Smyrna times., 1875-10-27
STATE AND LOCALS

last week and three new houses are helm
built.
The Laurel Peninsular Agricultural an,
Mechanical Fair opens to-day and closes OF
Friday. VI
, Farmers feared that fly would Get int
the wheat if the dry weather had continue,
f much longer
a Middletown hotel is said to have takcl
in over the counter $500 in a single da,
during the Fair.
The Methodists, Presbytcrians and Ban
lists OF Milford are holding a series O
Union Prayer-meetings.
Richardson & Robbins, Dover, are IRE
parng to can large quantities of meats
turkey, ham, tongue, beef, &c.
The Wilmington market is supplied Will
potatoes from Ohio at sixty cents Del
bushel, and onions at seventy cents.
a lady's Wednesday afternoon prave,
meeting is to be organized this afternoon
by Rev. Mr.. Stubs, of the NJ. f. Church,
this town.
Jacob Wells, who has been proprietor Of
the United States Hotel. at Lewes. for the
past three years, died Monday morning
after prolonged illness.
Our young townsman, Chas. r. Clements.
has taken position behind the counter of
Strawbridge u Clothicr, the well-known
dry goods dealers of Philadelphia.
Parties from the north are in Middletown
oHerlng to put up gas works. if enough
consumers can be secured and the citizens
VIII take half the capital stock required.
Mr.. Challenger the druggist and post
master at New Castle, has on exhibition in
his window head of cabbage weighing II
pounds a product of Dir. Leslie's garden.
About fourteen applicants are after the
MOTEL III Dover recently conducted bv Mr.
Schalch, who fell down the well and killed
himself The widow proposes to run it for
while.
Rev. Mr.. Stubs, of this town, is to preach
the dedicatOry sermon of new NJ. +.
Church in Cedar Neck, near Milford. newt
sunday. Rev. D. c. Ridgeway, of Laurel. is
to assist.
Mr.. John Lodge, near Magnolia, informs
the DalneaTten that a pumpkin vine on his
place tins year bore 20 pumpkins, Is of
6nem aae OF iar size, and altogether weighing
''c poulINS'
People in this State who are tired Of
their matrimonial alliances have TO oo
before the courts now to get divorced. Two
divorces were granted by the Sussex county
court, last week.
The forest lands of Dover hundred have
seldom borne such crops of corn rs tbis
year. The Dedacareon hears of many fields
that are estimated to yield from seventy TO
eighty bushels per acre.
a woman named O'DOnneU. in Wilmin,,.
ton, was found dead last week and II was
thought she died from drunkness. but now
1t IS thought her husband caused her death.
and he has been arrested
Mr. Jonathan Pratt, Justice Of the Peace
and town Alderman of Dover. will resirn
about the first of January, as he expects 70
remove to Marydel Andrew J. Wright is
applying for the office, of course.
A man named Elijah II. Sentman. whose
father lives in Wilmington. was fatally H..
Jured' on Sunday morning, by falling from
a chestnut tree, on the farm of his IIncIe
Amos Alexander, in Cecil county, Nd.
1t is sad fatality that has caused the
death OF three children of Mr.. and Mrs
Jas. W. Spruance, near this town. in less
than three weeks-two of them in less than
week. 1t was an atfiiction of the throat.
1t IS stated that the Directors of tbe
delaware Railroad have appointed. in con
uncton with the Junction & Breakwater
hlroaI; conference committee to mako
arrangements to build a new depot at
Harrington.
i, The great Baptist revival in Rev. Mr.
l"ioGhlan Church, Wilmington, still goes
'O bap!lsms have occurred. One NIGHT
asst week % persons stood IN for fho
prayers of the Church.
1t Is now said that Col. Fountain. Of tbc
.apltol Hotel, Dover, intends to omen =
hotel at Rehoboth, next season
ie IL have his hands full if he runs three
ne ne two above named and the one at Ocean ,
'lty, near Berlin, Md. ,
Dun, Barlow 4; Co., the commercial ooents
! New York report for the first nine months
lo'o' 10 failures in Delaware, with liabili.
les amounting to $l54,j00. One of these
reported IN the quarter from july 1st to !
'ctooer lst, the liabilities being $4,000. t
John G. Graham, Esq. of Camden b,,
~" 'eii assignment OF all his [ <
roPerty, real and personal, for the benefit .
ms creditors. Alexander jackson. .Jr. :
the assignee. He has been the lradinr !;
lerchant and grain dealer Of that town. 9
The farm of Henry Todd, in Dover West l.
lection District, about miles from Dover t
'ltaInlng 2lO acres, was sold at sheriG's h
lie on Tuesday and purchased bv his son c
Is. II. Todd, for $3.50, sum sufficient II
pay OIL the mortgage, interest and costs. q
ne Sussex J"Dnal says it has been suo. e
-t.d that the railroads of the lower -
ehinsula should expend more money in :
'Vertlslng and thus try to induce immiera. :.
on. More population would be of more =
to them than any other entcr. :,
Use we have. !,
ne Centennial Commissioners of Phila. Il
'iphia have agreed to the request for Della. L
areans to group their articles together ot C
le exhibition next year. That is. all a
elaware machinery will be together in G
91chlnery Hall; all vegetables in Iorti. a
Iltural Hall, DC. il
The Public School Institute. under cbarce q q
state Superintendent Groves. begins at =
lddletown tomorrow, to continue three .
ys., All teachers in this county who can u u