Smyrna times., 1875-08-11

along the turnpike between Stanton and I
Newport, her horse took fright and upset
the darborn, throwing her out and frac-
turing her skull.
The Quickstep base ball club, of Will
mington, (the champion of the Statc) play
the Smyrna club here next Saturday after
noon, to commence at go They play the
Milford club tomorrow and the Dover
club on Friday. The game is expected to
be sprightly one.
The C5mmercim will contain daily reports
of peach shipments and the condition of
the markets during the peach season and
will be found of great value to everybody
interested i'll any way in the peach crop.
1t will be sent to subscribers, post paid, at
% cents per month.
During the thunder gust of Tuesday |
week the barn of Mr.. Frisby Clarke, in
Camden, was struck by lightning and part |
of the weatherboarding torn off. What is |
remarkable is, that horse in a stable 20 |
feet off from the barn, was killed. Two
hogs in pen close at hand were also killed. |
Mr.. Clarkes loss is about $l75.
During the progress of the Democratic
nomination election, i'll Wilmington, last
Saturday afternoon, II fight occurred at the
City Hall, between David Lemon and Mar
tin Farrell when Dan. O'Nell intcrfrrrcd
and struck Mr.. Lemon in the face, causing
the blood to flow quite freely. The parties
are all prominent Democratic politicians.
The Peninsular Agricultural and Pomur
logical Association have issued their rules
and regulations, and schedule Of premiums
for 1919, Il copy of which is before us The
exhibition will be held at Middletown,
Del, on the 9th, 9Th and Sth of October,
and arrangements have been completed to
make it entirely satisfactory to exhibitors
and visitors.
Two young men, named Ricl and NIcLain
living in the Alley, near this town. were be
fore Squire Budd, Monday, for firing 4
pistol at Benz. IEutt, cololcd, on Saturday
night. They admit the firing, but say it
was only Il joke; Iiutt however says the
joke took effect in a barn near by. They
were held in 800 each. McLain has
secured bail.
Mr.. VIM. Naylor of New Castle co., neal
this town, finished picking his small fruit
Monday week. His berries on an average
cleared - cts. per quart, which netted him
Sl24.34 per acre. His pickers Is in mum
Der are the same he employed years ago
For their faithful services rendered in til,
past he gave them free dinner on Satur
> day at his farm.
= A post-office detective has discovered ;
= deficiency of 1910 in the accounts of J. p
OBier, the postmaster at Scaford He is t,
$ step out. The Citizen of that town say
G Mr.. O'Bier's surctics, Joshua O'Bier, Esq.
il and Robert Brown, Esq, promptly mad
good the deficiency, and Mr.. O. Bier, tn
P. NJ. states that neither the Genera
Government nor his sureties will lose any
> thing.
e There is great complaint in some section
OF this county in regard to the working {
the new features of the school law. Thos
= teachers who have received certificate
- have raised the price of teaching and til
" law forbids those from teaching who hay
. no certificates. Thus they are compellc
to pay double the price formerly paid fC
ct the same teachers they employed last yea
- --.S"ssec journal.
1t is stated by the C6mmtrc;ai that II
y" travel on the Wilmington street cars SHOW
very little increase now over the first yei
a the cars were started, ten years ago, no
ed withstanding the city has grown 50 rapid
Int in that time around the western tcrminr
he Of the road. Yet the company manage
make it pay. They put on smaller cal
-, put mules to them, and dispensed Wi
a1 conductors. The first year tho road d
=, not pay interest and running expenses
y. $1,000.
,cr Last Wednesday, in Wilmington,
strange man presented at the Farmc
.o4 Bank check purporting to have be
=. drawn by the cashier of the First Nator
~. Bank Of York, Pa, for $500, which
~, desired to deposit and then draw s., 800
~ account. The man created so much s
piciOn in the minds Of the bank offic
that they refused to either accept
the check or allow him to draw on the ban
lcy lie soon left, and advices from the YC
'm- Bank say that no such check was g
ted given.
me-
On Wednesday night about 10 or
o'clock, word was tclegraphcd from
tea Delaware junction, two miles below v
Is mington, that the place was over-run
be peach pluclss, and they had assaulted {
: u robbed three men. They took valise Fl
erih one man and after going through it, t
threw it back telling him to take it, t
are didn't want it. A special train with Sc
this police officers was sent out, and they
, he ceeded in arrcstng SO Of them and t
one them to Wilmington. They were j
q of set. They were put in the city prison u
morning, when no one appearing aga
them they were sent adrift.