in Milford have promised to give
$500 each towards the erection of an academy |
building in that town.
A large sale of building lots took place in |
New Castle last week, and the price ranged |
from $S to $25 per foot.
The Lewes steamer makes the passage from
that town TO New York in II hOurs-not over
fast going for 100miles trip.
Work has been again commenced on the
new Presbyterian Church at Harrington, after
a suspension since last winter
Col Joshua Clayton of Middletown has pur
chased of A. A. Laws, the Deer Park
Hotel, at Newark. Price $4,000.
Two attempts were made in Wilmington on
Friday night to set hre to stores on Market ST.,
and considerable alarm was created thereby.
The new steam saw mill of William III.
Tilghman, situated two miles east of Dclmar
Sussex CO., was destroyed by fire ON Wednes-
day night
On Monday week. two dogs got into flock
of sheep of Mr.. William Beck's, living near
Delaware City, and crippled and killed nine
OF them.
30, the rain, the beautiful rain p was the
paraphrase in this town Sunday and Monday
when the copiOus showers came down upon
us In all the protusion necessary.
DR.. Collins, of this town, has been recruiting
his impaired health among the sea brezes of
the Rhode Island coast. He has returned,
much improved.
A gentleman from Camden, N. j., was in
New Castle last week prospecting, with view
to starting newspaper and book bindery
The prospect is favorable.
The rain of Sunday night was very heavy in
ThOroughfare Neck. 1t came in a torrent,
washing away fences, bridges, poultry, &c.
In some places the water ran almost as high
as the fences.
There are 23l miles of railroad in this State.
The number of miles in different decades has
been as follows, viz In lS4I, 80 miles, il
1851, also SO miles; in 1861, l27 miles il
1871, 227 miles.
We see it announced that the ''Farlow
, Minstres" of Salisbury, Nd, have beer
practising a great deal lately, preparatory t.
doing the Peninsula. A foolish idea of a 10
OF boys, we suppose.
The friends of the Breakwater & Frankfort
Railroad are having hard time to raise thu
t $500 stock required, and unless they rails,
1 this amount they cannot get the $500, O0C
voted by the Legislature.
T, The little village of Newport, three mile
west of Wilmington, is nearly as happy a
New Castle. 1t has a big rolling mill an,
about dozen dwellings under course of erec
e tion, with other enterprises.
= 1t is said there will not be half crop O
sweet potatoes in the upper part of SUISSE
county. What Of the plants that survive,
the cold wet spring have been largely dried
by the drought
l. On Thursday last, Wm Price cut the throa
of, and stabbed in several places, John Jone.
e both cOlored, for alleged intimacy with hi
n before the Squire. Jones had to pay the cos
!: A correspondent of the Cecil Democrat saw
ii that Acetic acid distilled vinegar) saturate
e with gum caDphor, gives relief from the bite
e OF mosquitoes bugs, &c, sooner and more peI
q manently than any other remedy he has eve
5 tried.
{ On Friday last fire broke out in the sa
! mill OF Arthur McCleavcy, at Pennington, an
y y destroyed it and the sash factory of Mr.. RyaI
le Ryan's loss is about $4,000; no Insurance
McCleavey' s loss is $1,000. The fire originate
! near the furnace.
h The Episcopal Church of Milford, whic
q has been in an unfinished state for numb,
4 Of years, is now about to be completed. It
IN to have 4-story steeple. su-mOunted with
,e gilt cross. which will make its elevation in a
rs about LOG feet.
ir There is vacancy in the government nav
ID academy, at Annapolis, fm Delaware, and Il
to Wilmington Board of Education have i
ds structed our Congressman, Mr.. LoAand.
h. fill it from that city. Why Wilmington,
re the exclusion Of the rest of the State
'h The VIM. Collins lands, to have been sold
ge this town last Thursday, were all withdrav
De except the one known as the "Raymol
al Farm, at Leipsic bridge, 1876 acres, viii
was knocked off to Wilson L. Cannon, Esu..
Dover, for $7,775. a'
re On Tuesdays, Thursdays and SATURDAYS
he freight train with passenger car attached W
y, leave Lewes at a. m., arriving at Harrin0t
at a. m. Returning will leave Harrinrt
at 10, 30 a. M, and arrive at Lewes in time
gs transfer freight to the steamer City Point
rly New York.
l5at Rev; 8. L. Gracy, formerly of this town. n,
JUS of Fall River, Mass, is repairing and enla,
- ing his church. A novel feature in the fx.,
;,h would be to us) is the putting of stores in
~, ;;tn basement By the rent of these the salary
iLy the pastor is paid and good salary i
ime rU The Yankees are thoroughly utitarian.
'ed We acknowledge receipt of Indian nan
the from J. Q. Cowgirl, ESQ.,, of the Santoe Ind
the Agency, Nebraska. They are printed. for ,
the most part, in Choctaw, Modoc, or some oti
Indian gibberish, which makes them rati
the dry reading but We appreciate the RENE
rye brance all the same.
A committee, it will be remembered. ,
tier appointed at the last New Castle Presbvt
I'M to secure funds to purchase home ia Milf
orn for the widow Of the late Rev. X. 4. Malo
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