Smyrna times., 1875-10-06
STATE AND LOCALS


give an entertainment here shortly.
Mr.. j. w. Oliver has on his farm. near
sown, l6-months-old heifer with calf at
her side.
The lawn of Mr. VIM. Stevens, ir., in the
Alley" near town, calls forth general
admiration.
Henry Lord, prominent and aged
citizen of Bridgeville, Sussex county. has
become suddenly blind.
The Sussex farmers are shipping sweet
potatoes by the Lewes steamers and clear
$l.4O per barrel on them.
1t is said that the new horse disease has
appeared near New Castle, and that Jon.
George has been the first to suffer from it.
There is rumor that the morning train
from Harrington may be withdrawn and
allowed to go down no further than
Wyoming.
From Smyrna to the Middletown fair
costs $l.2O. This includes round trip and
admission to the grounds. Fair commenced
this morning.
Mr.. Jos. Evans, of this town, has an
apple tree that has bloomed and fruited
continuously ever since last May. 1t still
has blossoms on it.
We acknowledge receipt of "Mincral
Resources West of the Rocky Mountains"
carefully written public document, from
Senator Eli salisbury.
The second annual fair of the Laurel
Agricultural and Mechanical Association
will be held at Laurel on the 9th. 2Sth
and 29th of this month.
The Bridgeville Agricultural Society
offers 800 to the best performing brass
band at the fair, to be held the last of this
month; city bands are excluded.
Last week Sheriff Lambson sold tract
OF land belonging to Samuel NJ. Encs, con-
tanning four acres, on the road leading from
Mlddletown to Odessa, to w. Polk for $775.
Mrs. Roberts, at her auction sale next
Saturday evening, will sell her organ, sewing
machine and show case-all desirable-in
addition to her stock of trimmings and
notions.
"A AT Methodist preachers meeting in
wilmington on Monday the question of
electlng presiding elders 10y the conference |
was discussed, and majority seemed to
favor the change.
y tramp was put in the lookup at Mid. |
dletown few nights ago and lcr-ironcd. |
but his confederates battered down the |
door and released him chains and all. He |
got away somehow.
Some of the peach growers at Middle
town have tried the experiment this season
OF shlppmg "SmOcks" by ordinary (slow)
freight trains. The cool weather made the
experiment successful.
VIM. II. Miller, the wcll-known billiard
expert of Philadelphia, is a quest AT tLn
Delaware House, this town. The game he
plays our champiOnsi is Il run of 81 points or
no count He beats them all.
1t is stated that the Wyoming fruit drv.
ing house, the largest in the State. has .
engaged all the fruit that it can dry at 81
cents per pound. 1t has turned out about
10000 pounds, worth $500.
The corn crop is excellent. We bcor1
the other day of sc ears filling busbeI
basket. They were pulled from Mr.. JC
I'alley's tlcld, few miles from this town.
others have quite as good 4 prospect.
Notice is given by the Lighthouse Board
'nat on and after the goth instant a fixed s
"hite hight will be shown from the light |
!, mousse recently erected near the mouth of 4
Mahon's u river, on the west side Of Delaware q
Bay. y "
;, ASmyrnlan who now resides in IIomboldt. {
tennessee, Mr.. Levi Sylvester, writes us
Times are hard in this country: money is E
iery scarce, though there is fine wheat and +
corn crop, and about two-thirds Of a cotton ]
;rop." '>''' !
Fanny Fern the mare that won tho !
econd days race at the Kent County (Mdl t
ar, last week, in $50, was sired in this q
own from mare belonging to Mr.. J. II. t
5ewley. He transferred the colt to his b
lephew. ''''
Between seven and eight hundred cars t
lave been retired from the peach trade. II
ONE going to the respective roads to which Ii
hey belong and those of the p. w. e. r C;
o., into the car shops for conversion into Il
ouse cars. n
The True Light Society of st. Georpes =.
nd Pencader Hundred, an organization n
colored people, celebrated their sixth o,
anniversary at Summit Bridge, last Satur
ay afternoon. The brass band of tLis
own took part i'll the celebration. IL
Hon. Eli Salisbury has bought tho old II
tore house in Dover, situated on the soutb. e
est corner of the Screen" formerly occn. II
led by Burton & Wallace, of Mr.. John G. s.
ennewlll, for 81, $50. 1t is to be fitted mn p
'r an office for the Dela~arcan, we learn. Of
A Sewing School, to teach little girls who II
re deprived of such advantages how TO fa
Sc their needles, has again been started in er
Ilmington by some kind-hearted Episco.
al ladies. They have engaged in this J..
pituitary task for the last four years-eycrv % -
inter. SC
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A week or so ago the dwelling of Mr.. IL
IS. W. Spruance, "Sunnyside," near town. II
as entered and gold watch, belonging to in
lss Florence, his daughter, was stolen. cl
lth number of other articles. 1t is sup, II
'sed that tramp that had lived with sc
em did it. ch
The harness shop of Mr.. Edw. Harrison. III
this town, was entered on Saturday or
lnday night last and about $40 worth of
ather stolen. Jake Allen a negro man II
as trapped and made full confession. th
G was committed to Dover jail yesterday co
7 Esquire Colt. es
The horse disease which has been pre-
llling in Eastern cities has reached vii. Oh
ington. 1t is something like the epizootic SO SO