Smyrna times., 1874-07-15
STATE AND LOCALS.

David Maxwell, ESQ. one of Middetown
oldest citizens, died last week.
The Methodsts Of Milton, Sussex county,
broke ground for new church last week.
A man named Mcintyre, in Wilmington, had
horse 10 die from sunStroke last Saturday.
Hon. JAS r. LoAand is one of the members
of the National Republican Executive Com
mittee,
Mr. Jos Bruton, of this town, had valuable
horse to die last week from some unknown
disease.
There are some symptoms that the matri-
monial malady is about to break out afresh in
Milford.
The public sale Of the JAS Jones property
and other real estate will take place to morrow,
in this town.
There is to be grand Odd Fellows ex-
cursion to Collins's o-morrow-Thursday-
from Philadelphia.
Excursion tickets on the railroad to Reho-
both are sold from this town for ST. Is. This is
round trip and hack hire.
To day the Dover NJ. f. Sunday School arc
pcnicking at Fraland. A number from Smyrna
have gone to join the party.
Jacob Moore, of Georgetown, is to defend
the Lewes smugglers before the U. s. Court,
in Wilmington, next September
The Wilmington Commercial has put in
new press Of large capacity and otherwise i'm
proved to meet increasing business.
The Seaford Citizen estimates the damage of
the 4th Of July storm, in that section, at
S35000. We think this rather higl
A number of gentlemen OF Wilmington are
making preparations for a railroad excursion
to Lewes, on Tuesday, the 2lSt instant.
The 4th was celebrated on the Camden camp
ground by citizens of that town and Wyoming.
Miss Clara Charles read the Declaration beau
tilully.
An excursion is to be made from Whining
ton to Atlantic City on Thursday the 3Oth. 1t
is to be by boat to Camden, n. j., and thence
! by cars.
During the camp at RehobOth, train on
the j. x B. r. Il. will connect with the night
train on the Delaware road, making two trains
per day.
Richardson & Robbins bought over 1900
TBS. of cherries of the Dover farmers one after
noon last week. They have canned largely Of
this fruit.
On Saturday two large omnibuses and stage
passed through this town en- route for RehO
both. They hail from Wilmington and Ken
nett Square.
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earnestly urges John F. Cochran and John Ii
Paynter as Democratic candidates for Governo
and Congress.
Bulletins from the Signal Service Office arr
received daily at the Post Office in this tow
and posted up in neat glass frame for publ
accommodation.
Cyrus Mendenhall, of Wilmington, has be
come Second Advent (Millerite) preacher an,
has taken charge Of church at 9th and Sprn
Garden, Philadelphia.
Sheriff Armstrong last Thursday in Middle
town, sold the farm of James Doughten, i
Appoquinimink Hundred to Charles B. Lore
attorney, for $4,000.
Charles B. Lore, Esq, Attorney General c
c this State, has gone with his family to his tarI
G in Somerset county, Md, near Upper Trapp(
e to spend the summer.
The Commercial says that there are no
more houses with rent bills on them in Wi
mington than has been since the commence
8 ment of the late war.
l. Rev. DR.. Phgbus, of this town, has bee
n granted two weeks leave of absence. He
6 expected to preach one of the Sunday sermon
" at RehobOth, next Sunday.
Mr.. j. Fl. Bewley, of this town, has CO..
2 tracted for the building Of a vessel of 10 or
t. tons, and it is now under way at the Landln
'. by Messrs. Scott and Jacobs.
lt Last Sunday three young men Of WilmingtC
Ia went sailing in the Delaware and were capsize
:: They clung to the boat for two hours un
10 picked up by passing schooner.
u Collins & Co., the Gamers at Lebanon, {
t. Wednesday packed 5000 cans Of peas in t
hours. They put up l,500 baskets Of peas p
day last week. This is big business.
is In Odessa, on the 4th, little daughter OF
tv Mr.. Sparks Of Wilmington fell into the Gre
;, and must have been drowned but for the tin
) ly aid of colored man who rescued her.
nc The Cecil Democrat hosts Hon. Thomas
er Bayard at its masthead as its first choice
ot- President. The choice is good but the u.
|, a Senate is fatal to Presidential aspirations
en- 1t is now stated that the death of VIM.
81 g. Kent, late Sheriff of Lambert Point, V
." formerly Of Wyoming. was purely accident
and not, as was at First reported, premeditatt
is The Gazette, which was behind, and did
To- get reporter on the trip to arrest the Lev
Die smugglers, has been trying to laugh at
,ar whole transaction as too triaing a matter
- report.
10Y Hon. James Il. LoAsnd has been Motif
nc as have other Congressman, that vacancy
its. Delaware exists at West Point. 1t beeor
ers Mr.. LIS duty to nominate boy to fill S
IN vacancy.
,.;o rabid dog created great excitement
Wilmington, on Filth street, last Thursd
ust People ran in every direction TO escape b
hat but a little boy named Ray was bitten bel
tier the animal was killed.