Smyrna times., 1876-08-02
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

and RaShs w OOdS, all commence next
Friday, Aug. 4th.
\ correspondent Of the Milford Nc2g re-
commends Manloyc Hayes for Congress, to
be nominated by tho Republicans.
Rehoboth camp closed yesterday. Only
30 Of the GO tents were occupied. The
hotels drew bigger crowd than the camp.
Lcwos is building fine public school
house, i5XG5 feet, two story high, and cost
ing about $1,000. 1t is nearly completed.
1t is proposed to run, AT an early day, an
excursion train from Milford to the Cen
| tennial grounds, fare for round trip not
| to be more than $3.50.
Tho Commrcial says that when a paper
endorsing Mr.. Fisher was circulated at
| Dover, George V. Massey, Esq, was one of
| those who declined to sign it,
1t is rumorod around Camden that the
burnt district i'll that town is to bo built up
by a gentleman of Canada, a brother Of
Mrs. Miller. who owned somo OF the
property destroyed.
Tho talk is that Jacob Tombc, of Port
! Deposit, the Maryland millionaire is to
oroct upon one OF his Rehobeth lots 4
cottage Which Will outsline anything on
the Beach. 1t is to cost $4,000
| The contract for heating the Conference
| Academy at Dover has been awarded to
| Joseph Bartlett tE Son, Of Philadelphia. ut
$2i00. The building is to be heated bv
hot air, instead Of steam, MS before.
About midnight, one night last week, 4
| lot Of trarnr5 in Middietown were discover
ed cooking chickens potatoes, coffee, &c,
| in vacant lot near tho depot. They were
| soon routed. They had stolen the food.
Thomas F. Hammersley has talzor lii
| position as Cashier behind the desk Of
! Milford Branch Of the Smyrna Bank
| William II. Hill was on "Wednesday chosen
teller Of this institution, and tool, his posi-
ton Immediately.
It is stated that the Surf House ut Reho,
both, is to be sold There is a debt Of
$1,000 against it. 1t is expected that q
member OF the camp meeting Association,
4 Mr.. Hooper, of Baltimore, will buy it, az
he holds the bill Of indebtedness.
Tho Good Tcmplars Of Kent county win
hold their third quarterly convention for
this year at Leipsc, Wednesday. Aug. 10th.
A public meeting will be hold in the even
ing, at which Rev. A. u. Davis, Of Whining,
ton, Rev. +. &tubbs and others are expected
to speak.
Governor Cochran has appointed VIM II.
Whcatley, Of Laurel, Register Of VIII. for
Sussex county. He succeeds LoXlcy Il.
Jacobs. The other applicants for the place
We're I. Il. Payntcr. Of Georgetown
Nathaniel Hickman, Of Iewcs and Reho.
both hundred; Jno. r. Martin, Of Seaford
There are Il public schools IN Whining
ton and - teachers, all females but ono
S. J. Wiley, tho Principal, who get. Si2O(
q year. The Assistant Principal, Miss Mil
lcr, gets $1,000. The rest Of tho teachers
get from $500 10 $500. Included among
the teachers is Miss Amanda y. Scyii, for
morly of this town.
t On Friday night week a horse wa5 stole,
: from the pasture of Mr.. J. =. Gilchrist, near
. South Milford. Mr.. G. soon had bllsissueC
} offering reward, and on the following
5 Monday young whisky bloat of Milford
named Griffith was captured in Sussex
with the animal to carriage. He wa
taken TO Georgetown jail
The Lcwes L,y1, says that Vim. Bright
t Esq, the President of the Rchobcth Asso
; citation is just the man for the place
, When the workmcn complained that they
2 were not paid, last week, Mr.. Bright pail
them himself out of his private purse
: showing them that he is both able anC
> willing to help the Association along anc
$ has confidence in its ultimate success
J. Marion Emerson, city editor Of th
, Wilmington Co12mrc.a' and VIM. Kramc
: foreman Of the Commcrc,m Job rooms. hav
purchased the Nupyatack TaHey ,Ssattue
published at AnsOnia, New Haven county
: Connecticut. Both gentlemen are pract
. cal printers, and Mr.. Emerson is one of tn
" best journalists in the State-entircly to
J.. good fellow to loose from Peninsula new,
> | papcrdom.
r man named Kelley got his fore iinge
e caught in the machinery of the paper mi
it Of Jcssup & Moore, near Wilmington, on
e day last week, and seeing that his whol
hand and arm might be drawn into til
mill, he grabbed his caught hand with h
is other hand and actually pulled his fngt
.e out by the roots, so to speak, separating
1t at the second joint. His display of nerv
,r was wonderful.
u Last Sunday morning, when the cOngr
i, cation was dismissed from the Second Bal
D. list Church, Wilmington, a woman wit
er three little children was found begging
the door. One Of them, a baby, she carrie
III AlcI hIlHSj bilC OlileT Two WcIG IlILiG Gil
xt and neatly dressed. They all held OF
Mt their hands and received numerous cont
xt buttons. The woman was about middl
no aged and was not shabbily attired
el-
d. SHERIFF SALEs.-The New Castle Sher
V. made the following sales last week:
Tn A farm in st. Georges Hundred, contai
m. ing three hundred acres, tho property
cd John Cleayer, deceased, to S. NJ. IIarrin
al. ton for $l3,7OO.
he A tract Of land in Blacl<bird IIundIe
he containing two hundred acres, the proper
an of William w. Allston to Thos. S. Meri
S. of Middletown, for 81, l60 subject to mo
IN, gage of 81 ,150.
has At last the Rehoboth guests have gone
!. dancing, and right during the camp, t.
ns And strange to say, there was not mu
objection manifested, it is stated. Sol
ast didn't think it was in good taste while t
ing camp was in progress. Tho dancing was
ey, the Bright House, which is owned by !
ro, vate parties but at the Surf House, whi
lite is owned by the Association, nothing of I
of kind goes on. The landlord at tho s.
the says, however, that he will not run
tito another year unless he is allowed billiar
} to ten-pins, or some source Of amusement.
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