Smyrna times., 1873-07-02
STATE AND Locals.

A party from fredericksburg, Md, will visit
Rehoboth Camp ina covered cart.
: Barnum, with his gang of Indians, shows in
Wilmington tomorrow night.
The colored people of this town have re-
organized the brass band.
Wilmington hasn't beard any thunder this
season. An explanation is asked for by one of
the papers.
Mr.. John Cow is making $50 Tbs. of butter
per week from the dairy Of % COWS on the Van
Worst farm at Milford.
The new Light House at the mouth of
Mispillion Greek was lighted up for the first
on the 18th ult.
The Sunday Schools of Wyoming will hold
Union pic mic at the Camden camp ground
on the 4th of July.
The horticulturalsts of Milford contemplate
having fruit party soon as peaches and
melons are ripe.
Mr.. Milliugton has put fine billiard table
in the reading room of the Delaware House,
this town.
VIM. A. Massey, of this State, graduated at
Dickinson College, last week, and Harry e.
Conrad of Wilmington, graduated at Yale.
Prof. Wood, principal of the Middletown
Academy, took his school on pic mic excur
sion to Fox Hole" on the Sassafras river,
Friday.
The New Government Pier at Lewes is pro-
crossing with Governmental speed-the piling
is driven out about l 200 feet, about two-thirds
of the distance.
The Camden Base Ball Club of Salisbury
challenge any club ON the Peninsula to play
match game there ON the Fourth of July
| for $50.
The colored people will hold camp meeting
for Frederick Circuit at Sipple's woods, near
FELTON,, commencing August I'd, aud continuing
| till the llth.
! The new Baptist Church organization was
effected in Milford last week, and Thursday,
the 10th of July, was set apart as day of
Recognition
By the failure of Geo. T.. Smith, Commits.
sion Merchant, of New York, Messrs. Wales
& Barker, of Milford lose about 5000. Several
other parties there lose small amounts.
Recently, Mr.. Noah Lednum, who lived
near Bridgevlle, was accidentally thrown from
mule aud received such injuries as to cause
his death. He was fine man.
The BreGk,oater Light says that Jay
Gould agent is to make trip through Sussex
and see if it is policy to purchase any roads
now built there or build new ones.
John 2. Palmer, hale and hearty citizen OF
Lewes, is 78 years old, is the father of IA chill
dren, the grandfather of 43 children, aud the
great-grandfather of 2l children.
Some mean thief entered the front yard oI
: West Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, on
. Saturday night, and stole all the plants from
/, the handsome flower beds.
Excursion tickets are to be issued from VIII
miDgton to RehobOth during the camp, and
: we suppose from other points on the road
The tickets include the hack ride from Lewes
One of the Wilmington papers states tha
the Calvary Sunday School (EpiscopalJ of tha
city, will make an excursion to F.aland OH thu
, 10th. The Dover al. Il. School visit there OIL
the 9th, next Wednesday.
Trains were put on the Pa & Del. railroad
on Monday. 1t runs from Delaware City t
Pomeroy, Pa, via Newark, Lendenburg, &c.
and is under the control of the Pennsylvani;
D Central.
The RehOboth Record, tri-weekly paper
: will make its first appearance on July 10th
1t will be devoted to the interest of thu
Camp" 1t wall be issued from the Bredk
t0ater Light Office, at Lewes.
The Board of Trustees of Dickinson Colleg,
have elected DR.. Thomas s. Dunning, of Mid
dletow1, of the class Of 1867, as Trustee TO-
the College, vice Thomas W. Eliason, o
ChestertOwn, Md, resigned.
Mrs. Rhoda Wootten, daughter of the lat
Gov. Button. widow of the late ALFRED
Wootten, at the time of his death AttOrne!
5 General of the State, was married in MILFORD
q last week to gentleman from New York.
2 The entertainments given at Bethel AM
Kenton NJ. f. Churches, last week, (concer
and lecture by Rev. Mr.. Gregg were yer,
popular, and were attended by large and ap
preciative audiences The net receipts wer
$S957.
= L H. IL,
sixty members in the Catholic Church a
J Dover. The church there is growing very fas
: in numbers and influence, and has connected
to il parochial and also q successful Sunda
; School
. A BridReville sussex strawberry grove
! does not hesitate to say that the. Railroad
Company has made such a Uery bad out il
! transporting berries to market, that it is saf
to estimate the loss to the growers by the ten
of thousands of. dollars"
, John A. Jones, living near Mt. Pleasant
s has invented peach cutler which will take ou
r all the leaves and twigs, deliver the fruit i
a different baskets, assorted into three Sizes viz
Y cullings, primes and extras, without brusing-
; at least that's what's claimed for it.
! Rev. Thomas l.. Poulson, of Baltimore an
$ Rev. Mr.. Ridgeway, of Milford, sailed fror
il New York on Wednesday last for Liverpoo
IS They go as delegates from the United State
! to the grand Inter- National Association
Good Templars, which meets in London.
Messrs. Smthers & Mcguire, proprietors
1t our gas works, have changed the apparatus {
'e their works to manufacture coal gas; which VIZ
\, turned on for the first, on Saturday evening
1t 1t is better, aud is promised at cheaper raj
q than the rosin gas, heretofore used.
= = The Board of Education OF Wilmington pr
70 posed to make No. l public school of tn
u II city equal 10 grade to the celebrated "Hil
a. School," of Philadelphia, the full aeadem
20 oS course being taught Right. Why shouldn
u u public schools be equal to any ?
Of A currant bush is growing in mulber
rt tree in the handsome yard of Mrs. Martha
q. Cummins, in this town. IL is supposed bi
,ir dropped the seed, from which the bu
ng sprang. 1t is at an elevation of about Fl fte
" feet is in prolific fruitage, and has be-
fourishing for about three seasons.
=. Prof t. ID. Porter, the Principal Of Newa
eI Academy, has resigned his position, and W