Smyrna times., 1875-12-01
STATE AND LOCALS

r Hubbard H. & Bro, of Wyoming. are goir,
: 20 ChGstertown, Md, to manufacture The;
r Coroner Groves, of New Castle county,
hel9 nlnety-nine inquests for tbe voS,
ending the Goth of November. '''
Says the Milford Nc,cs: fow vo,,n,
men who have been West prospect;n;, I,,,S La,,5
returned. Delaware" they saw. |is GOOD
enough for them" "'' - S''o
The new Baptist Church at Milford was
Hectieated 9eca on Thanksgiving Day. Over
S309 o09 were r realized, leaving a debt of about
$500 still remaining. ''''"'
MRS Dr; Worrcll, who has taugth a select
SCHOOL In Dover twenty-five wears. has bnnn
compelled to cease from her iabors on
account of i'll health. VII
he amount realized by the ladies of the
hotory Society of this town bv the n1odast
httie festival at the rectory on Thanksoiv;n,,
evening was about $40. '''S
~, here was a general observance Of
Thanksgiving Day in this town i,D; L".;, VI
IVIhS almost entirely suspended. and tLa
day was observed as holiday.
John H. Bewley, of this town. has sold
ms pretty little schooner, the Clara J. Rs,rI,,,
t"unched "a ~ here about year ago. to Harris
" bro.' OF Crumpton, Nd, for $4,000
Inc colored people of Wilmington are 70
ceIeorate the thirteenth anniversary of prn. |
Sideht Lincoln's Emancipation Prociann.
'ioh which was issued January Ist, 1863.
Bishop Scott has entered the 5Otb vo,,
OF Oh. ms ministry. and committee of tLa
wilmington Methodist preachers are fo vait
upon nm and invite him to preach a sermon
III reference to the event.
On Thanksgiving Day an old custom wos
revived IN st. Thomas Episcopal Churcb
Ln' namely, that of each person
,ros ThLns, 5hs, as an offering, something that
was the product of their own hands
!, An old locomotive of the Kent County
H. H. was sold by the Sheriff at Cbnstn;9 {
own, Md, last week, to a PbilYdaI,I;o,,
OF SoOO. 1t Was seized for debt = vdar or
more ago under former management Of a
me Episcopal ministers of WILMINGTON s
leid Their annual reunion last night in 1,t =
ohn Church. The old soldiers of tIo - :;
delaware Regiment also held their anp,,"i =
euhl0n' at the Clayton House. where tb",. !
tie big supper. '''N'' ''VS .
The city council of WILMINGTON ,.;tL a
layor Whiteley and city solicitor WaIton
= unmins, accompanied the funeral cortao,l
ice PRESIDENT Wilson through that o;7y P
? a; saturday. As the train passed all tbe oi
ellis were tolled. '''' ''e II,
lam II Is asserted that Judge Fisher o,
gong TO take up his residence in NTilforJ in
- l"Iiliy are there, and it is stated tLot IT
mas leased his house in Washington. II St
~ ~ IlhGiy' under all the circumstances. Is
at he Will come home" now. 80
Inc ! l: ). customs officers at Lewes bovo fin
VI their salaries cut dOwn-the nigLt tol
sLector Il from $500 to 5000 and the o9rs.
en from S4O0 to 5000. They threaten 70 fan
N IN out the government feels pretty En-
'' '"e9 won l. Their labors are light. Wis
Cn IN ednesdaay morning Alderman Lord TI wi,
VdeSsa, was found dead in his vord IT" VIZ
q gone out to feed his pigs and in obal,, l..
hour after he left the house his dauaLt". "a"
ma m nm lying with one arm in the b9stot i"
"hleh ne had carried the feed-dcad toI
DF' >. ). Prettyman and lady. Of Nr;Iford Yo
eOfated their Silver wedding on W. the
,uay evening OF last week, it beinp tho boo
'S,Iiith W. anniversary of their married An
!: 1hey received the congratulations ~ ado
IT numerous friends, and many valno'
presents. ''''"'' box
'en, Isaac Bristor, an old colored preach. :"
Il ~ hi in this community, was found
NJ :, :, 'ii9 oeo last Monday morning. He Il
- III henton Hd., not far from tho esta
ryIand line. He was '.uoorlv = L,,t nv ~, the
was aged -. '''' He uicd' hav
ne ne baptist revival in Wilmington still re, re
'lhues. Last Sunday evening fourtnn, cLdp'
,oiis ,r' were baptized, of whom ten waro I,yo
:, ms makes in all 220 baptized in for {
81. Nv, weeks; Upwards of seventy will br All
Hi HI 70 the church next Sunday. Rev rece
ii"iueinan shows no signs of fatigue, "
1e Dody OF young lady who died in Mrs.
~ t"o years ago was recently ev. tadjc
Iu Ior the purpose Of removal r. $50
neI cemetery, and on OPENING tho TIL
! II was found that the hair had 9ro,y,, 'lece
II enormous length, though when The last
W vas :, lirst inferred it was quite short viz:
v" Wees. this
Dove. ~, I'll, this
Co. DoteI' tt on thanksgiving Day, collec. e. IN
io[ the benefit Of the poor of Tho to,r,, xx''o0
!akeh up among the Methodist Pro- -, ,,'o
'"h ana Baptist congregations wLicI GaiIa,
" JoihI service in the NJ. F.. Churcb tI,a y
it"uilled - % TO $50. In the Episcono, $3.50
IN nearly forty dollars was COLLECTED a. '-S1. ~
the Parish Library. '''' III MI, Mr
Grand Jury of New Castle conn+ Cumr
eVN ,l- MADE the following report to tbe ing a
NV III session: That at the nresont BEEN
they have acted upon 3O5 bins ~
zoo were found true and so ionoreJ A
e true bills 35 were for feIonios al AGO n
u u mlsdemeanors. OF the Latter ' Ile of Od
LOT violation of the revenue law. heade
sore house and goods of John r. cent
@ Co.; in Frankford, Sussex conntr cam the c
entirely destroyed by fire on TnesdaS,' T"d.S' which
week. The house and goods 80 ,rnro organ
a Tor $1,000 in the Kent Cunt % lodent,
Al; fire also broke out in W;itnS5 dreasI
ght last week, in the house Of & = wood
D, out It was subdued before much Gor6it
&c was done. "i''ch +. A.
case Of young Ahren, of BIockb;rd last W "
u; tried before the court ot NJ 3Gx7O
i last week for killing a tramp Ie Iest situate
err near Townsend, was JndIonnd ,"s Tho E
guilty 'o'der tie circumstance" Tba presen
were out four days and a half so far
'hgest time on record, in this Stato entert
er.',Gt ,ar tG Is called a compromise one. hall W