Smyrna times., 1874-04-08
STATE AND LOCALS.

Street lamps will be put up in Georgetown
next week.
Mr. Edw. Silcox has taken the Odessa hotel.
vice Lippinco,t, removed to Middletown.
Mr.. j. e. Mcbride, of Camden, is prepar-
ing to erect new storehouse in that town.
Wilmington only has seven Jewish families
not enough to keep the Passover, last week,
Read the article about Father Hersey, on
first page. He was known to very many in this
town.
The Spring term of Wyoming Institute COM
menced on Monday last with over twenty new
scholars.
Ten applications for liquor license will be
presented to the Court OF Sussex county, on
the 18th inst.
A New Yorker has been to Milford for the
purpose of ascsrtaining the feasibility Of start.
ing Gas works there.
A Milford tailor, one day recently, received
an order from a town in Maryland for sixteen
new suits of clothing.
The citizens of Milford have subscribed
$1,000 and bought the old NJ. 4. Church Of
that town for town hall.
VIM. Eegood, of Lewes, was recently paid
$4,000, the amount of lite insurance policy
on his wife, recently deceased.
appointed by Collector Prettyman, gauger ol
distilled spirits for Delaware, in pace OF Isaa,
l.. DeVou.
Miss Sue Evans, daughter OF John W.
Evans, Esq, OF Newark, has lemon tree
which grows ten-ounce lemons. 1t now has
fifteen on it.
The City of Dover is the way the the Dover
ties express it in their specifications Tor tbs
court house and town hall which the county i.
to build for them.
The Buell. Family will give concert in thi.
town on Friday evening, l7th inst, tor benefit
of NJ. f. Sunday School. The concert will bG
held in the Church.
A Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry wa.
organized in Milford on Monday evening, witt
29 msDbers, RIne Of whom are ladies. J. j
Rosa was elected Master.
William Shockley Esq. of Milford, sold las
week his farm of $50 acres near Cedar Greek
on the road from Milford to Lewes, to Capt
Stell, of Railway N. j. for S., 500.
The Rehoboth Beach Camp Meeting Asso
citation proposes to plant two maple trees il
front OF each lot and guarantee the same pro
vlded the lot-holders desire and will pay the
expense.
The Superintendent OF the NJ. E. Sunday
School of this town, |. ID. Hamilton, ESQ.
has requested the scholars to inform him, mex
Sunday, ln writing, why the egg is an emblem
OF Easter.
The bill appropriatng $4,000 for a survey
OF the proposed Chesapeake and Delaware
Ship Canal across the peninsula was defeated
IN the Maryland Senate on " ednesday-yea.
10, nays IL.
The April fool for this town was pocket
book nailed to the sidewalk in front Of the
Delaware House, by Mr.. Kirkman, the clerk
About thirty persons tried to pick it up, bu
found 1t too heavy.
On Monday of last week, Grange of tn,
Patrons Of Husbandry was organized at New
ark, with u members. Mr. William Dean
the Stralghtouter, Is Master, Prof Porter
Is lecturer, Mrs. Prof. Porter is Ceres &c.
Last Thursday evening the Presbyterian anC
VI. +. Congregations of Milford united in .
public Temperance meeting at the church O
the latter. There was fair attendance ant
appropriate addresses made by the two pastor
and others
This week issue of the american Ne,cs
paper Reporter publishes this lie "A Dela
ware man committed suicide simply becau,C
some one lett basket aud baby on his from
step. He was afraid his wife would object lC
step children.
Crowding too much sail on one of the plea
sure boats on the pond, this town, las
week, caused the craft to capsize and empt,
three youths in three feet Of LIQUID element.
but the water was too shallow to make muct
of an item out OF the accident.
The personal property of Rev. T. p. Nc
Colley, late OF Milford, which was sold OF
Thursday and Friday OF last week, brough
very fair prices; and the sale amounted I,
something over $4,000. The u. s. bonds wsr
purchased by Mr.. James Ii. Deputy at III.
Monday's Philadelphia Press says : Las
night. at Falls OF Schuylkill, this city, Oh,
first Reformed Episcopal congregation in Phil
adelphla was organ zsd. Bishop Cummns
schlsm has been greater in the newspa per
than outside OF them, and this last church onl
makes, we believe, the third belonging to th
new Sect
A lively skirmish took place at the gu,
town" school election, in Dover, we are told
Some parties, who did not like Mr. Cannon
the old commissioner, nor Mr. Williams, tn
tearcher, because he did not put their childreI
at the top, tried 10 put Mr.. A j. Wright il
as commissioner. They thought to effect tn
job by partsanism, but Messrs. N. B. Smith
ers, Chas Brown, and others made the goo,
OF tbs school the issue, and Mr.. w. L. Can
non was reelected. G. III. b. Day, we under
derstand, lead the opposition-lead il estray
The usual tax was votsd-$l, 400 This sur
was also voted in the down town" district
Ihe Catholics, who send no children 10 th
public schools, cast no votes, We learn.