Smyrna times., 1875-06-02

o Leipsic next Tuesday. Fare from Bonn
)ay Hook, 75c from Collins. 50c.
Parties from Bombay Hook inform us
hat the potato bugs are down on the Bay
shore i'll goodly numbers and seem anxious
to get across The fishermen, in taking up
their nets, find the bugs on the floats, or
colks, riding the waves very cOntcntedly. |
Some persons express the opinion that the
pests are moving east and will end in the |
The extension of the Franllord a Break |
water Railroad from Franlliord, its present
terminus. to Berlin. was completed, ON
Monday and junction was formed between
that road and the Worcester Il. r.. by
which the Junction a Brcakwater II. II.
has an unbroken line of about fifty miles
from Georgetown to Snow Hill. SO says
the CoHlr,rctnI.
1t is stated that Capt. Cooper, of Thor
oughiarc Neck. New Castle co.. is preparing
to run bargea or Sloope. to he towed by a
tug boat. from Smyrna Creek during the
peach season. There is not an overly good
feeling towards Capt. Taggart in the minds
Of the people Of the Neck. we learn, and
the above named scheme grows out of that
fact in Il measure.
Manlovr Hayes, Esq, Of Dover. Secretary
Of the Farmers club, of this county, has
issued circular suggesting to members of
such associations to elect delegates to rep.
resent them at a meeting to be held in
| Dover not later than June Sth to adopt
measures looking to 4 proper representa-
tion Of the agricultural interest, of Kent
county at the Centennial ENhihtion.
The examination Of teacher, in the
ncighhorhood Of Slaughtcrs Station. this
county, hy Supt. Groves. will hc hrld at til,
,choolhou&c in District No. Il, instead OF
No. 9. a~ heretofore published Th.raryr,
in the county are requested to make not,
Of this There will be no examination held
in this town next Saturday. but ryely Sal
urdav thereafter through June. July ano
August
hundred bushels of trout at a time Is ;
moderate catch ON tie Bay shore nca
Milford. They have been selling some
days for almost anything-eycn as low a
five cents per hu~hcl and many are eivcl
, away or left to rot upon the beach Farm
crS are carrying oft many for manure. an,
t the people from many miles inland ar
visiting the heacho- daily by scores an,
hundred, TO procure their annual suppl
for sailing down.
During the examination Of teachers :,
) Newark last week. 10y Superintendent
r Groves. Rev Mr. Stone. the Episcopal min
lister, and one of the Public School Com
missioncr>. invited the Superintendent an,
his class of fifteen candidates to the Dee
Park Hotel, where d rich dnhor WA, serve,
on the part of the SrhooI Board. 4 CORE.
: rondcnt Of the C.mn,,la/ compliments Ii.
Superintendent very highly
The store Of Mr.. Jas. II. Cotton. ,r
good, dealer Of this town. has lust bee.
fitted up and nicely painted, thu, maxim
! it one of the decidedly pretty bu~imc
places among u~. Mr.. T. V cooper. I'll
landlord ha~ also or5intiugul tine interior
tho store Of J. Il. Cooper y Bro. The ,tol
F" recently occupird by VII Bags. ucrcha,
II tailor, ha~ been made part oi thrir ,,or
II room by putting Iar.- folding doors in Il
l. partitions.
The old dominion Steamship Co. is :,
ting ready for the peach -,u-ou 1t Il
II ordered thirty now car and two more loo
: motives for the j. y Il. Z. r.. and thcv a
'i fitting up some OF their steamship, f
!" service on tie New York line. The Milo
n N',ry also learns that they are con~tuctir
small, portable, truck cars tina, will ho
j. about one hundred cratc- and which e;
H. boca-ilyrm off and on. .cIupticlandloa,l,
y. from platform cars at t!., station, and
" the pier,
'' At the lat meeting Of the Dover Ia
e Ball club the Executive Committee q
no,mcrd the nine Of the club. a. follow
~ Robert Salmon,, catcher; John =. Sau
Of bury, pitcher; F. :. Brown. Hiram Rec
ot II. \. Richardson. Percy Fowler. D.
b. Wilson. Robert H. Ma"k"y, William
he Walker, and George \. Dickson. -ubstitu
to Mr. Benjamin :. II"r-cy. formerly of t
Scaford club. wa. elected member Of I
club and may be- put on is catcher
to This week we publish the new time tai
w. Of tn" Del. Il. r. The morning train
.: Phila. leaves here. two hours earlier. s
Ity instead Of SOj, and the train from Phi
ng formerly the noon irainJ arrives II
instead of l2.OJ, as formerly. The aft
noon train for Phila. does not leave SmyI
! now until 80, nor the passenger frri
+. until G.3O. There i, no change in Tie MI
: train-arriyca at Smyrna at S.4l. as here
fore. 1t i the only train not changed.
ma. Three Young, unlcttercd negro men
this town, who spent six months in DO
Jail and were released at the recent scss
Of court, came out with sufficient IlnC
edge of letters to be able to read and WI
=, They were instructed by Dr. West. r