Smyrna times., 1875-12-08
STATE AND LOCALS.

!" Do'cl; loE every alternate "wednesday
= evening
The School Institute commences to-
r morrow at Dover and continues until
, Saturday.
a revival of unusual interest is in pro
gresss at Seaford. Rev. w. H. Hutchin
conducts it.
t Rev. VIM. B. Walton, of the NJ. f.
Church at Georgetown, received donation
visit last week
The Deputy Collectorship of U. S. Gus
toms at Delaware City, heretofore exercised
by William Hukill, has been abolished.
John T. Jakes, of Wyoming, killed two
pigs on the 29th of November, six months
and ten days old, weighing 402! pounds.
Governor Cochran has appointed Mr..
Phllhp Z. Penuel Clerk of the Orphans
Court and Register in Chancery, for Sussex
county.
Corn is worth five cents more per bushel
at Lewes, Sussex county, than it is in
smyrna. So much for the New York
steamers.
The old lighthouse dwelling at Mahon's
river, near Dover, was sold on Tuesday
week, Joshua McGonigal being the puf-
chaser, at $l75.
Susan GOoden, daughter of William
Gooden, Of Willow Grove, was found dead
IN bed on Sunday morning week. She was
70 years of age.
a valuable peach orchard, the propertv
late OF j. Fl. Peterson, decd, at tho "Lig |
OAK, near town, is to be sold Jan. 9th. |
See Mrs. Peterson's adj. in another column.
The Episcopal Sunday School of this
town Is preparing for its usual Christmas
festivities. The Methodist School intend
having Christmas Tree on Christmas
night
The bank men and other citizens of
wilmington are petitioning Congress to
repeal the tax on checks. The two.ccnt
stamp IS considered too troublesome for the
revenue it brings.
Rev. Spencer S. Roche, (son of Rev. John
A. Roche, of Brooklyn, well-known Metbo.
dist minister formerly Of this communitvl
was installed as Rector of ST. Marks Episco.
pal church, in that city, last Sunday. :
While Samuel Harrington, of Pretty.
mans Corner, near Harrington, was fox !
hunting last week, his horse fell to the
breaking the collar bone and ,
nflctlng other injuries upon the rider.
Quite row has been created at Lewes |
by the reduction that has been made in +
ne pay OF the Custom House officers at
nat place. Three Of them have resigned. @
md others would do the same if they had I
'nythlng better offered them.
The Brcakrater Light is responsible for the a
tatement that man in Lewes has piece .
II wedding cake that he has had in his
,oSsesslon Tor torty-siX years. 1t also saws -
hat man there, now in his Slst wear. has =
lever taken dose of medicine. =,
Forty-two liquor licenses were granted 10
OF New Castle county by the court ON l.
1onday. OF these % were in Wilmington of
nd with the exception of the hotels all TO d,
'relgners. Twelve applications were 70. d,
lsed, y OF them from Wilmington. az
Two Protestantassociations of Wilmington S2
arrangement attended Calvary Episcoral tri
nuEch' IN that city, in full regalia, last n, ne
"Iuay morning, when the rector, Rev. &. -
J, ,.L'.|' i'a'lIilef' preached sermon against the
eresles OF Romanism and Rituaiism.
AT the regular preachers meeting of the
ethodlst preachers of Wilmington. last fol
onday, over 700 conversions for Whining. pa
II 9lstrlct were reported for the fall FIR
ohthS' AT Delaware City 73>conversions on
ere the result of three weeks revival wa
lder Rev. T. S. Williams. ''''' Mi
A school boy named Burton. at Mills.
ro Sussex county, whilst foolinp with wv
'toi IN school, last week, while it was in Br
pants pocket, it exploded, and the bali 10
tered his right thigh, making a flesh
'und about eight inches long. The ball am an
IS extracted and he is doing we'll NO
Inc /, report that appeared in one of the zen
iiimington papers, that Mr.. CLAYTON Pa.
hetherby, of Dover, chad his coffin J
'de, IS mistake. 1t grew out of the Phi
t that he had purchased lot in the now Sor
.n1etery, where he had family yault I
III, to which he has had removed tLe s.
mains of his first wife. tax
gam the Wilmington & READING Rail. W.
"a y, Is IN trouble. Suit has been entered aisc
rhlladelphla to sell it out, by the first age
rtgage bond holders. The suit is brougbt can
'ause OF the failure of the comDonv IN Mr'
its interest coupons due last ApriI and
looer. The amount of the mortooge is A
1875. ''''Ue coupons mex
", +.
ne old Dominion Steamship Conpanv "P,
ZEN PiateS continuing its railroad down and
. ~ CHtlTy-SIODe during the ana
Il season, provided it can obtain a will
rter from the Legislature of Virginia ent,
ere Will be no difficulty in this direction at {
therefore we may soon expect a throuob tho,
to Norfolk from New York via III" tho The
aware Peninsula. '''' the
o test the quality of kerosene oil. mt LII
le IN saucer and apply a match to II ont, ont
u takes tlre 1t is not safe. Very bad oil W.
sometimes burn when the match oets a,,'r ~,
Inn an inch of it. 1t is the gas orisn9 ''i''
n 1t that ignites. No gas arises from A
perly rectified oil, hence il will not not ran n
lode. So Cooper & Brother tell ne Cha
y test all theirs by this simple process for r'
iousebreakers have been annoying Mil. who
l.. VIM. Johnson, colored, broke into % I've"
house of Mrs. Ann Greer, at an early CoufI
IT on Sunday morning week and stole Hoy
reirom about half a barrel of flour and @ lnhl
m OF lard. He was arrested and carried mar M
nll on Sunday. The dwelling of Jas. r.. NOS nos
and also was entered on the Monday an anu
at following and some silver spoons uc.e De a
and
he Commercial announces that tbo Will. Pete
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