Smyrna times., 1875-08-25
STATE AND LOCALS.

eAAAAS Oh OotuIUdy week.
The closing party Of the season at Collip.,.
will be ON Thursday evening, Sept. 2d.
Our public schools in the town open on
Monday next. All the teachers hold on.
Dr. Davidson, of the Milford Nars. is
slowly recovering from ten-days spell of
sickness.
The Changers about Wilmington are
preparing for grand picnic to be held in
September
The talk now is, all down the State. to
cut up the peach trees and go in on grain
again. But "talk is cheap"
Rev. Mr.. Stubbs filled Mariners Betbe,
pulpit, Philadelphia, last Sunday. Rev,
W. H. Cahoon, of Dover, filled his place
here.
The Wakeman House, Bombay Hook,
closes with hop this evening. VIM. P.
Campbell, the proprietor, goes to Phila. to
deal in peaches.
Mrs. Isaac PennewilI, of this town. has
opened grocery and notion store at her
residence, corner Of Delaware and Cum.
Minis SITS. Sec adv,
a descent was made on house of i'll
repute at the foot of Fifth street. WHINING.
ton, last week, and all of the inmates
numbering five females and three males
were arrested
All, or nearly all of the canning and
drying establishments on the Peninsula
went into operation this week. and The
market will be relieved of a great deal of
fruit thereby.
The finest peaches of the season were two
given us by Mr.. Edw. Streets, the other
day. They weighed together pound and
one ounce. They were "Reeves." grown
on his farm in the Alley.
Many thousands of bushels of oysters |
have been planted this season, at Seaford |
and the oystermen say that if no floods |
come to wash them out there will be an !
abundance of them this winter.
Last Wednesday little daughter of Mr.
Muse OF Seatord, got a watermelon seed in
her Wlndpipe. 1t produced tickling and
coughing, and at last accounts
1t had not been extracted, after a lodrmant
of four days.
Last week. at Seaford, young lady
walked over the Nanticoke river on the
railroad bridge at that place, on the single
rails OF one side OF the track. The wager
was for watermelon, which she carried
off in triumph.
The resignation of Deputy ATTORNEY.
Ieneral w. R. Hodgson has been rendered
Attorney-General Pennington and has beop
accepted. Alfred P. Robinson, who has
'een acting as deputy in Kent and Sussex
ills the vacancy. {
The Middletowners soon tired of fecdipo |
he tramps and have become thoroughly t
lsgusted with them. A crowd of them
ave loafng place in the rear of the !,
Episcopal Church, and spend their time in
ard playing, drunkenness, &c. S
theodore P. Haughey, President First +,
'atlonal Bank, indianapolis, Indiana. Il
ddressed the NJ. f. Sunday School of this d
own last Sunday afternoon. He is ON a /
lsit to his old home. He is a member of 2
-eV' Mr.. Watson's Church, "out West" '
1t is now positively announced that Mr. !.
'm. Bright, of Wilmington, will build i
mother hotel at Rehoboth-will commence o
le work shortly. 1t is further stated that '
lere Is to be let up of the rules SO far as 9
allow of billiard tables and a BOWLING
LEY. Il
Z. McDonough Roberts, of Appoouini. y =,
INK Hundred, who runs fruit market il, Il
'llmington, last week gave four crates Of G
caches and two crates of apples to the u u
ms house, near the city, and similar w
lantity of fruit to the Children's Homo IL
the st. Peters Female Orphan Asvlum, fc
nd to the Aged Women's Home. u
a correspondent of Egery Eeeai,,g writes 3:
F. y. Wickersham, formerly general fore. n
an OF the reservoir new building in viii. B
lngton, has exchanged 1000 acres of his IN IN
nd here for large residence and orist -.
III IN Salem, the property of Richard pl
pug. Mr.. Wickershan will probably soon F
move to Salem and take charge of his al
)ssessions. II
4 tramp named Wesley Penn was stabbed
the abdomen by another tramp named ~
.fd !" Middlctown, last week Reed was sa
''n was taken to hospital in W
in dangerous condition. it is m m
ared, and Reed is in New Castle iaiI 10 10
r. a. G. Cox had Penn taken to his dr
sldence and kindly cared for him until co
3 removal. dl
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A Large Peach Grower suggests in the to
st Dela~arean that the peach men hand 96 vi
er their orchards to the r. r. Co. Ha ro
INKS they would save money bv the eli
They would then get rid Of ba
iing the orchards, buying baskets, wag. nc nc
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