Smyrna times., 1874-09-23
STATE AND LOCALS.

for the season. '''''u'N u
Inc sussex Democrats held their county
convention yesterday.
Last Friday Milford had one of the heaviest
raihIa'iS It has experienced iGr years.
Dr. Clayton ~. Cowgirl, State Comptrolier
oi rIoliua Is now on visit to his parents and
frlends in Dover.
,oi Inc New Castle gunners kin as many as
10 rail birds on one tide, and sell them flr
20 cts. or 81 per dozen.
:. The Berks county Railroad, conncctinp
link Of the Wilmington and Reading R r.
Is under the Sheriff hammer.
:, Rev Mr.. Wright, recently called to tbo
Episcopal rectory ui th,s town. viii nroa"b .I
here next Sunday, the 9th inst.
Two prominent ladies Of Middletown died
1ast week from canccr-AIrs Dr. Chamber
lame and Mrs Samuel Pennington.
The dedication OF the Conference Acodamv
ana the meeting of the Society for Moral Re-.
form both come off at Dover, to-day.
1t is said that the butchers sold in NilGord
on Saturday week 800 pounds Of beef mi
tne oyStermen, 300 bushels of oysters.
1t was Amos Wilson Of Warwick. and NOT
JACOB W lSon, Of Odessa, who had a horse 70
ulc on the MIddletown race track last week.
heY J. u. Hammer of Wilmington has r,.
ce'eG a unanimous call TO the PRESBYTERIAN
chureh IN atervlilc, Oneida county, II. Y.
~ Ueorge HuFd lost $1,000, in bank notes. at
DiacGblrd, last Saturday, at the nomination
elecuon anu offers to give 81. .OU for its return
Mr. y. Lowefy, Of Milford, has purchased
one OF the billiard tables Of this town. and i
now running three tables at his popular hotel
Ihe hrst annual meeting of the }antist Mie.
SSIonary Union OF Delaware was held in The
baptist church of Dover on Monday and yestcr
day. "''N o''eF
We are resquested to state that there will he
grand tournament at Odessa on Thursday.
OctoDer Ist, Tor the benefit OF the band Of that
town. - N''''
= A Democratic club has been organized in
Dover with Henry Todd, Clerk of the Or |
phan Court, as President, and Fl. j. Enright
Secretary. : "''
The Republicans of this county will boIl |
Ineir county convention on the 29th inst, NJ
Dover The delegate election will take naco
on the Goth. P'"0'
Joseph z. Norris of Mil>boro', last week
l2unched a handsome yacht which was named
Johh T. CoChrdH, after the Democratic can
dldate for Governor.
lhere are about forty-ive fruit distillerics
IT, II, operation in Kent and Sussex counties
inese @ diSillerles will manufacture from so to
1000 gallons each. ''0 ~ ~
", Mr. John G. Armstrong, administrator Of
"h' w. Armstrong, deceased will sell the
personal property Of said deceased on O.tobcr
lst, near Blackb'rd.
Ihe steamer Lamokin now leaves Ieipsic ot
~ A. NJ, instead Of p. NJ, Bombay Hook ot
II 80 and Collins at !. The change in time
was made on Monday last
The little monthly paper (writtcn) heretofore
issued IN LclPslc by two hoys, is hereafter to
oe printed AMI edited By Master Jas. EIderdice,
son OF the NJ. p. minister there.
Mrs. Rachel Turner, a wenknown widow
woman OF this town, fell down stairs on Satnr-
day night and broke her arm and dislocated
her wrist. DR.. Swain was called in.
number OF youths of Odessa have formed
themselves into clce club and cniIed them
selves the " Morning Gories They sing at
hight ana IN the day time tIn-pan dogs.
The Clmbridge lAld.) Chroajcle says n Della.
wa ware re company has rented the canning factory
OF Coi. james w Waiace, near Camhridye. and
VIII 90 into the oyster packing business
We see by a Pittsfeld, Mass, paper that
hev; Dr. Morsell, OF that neighborhooJ. fnr.
imery OF Smyrna, is delivering his DopnIa, !
lecture Great Orators in his new field ofl
DIR. Martin Barr, one cf the Oldest and most :
respected citizens Of Middletown, died on We'd >
IG IGSlay eVeni3c IN the Slat year Of his age. n
lie W. a1 'n.nent practitioner OF former +
years " -0i "loi
Milford was gloomy on SUNDAY over tbo c
o. ''''- '' h' ninent citizen, Captain k
Du', "a. dIth Ot another, Solo e
mon Holmes, both Of whom were much reS. !
pected. "O'" ie'' .
= 1t IS said that the =. w. g. B. Railroad c
company have put on the fast freight line and b
reduced the ireIyhts to get even with the I
I1e"es steamers, now in the hands of a strong
corporation ''i0"s n
Ayoung man named RUSSELL brakeman .
on 'he passenger freight train on the Delaware ! !
rodu, was Killed on Saturday evening near The :
Ighal ~ crossing by being run over by the cars
He fell off somehow.
The MiddletOwn Transcript, with n new 7
p3Wer g!. press new office and an energetic v
EDITOR, comes TO us this week in an ENLARGED (
form and happy fac.. Mr.. Reynolds. lis r
editor, IS man Of progress. I
The Old Dominion's Steamer. dHemorle I
staunch sea going vessel, leli I,ewes ON We'd. {
Eaieesday afternoon on her first trip to New York il
"S csIIleo some i've or six car loads of freight n
and about twenty passengers. - ~ =
me Messrs. johnson, shoe and hat de,Iers r.
81 TINS town, certainly arc Determined 10 Jr;,e d
Dus'hess' ana they are doing it. Their enter. &
prise Is attracting the attention of our citizens
oee their advertisement elsewhere. Fl
The Pittsfed Mass Eagle says that Q oOo y
people packed the NJ. Il. Church of that town \
on the 9th inst. TO hear a sermon in defence a
Of 9 Henry Ward Beecher by the pastor Rev 7
D. T. Clymer, formerly of this town. -'''' 5
augusta Bickta, prominent wool and hide !
is'er i"s, % Wilmington, reported to have failed =
sSss meek' Is said now to be solvent. H. q =
bpa bp.ingeT builder and contractor of that citv
''1' lHaue an assignments to his creditors