Smyrna times., 1875-08-11
STATE AND LOCALS.

STATE AND LOCALS.
The Sentinel says the best billiard player {
in Dover is a colored man.
A Grange has been organized at Felton,
with Geo. w. Killen as Master.
There is some complaint that grapes are
rotting badly in Milfords vicinity.
There is goose in Lewes, II years old,
which has brood of s goslings nearly
grown.
DIR. Bonwill, young physician from
FELTON,, has taken the office of DIR. IIirons,
in this town.
Miss Annie f. Burgess, one of the teach
ers in the public schools Of Dover, has
resigned. much to the regret of the School
Board.
An engine with one passenger car at
tached ran from Elkton to Wilmington, 20 |
miles, in just twenty minutes, on Tuesday,
July 9th.
A "peach pluck was found dead in a
peach car at Middletown, yesterday morn
ing. 1t is supposed he had eaten too much
green fruit.
The Olympics of Leipsic and Smyrna 2d
Nine played game of base ball in this
town last Saturday, making score of % to
y in favor of the 2d Nine.
1t is announced that the Middletown
NJ. E. Sunday School will picnic at Bombay
Hook shortly. Is not Collinss the place,
instead of Bombay Hook?
Just as the price of peaches and the
hopes of the growers are on the rise the
rain comes and knocks both. The rain TO-
day at noon was discuraging.
An agent is now in our town canvassing
for Gray's celebrated Atlas of the world.
This, it is believed, will be the finest pub
lication of its kind ever issued.
Rev. Mr.. Holloway, one of the Professors
in Newark Academy, is to supply the
Presbyterian pulpit in this town until
further notice. He is good preacher.
One of the fruit drying houses in Middle
town has already engaged night and day
hands to the number of one hundred and
E fifty, fifty-four of whom are girls and come
from Philadelphia.
t Henry Smith, of Harrington, was com
mitted to Dover Jail on Sunday week
5 charged with having received stolen good,
i from Hezekiah Scott, who has not the best
c reputation for honesty.
The Delaware Railrod Company, to meet
the demand upon it for extra freight trans
! portation by this years crop Of fruit, il
: building an additional track between Mid
dletown and Armstrong's-two miles.
n The wife of Mr.. David K Watson,
% farmer of Milford Neck, last week, retirec
IS to bed in her usual health except a sligh
ID headache, but was attacked violently in tn
re night and expired in few moments.
re Mr.. John Truax has contracted for a tn
i. line to run from Rothwelrs and the othe
:" landings on the Creek, to commence abou
&c Aug. 18th. He will ship from Rothwel
III for : cents; other landings cents pc
Al basket.
or Mr.. D. S. Myer, Of Bridgeville, says thi
y he shipped recently to New York Earl
.lv Beatrice Peaches, which sold for 30 cts. p,
he quart. They are ripe Is days earlier tina
an Hale's. His Wild Goose Plums brought
en- cts. per pint.
IN. Two more prisoners escaped from Il
he New Castle Jail last week. The frequen,
Of these escapes is cause for no little col
he ..ent. That prison so well construct
lot as that one should leak 50 badly is SON
his thing past finding out
bert ). Downs has been appoint
e.. gauger for this county. The prospect
that large quantity of fruit brandy will
distilled; hence the appointment. Mr..
Is was the Republican candidate for Shel
we last fall, in this county.
ted
d;s. 1t seems to us that agricultural fairs
: ;s getting most too thick to thrive in t
. State, particularly in Sussex. One is to
# a held at Laurel, one at Bridgeville and {
inc. at Georgetown, this fall, to say nothing
,oys the one at Middletown.
it is The livery men of Wilmington have
lich hesitancy now in hauling parties up bel
and the mayor for over-driving their hor
es- The law FOR "the prevention of cruelty
mes. animals" gives hired horse soul
ther Furnishes men who have none.
& on
80. Some one has been investigating into
-, wealth of the members of the United ST
r,ors Senate, and the published list puts Sen
,,,oo. Bayard's property at $4,000 and Sen
III Saulsbury's at $4,000. The wealtl
-. member is Cameron, of Pennsylvar
80 - 81 100000.
" the One evening last week Mrs. Eutrike
perty Wilmington, was knocked down by I
Of the man, on Madison street, and her pc
owes book was taken from her. The
m the escaped. The frequency of robberies
rty It of most daring character is creatir
little alarm,