Smyrna times., 1875-09-22
STATE AND LOCAr.S

The next meeting of the Dover Distric
PREACHERS Association, (itinerant) convene
In Frederick, Oct. 4th.
II 1t is reported that several Milford mo,
e ehants Will abandon the mercantile busi
ness at the close of the year.
u One million pounds of dried peaches. i
It Is estimated, will be produced this year il
+ Delaware and Maryland, by the new system
of evaporization.
The State School fund has been appor
toned among the school districts. and
amounts to $9l.S5 to each, which is sub
Ject to the order of the District School
Commissioners.
! Fatchen," popular stallion owned bv
Charles Smith, of this town, died last wool,
whilst being practiced on the Warwicl,
track, near Middletown. Mr.. s. had 20.
fused $500 for him.
The elder Whitlock, implicated in the
murder of the negro man Frcbass i, MI
dletown, recently, was arrested there last
FRIDAY. The son, who perpctrated the
deed, is still at large
1t is understood that the time table on
the Delaware Railroad will be cbonood
shortiy-by the first Monday in October ot
tarthest. The morning train will 90 bacl
to the old time, we suppose.
lhe Kent County Railroad, from Clovtop
to Chestertown, will run in close connoo-
ton with the trains on the Delaware rood
on and after Monday ncxt--two trains
one freight, with passenger car attached
Our former fellow townsmon. Tboo,loro
r. Haughey, Esq, has Just been elected =
lay representative to the General Confar.
ence OF the NJ. f. Church, by the Indiana
conference, now in session at IndiononoI;,
Inc Attorney General, it is said. intends
10 have the COnstables who failed 70 avoo,,to
the Coroners warrants for the arrest of tbo
"hltlocks, at Middletown. indicted Of tho
approaching term Of Court for dereliction
Of duty.
The son of James Kirk, editor of tho
Dfl0'raTea", I has not been appointed one of
the Cadet Engineers at Annapolis as was
reported sometime since. He presented
fed '''ii,
Inc executors, last week, sold the farm of
the late Jonathan Catlin, to l.. $. Delaplaina
oi " est Va, for $4,000 cash. The propcrtv
Is Is beautifully situated near Brandywine
Springs, near Wilmington, and contains
l22 acres.
The bridge over the dam at the IIof.
lecker Mills, on the Dover road, which bas !
Oeen OH Tor repairs, is again replaced and
travel Is no longer obstructed. A new briJao
ma gates have been put in by Mr.. Barber |
'f Milford. {
Z. ). Taylor, Superintendent of tho Kort ;
,ounty Railroad, has been relieved from, |
'uty by Mr.. Gerkcr, the lessee. Tho =
management of the road has not been soti..
actory for several weeks, and other chances I
re talked of. II
ne peach growers and shippers on the I
me OF the Kent County Railroad have thcir
rSt annual excursion to Bombay Hook 70. !,
morrow, (Thursday) Train leaves Smvrpo =
0out o'clock, p. NJ, returning leaves Bonn. . =
ay Hook about I, p NJ y
A little S-year-old boy, Allie Iobov oe st
was drowned at Lcbonon f.
i
friday week. lie was playing in q Sit
oat' which parted its moorings. and no lc
as SO frightened that he jumped out. He es
as on visit to his grandmotbor Mr. if
elley. '-''' !,
VIM. n. Wilson, of Middlctown, has mr.. II, u,
iaSed the celebrated Tolchestcr farm on '''
e chesapeake, below Chestertown. for
20 per acre-l040 acres. The pronortv wi
a portion OF the estate of the Mitchell ne
.lrs, OF baltimore, and was once worth pr
o'oOO' 1t was sold at trustees sale ho
Omit. rel
Hui'e a STIR was created in Wilmington hi.
S'erday. All the workmen employcd bv o,,
CITY 10 work on the streets, AZ in nun'. 81,
= were discharged. What the obioct -.
$ Is not known, unless it was to oot ,;d =:
Tie Republicans in the gang, as the citv did
Iernment is now under Democratic con. No,
j. ''O 'oil- ho'
hea
hat part of the Bombay Hook Railroad sch
's in New Castle county, Cabout two
les OF it, near the Alley Mills. west Of r.
town Is advertised at Sheriff Sale 70 i i1''
' lIac" at Townsend, October Sth. All m ,'ni
rest OF the road, in this county wos O''V
by sheriff last year and BELONGS to Jov 10"
Ild. " gay sho
in i
'uring the first day of the Kent County is
~ fair, at Worton Station, next Tues. zeni
; the 18th, a tournament will be hold Tall
'urslon trains will be run from bero pee
ry day during the continuance Of tho sele
ON the Kent road, leaving CLAYTON at for
. IN the morning and returning at 6 20 here
he evening. He
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