Smyrna times., 1876-02-23

Pi"h' Inc nfsJ series OF stock,
v years old, with $50 paid in for each share
has made as anet gain of $5l.l4. This makes
the stock worth $ll1.l4 per share.
t In order TO help pay for building for
Delaware at the Centennial, the Sentinel
proposes to our Centennial Commissioner
that they hand over to the building fund
the two thousand dollars appropriated by
the State to pay their personal expenses.
! and thus set good example.
We have received the .Sandoy School
Worker, a neat little paper published bv
Z. ID. Seminar. It's name, of course. in.
dicates the field it proposes to occupv. II
Is published for 55 cts. per year. POSTAGE
free; great reduction for Sunday School
clubs 1t is published in Wilmington.
Fourteen persons were baptised at one of
the Baptist churches in Wilmington last
Sunday and thirty at another The revivals
IN that denomination in that city have been
even greater than the Methodsts. in nro.
portion to numbers. The I'd Baptist will
have an accession of about 100 members
A colored preacher adhering to the
creed of "Free Gospel" is eyaneelizino
among the colored people of Milford. He
breaches in private houses, outbuild.
lngs, or anywhere a congregation can
be assembled. He depends for sustenance |
upon the voluntary contributions of the |
people.
The Levy Court of this county has appro-
prlated Sl3,490 to repair the roads and
bridges OF the county this spring, as fol.
lows: Duck Creek Hundred. sI.655. Kan.
ton, Sl,545; Little Creek, sos; Dover
S2,S45; North Murderkill, SI,61O: Soutb
Murderkill, 81, ,745; Mispillion, 81 ,925; Mil
ford, 81, 400
The boys of Dover recently tried to
pump a new conner, named Ford Ford
objected, and with knife cut right and
left when the attempt was made. lad >
named Enright was pretty badly wounded. z
Ihe boys say they were only in fun, but c
had no idea that the fun would be most all
on the other side.
On Saturday week Sheriff Cooper sold, at q.
harrington, the following real estate: 80 .
acres OF land, situated in Mispillion Hun W
Ired, property of the heirat-law of Andrew a
J. Grant, to George F. Rice, for $40 \
arm OF 200 acres, with improvements. "
property of James j. Wood, in same bun. ir
Ired, to n. r. Lynch, for $500. C
The store of Nathan r. Underwood. in
Aenton, was broken open Tuesday night C.
eek and robbed of about $50 in money
young man named VIM. T. HilIvard -
as observed next day spending money wi
cry freely and being suspected of the
'lme was arrested. Justice Hawkins held
m to bail for disappearance at Court. E
The Methodist parsonage at FELTON, was Re
'stroyed by fire last Sunday night. It tel
CURED during church service. and tho W ui
most CONSERVATION was created amono In
congregation. The building was owned Ey
i Mr' Severn, who occupied part of II cal
was insured for about $4,000. Rev. FF p u
hite' the minister, had a portion of his will
'niture burned. tor
influential Democratic politicians in Sus- so sSS
county are in demand. Four offices ing
corder of Deeds, Register of Wills of
othonotary, and Clerk of the Pcoce oIl log
pre- within this year, two or three Ia, nal
them in few months, and those after bnn
hesh pots are in hot pursuit. II is ent
lerstood that Col. Townsend. of tho gra
ser journal is struggling for one of these nJ aIJ
f''''''' Mr..
ne Levy Court, last week, finally. after as as
amount of fuss about II No. IT,;
ted the assessment list of Mr.. Learned. twic
Dover Assessor. The Sentinel saws this gen
on OF the Levy Court is a complete win. mer
'tion OF the action of Mr.. Learned in ,,,;.t na39
KING his list. This body being opposed end
iim politically is guaranty that If tho seat
had been incomplete, as was cbarcod
some, 1T would never have been 70. 81
ed ie ton
Satu
elaware will in few days begin the Dela
'tion OF her building on the Centennial tI'e esen
mas. Its dimensions will be 90 bv * at n
, with height of 50 feet from the two
ma to the cupola. 1t will contain = OF h
tic nall, room for ladies. one for cue. Cue
tlemen and several others FORMING tI,o full full
mlssloners department. II is 70 h. answ
TED under the auspices of the fire c,r, Hald
les OF Wilmington, and will cost abont @ oers 5
DO. "'out no Ia
the {
ith reference to the "crooI<ed wbiskv,, =. III
ness IN this town, Mr.. Shortman wit. anio r,nuS
le DeTG'oareaa that our item about ,ho of NJ,
Of two drunken boys in his saloon anotl
garbled and one-sided statement omt and
u the whole cloth, and that at the nronos R[raye
ana place he will vindicate bimso,s knee
any and every charge implied therein dema
e says himself that he will vindioato prom
ell 1t is pity that he should ho.o ,;..ll In
iied about and held in $l4OO hail cor churc
g innocent. va" ior had a