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Smyrna times., 1875-08-25
MARYLAND ITEMS.
fosGvllle Queen Anne's county, post
Office has been discontinued.

Roseville Queen Anne's county, post
Office has been discontinued.
Lo''a S'lc.-Capt. John France ha. nur.
chased from Captain Whttington his farm
ON chester river, in Spaniard's Neck. Oucnn
Annes county, known as Northwest
P"lnt, containing 1913 acres, at $40 per
acre. P''
Mackie Bros, Of Cecil county, near F,i.
I'M, cut seven-eghtIs Of am acre of wba,t
winch, when tlircshcd, yielded forty and n
hali bushels. 1t was of the Seneca variety
4 new KIND III that nighborhood.-O Ortrj
Prc1&. '|'"''
fredericksburg correspondent of tho
Cambridge Chronicle says a uunLor 81
northern people who have been ,nospcctin,,
around there with a view to INVESTING. have
4ecidcd not to do So, rom the flet tL,f
'here Is too much poor lund and sand
Ncol'orai Il h,a;fr-A littlc SON .hon+ :,
years old, of Mr.. Holm LamLJcn ',rL"' ,rLu :
oyy"rs"cr for Mr.. John McCollj,tcr' VIZ
playing with a small knife ono d,y I.,.t
week, anu it accidentally slipped down L;s
throat. 1t was fortunately closed nm anJ
passed from him next day, and did him NO
HARM f1trcrHc Obscrcer.
4 t@#" PrEd mp IN tie No.r.oLc On
Monday morning last the cantain of .
canoe passed a curious looking box Hootin"
III me Nantlcoke river near Vienna. on
picking 1t up he was Mortified to find in i
me corpse Of a white child. apnarcntI,,
about a., two years old. He buried i ocain
he mystery IS, where did it come from?
A .Sr@gr Runa5y i, the Ra;ox-yot
the immense amount of rain
mat there has been in this locaIitv and
liauGcd &c all over the Peninsula, the farmers
OF wye Island, in this county. comnIo;,,
Ihat there has not been enough rain on tLa
Island since they planted their corn to 10 Wet ,,l
II 10 the roots, and are to-day actuoI,,
suffering for the want of it.EC,.t,r,,,H,
L5Scrrcr. ''"''
'@Gght Aappiag.-Accordin to the Sea.
ora I"'@fh Dorchester county man. who |
'ouId hear nothing of 90 boxes of nnacLn, |
'hipped to New York recently and-h had |
been informed by his commission ,n"m
nat they had never been received ba
went ON to look them up. On GOING 70
ne commission house he saw hi. cratns o,,I
he clerk showed him where the fruit LaJ
Ieen sold for $3.50 per crate. He went 70
ne proprietor and demanded his mono,,
vhlch was paid, with many anoIogic,
" ny didn't the CGt-en give the com,n;So;o,,
mems names? ,'oi
Smyrna times., 1875-08-25

ANOTHER FLUrrER. Washington
news yesterday was to the effect that Henry
W.Cannon, editor of the Dover Sentinel, has
been appointed US. Marshal for this State,
in place of John NJ. Dunn, of Wilmington,
removed. What rendered this intelligence
rather startling was, that it was supposed
Marshal Dunn had intrenched himself in
his position. This change was sought for
about two months ago, and came very near
fulfillment, but Mr.. Dunn and his friends
managed to upset the scheme, and it is
said he was then assured by Attorney Gen
eral PierrepOnt that he would not be dis
turbed. We notice that some of the Will.
mington papers are disposed to discredit
the change.
Smyrna times., 1875-08-25

n SHOCKING SUICIDE.-Thc suicide of
Mrs. Bissinger Of Reading, who drowned
herself and three children in the canal at
that place on Tuesday week, is another
evidence of the misery occasioncd by the
wanton in supplanting the lawful and
loving wife in the husbands affections.
Bissinger the husband of the lady is the
proprietor of one Of the most widely and
extensively patronized beer saloons in
Reading. He is also the leader of the
keading Mannerchor, fine musician. and
highly respected. His place is sort of
Board OF Trade, where the business men of
the city meet at 10 O'Clock almost regularly
each day, and to whose convenience he
has set apart Il room for business purposes
lie went to Reading a poor boy, married
his wife while iii humble circumstances.
ana after his marriage his mothcr.in,law.
who was then conducting the saloon. and
had made considerable money, nnictly
retired, leaving the management To- kjS~in-
ger, WIN" made SOME money ont Of it. lie
mas been married for about nine wears. tbc
tour last OF which have been year, Of GREAT
care and anxiety to the wife growing out
OF neglect, caused hy the Influence Of n
Young woman with whom he had become
intimate.
Smyrna times., 1875-08-25
Arrest of the Son of Judge Fisher IN
Washington.

In June last the large dry goods storo of
| Ferry & Brother, on PENNSYLVANIA avnnuo
was robbed on Sunday afternoon of So mn
| worth OF silks and laccs. The store was in
the most frequented locality. and the
detectives at once sought n clcw to tho
r0oOerS, tracing the property and one of
the burglars to Baltimore. Two.thirds of
the goods were recovered. A party who
gave the name of Schneider was orras+nd
ana identified as having been seen louncing
!" the iocailiy OF the store on the day of the
roooery: Inc boldness of the theft, in
connection with tho fact that the senior
member of the firm is an old resident Of tbo
city, one OF the mcmorialists in connection
with the District investigation. and had
been as much an object of persecution os
Columbus Alexander, upon whom tho
District Ring attempted to fasten collusion
IN the well known safe burglary robbervI
excited the attention of the merchants
VINO were free in the expression of the
opinion that this was another dnsnornto
effort to put obloQuy upon firm that had
by its integrity helped to encouro@o tLa
Congressional investigation. Tho nrorIt
action OF the detectives did not lesson tI,a
suspicion in the minds of the po,,,,
Brothers, who Immediately removed thrir
valuable silks to New York, and anuo,,ncod
That they would no longer keep ON hand
duplicate patterns.
SAFE BURGLARY DEVELOPMENT.
The sequal of the robbery is a rcnotition
OF the safe burglary. When Schneider wos
lodged IN Jail he sent for Richard IIo,ring.
ton, who, in the capacity OF Assistant
United States District ATTORNEY, had couscI
the release of Benton, of New York. tho
party. apprehended for blowing open the
District Attorney safe, and in whose nos.
session, on the steps of Mr.. Alexander's
house, was found the books and naners
tllat were to destroy Alcxander's Influence
before the Congressional Committee II
VIII be remembered that the bail accented
Tor Benton was worthless and the prisoner
mas never been heard from. IIarrinofon
resigned and son of judge Fisbcr
momlnally filled his place. II wns 10 tbe
son all the blame of his fathers disgrace
was attached and the Judge thereby forced
to resign.
Last Friday Assistant United Stotes
Attorney Charles g. Fisher sent note Ia
the Clerk Of the Criminal Court TO the
effect that bail in the sum of 81, 900 would |
be regarded in the case of Schneider os |
sufficient. Bail was accepted and the
prisoner discharged.
The report is that young Fisher. with tho |
released prisoner, went TO Baltimore 10
dispose OF the goods not recovered Inv The
police, OF which he was to receive n sbaro
and was also to receive 5000 for his service1
IN eftecting the release ''0es
Judge Fisher disclams any knowlodoo
Smyrna times., 1875-08-25

The Benevolent Society will meet at Mrs
John B. Cooper's tomorrow Thursday
evening.
Rev. DR.. Chas. Cooke died siddenlv I.
MS residences in Philadelphia, yesterds,
morning, in his 9th year. The Doctet wa,
an eminent minister and greatly beloved
IN TINS town, Dover and Wilmington, where
he had filled the Methodist pulpits.
Rev. Il. w. Kennedy, wife and daughter
OF this town, propose to start for Cane Nav
or Sea Grove, the new resort near there
next Saturday. They will be the guests OF
capt. Whlllden, at whose invitation tbov
VIII spend few days at the seaside. Mr.
hennedy was pastor of the PRESBYTERIAN
Church there over forty years ago.
The large Steam Mill at Robbins Station,
between Georgetown and Lcwes, DESTROYED
by hre on Thursday night week. was the
hneSt and most costly mill in Sussex county.
1t was built by the Tomlinson Steam Mill
Company, and cost between twelve and fiE
teen thousand dollars. The mill has never
been paying prOperty-it was too cxpen-
slve for the business.
Smyrna Seminary commences its fall
term on the 18th of September, with Prof
IL. Hockenberry, of Martinsburc, w. Va.
as Principal, Miss NJ. A. Offley at the head
OF the Primary Department, and Miss
Alice a. Ford, of Springfield, Mass, at the
head of the Music Department. The
faculty Is regarded as Il strong one, and the
school prospect good one.
The Seaford C1ti-Sn tells this: On Wed.
nesday last a well-drcssed gentleman, HAVING
on long linen duster, sat down on n ne,cb
crate to await the arrival of the train. If
came along in due time, and as he arose 70
get aboard, loud laugh burst from the
oy-StanderS, for there upon the tail of the
duster was impressed in black lcttc,s
" For Abbott q Richardson, Phil"
VIM. Gray, of Wyoming, hurt lad
named VIM. Mock quite badly last week
by hitting him with an AK. The bows obout
the town had been "deviling" Grov Il
seems, and when Mock went to his house
after some oysters, (the boys following)
Gray ordered them off. Mock didn't 90.
and Gray hit him. 1t appears that Mock
didn't know that Gray had been worried Iv
the boys.
Mrs. A. Derrickson, of Middlctown. fed
over forty tramps on Sunday week. The
rest of the town is so tired of Them th.t
they would almost soc them starvc. So
would any other town, if 50 badly bored as
that town has been. The town commits.
'loners there have posted Notice to
Migrants" warming all those persons not
having occupation that they will be- arrested
or vagrancy and sent to Jail.
Smyrna times., 1875-08-25

SINGULAR CAsE.-Is Mr.. j. IT. Primrose
NE Fortunate Individual ?-The Wilmington
Con'n'erc,Gl OF yesterday publishes this item :
gentleman in this city, doing business
on Market street, has come into possession
OF SIX hundred dollars from an unknown
source; Several days ago, he received n
letter rom New York informing him that n
conscience stricken individual wished to
make restitution of money which he
wrongtully appropriated to his own use. and
enclosed in the letter blank agreement
lor signature. The return was to be con-
olt'oned only upon signature of the agree
ment,, which simply stipulated that he
sshouid not endeavOr to find out the source
rom whence the money came. This
paper was duly signed and forwarded to the
person VINO was acting as agent of the con-
sclence-stricken individual, and the return
mail brought check for six bundled
dollars on New York bank. The check
was deposited in one of our CITY hanks. and
III due course of time reached the bank
upon which it was drawn, was honored and
the money obtained on it.
The gentleman who received the money
Is not aware of ever having been defrauded
IN his life. Once while doing business at
smyrna, Del, which he relinquished when
ne removed to this city, his store was broken
open and robbed of about $4OO i'm goods
and money. 1t may be possible that this
Is the money which is now being returned.
The gentleman then had strong suspicious
rs to the perpetrators of the robbery, but
was unable to confirm them by sufficient
evidence, and to this day the matter has re.
manned as it did the morning after the
store was broken open. Nor does the
gentleman care now to investigate the case.
II the money was returned on account of
thlS' the individual who sent it may resi-
secure III the course which he has taken.
as the recipient Of the money says he will
make no inquiries as to the source from
whence the money came, nor seek to
unravel the mystery of the robbery. lie
VIII live up to his agreement.
Smyrna times., 1875-08-25

MURDER AT MIDDLETowN.-LastT TIurs,1
4ight ny negro from Wilmington named
Din Furchess was shot down in his tract .
IN an Illegal groggery in Middletown, Eont
oy man named WhitlOck. The shootipg -
was done by John Whitlock. son of tjee
proprietor. The negro died on tbo cory
friday afternoon, whilst en- route IN tbo
almshouse. The ball took effect in liz
right side. The Middletown T.a',a...iiD iii1
thus details the circumstances. ~
"A crowd of colored men had been vo,l,.
ing ior Richard Clayton, ESQ.,, and coming
III town found their way to WbitIonl; 2
saloon, and after drinking three nints of
whisky between them, the crowd CON,
mehced dancing, at which the senior Whit
iocK made no objection. The crowd tban
leit ana again returned in a short time
drinking more whisky. Again tLn Jonni,', 'lli,e,
commenced, CONN the negroes being somewhat
uruhk oy this time, when the elder Whit
lock sad he wanted no more danc;,g a,d
t0id his son John to 'Shoot them down
9no0t 1l them down if they do it again
without further words, John Wb;1Ioni,
laiseo revolver and pointing it at Fnr.
Ghess, exclalming will shoot fred tbo
Oail taxing effect as above stated Tbo
negroes then became bosterous, threaten,
ing 70 tear tho place out, but made no
: a'SaGk. me indignation Of our poaceabIo
liiliaoi'lhtS Is shown at all points. and homes
arc a. OK %presscd that something Will be done
'%f sii''ii eAterininate the saloon from our
Smyrna times., 1875-08-25
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Smyrna times., 1875-08-25

THE residence of r. w. Cochran. noor
Odessa, had a narrow escape from total
destruction early ON Tusday morning week.
An old and insane German named Henry
Mmkle, who had been roaming around for
the past few days in Il ragged and destitute
condition. found his way into the Kitchen
on Monday night, and started a fire on ton
OF the stove, it is supposed. At about half.
past o'clock, Mrs. Cochran awokc and
discovered smoke in the house. An alarm
was quickly made of fire, and ON going to
the kitchen, Mr.. Cochran found the stove
completely covered with flames. while the
old German was lying ON the floor aslcpn,
AS soon as awakened, Minklc ran from the
house. lie was caught and sent to New
Castle. The Middletown TqtnscriDt saws
tnat clothing, knives, wood, &c., were
piled on the stove.
Smyrna times., 1875-08-25

of the transaction, as he also did in the
release of Benton through the Intervention
of Harrington, and many of the citizens of
Washington who condemn his course in
the Benton matter are disposed to sympa-
thize with the Judge, as the misfortune
which has now befallen him comes like the
blow which wounded the feelings of the
late United States Treasurer, who was
dcirauded by a young man whom he had
put in office and had known from chilhood.
Young Fisher has been arrested, and the
accomplices in the transaction, it is said.
will be brought to justice
Smyrna times., 1875-08-25

REV. Mr.. KENNEY's CAsE.-The Rev. f.
1. Kenney, connected with the camp meet,
ing scandal case at Brandywine Summit,
has requested, and is to be granted a hear,
ing before the Church. His health is being
restored rapidly. The committee who are
to investigate Mrs. VanMeter's charge CON
Slsts OF Rev. Messrs. Welsh, Ashton, Hur-
lock, Patterson, Carson, Ralestraw and
Hood. These gentlemen will meet at
Sloan Church, Delaware county, on the
3lst inst. Rev. II. Z. Gilroy will act as
attorney for Mr.. Kennoy, and Rev. Isaac
Mast in behalf of the Conference. The
committee sets as a grand jury to find a
case, and if found it will be tried at the
next Conference, until which time Mr..
henney will be suspended. He claims to
have no knowledge of what transpired at
the camp after his attack of illness. The
confidence of his congregation in him is
not imp2ired' in the least, it is said, and
they are hoping for his final acquittal. He
breaches to set of plain, unassrming
farmers near Media.
Smyrna times., 1875-08-25

AT meeting of the State Board Of Edp.
cation held i'll Wilmington, last week. the
following list of text books were adontcd
to to be used in the public schools in this
State: ~ '''i'
Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry and Trir.
onom@try-Brooks. =
WatsonS Tndcpcndcnt
Grammar-Swinton's Language Series.
Geography with Mitchrirs
Outline Map. '0"''i :
History-Andcrson' School
Spcllers-'rhe New American and Sar.
gents Etymology. '''''' al
renmanship-Payson, Dunton 4 Scrib-
ner's 'iio
Drawlng-Krusi's.
Natural Philosophy-Stecl's Ga weeks
Observation-Disclosures.
Chlids Book of Naturc-Hooker,s.
Composition and Rhctoric-OuackcnI
Constitution Of the United Statcs-Fur.
man Sheppard. u
Book-kecping-Smith and Martin.
FOR use OF teachers-Page's Theory and
Practice of Teaching, and WickersLam's
Method of Instruction. mann :
Smyrna times., 1875-08-25

The Dela'carean thinks we overstepped
the mark in speaking of the peach terri
tory last week. Maybe. To be more ex-
plicit, the orchards of 100000 trees arc
said to cover $4,000 acres of land.
Smyrna times., 1875-08-25

p.i hs kEPhIGERArOR EXPERIMENT +
hiker's rcirigerating house at Middleio,Tr
IS about completed, portion of tLc ice ,e" IL !,
already in, and the cooling drafts have Lao9 -
set III motion The building has boom
substantially erected, with a view 70 ~
mllaneney, and we understand tlat no E ~
the peaches are removed tropical frnits viii
take their place. IL is stated thnt botvv"a,l
one and two thousand tons Of ice will ba
required to keep up the uniform tomnoro
ture OF 53 degrees, and we understand thot
the necessary quantity has been nroc,,roJ ,r.,
down East. Pussy & Rice, of this s0ci1u c;t~
have supplied them with iifty tons C,ry aEd
nave twenty tons yet to deliver rha Ti,o
storing OF the fruit will be commenced - ne !
Gay or two, we undcrstand.-Comass. - I"
Smyrna times., 1875-08-25

\ TRAMP MURDERED NEAR TOWNSEND -
n peacn pluck, name unknown, was killed
l"sC friday evening, by Patrick Ahrcn
near townsend. Ahren threw stone at
MN; winch struck him in the templc and
produced instant death. Ahrcn is = voutL
oi y Years; the son of Dennis Ahrcn fla
railroad section boss at BlackbirJ Stot;n,,
ana Is sad to be a very clever voung no,,
put that afternoon the tramn that ,vaS
Killed was at Blackbird Station with otL"r
tfamps, drunk, and got to twitting vo,,,l',
Ahren $ father about being an Irishma3
and Catholic. SO it is rcportcd TIi.
hettled young Ahren, and that evcnino La
ana another railroad hand, Weibel ,vn{7t i,
search OF the drunken pluck. Tbcv cor,n
up win nm and one or two others on tLn
railroad near Townsend, when Abro, ol,l,
inenced stonlng him, the third stone mo.
uuclhg The fatal result. One or two ofLo,.
reports we have seen differ from this AMI
a"5 tilaC thcre was no prOvocation, whatever
Vt Wi me part oil the pluck. Ahren and
" Iiocl were arrested by Constable Townsend
'iIu are no" IN New Castle Jail The tra,nn
"i'o ourleu at The expense of the county.
OF killing the tramp. 1t is stated tba, NJ" NJ,
IN. Z. Spruance has been retaineG a., ~.
counsel. The RepuJljcan gives this vo,.;rr'
Oh the matter, as gained at the innunst
Inc pluck 5 name is Robb. 1t appearcj
that Dennis Ahren employed ROBE for
several days and then turned him a,yar
W without paying anything for his labor A.
tliS I Eobb very naturally felt provoked. and
calleo ~ some hard names. Patrick Ahrcn
tne son OF Dennis, on learning what had
happened, started after Robb, in company
Titn tIit tfenchman named George WeibcI.
fn,,'1 eniiealgHIhg 10 XIII him. They also in
tIn tTli'.eu neol J3hn Jester, whom they met on
'Ne ROAD that this was their intention
Smyrna times., 1875-08-25

ENTERPRISE.-Arthur j. Colburn. who
purchased the large farm below Delaware
Glty, formerly owned by the late John
heyOold, Is constantly making improve
nentS and adding to the productivencss Of
inc land. He has not only erected a s,,len.
Gid mansion, and laid out a beautiful lawn
but within the past year or two he has
Dullt banks on each side of Saint
Teofge Creek, three feet in height and
| three miles in length. lie has also du,,
cl@ht-ioot bitches. measuring about twnlvs
miles IN length, through his property,
"hlch draln $50 acres of land; he has also
put III l2-horse power steam engine to
pump the water from these bitches into ST
"eorsc's Creek, lifting $4,000 gallons n,'
minute" and cficctually accomplishino tbn
"DIect intended. 1t is only necessary to
run pumps, which are under the charge. of
Nr' John Patterson, about six hours ont ,r
tWenty-tour to clear the bitches of wnt.I
ana render the land, which was formerly =
complete swamp, tillable, and it is now
producing tne crops of grass and pasturcd
by horses and cattle. 1t is an old and trito
saying that he who makes two blades nf
grass to grow where but one grew before. is
4 ochelactor to the human race. and look
lhg at these Improvements in this LIGHT. W..
must say that Mr.. Colburn has set AN rx.
ample to others which is well worthy Of
neutrality-suspicious..
Smyrna times., 1875-08-25

While there may be wide difference Of
opinion among christians as to the work
lately undertaken hy the Rcvival;yt..
Messrs. Moody and Sanky, we are sure that
all who are truly dcsirous Of peaae on earth
ana an good will to men heartily endorse the
following remarks of Mr. Sankcy:
When we held our meetings in Dublin
ana elsewhere in Ireland w. expected to l..
disturbed hy the Roman Catholics. but we
were not. The larte meetings If Irisbmcn
winch We addressed werp rs orderly rs any
ever saw. III" reason was l,.ca,,.c W..
sought 10 rIr,t" M q Icsition froin The
"a Holli''h 1Ht"oI.o,. We ,'yo.,icd Offending
eiienl' oi we l'it 'pntI"rrr."d questions
alone, and merely Preached Cl;st. and hit
could give o'ic.l~r t. nol.u.!y. Dur in,.:n,...
was not to d;scu.v ecclesiastical our-,.nr..
but 10 preach the saviour 10 those w!.n
needed Him.
Smyrna times., 1875-08-25

=, MEssEs;; r. NJ. & w. r. JOHNSON left ON
monday, by Lewes steamer, for the northern
ana eastern shoe markets, and will order
53,OOO pairs, or over 200 cases of boots from
large manufacturers hitherto unvisitcd
Arrangements will also be made to have
Their hats manufactured by one of the
largest manufacturers in the United States
but who will manufacture nothing less than
" ~ case case OF each style. Several propositions
OF late have been made to thomb by different
Partes Tor the establishment of shoe mann.
factory in Smyrna; and it is not unlikoIv
lIlat such arrangement will shortly be con
-, SG,niIhated, on their own responsibility, in
Whlch case they will wholesale in connec.
ton with retailing. 0'''"e'
Smyrna times., 1875-08-25

Jones Peach CUTLER SrorpEp.-U. s.
Marshal Dunn, last week, served an iniunc.
ton ton upon John A. Jones, of Mt. Pleasant
New Castle county, to restrain him from,
the manufacture and sale of the peach
cutler which he claims as his patent. until
I'll the case Is disposed of in the U. s. Court.
Inc Injunction is issued by order of JUDGE
bradford, upon the affidavit of Edward W
lockwood, Of Middletown, who claims
mat Jones euler is an infringement upon
inachIho patented by him some time
previous pre- and that Jones obtained his oriri.
eIl.. eal conception of the machine altogether
from his patent. WV