Smyrna times., 1874-07-29
STATE AND LOCALS.

Red Lion Camp meeting commences to-day,
July 29th.
Delaware now has eleven oranges of the
Patrons Of Husbandry.
Rev. c. Huntington, Presbyterian pastor of
Dover, is recreating at Cape May.
Another schooner of $50 tons has been COM
menced by the Milford shipbuilders.
The track of the Georgetown and Frankfori
Railroad has been laid to Dagsboro.
The Snow Hill Messenger is another that
favors Hon. I, f. Bayard for the Presidency.
A malignant type of whooping cough has
now hold of nearly every child in Bridgevlle
Sussex county.
Rather heavy corporation in Wilmington,
known as the Wilmington Rolling Mill Co. has
failed for a large amount
A torch-light procession, in which every
torch bearer shall carry lighted pine knot and
wear mask, is talked Of for Seaford.
A six year old boy at Seaford recently, fell
from second story window to porch - feet
below, splintering plank but doing no other
injury
1t was positively determined, by the Reho-
both Association, last week, to build another
hotel there, to be double the size of the Surf
House.
Mr. Harvey Nash sold last week to Mr..
Avery, OF New York, a farm of 40 acres, one
mile and quarter south from Milford, on the
Lewes road, for S2,80O-$7O per acre.
John s. Jester, of Dover, late Clerk of the
Peace for Kent county, has been elected Gen
eral Agent of the Kent County Mutual Insur.
ance Company, rice Rev. Elijah Crouch.
A correspondent of the Gazette writes thai
the Old Dominion Company will extend the
Junction & Breakwater Railroad from Lewe:
to RehOboth without doubt. The distance
is six miles.
We have received handsome catalogue O.
Delaware College. 1t will be seen by adv
elsewhere that each member of the Legislature
mas appointments to two free scholarships il
this institution.
In settling up some disputed land damage
at Georgetown, last week in the matter of RI
Breakwater & Frankford r. r., two promi
nent lawyers OF the town came nearly to blow
IN the court room.
The Modoc Minstrels, an excursion part
from Philadelphia. are now encamped at tn
Wakeman House, Bombay Hook, and are max
ing things lively They give entertainment
to night and Friday light
The people in Sussex are glad that tn
Junction Breakwater r. r. has been sold t
the Old Dominion Steamship Co. They ow
twelve large steamships on the line betwee
New York and Richmond.
Rev. /. l.. POulson, has Just been fattere
by call to both the First Reformed Church
on Calvert street, Baltimore, as well as Betl
any Methodist Independent church of the sam
city. lie has accepted the latter.
Frsnklin Butler, ESD, of Philadelphia, h,
purchased of G. H. B. Day the lot 10 Dow
adjoining the residence of G. S. Penniwel
with the view OF building comfortable res
dence and retiring from the active pursuits
business.
tx Sheriff VIM. Wds, of this town. HI
established collection agency here, as may
seen ~ ctIl tl-'"Lcrc. lie has been induce
to enter p. ..--s by friends who knew h
especial fitness for it, and will, we feel sur
meet the full demand.
One Of our Maryland exchanges thus hi
long sermons: Rev. Mr.. Shilling, of Annemc
sic Circuit preached twice last Sunday. o.
and quarter hours each time, and the peor
went away satisfied they had got shilLial
worth of length, ifnot Of depth.
The farmers in the upper part of New Cas-
county are holding harvest homes or picn
They meet together and have big dinner
the woods One was held last week in viii
Brandywine and Christiana Hds. and T.
townships of Chester county joined
The Philadelphia Ledger says there
rumors current that the different railroads
tend to combine and do their own express bu
ness; that is, to carry the packages and
celVe the full price themselves, thus maxi
me prott now made by the Adams Expr
Company.
10 their accounts of the alleged smuggl
at Lewes, several of our exchanges have $
that William Ellegood, one of the parties
rested, is brother of DIR. II. G. EIlego
State Auditor This is incorrect. The s
William is only q second cousin to DR.. K
goods father.
Mrs. Woodruff, wife OF Mr.. Francis Wo
hull, near this town, died quite unexpectt
on Sunday morning last from disease of
liver. She was a lady of marked piety, dee
devoted to the Sunday School work, an
most proficient Biblical scholar. The rem
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