Smyrna times., 1874-06-10


Castle Hd has become so disgusted with peach
culture that cut of his 20OO trees, he proposes
to chop down, without further delay, l5U0 at
least.
Peter L. Cooper, of North Murderkill Hun
dred, will be u candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Sheriff of this county, subject
to the decision of the Democratic County Con
vention.
The people of Marydel are erecting can
ming factory The building is to be 80 feet
long, with an L 3Ox60, employing POO hands.
Peaches are scarce however only few Hales
and Smocks.
The cornerstone for the new Episcopal
Church at Lurel lSt. Phillip's) was laid Friday
morning, with appropriate ceremonies, by
Bishop Lee, assisted by q number Of the
clergy of the diacese.
An effort is being made to start Society of
the Sovereigns of Industry in Wilmington.
This is Il secret society among the mechanics,
and is to them what the Patrons of Husbandry
oranges are to the farmers.
The Central Delaware Fruit Growers Asso.
citation, of Milford, will hold their strawberry
festival at the Grove on General Van Worst
farm, on the Harrington road, on Saturday
afternoon, the thirteenth inss
The house and lot in this town belonging to
the Henry Raughey estate, was sold at Sher-
ltt s sale thus sold to establish the title) by
Deputy Irons on Thursday last, to Mr.. Reas
Taylor, the occupant, for $500.
Bishop Lee administered the rite of confr-
nation to twelve persons in ST. Pauls Church,
Georgetown, on Sunday, the 3lSt ult, and on
Tuesday, the ID inst, confirmed class OF
twelve in St. Luke's Church, Seaford.
Henry Bradley, proprietor of the Sorrcl
Horse Hotel, Wilmington, sold a horse last
week for $1,000 which he purchased three
years ago Tor $3.50 He purchased on the
Eastern Shore and sold to Pennsylvania.
Our Town Commissioners intend to enforce
the ordinance against firing guns, fire crackers,
rockets, &C., In the town limits. Every one
who violates the ordinance will have to pay
five dollars or swelter in the lookup for five
days
Last Wednesday, Robert, son of Mr.. Nicho.
las Glatt, of Wilmington, formerly of Smyrna,
was drowned in the Christiana river Little
Bob was between 10 and IL years of age, and
was we'll remembered by his playmates in this
town.
| Orders have been received by the Commad
ant at Fort Delaware iorbidding persons visi-
ting the Island. This will prove a hindrance
to the excursionists fIom Wilmington and
Philadelphia who frequently stop there during
the warm months.
A young man named Joseph Tribbett, near
River Bridges, whilst bathing in the Choptank
mill pond, near Marydel, on Sunday morning,
got beyond his depth and was drowned. The
body vas recovered Sunday evening by letting
the water off the pond
The grading of Columbia and Surf Avenues
at RehobOth, is already approaching couple
ton, and one of the two large boarding houses
which are to be erected is now going up The
repairs to the Surf House are in progress.
large verandah is being added to it.
Bishop Lees Church. in Wilmington, st
Andrews, has three Sunday SchOols-twO af
ternoon schools of about four hundred scholars
aud morning school of colored children o
about three hundred, making "a total OF sever
hundred scholars all OF which are in a pros
porous condition.
On Friday last train of wagons, containing
about one hundred colOred people, men, wOme
: and children, from Mary land, came through
t this town, en- route for Mr.. ID. j. Cummins'
strawberry patch, Just over the pond The.
came with banners and songs and flags, ant
in picnic style generally.
At the Big Stone fishery, on the Bay shore
near Milford, company of trout fsherma
caught at single haul, one day last week, tn
of trout. A large proportion of them wer
allowed to 90 back to their briny element
there being no demand for so many.
: A singular circumstance took place on tb
0 farm of George u. Tybout, in Red Lion HunC
t red, on Thursday last. In one of his larg
fields fifty steers were feeding, when they con
menced racing one Of their number and attt
long chase it fell from exhaustion, and th
d herd passing over it trampled it to DEATH
n Mr.. n II. Coverd,le, of the vicinity
a Smyrna, has been to Washington to look aft
. claim OF $4,000 against the government Fl
: damages sustained by failure to fulfill a col
u tract through the seizure of several vessels
n the wharves in Wilmington OH the occasion
L the rebel raid into Maryland. after they b.
II been partially loaded with lumber
% Ezekiel T. Cooper, who has been for sever
= years past student of Wyoming Institut
d and the local correspondent OF the Times al
|, DelaUaredn at Wyoming, and of the Times
/. Camden, as we'll as an occasional contribut
> to other papers, has left school and gone
Wilmington and enters the Commercial al
le Tribune office to learn the printing and new
n paper business.
s. On Tuesday week. in the Court room,
j, Georgetown, Sussex county, W. Candy, EsC
i. Assignee, sold at public sale, the farm of Jol
: MclIear situated about three miles south
that town. The farm contains ll3 acres,
fruit and grain, having a toerably fine hou
= erected thereon. The purchaser was Jam
b. Anderson, Cashier of the Georgetown Ban
who obtained it for the low sum of $695.
& The New Castle Levy Court, after higgli
over their court house improvement for
ed months or more, have repealed all their al
70 in regard to the matter. They voted an q
preparation of $4,000 and ordered plans frC
-, architects to carry out which would have C,
=, ~ the county $50, 900, and now that the eleeti
~ is coming off the Democratic majority {
made to bow to Baal aud let up on the {
ne pense.
Ut The case of the American Dredging Co
pany, petitioners. Us. the Smyrna 4 Delawa
70. Bay Railroad Company, respondents, cal
on up before the U. S. District Court, in W
mington, yesterday. The Dredging Co. sous
N, to have the r. II. Go. adjudged bankrup
mp but the counsel for the latter applied to
Court for continuance of the case, on
We ground that written contract, essential
ii, their defence had been mslaid, and could
be found. The Court granted the motion a
the case is continued until the September ter