Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-02-08
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ford.
Large numbers of mockng birds have appear.
ed in Seaford lately
The Peach Growers Association will hold their
annual meeting on the 23d Of the resent month.
Charles +. Eccleston. native of Dover, died
at his late home IN Danville. Pa, on the 2lAt
ult.
" For ways that dark, " let stranger I'M
dertake to pedestinate about our streets on
rainy night
The whistling OF the blue birds, on Monday,
made the Mddetown folks think that the spring
time was coming
1t has been definitely settled, it is said that J.
$. Collins Il Co. will rebuild their canning fac
tory Mt Lebanon.
ing an order for machinery for phosphate fac
tory in Carol county, Md.
Quot pitching has formed the means Of ''pass
ing the lonely hours away" for the winter sea-
son, for Il number of the sporting men of Odes
IA.
The Light, at Iewes, says a man on Frog Hill
lost on Monday night last, n cut-gut II violin
string. He has all eady spent days in search
of it.
Mr. Jos. L. Worden, of the Worden Steam Mills,
Smyrna, has already orders for many peach
baskets as he can manufacture, peaches or no
peaches.
John NJ. Lober, Il well-known citizen OF Dover
died on the I'd inst, aud was buried in the
Episcopal church-yard on Thursday. His age
WAS rs years.
Mr. Wm. H. Dashiel, recently Principal of
Smyrna Seminary has been admitted to the
Bar at Princess Anne, Md, whore ho has been
reading law with his uncle, Judge Irwin.
The Ne,os of Milford says that the old Clark
dwelling, sold at auction the other day, to be
moved off, was bought by Eco. Dorsey, for 500.
This house has been re nting right along sor $50
Il year.
Ezekiel Femming, one of Harrington's best
business men, slipped on the ice about a week
ago and sprained his ankle 70 badly he has not
been able to walk without the use of n crutch
and cane since.
The mouth of Smyrna Creek has been frozen
over about three weeks with sufficient ice to en-
able persons to cross, an event which has not
occurred before of solong duration within ten
or fifteen years
A ''Ket,le Drum will be held i'll Music Hall,
Milford week after next, for the benefit of the
Chapel. One of the features or the occasion
will be tho ladies' dressed in the antiquated
Martha Washington style of costume.
Mr.. Lyman Fox, OF South Milford, lost his
pocket-b book yesterday morning containing $40
in cash, and valuable papers. 1t was found ly-
ing OH the floor IN Mr.. Belts store, by Edward
Marine, an honest clerk, and restored to the
owner.
The committee to secure "homes" for the
ministers during the coming session of Confer
families, while there are about thirty ministers
yet unprovided for. The list will be published
about the last week of the present. month.
The Times says that in Kent County, at Cor
onern Inquests, instead of giving the fees to
some charitable institution, they are always
given to the Coroner, who takes particular pains
to summon twenty-three of SAID jurors, Gall the
law allows) when twelve are really only needed
Rev. Mr. Swain, of NTisboro, traded horses
last week with the Gipsies, and getting badly
skinned, tried to find IL law in Georgetown, that
would enable him to get his horse back. 1t
seemed to be bad job and the parson gave it
up SUCH lie, however, il anxious to trade
again.
Mrs. Ann Eliza Young, 0he nineteenth wife of
brigham Young) who deserted the Mormon faith
and Utah last year, and who has been exciting
such furore in the Eastern States by her Ice
lures on Mormonism, is to be secured for a lee
ture for the Smyrna Library if possible, early in
April.
A young lady was somewhat surprised last
Tuesday evening at the receipt of large bun
die marked on the outside "For my Darling.
1t took her just minute to open the bundle
and twenty-five seconds to make up her mind
that she could whip the man who sent her that
cat.-Middletoecn Transcript.
The foundry establishment of George s. Grier,
of Milford, gives promise OF doing good busi-
ness the coming spring. Notwithstanding the
stringency of the times. few days ago he sold
1877 plows to one dealer at Georgetown, and he
says that within four years he has sold Sl7OO
worth of this one implement to the same party.
A lady in this town, last Sunday morning,
went to the NJ. L Church bare headed. She
went in and seated herself, entirely oblivious OF
the fact, until informed by lady next to her,
when she retired in tho face of a grinning audi
ence. She returned shortly, however, with
head dress appropriate to the occasion.- Smyrna