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Smyrna times., 1875-05-19
MARYLAND ITEMS.

Salisbury truckers expect to ship straw
bryirice the las; of this week
The storrhousc belonging to Thomas 4.
E!nhert in Queenstown. Queen Annc's
county. wa- destroyed 10y fire on Sunday
morning last Insurance 81, 100
The Eo~hyp .Mo.,D,r. at Salisbury. pub,
lishrd two deaths last week, one a Miss
IIcuic Bell. who died at the aye of 80. and
another, Aunt Grace, an old colored woman.
who was 10.
Til" Republican .l@,ora, published at
Chc,t"rtown has changed base and will
hereafter be called TIE T3"y,cooc, .ldcor,tc.
Partilan politics are to hc excluded and its
columns will Ic devoted to the cause of
temperance.
i G.oi b4le Po.dol.-lt is reported
that one day last week 4 gentleman, who Il
few years ago purchased farm about eight
mile, from It. Michaels. while breaking a
field for corn, ploug!lrd up an iron kettle
containing $lO.Om in ancient coin.-N.
Nrhaky Cmnn.
Rji,o1I fHrc'ion.-'ihp annual meeting OF
the stockholders OF the Kent County Rail
road Co. was held at Chcstcrtown. ON the
lOth, and the following Directors were
elected; Robert Nicholson. John l.. STAN,
Samuel Cacy, John :. Bingham. William
Painter, \. I. Sharp, Frederick Gcrkcr. r..
/ De G. Ruth. The new Board Immediately
/ elected the following officers :-Presidcnt.
John l.. STAN; Vice President. William
Painter; Secretary, John :. Bingham ;
Treasurer, Richard IIynson: General Mama
gng Director, Frederick Gcrkcr
H.aanin Noltormoi;on.--A young woman
i'll the ncglhorhood Of Smithvillc, recently
gave birth to an illcgitmatc child, which
presented Il singular and unnatural appear
an'". II had neither nose nor upper liz.
There was opening, for the nasal organ,
but they extended down to the upper gums
and almost into the mouth So as To
ryyrnt thc child from nursing without
strangulation, The eyes were in proper
position but 50 nearly connected as 10
almost meet, The child was rcrlct in all
ntk,r resi- ccts 1t lived only week or ten
days.-D,y5oa Imot.
"SoH Aga;". While two vessels in
Miles River were last week being loaded
with oysters for Northern planting grounds
n schooner from that cool region put into
our port, and the captain coolly told those
already loading that the hauks of the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal had caved
in, and it would be a long time before baa..
could 60 through aEd that the only rout,
Smyrna times., 1875-05-19
~ NJ ~ .IIT'T III'''
The Kent County Bible Society.

Meetings IN the interest of the Kent
County BiIir society, viii lr held Is fol
lows; beginning 1T :, o'clock;
May 9th. Camden NJ f. Church Ad-
dr,~,c~ hy Rev. J. II. Caldwell. Cyrus
Huntington and Hr. Wm Cwnmin,.
My 18th Dover NJ L. Church. Address
Is jy Rev l.. >;ubL> and jos. Holland, Esq.
May 27th, Smyrna ~ T.. Church Ad-
Grr,,.~ by l.. 6. Matla-i; y. b.. and Rev.
jo> T. Wright.
Juno 9,h F;edcli"a N. L. Church. Al
dresses hy Kcy. T. II. IIaynr, and f. 6.
Irwin.
June 10th. Milford N. f. church. Ad
dresses 10y Rev. !. Ii. Caldwell and the
B,v. Mr.. Lramy.
VIII the pastors Of the above rhurchc,
please max" arrangements for the meet
ing. W. i. GREGG. President.
p. S.-Will the h,l"rp,,o. and Stt. .S,,u
t5,I please copy.
Smyrna times., 1875-05-19

Quick sales and small profit for cash i.
the motto Of Cahoon Son. Dov,r. Del.
The Target and most Fashionable. la...o,
Clothing ever brought to smyrna, at :. t..
Kahn's New Clothing Store and ,.r,. a:s,.l.,
to sell lower than anyIndy r-c price ln
object.
Fancy Patent Leather ,,no,.~ Of the b...,
Newark brand nc:.t week Look out far
them: they arc pIcndid. johnson Bro.
lfyou wish to cxr"nd money fer Carr,
;.e.e or Carriage work 20 to VIM L. Call..I.
d Son, Dover, and get the worth Of it,
WAxrED.-300,000 feet Of good Ela...nI
Poplar Logs, delivered at the CLAYTON HrsE.,
Factory. The highest cash price viii Il,
paid
l'. +. L. H"y|.rrf ADe o,,- f,u VIII
! Rrt"rrg o,d .,Hs mor Untrk,. .s5 j. .-.,.
/ dt"o ooy "},tr :" Do,,c or .. II, ~.atl.
Wanted to be delivered at IT," yard of
the Worolcn Mills, 10000 feet 81 poplar
and elm. in the log; also . lar.r T., j.,
gum for which th' cash will h. la.
). T.. Warnl>.
We can duplicate ou. shoe al aar,il..
so our customers need NOT think W. .,..
offering Auction Shoddy bait, f. H.
W. T. Johnson.
1t i, conceded tll.t although / Layc 49,,
the finest place % display my Hat, that
hay" the largest stock and tn. latest -t,I..
in Hat and Caps ! can -elI lower hco:,pi,.
buy cwcr than amy compctitor r,Il and
inspect. :. l.. Kahn New Clothing >tor..
Wrwori, ch"ar for c:,h--Wm R. CtI.onn
q SON. Dover. f.b. lU-lv
We had numbers Of second street p,al,r,
last week 20 acknowledge that "" wcr,. I'll.
me- "ii .ul aycIag,. cheaper than they w,r,.
ard wondered how v" could do So We
are retailing Mcn'- Caters ~ per cent.
l"'y,.r ili#u either South or Second Street
Sin" Nrrhant-. Johnson Brothers.
rr.ha beautiful line Of Shirts was n,.y,r
h-turc cen in Smyrna or amy town in tlli,
! yi..iuitv. tn. and common. plain and fancy
, something entirely new in thr shirt line To-
r hr 'uuud un where "l-c. t. which ~ cell
= -tri,-.d and l,lain. beautiful Tie and Bow,
l AL hilIi- of furnishing Goods. which am
= selling lower thau other, can -ril. :. L.
o Kahn'- New Clothing House.
+ u~l one word about Hats W. cl.a.lrug.
&. amy dcalr" IN IT," STAT" 10 sell finer O..
l. better style Hat at lower h,ur,, ,i,n ""
/ do. and ~ i'r smyrna. "" hav, HIT in
u our Store that were nrvor kept in ih- town
j. before and We are selling thrn - per cent
/ lowrrthun city IIatt"l,; thi, sound, ,raaug,.
- hut it i true Nevertheless. Johnson Rro'>.
Coloon u son at Dover, i, the l.laro ot
:, 20. to buy Carriage, or have them repaired
Very large ,tocl; Of Trunks and Va}i-os
| save. You - cents on every Hat. and tl,.r
- cent, 10 one dollar Oh each Trunk an.
Il rlotlin-. Shirts and rvrrvthin.r' -ars.
= rate lower than others. Gu'at many mr4
: chants blow what thy cnnut substantial,
in advertising. iu; mean t. back M, alI
: nv a~ am INSPECTION VIII prove For IL
: stance. common WORKING pants from :,
10 crrtt~ ~. also fnr tIoth.nt .t ,aln, lov
~ rates. My term, ar, strictly cash. " ] c;l
! atlrrtl {" treat all aiik". Cdl and INSPECT
- - l.. h"iIl~ Clothing iIu'l-,
Smyrna times., 1875-05-19

SUPERINTENDENT Grows, Of the Public
Schools last wecl; completed his cXamina-
tions for Sussex county. At Georgetown,
fuurttrm presented themselves for examina-
ton: at Frankford. thirteen; at Laurel,
eighteen. and at Rridccvlir. fifteen,
making total Of seventy. There are about
one hundred and eighty districts in the
county. and at least one hundred and fifty
teachers Will be required To make up the
complement. yet not half Of this number
sought an examination. and of those who
were examined it is hardly propable that
all of them viii receive certificates OF this
however we merely conjecture.
The Superintendent found the people. in
the educational laws enacted by the last
Legislatures There seemed to be pretty
general objection to the dog tax law and
not Il few CONDEMNED the measure requiring
each district in that county to levy and col
lrct 500 per annum $l0O in Kent and New
Castle for school purpose. without regard
to any vote that may be taken on the tan
question. And further. some were not
backward in Expressing the opinion thai
( the Superintendent himself was an nova
( ton that thc Legislature va. not justified il
/ imposing upon them. On the other hand
others received him gladly and hailed hi
/ advent as the beginning Of better days fo
our luhlc school systom
Smyrna times., 1875-05-19

THE COLORADO Potato BrG, or beetle, has
made its appearance i'll this section. in con
siderable numbers; and, coming thus early.
some two months sooner than it has here
toforc presented itself, is calculated to
cause serious apprchcnsions among the
farmers whose carly planting have, up to
the present, escaped the ravagos of this
pcstiferOus insect. 1t is attacking the
potato plants as fast az they come through
the ground, eating and dcpositing their
eggs. with great rapidity. The only sure
way for the farmers to 90 is to attack them
vigorously crny day by picking them from
the vines with their fingers and then burn
or otherwise ciicctually destroy them But
/ equally or moro important still is to gather
and destroy the eggs, which, if left alone,
will speedily bring on new crop Of thou
sands that will be irresistible in the dc4,
/ truction of the late as well as the early
/ potatoes. These eggs are now being depos-
tied in red clusters on the under side of the
leaf-generally the potato, but sometime.
grass or wccds-and every leaf thus gathered
and destroyed would count dozens oi
beetles that would otherwise return ~ Il
second plague, The iarmcrs--cyery iarmoi
should "pitch into" thom at once with
the determination to conquer and save hi,
crop.
Smyrna times., 1875-05-19

THE TIMES is published every Wednesday after
noon bv JOSEPH II. HorFEcKEE Editor and Proprc-
tor, at Smyrna Delaware.
TERMS-sUBscRIpr1oN-O year 500 in advance, or
$50 if not paid till the end of the year No paper
discontinued until all arrears paid-only at the
option of the Publisher
ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the rate OF
Seven Cents line for the first insertion; subsequent
insertions Three and a-hNlfcents. liberal discount
made to quarterly scmi-annual and yearly advert
Smyrna times., 1875-05-19

The BASKET Br>INESS-We notice that
the present prospect fol peaches has given
the basket husinc~,S quite an impetus
lately. and should tn" crop escape injury
hereafter, it will br doubtful if the basket
manufactures will ho able to supply thr
demand. We hear that Nj G. W. run-
minis. Jr. ha. contracted with Ncsai5. Evans
~ Co., Manufacturers. Jwho are to make at
Claytonl for two hundred thousand Stayc
Peach Baskets. and hc has already sold and
engaged ono hundred and twenty-five thou-
sand for TIA" coming season.
Smyrna times., 1875-05-19

Az OrTcASr.-A girl Of L.. named Mary
Thomas. died in Wilmington last week.
from the effect, Of arsenic administered by
her own hands. 1t wa, a most determined
suicide She was a srryan, girl, rather nice.
looking ,hcr parents live in Cecil co., Md.
and was intimate with Il lad Of about her
own age named McNeal She left her
place Of service: took II walk on the Bran
dywinc with her lover; told him She had
been accused of theft and would have then
drowned herself if he had not twice caught
her before She lrapri into the watry. \
day or two afterwards she returned again to
the Brandywinc with novel and two
bottles. Of laudanum. but the bottles were
taken from her by two men who saw her in
the act Of drinking the contents OF one.
Then she returned to the city and begged
enough money to buy the arsenic with
which She terminated her life She lived
two days after taking the fatal dose, and
informed the doctor that one reason She
wanted to die was that She had been
accused of theft by the family with whom
/ She had lived. At one time she lived in
the family of Rev. Mr.. Stubbs, of this town,
when he resided in Wilmington. She
seems to have been driven from home by
her parents. and having to face the world
as best She could this home was given her as
much as anything to be a guido to her feet,
but her unreliable course WAS soon dc
vcloped
Smyrna times., 1875-05-19
C"lloon n son at Dover, i the place cf
20. to buy Carriages or have them repaired.
Ct T. THIS ct +.


Thr., Is no person living but what suffers
moro or los with Lung Disease. Coughs
colds q" Consumption. Vet some would die
rather th"u lay - cents for bottle of
luc,iiciur that would cure thcm. Iw. T.
Bo~chcc'~ German Syrup has lately I,,n
introduced IN this country hom Germany,
and its WondcrouS cures aNtoni~hc~ every
ON, that t:y it. II vou doubt what We ,ay
IN print. cut TINS out and take il 10 youi'
bru@-i~t-la~. Z. lInHrckrr. SmyIua. and
-ct a sample h"ttl" for 10 cent and uy il.
or = regular -izt. ior - cents
C'~l~ a'l Circulars neatly rrintedat th>
otfoc.
EvrIy seven year.. phy~ioiogi~t~ say. the
human louy Is entirely changed and re
ncW"'l. Fy"}i m".utut of our lives. every
i'art of our bodies i- wearing out and i
being built ~ ancw OF fresh matter This
work i accomplished Icy the blood which
goes through every part. But if the blood
becomes weak or vitiatrl. and docs not
perform is work properly. the system is
actually poisoned hy the wourmout matter
clog@ing the vital organs instead of leaving
the body. For dyspepsia. hiliou,ne>S. kid
ncy. skin and liver troubles. fever. and all
diseases arising from vitiatcd blood DR.
WNkER's CALIFoRNI, VINEGAR BIrTRES are
Il sovereign remedy.
WoETii IT, WEiGurIN p.-Undoubtcdlv
, the greatest modern discovery in medicine
;S na Co,ta~ Radical Cure for dyspepsia.
! co>tiv"Hvs~. sick hcadache. hilliouSnr>,.
4 sour stomach, los Of appetite. di>trr>,
! after eating. and all disorders arising from
a arrangement Of the Stomach or Liver.
Its lrslIit> are astonishing. and sure rrlict
Is guaranteed in every ease where il j. used
a. directed. 1t tones up the stomach,
( regulates the liver. restores the natural al,,
petite. and drives all morbid humor, from
the ,ySt"m. Typhoid and Bilious Fcvel
which yearly destroy 20 many lives might
i'll almost every ease hc prevented ty a
timely n" ot pa Costa, Radical Cure
Trial size lO cents. Sold Iy J. W. prNNEy.
smyrna. and las. Cowgirl & Son. Dover
Smyrna times., 1875-05-19

was around the capes, which route OF course
small boats would not undertake. This
report induced the captains OF the vessels
loading to cease their purchases, and the
price declined, while the supply was cores
pondingy good. Whcreupon the "late
arrival" loaded his boat with good oysters
at prices to suit himself and left. Mean
while in answer to Geographic dispatches 1t
was ascertaincd that the canal was III good
condition, and that the report of the shrcwd
captain was ii base canam-,H. Nrha|%
! comet.
THE Fire at SlSmtius-Last week we gave
notice of the destruction by fire of the fine
house of Mr.. Jas. CHM, near Sas>alIas. 1t
proves to have been Of inccnda!y origin.
The Middletown Transcript says:
A negro boy of II, named Eugene Scott.
whom Mr.. CHM had punished for somo
offence was suspected Of having rau-e't the
fire, and being arrested he confessed th'
crime. He said that another boy, WIN
Price. had advised him 10 burn the house
and had given him five cents with which Il
buy coal oil to start the ire with. He bough
the oil poured some OF it upon the floor
and some upon Il bundle Of paper. Thi
latter he stuck III a wood Partition and 50
fire to il. This done. seeing the effect o
his act, and perhaps frightened at what h
had done, he ran to Mr.. Ginn's room am
, gave the alarm. and thus enabled th"n t
: escape. The boy, with another littl
, fellow. were taken before Esquire Rickard'
C. at Cpcilton. and after hearing committo
4 to Elkton Jail for trial.
Smyrna times., 1875-05-19

THE DOVER BASE BALLERs are preparing
for a vigorous campaign for this season.
The Dela,carean says the strength of the
club has been greatly increased over last
year, several new players having been
secured The club has ordered new suits
white shirts, pants, belts and caps, trimmed
in rcd, and red stockings, with spiked
shoes. The grounds have been scrapcd
and rolled, and a new marble home plate.
presented to the club by Mr.. Geo. 4. Dick
son, and new bases have been put in posi-
ton, and the grounds otherwise put in
complete repair. The grounds will be
enclosed 10y seven foot fence this year,
and the usual accommodations for visitors
"a grand stand, seats, &C., will be provided
The club will also make arrangements fol
! the sale OF refreshments on the ground
| The club intend, if possible, to get up {
! baseball tournament in the fall and intrnC
to have grand celebration on the 81 o
July. the 4th coming on Sunday, besides, j
possible. to have one or two profcssiona
championship games played on thoi
grounds. The club have as yet had bu
one invitation to play, that at Milford ol
the fifth of July, which has been accepted
but series of matches will shortly b
I arranged
Smyrna times., 1875-05-19

THE PorE.-I.ast Thursday Pope Piu-
celebrated his cighty-third birthday with
extraordinary rcioicinSs. Since til" Inn"
Of st. Peter. to whom Cathoii" hi>togs
assign. twenty five years rule Of tilat Church.
there have been but three Pope vino hay-
lived to commence their twcnty-thnd year
Of government. Thc<- were Adrian l.,
Piu, VI. and Plus vi. Pic Nlno, the
present Pope. will have r.ignod over the
Catholic Church twcnty-nin. years in Iunr
next. during which time Ii" has created
nincty-uinr Cardinals. only eight oi tho
~iXty-one Cardinals VINO saw Pio Nmo
mount the Palal throne. twanty-n:n" ye&l-
;,co. are still living The total numhrr Of
Cardinals Is now tifty->cVcu. of whom the
most aged is Cardinal drAn@cl... .iIch-
bishop Of Fcrno. born April l@jh. l192. and
vino i. consequently four w,,'k. older than
the pope himself. The Cardinals con>ti-
tutr the Popc'> Council. "r tn. sacred
+ College from among whom andIH ti,. vote
OF whom the Pope Is elected. The sacred
College. when full. consists Of seventy Card:-
naIS. hcnc" there are ;hir!"rn v#canrr~ at
present.
Smyrna times., 1875-05-19

flying trip North enables us to offer
the greatest bargains ever seen in Delaware.
We are actually selling many shoes at retail
as low as they daily sell for at city auctions.
Come! Come! johnson Brothers.
Smyrna times., 1875-05-19

$500 reward has been offered for the
recovery of the body Of Alex. johnson,
who, it is believed, jumped overheard into
the Delaware from the steamship Indiana,
off Bombay Hook, last week. lie had been
to Europe for his health, and was on the
return home lie is said to have been very
wealthy, man Of eccentric habits, and a
bachelor of 53 years.
Lebanon, near Camden, had a spelling
bee last Wednesday evening. Joshua
Wharton presided, James George acted as
cnrmciator and Edwin Wood and l.. Stcr-
ncr referees. The prizes were distributed
by Mr.. W. n. Brown. Mr.. Melville Stout
won the first prize, beautiful Gala Lily:
Mrs. Amanda Sipple the second prize, a
beautiful Fuscha and Mrs. L. p. Cowgirl
the third prize, a fine Geranium, the flower,
all in bloom.
1t is generally understood that the train,
on the Kent County Railroad, from Chcs
tcrtown to Masscys, will be, shortly, run OF
through to Clayton, over the Bombay EIool
extension, instead of connecting at Mas
scys with the Kent 4 Queen Annes road
on to Townsend, as now. BY this plan tn
Kent Company can have an indcpendcn
route, which induces the change, we under
stand. The distance from Masscys to Clay
ton is nine miles.
The telegraph line Of the Md. & De
Railroad will be brought into this tow
r. from Clayton this week. The work OF til
fruit season. as now promised, will give tn
Clayton office ample work from the De
line alone, and hence it is proposed (
make the Office in this town the "rclay
for the Nd. n Del. Telegraph Line. 1t
also somewhat in anticipation to have til
} line from Chcstrrtown brought here, if til
proposed railroad connections are etlrct'
at Clayton. spoken of elsewhere.
Smyrna times., 1875-05-19

BROKE .AIL.-On Wednesday evening
about half-past seven o'clock, while Mrs
Cooper had open the door leading into the
prison, at Dover, (for the ptrposc Of letting
in Bishop, the crippled prisoner that is
allowed the freedom of the yard three
prisoners, John Carpenter, Henry Allen
and George Brown, all negroes. rushed out
of the door and escaped. Carpenter, il will
be remembered, was sentenced to lie hung
in November. 1873. and was rcspitcd
by the Governor until December following
before which time he escaped by saving oil
one Of the bars of his window; was captured
at Marydel abuut 6 months ago. \llr,
and Brown We're from this vicinity.
Smyrna times., 1875-05-19

GEEDENANE CpI-N>ELIN TEot GIr.-.j;,iic-
IIryrrin. 10. formerly Of Dover. ha~ been
defending Priest GcgicMoIll. in the
Philadelphia C'urt ct Quarter Sessions.
against tn" char4e "i' rnbczzir,urnt ,r,-
frlrcd against him ly his Ia!.-hioli,l>.
Throughout IA, whole trial Judi Bi-1,.
before whom the ca-" W. tl.rI. let no
opportunity 20 show his aatilat!ry to the
defendant pass. H.. maGr arIitfarv
rulings IN favor of the prosecution and
counsel and ,.vyryhn y ci~r -aW hj~ lmiti-
alty. Mr.. ilryrIm called thr Judges
attention to his con,.Uc, and the Judge.
stanoing on his dignity. issued Il rule on
Mr.. H.. rrturuahic uu the l1th, 20 show
cause why he should not b" attached Tor
misconduct in his office a. attorney of this
court during tn" last two day ot til"
Gerdemam trial. The Bar seems to be
unanimously with Mr. lIrycrin and about
! Oh" hundred of his associates have v"lun
tccrad to defend him before the Court
! The Postmaster (icrvral last Friday ISSUED
an order torhidding the Postmaster at Cln
cinnati to pay to l.. h. Sine alleged to b,
conducting gift enterprise. any pcsta
money order, and n>tructing the Post
master to return to the rclnitt"r~. upon
proper application, the amount of suci
{ orders. The Postmaster iS also instructed
to return all Registered letters directed L
l.. -. Sine. to the offices where thcy wcr,
originally mailed. with the word "flaudIi
lent plainly written or stamped upon tn,
outside.
Smyrna times., 1875-05-19

Joel Taylor. colorrd. was hanged ut cam
den. :. C., last Friday, for the murder Of
Benjamin Cooper, in December last He
confessed his guilt and said upon the scat
fold that he had also murdered his wife and
child and Il colorcd woman. and burned
many barns and gin houses. six thousand
persons witnessed his execution. and the
telegram reporting il adds that there was
great religious excitement but no di>tur-
bancc.
Smyrna times., 1875-05-19

For The best gooSrhcry crate. - to the
Wordon Basket Factory.
And still wcarc not happy. The proof OF
cruddingi~ mthc tasting as to who has the
best styles and sells the cheapest Hats. |
refer to the buyers and wcarcrS of Hats in
this community. handle STYLES others ito
not touch until they have become common
by six months wear in the city. call and
inspect :. l.. Kaln's Clothing House.
Commerce 81.
over twenty cases of fresh goods lust in.
bought at the very bottom of the market.
Call and hc convinced. johnson Brothers
Smyrna times., 1875-05-19

/ Wanted, to be delivered at th- yard 81
the Wordou Mills. 100000 feet oG lo,fl.4.
and elm, in til" log; al" lar-, Ut j.,
F, gum for which tn, cash will h.. la;&.
j. f. Worll...
Smyrna times., 1875-05-19

iu~tuucword about Hats Wrcl.al!ung.
amy dealer in IT," Stat" 70 sell finer o.
better style Hat at lower f-ur,, ,i,rn ""
do ind ~ tor smyrna. "" hay, HIT in
our Store that were never kept in III. town
before and we an, selling thcm - per cent
lowrrtham tIty IIatt"l,; thi, sounds ,rraug,.
hut it i true nevertheless. johnson Bro.
Smyrna times., 1875-05-19

C'lrl~ @1ri cjr,ua"~ neatly printed at th.>
O. tlia,.