Smyrna times., 1875-07-21
STATE AND LOCALS.

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for the first.
The Milford Gamers and DRYERS arc
engaging peaches at 25 cts.
: The Baptists of Milford expect to have
: their new church ready by fall.
The M. +. Sunday School of this town
are plcnicing at Collins Beach to-day.
J. E. Tygert & Co. are preparing to build
a storing house at Clayton for phosphate.
The New Castle county tax collectors ora
sun behind over $24, 900 in their returns for
1874 10 ''i
We have heard from several parties in
'hls locality that the peaches are falling off
rapidly.
1t costs Dover 10 cts. per basket to shin
peaches to New York, II to Phila. and 4S
to Boston.
The Milford Presbyterians have decided
10 hold no evening service during the sum-
mer season.
The Germans of Wilmington are tokipo
steps to organize a military company for
the Centennial.
1t is stated that for twenty wears Curt;s
5. Watson, of Milford, has spent his sum.
mers at Saratoga.
Revs. Crowell and Bryan. Presbvterian
ana Methodist of Odessa, are to exchange
pulpits for several Sundays.
The Early Beatrice Peach will be mt ON
Its first trial of shipment this season
They are two weeks earlier, it is said. than
the Hales.
Rev. 0. F. Flippo, formerly of this State
but now of Waverley, near Baltimore, has
declined call to the Baptist church at
Winchester, Va.
The proposed railroad excursion of the
Sudlersville and Millington Sunday Schools
10 bombay Hook has been abandoned. we
learn, on account of the expense.
At Tile late commencement at Dickinson
College, among those receiving the degree
OF NJ. A. was Prof. Chas. r. Dunninc, of
Aurora, ILL.,, formerly of Dover).
Rev. 5. R. Schoield, of the Delaware
Cty Presbyterian Church, has resigned his
pastorate on account of i'll health, and will
return to his farm near HARRINGTON
Jane Allen, a servant woman in tho
Couper family at New Castle. died n few
days ago leaving an estate of $4,000 which
she had accumulated by industry and
frugality.
The new iron bridge spanning the creek
and connecting North and South Milford ,
has been completed at a cost of over 50, 600
Kent and Sussex pay the bill, which is not |
a very heavy one. ,
Manlove Hayes, Esq, last week, sold his :
Marshtown field, in Little Creek Hundred y
containing about forty acres of land, without
improvements other than fence, to VIM. H.
Hobson, for $1,000. c
Mr.. Baggs has been notified of his an. =
continent to the Postoffice in this town q
lie expects to enter upon his duties next /
rex & The office pays 81 AGO. and Der. p,
ei'"ge OH a. .,Av orders ;,
A slxteen-months old child, in Madison IL
lreet, Wilmington, weighs sixty pounds 81
coach had to be made on purpose for it, pl
III the smaller children, so fond of wheel la
lg ordinary babies, succumb to this one. II
On the Sd page of this issue we nubl;.b WI
The Witness" 1t is an article from one ~
oldlng prominent position in the town. ~
I'd Is the first of series on our localisms VI
III oddities. The writer promises some. ~ ~
ling spicy. nc NJ,
"A gentleman from New York has pur. sir
lased ground, and will Immediately com bo
ence the erection of large connino un
'use at Wyoming. 1t is contemplated we
have the building finished in time for tn;
Is seasons operations. a
A rival base ball club has been organized WI
Milford, called the Centennial II ;s
ID to be under the patronage of one hotel /
llie the old club is under the PATRONAGE Jan
the other. Hence the rivalry. The old ord
10 stands head, of course. PHI
The effort to organize Centennial sol.
n company in Dover is about to prove a 9ot @
lure, it is said. Their last meeting. ON So
urSoay evening, came near ending in IIo
'. All who have so far expressed = -. -
sire to join the company want to be ,;,il M
GERS. rue ii"o
rigl
What lone, lorn mani Says the Elkton off.
n0c'0t OF Saturday: A fishing party con. Cas-
ing OF twenty ladies and one gentleman. as
'ed through here on Wednesday last in New
'ur-horse coach. Their destination was VIII
'ust Point, and they hailed from New. first
Delaware Mr.
IS stated that Rev. Sam'l Annear, a ti,,' thn
thodlst minister who created sucb