Smyrna times., 1874-08-26

There is a rumOr afloat that on Saturday after
noon three men and two women went out fish
ing in the bay at Bowers Beach, and that
during Squall the boat was capsized, drown
ing the women and two of the men, the other
man being rescued after being perfectly cx-
hausted.
/ One day last week family in Wilmington,
on arriving home from a visit, found the win
dows bowed and Grape hanging from the door
nOh and shutters. On entering the house
with fear and trembling" they found lot of
children playing funeral and were preparing to
bury doll baby.
The colored people of Wilmington held a
mass meeting last evening to devise means for
promoting and protecting the interests of the
colored people throughout the State, and it
is understood that the idea is to endcavOr to
form some organization similar to the Equal
Rights League in Pennsylvania.
The AnnamesSic Line of steamers between
Cris6eld and Norfolk, withdrawn some weeks
ago by reason of n misunderstanding, has been
revived and tri-weeky communication is now
maintained, connecting with the Delaware
r. r. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays,
on the arrival Of the down trains.
Mr.. Tracy, Beecher's lawyer before the
Plymouth Church Committee, was down about
Smyrna during Jay Gould's railroad project
that the Bombay Hook Railroad will be in
volved in the Beecher-Tilton scandal before
either is flushed satisfactorily to the public.
Those having the Middletown agricultural
fair in charge are making vigorous push IN
it's behalf. 1t is to be held September 23d
24th and 18th. This Society will comprise g
membership from all sections of the State o
Delaware, the Eastern Shore of Maryland anC
: the portion of Virginia lying east of Chesa
| peake Bay.
Again the project is on foot to build rail
road between Georgetown and Seaford. BY
: thus connecting these two towns contnuou
line of railroad would be formed from Cam
bridge, on the Chesapeake to Lewes, on tho
Atlantic The Old Dominion Steamship Lin
is now " the power behind the throne," ant
there may be something in it.
The Republicans of Now Castle county hav
decided to hold their nomination election o.
the 5th of September. The Hundred officer
will Ee nominated for what is known as tn
Little Election" in October, and Senator
will be nominated in White Clay Creek an
Q Appointments, and Representatives in all tn
Hundreds except Christiana, which has Sen
n ator holding over.
A dissolute woman was taken to New CAST
Jail, from Wilmington, last week, for drunken
; ness and disorder. She had child OF goo
c size, which was taken from her and sent to
charitable institution for female children. Whe
i placed in the institution, however, i! was fOun
is to be boy. After good deal of parley
was decided to hold on to the little fellow, no
- wthstanding the character of the institution
l. Joseph Taylor, Jr, the suspected murdert
I of RObt. A. Mackey, near Odessa, was arreste
on Monday of last week, by Sheriff Roe,
d Crawford county, Ohio, at Bucyrus, where
t. was stopping with relatives. He was put
= New Castle Jail yesterday. The GaSette sa,
he is subdued and contrite. He admits
W crime, and acknowledges its enOrmity and
W now, like many other murderers, sorry for Il
le deed.