Smyrna times., 1876-08-30

ing his debts. lie has had two or three |
auction sales in Smyrna, within the past 5
few months. V
A colored woman, probably about forty :
years Of age, but whose name was not
known to the train hands, was run over on
the Delaware road OIL Monday. She was
lying upon the track about mile and n
half north of Harrington, but the engineer,
supposing it to be n dog, kept up speed
until too late to stop the train in time to
save the woman. She had both legs and a
shoulder blade broken, besides other seri
Gus injuries, from which she could not be
expected to recover.
THE 81 900 RAcE-The trot between Pat
McCoon, DIR. Shipley's horse, of Seaford, and
Modoc, Clayton's horse, of Middletown, for
$500 side, came off at Bridgoville Thurs
day. The first heat was won by Pat in |
1.20; the second by Modoo I.lS!; the third |
by Modoc l.22; the fourth by Modoc l.20 |
Pat, though beaten, was never far behind,
and only beat by half length. Modoc
gained by breaking into run, and many
thought Pat would have won had it not
been for this advantage gained by the
former.-NIford Ncra.
On Thursday evening last about dusk
James l.. Smith, Of Dover, walked out into
| his corn lot and found newly born
mulatto infant, that had been abandoned
! by its cruel mother. The child was wrap
pod up in a dirty skirt, with a few weeds
thrown over it. 1t had apparently been
there all day-born and left to perish
where it lay. The child is female, and
apparently perfectly healthy. 1t was taken
in charge by Il colored family residing in
Bridgctown. Who its unnatural mother
is is not known, the Sentinel says.
A brutal prizcfght between Fiddler
Merry, Of New York, and Mike Gillespie,
of Philadelphia, came OIL Wednesday last at
halfpast four clock near Duponts Pow
der Mills in the upper part Of this State.
At the twentieth round Merry being unable
to come forward at the call Of time, Reilly
threw up the sponge. The crowd, one
hundred strong, was then towcd up the
river as far rs Chester. No arrests were
made Neery's condition is dcplorable.
His punishment was such as to cause the
prediction that ho has fought his last
, battle
The newspaper that has been published
t at Newark for the past year, called the
| IL = ohO 10 to ~
! The editor J. w. Rowlcnson, has expert
f enccd some difficulty with his creditors,
3 and as tho result the paper is likely tC
4 come to premature end All his effects
1, have been seized by tho officers Of the law
d The printing material belongs to com
pany in Philadelphia. The citizens appear
to be considerably inccnsed against Row
lenson, as it is alleged no borrowed slnal
sums Of money from various parties, and il
: in debt over head and cars.
e A FALSE CHAEGE.-The charge made by
d negro woman at Townsend Of an indecen
Of assault upon her by Dennis Kane, al
ir account of which has been published i'll tn
Wilmington papers, turns out to be a bas
libel Mr.. Kane is in the employ of tn
~ ?. w. & b. II. r. Co., on the Delawar
" line, as a bridge builder, and when tn
- charge was made the officials of the conn
any at once sent men to inquire into I'll
matter, and after a thorough investigatio
they pronounced the whole thing a lie, an
''0 other things since brought to light 20
prove that the charge was COTTON up f
the purpose of blackmail. Mdilcto,
Transcript.
81 VIM. Hemphill Jones, Delawarean nc
-. -, occupying the position of Deputy Fir
~ Comptroller in the U. $. Treasury at Was
w. ington, has been requested by the Pre-
'"' dent to resign. Col. Jones was at one tin
0n' Mayor of Wilmington the Commcrciol sa,
'"' lie has been in the Treasury departme
oue for many years, having been appoint
Vi under Democratic administration, and he
his place under the several Republic
on, Secretaries of tho Treasury, since 1861.
his was to him (he being temporarily at n
son, Orleans,) that General Dix, then Secret;
ant of the Treasury, sent the famous dispat
dp- III lCOO' II dltClnpNS W IL
Of down the American flag shoot him on
not spot"
ieh' KILLED HMsELT.-A young man by
.io name of Lemuel Clark, who had been
ior ing with Mr.. Peter X. Meredith, II
Mount Moriah, west of FELTON,, was 5
:. j. struck during the heated term, VIII
ltral resulted in a arrangement of his mind,
was had to quit work. lie was carried so
apo. where over in the neighborhood of Thor
icks, Chapel, where colored man was to cf
Vice n cure, but on Thursday night of last W
ixon he effected an escape from the house
ty of the colored doctor, and started to "
We so home. He wandered off the road
t he found the way up to the house of ia
He is Clark, where ho was put to bed. Abor
,isco- o'clock, Mr.. Clark heard great noise,
going out found the unfortunate man
jumped out of the window and killed
lrday SELF -DeLuCdrean.
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