Smyrna times., 1876-09-27

lowing extract from the Attorney Generals
reply: eff the goods are marked with the
name of the owner, or there should be
some other mark whereby the finder knew
whose goods they were, and he, at the
time of the finding, takes them with the
intent to convert them to his (the finders)
own use, then he is guilty of larceny, and
may be proceeded with for each offence"
This put all doubts at rest, and on Satur-
day, n. Serverson, Mr.. Blizzard s son.in.law,
returned a quantity of clothing and gents
furnishing goods to Mr. Kahn, and two
bolts of muslin and three of flannel to Mr..
Tolson. Until then all the members of
Mr.. Billiards. family had denied having
any of the goods. Capt. Tallinger, of the
wrecked steamer, was. boarding with the
family at the time. He insists that he
knew nothing of the goods. Other parties
| are to be investigated. Mr.. Kahn's cloth
ing was scattered all along the shore after
the wreck, and there seems to have been Il
disposition by all who had the opportunity
to get hold of any of the articles to regard
them as legitimate spoils. Parties who
have lived above suspicion consequently
allowed themselves to hold what did not
belong to them.
verify the old saying that "troubles never
come singly," the wind storm of Sunday
week was followed up last Sunday by one
of the most terrific rain storms that evcl
befel this section of country. From mid
night Saturday to o'clock Sunday morn
ing the torrent Of rain came down with
such force as to arouse people from then
slumbers by the sheer noise of the immense
fall, and in some instances chimneys were
filled up until the water reached the pip,
holes and made its escape into the bee
chambers or sitting rooms. A number o
| carpets and papered walls in this towI
were thus damaged. As to flooded cellar
and such like misfortunes, they became
insignificant when the news came in tn
morning of demolished mill dams ant
injured water courses. Every mill dam il
this neighborhood but two was washed out o
materially injured by the flood. heinjurec
ones are Denney's, Casperson's, Murphey'.
Logan's (better known as Greensl an,
Hoffeckcr's. The two that escaped wer
Sharp's, this town, and Cloak's, in Kento
Hid. All the injured ones are within fiv
miles of the town. Only in one instance
however, (Murphey's, in the Alley,) wa
the gates or bridges of any of the dam
injured. This is a material saving in tn
cost of repairs. On Monday morning som
parties from New Castle county had t
drive around by Blackiston's Cross ROAD
to get to Smyrna, the county bridges {
Duck Creek (Denney's) and Caspcrson
being washed down, and the one at Mu
phey's dam was too ric&ety for a safe pa
sage, while the Smyrna Landing causewa
: was flooded by raging torrent of four {
five feet. Parties from Dover and up
far as the Hohecker Mills, four miles frol
town, have to make detour by Leipsic
Cloak's Mills. On Sunday the Circus trai
had to 60 as far as kenton, six miles we
of us. Such a wholesale slaughter Of mi
dams has not occurred in this sectc
before since 1904, it is said. The granal
: floors at the Landing were under water
! some extent, though no serious dana;
= = was done thereby. The railroad bar
across the Hoffecker pond was washed o
L for over thirty feet, and it is stated tn
the water ran over the dam, half mi
" below, for nearly its entire length to Il
" depth of two or three feet. The 9th
! dams were run over even worse than til
y it is reported. Each of the five mill propC
\ ties will be injured from 5000 to $500.
On the Delaware Railroad considerat
is damage was done. At Porter's stati
Y. Wnere the pennsylvania ~ delaware ha
Dr. road crosses to Delaware City, two culve
ut were partially washed away. The feeder
n, the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal agc
le broke, and overhowed all the fiat Ian
ly but no serious damage was done. I
ut most serious break was at the HofEecl
by Mill Pond, as before stated Several SIN
ne culverts in the vicinity of Dover a
III Woodside and large one at FELTON, w
no broken.
We Four or FIVE mill dams near Newark, n
en- Castle county, were also broken.