Smyrna times., 1874-07-01
STATE AND LOCALS.

The Middletown Transcript reads the TINES
and feels cooled and refreshed thereby. So it
says.
The abundance of the hay crop, it is thought
will bring the price down one-half-from $50,
to $i5.
The tax rate for the city of Wilmington has
been fixed for the present year at 81 on the
$lOO-2S cts. for city purposes.
Rev. Mr.. Dinsmore, Presbyterian minister
of Milford, has been granted six weeks vaca-
ton, commencing the lst of July.
The comet was seen by citizens of this town
last evening for the first time. 1t was easily
discernable through an opera glass.
The NJ. Il. Sunday School of this town will,
most probably, picnic at Collins's instead of
Logans, as first proposition the 9Th.
Wilmer B. Smith, jeweler, of Dover, last
week sold very handsome diamond ring,
probably the first ever sold in that town.
The st. Pauls NJ E. Sunday School, of
Wilmington, Rev. j. B. Merritt, pastor, will
make an excursion to Collins's July 9th.
We report some land sales in Maryland
items. The most of the sales are considered
good and give more encouraging outlook.
A Shiny insect, something like tadpole, has
attacked the pear trees of Mr.. Fred. A. Will
liams, of Dover, and the trees die as if scorched
by fire.
Mr. VIM d. Hoffecker, living in "the
Neck" near Leipsic Greek. has recently lost
four mules and horse from some unknown
disease.
The new Methodist Church at Vernon, in
the lower part of this KENT county was dedi-
Gated last Sunday. Bishop Scott preached
the sermon.
Wm r. Cochran, Esq, of Middletown, sold,
last Thursday, his handsome span of bay car
riage horses to gentleman from Pennsylvania,
for $1,000 cash.
B. F. Blackiston, of Kenton hundred, is
again q candidate for the office of Sheriff,
subject to the decision of the Democratic
county convention.
H. S. McCOmb, whose suits against the
Credit NIObilier exposed its corruption, has
been elected president of the board of Trustees
of Delaware College.
Dickinson College has elected Rev. A. Rit-
tenhouse, OF Philadelphia, formerly of this
town, to the PrOfessorship of English Lam
guage and Literature.
The Commercial speaks in high terms of the
commencement exercises of Smyrna Seminary,
and particularly of the address OF the valedic-
tcrian, and two or three others.
Mr.. Henry Tygert, of the firm of Tygert 4
has bought out the railroad restaurant at Har-
rington, and is fitting it up nicely.
Miss Annie Burgess, teacher Of the school
of Districts is and l0l, in Dover, was seriously
injured last week by a fall from horse, caused
by the breaking of the saddle girth.
The NJ f. Sunday School of MddIetown
will picnic at Cool Springs, near Odessa, on
the 9th of July. The Odessa brass band will
be present and enliven them with music.
Already boarders are going to Rebohoth.
Every room of the Surf House is engaged for
the whole of July. Sleeping tents are being
provided to accommodate others who may come
Jas. A. Pearce as trustee, sold in Chester
town, Md, yesterday, the farm of John H.
Cummins, near Galena, 2234 acres, to Major
Black, of this town, for $50 per acre-nearly
| $1,000.
The New NJ +. Church, at Maston's corner,
in this county, will be dedicated ON Sunday,
the 18th inst. The Rev. Edward b. Newman,
of Easton, Nd, will preach the dedicatory
sermon.
Honors come thick and fast upon our honor
ed townsman Rev. DR.. Phehus. Hardly has
Delaware College settled d. ID. upon him
when old Dickinson still further rewards him
with A. NJ.
One hundred and fifty acres Of tomatoes
have been engaged around Maryde for the
new canning factory now being erected there.
Collins & Co., the Lebanon Gamers, own this
new factory.
On Monday Of last week the first locomotive
made its appearance in MillshOrough, Sussex,
on the new Breakwater Il Frankford K. Il.
1t was the first sight of such machine for
many there.
| There has been shipped from this Peninsula
| n IOr -sn
quarts of strawberries. The present season
crop exceeds that of last year by near s.
100000 quarts.
Fraland, Mr.. +. Spruance's Beach, Bombay
| Hook, is now open for the season, and line oil
hacks is to be run between there and the
Wakcman House, j. w. Spruance's Beach
two miles distant.
At the Princeton College examinations
Tuesday week the MacLean prize, 500, was
won by Jas. Pennewii, Of Greenwood, Sussex
county. He also took gold medal for pro
ficiency in scholarship.
The question for Dover, "What are you
going to do with the old elm tree in front O
the State House p has been settled at last BY
letting it stand, but trimming it up, which wa'
done on last Saturday.
The tenement house on the farm of Col
Joshua Clayton, three miles north of Middle
town, was consumed by fire on Friday week
The family occupying the house lost all thei
furniture, clothing, etc.
The Presbyterian folks of Bridgeville, il
Sussex, will celebrate the Fourth of July by
picnic in the woods. They will have BIZ
dinner and lots of nicnacks, and regular old
, fashioned time generally.
The founding which was left on train O,
the Delaware Railroad, few months ago
died last Tuesday week, at the residence o
Mrs. Thomas Dougberty, near Dover. Mrs
Dougherty had adopted the infant
Philip Money, formerly a resident of Mon
roeyille, Salem county, N. j., but at the tim
of his death living with his two sons at Har
riDgton, in this county, died last Friday morn
ing, aged one hundred and six years.
The coored citizens of Wilmington an
Chester will make grand excursion by rail t
New York city on Monday, August 3lst Thi
will be the first excursion of this kind eve
. made by the colored people to New York.
The steamer RLsdde commenced to day
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