Smyrna times., 1876-04-12
STATE ann LOCALS

In Sussex t.;:ere are eight applicants fol-
liquor license, mostly men already in the
business.
Our Levy Court has appointed Nathaniel
Pratt, ST., Constable for Duck Creek Hun
dred, and William 7. Young for Kenton
Hundred.
Rev. \. Rittenhouse has been made a
Presiding Elder in the Philadelphia Con.
ference, and placed in charge of the; North
Philadelphia district.
Last week, in Dover, Sheriff Cooper dis
posed of farm of 100 acres, property of
Daniel George, situated in Dover Hundred,
to Jessie Lane, for $500.
On Sunday morning last ten candidates
for membership We're received into the
Presbyterian Church of this town-eisht
gentlemen and two ladies'
From the report about Rehoboth matters,
published in another column, it would
seem that another train will be put on the
Delaware Railroad shortly.
Last week the Levy Court of this county
made its annual allowance of $500 to the
various Sunday Schools of the county.
The schools number 81, with a scholarship
af 1888.
The Del1carean is informed by a citizen
ofsDover that he has been very successful
in curing cholera in chickens by administer
ing half a teaspoonful of laudanum in
little dough.
Miss Josephine Bateman, daughter of
john Ii. Bateman, ESQ, cashier of the
National Bank Of Dover, has been appoint
ed teacher in the public schools there in
place of Mrs. Bice. resigned.
A man up in Brandywine HID, New
Castle county, recently had % partridses
sent him from North Carolina, and he has
let them out on his premises to keep up
the stock. They seem to thrive nicely.
On the Goth of the present month. the
Odd Fellows Hall at St. Georges will be
dedicated. The building is now about
completed, and E. W. Jester has already
removed his drug store and the post,ofice
into one of the stores in it.
\ newsboy in Wilmington, one dav last
week, sold a paper to a man in the cars.
Just as the train was moving off. Whom
the boy looked at his "penny" he found it
was five dollar gold piece. 1t was too
late to rectify the mistake.
Wilmington will have about twenty ex- |
hibtors at the Centennial and there will I
be about ten from other places in the State
three from Smyrna, and one each from
Dover, New Castle, Newark, Lewes for Har-
beson), Woodside, Milford, &c.
Rev. Geo. D. Meigs, young minister of
Pottstown, Pa, will fill the PRESBYTERIAN
pulpit of this town next Sunday. Rev.
Mr.. Moore who has been supplying the
pulpit for several months, very acccptably.
has closed his labors here for the present
The regular April term of the United
States Court for Delaware opened in vii.
mIngton yesterday, Judge Bradford pre.
siding. The Grand Jurymen from Kent
county are: John II. Bewley. Henry C.
Douglass, Nunes II. Coverdale. Robert IT
Cummins.
The Bay fishermen down the State have
stretched their nets across the mouths of
the creek, it is said, and hence the creek
nshermen have no luck. Report has it
that the latter threatened to shoot the
former if they continued to thus blockade
the creeks.
The Milford Nc,cg says that Mr.. Treidler
ot that town, after making a costly suit of
clothing to exhibit at the Centennial. has
oeen informed that space was not granted
him, notwithstanding he had made early
application, and had had every assurance
that he would be assigned room.
The Erery Eeening has widened and
engthened its columns and thus increased
It's advertising space, which is so eargerlv
sought after as to render the enlargement
necessary. The Z. Z. has shown wonder.
ui pluck and consequently gained a big
over $500 copies per day.
The New Castle Presbytery will meet in
Princess Anne, on Tuesday the 18th inst.
md Will continue in session about four
lays. This Presbytery embraces all the !
Presbyterian churches on the Eastern Shore.
md in Delaware. 1t is expected that about
lxty ministers and elders will be present.
T. I. Enos, of Odessa, had a surprise
'arty to come in on him one evening last :
seek, when himself and wife were present.
I'd with silver cake basket, which was
'ery handsomly donated with a speech
rom the pastor, Rev. J. B. Merritt. The
party was gotten up by members Of his
class meeting in the NJ. Z. Church.
George Wilson, 10 year old colored resi-.
lent Of seaford, living alone, was found
lead in his bed last week, having been
starved. lie refused proffered aid and