Smyrna times., 1876-11-01

An old unoccupied house in Milford,
belonging to Mr.. Roe, was destroyed by c
fire on Saturday night. c
Rev. Mr.. Huntington, the Presbyterian
minister of Dover, is still confined to his {
room with inflammatory rheumatism, and !
Rev. j. M. Williams, Principal Of Will
mington Conference Academy, is supplying
the pulpit. Mr.. H. has been suffering for
over month.
1t is reported that S. II. Hall & Co., the
fruit Gamers of Frederick, have sold $74,-
600 worth of tomatoes at an advance of
65cts. per dozen. 1t cost them about $l.l0
per dozen cans to put them up and they
disposed of them at $l.75 per dozen. They
put up 100000 cans.
DRIVEN TO DEATH.-About two weeks
| ago, William w. Pyle, sewing machine
agent of Wilmington, hired horse of
Alex. MAXWELL hotel keeperin Middletown,
to go to Sassafras, Md. He drove the
animal so hard that it died at Galena.
The horse was valued at $l75.
During funeral procession in Whining |
ton yesterday morning, pair of horses ran |
off with one of the cabs, throwing Mr.. |
Zimmerman, his wife and daughter out
and injuring them all to some extent. |
Mrs. z. had rib fractured and Mr. z. re-
ceived a severe scalp wound.
The parties in the Canterbury riot case
were acquitted before the court at Dover
last week. This was the case where the
man Whitby had his house torn down by
mob of his neighbors because he sold
whisky illicity and lived in unlawful inter
course with a woman not his wife.
Rev. Solomon Prettyman, the founder
of Wesleyan Female College, in Whining
ton, and Methodist preacher of some
prominence, died in Louisville, Ky, last
week and was buried in Wilmington on
Thursday. He also founded college in
: Louisville. He was we'll known in Della
ware.
, A very old man named Isaac Jester,
living at Pennington, in the lower part of
this (Kent) county, narrowly escaped
serious accident by the cars in returning
e from the Centennial last week. He wants
l to go again, (has been three times) but
; says he'll walk before he'll fool with the
cars, any more though he is 84 years old.
A Justice of the Peace at Seaford must
be hard down ON abusive language. In
n that town, recently, difficulty occurred
II between Captain Sampson Gray and W. H..
:, Stevens. No blows were passed, but
II Stevens had a warrant issued against Gray
! / for abusive language. At the trial, Gray
n was held to bail in the sum of 81 900 for
g his appearance at Court.
" SUIcIDE.-Mich@l O'Bren, an Irishman
,f committed suicide at the almshouse neal
At Camden last week by jumping out of the
n. second story window. This is the young
man who tried to poison himself in Dover
> recently. He was hostier at the Capitol
OF hotel there. His reason, as he stated aftel
! l. Al 81, - .
ld of life. He was drunk nearly all the tim'
'.' at Dover.
nj Last Saturday afternoon, in Wilmington
lis a young man named Sam'l Porter tried t
n, commit suicide by taking laudanum. H
Ie took an over dose, and that saved him
or He had awhile before been at the Friend
or ship engine house, where he acted i'll
,le very strange kind Of manner, and intims
he ted an intention of taking his life, to whic
lie very little attention was paid. No reaso
ON is given for such actions.
in MILFORD SWEET PoTAToEs.-Mr. Amos c
Turner, living near Laws Church, fv
NO miles from Milford, has raised this seaso
Is ] $50 bushels of sweet potatoes. He cult
n waited them in hills, about two feet min
.en inches each way, and worked them chief
ew with the plow and harrow. So far he III
he shipped $40 barrels, which cleared hi
,ar 1920 per barrel. The bulk of the crop
nv. still on hand, kept in dry cellar and kel
rec dry with q coal stove fire.-MItord Ners.
ron SUING THE CRY OF WmMINToN.-Dr.
OF L. West formerly of Smyrna) has brougl
H. suit against the city of Wilmington #
eet professional services rendered to John
low Baylis, the victim of the accident cause
hat by the premature discharge Of a cannon
10Y the night Of the Sd of July last. DR.. Yves
OF bill, amounting to $40, was presented
this City Council about two weeks ago, but l
an o. G. Ogle, reported adversely to paymeI
All The case has now gone to/a Justice of L
Peace, at the suit Of Dr. West, and is st
pending.
the A DRUGGIST IN ASwEAT.-A druggist
the Wilmington, in putting up a prescripti
ears for young girl, about IA years old, on ID
and Saturday afternoon, by some oversight ga
ard, her a dose of opium, or poison. lie
s to once had her put in his carriage a
ling driven ground the streets as hard as
not troter could 90, in order to try and Ike
,h a her awake. The affair created quite a I
tion of excitement in the neighborhood.
Del believe the young lady was finally in ST
cut a condition that she was taken home, q
now is now beyond all danger from the dose
9th. Republican.
- LIQUOR APPLlCAIlONS.-A nc Cout#
Jay Dover made the following disposition OF
Dad, liquor license applications last week, '
oney The applications of Jacob Raymo
foots Charles Smith, and Chas. f. Foxwell,
Smyrna William C. Fountain, Dov
nby, Justice Lowery and Amos Cole, Milo
lten- were granted Isaac X. Shortm
and Smyrna; Thomas Z. Carly, Clayton; "
W OF Hartnett, Dover, were refused licel
ng John r. Laird, Ca1sden, withdrew his
olcy plication. Hon. n. B. Smithers repre'
road ted the remonstrants, and made an exc
it. ton to the printed forms Of the appl
. tions, which made a futter among
!. applicants. The Court decided that h
n...;. after a new form must be used so a
omen comply with the terms of the statute.
Is. The WILMINGTON MRTHoDIsTs AND IL
b.u. OPrIoN.-The Methodist preachers OF
paI,' mington, at their regular Monday NEE
> ' ths last Monday, discussed the local op
'"o question. Rev. j. B. Mann said that l.
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