Smyrna times., 1876-11-29

matter and q society was agreed upon to
look after the rascals.
An old horse, "Nigger," has been in
constant service on the Wilmington street
railway ever since the cars were first
started, fourteen years ago. He is still able
bodied, and knows more about the street
car business than some of the drivers, if
the Republican speaks correctly.
TEACHERS INsTITUTE.-The New Castle
County Teachers Institute, under charge of
Supt. Groves, will be held in the College
Oratory, at Newark, on Thursday, Friday |
and Saturday of this week. Interesting |
subjects will be treated, and school teachers, |
as we'll as all others interested, are invited |
to be present.
Two members elect of the next Legisla- |
ture are now teachers of public schools
Harry Sharpley, Senator from New Castle |
county, and John L. Thompson, Represen-
tative from Sussex. John w. Morley, of
Sussex, on the Republican ticket for Rep
resentative, is also teacher, SO that school
teachers were pretty well represented on
the ticket at the recent election.
FIRE IN MILFoRD.-A fire broke out at
the Haven Woolen Mills in Milford on
Wednesday last in the carding room. 1t
originated from hot journal, and spread
| like a flash over some cotton which the
men were running through the machine.
A prompt application of wooden goods
saturated with water smothered it out, but
the situation was critical, for time.
| At Bowers Beach, near Frederick, the
| storm of last week was as bad as any of the
season. 1t washed away the beach all
along by the hotel, the swells and spray
few up against the house, the water was all
through the yard and filled up the cellars,
washed away a shanty that stood at the
mouth of Jones' Creek belonging to S. II.
Short, and also upset the bath-houses at the
| beach.
On the lst day of January there will be a
change at the Capital Hotel in Dover.
Colonel Fountain retires and a Mr.. Lewis of
Baltimore takes possession. Fountain has
purchased the property of Messrs. Comegys
and Hayes at Rehoboth city, mot camp
meeting grounds, but the "city" just below
them) and is now having large hotel
erected at that place, which he will occupy
next summer.-SentneL.
A tournament was held at Oxford, Ches
ter co., Pa, last Thursday, for the benefit
of soldier company there, and Dallas
Lore, of st. Georges, in this State, took the
, first prize, a set of harness. He crowned
Miss Ella Thompson, of Oxford, as "QueeI
of Love and Beauty" Miss Ada Abrahams
; of Port Deposit, was one of the Maids o
" Honor, crowned by w. S. Heckart, one o
= the Knights, from that town.
FELL DEAD BY THE WAYsIDE.-Jonathal
Watson a man who was employed by Mr.
II C. C. Stockley, of Georgetown, left at nigh
e after the days work for his home abou
n two miles distant. He did not get hom
# and his wife sent his little boy next morr
e ing to see what had become of him. Tn
II little fellow had not gone more than on
Is hundred yards before he saw his fathe
Y, lying on the roadside dead. He had nearl
N reached home and died within sight of Ii
N own house, from hemorrhage. jon
t. nal Of Friday.
O. How A DOVER FEAST ENDED.-One ola
.d last week, says the DeLaWarean, two hungI
6t Dover lads, named Hunter and Murphe
Mt concluded to have a feast upon some
or Richardson & Robbins potted meat, whiC
d. had been sent to the depot for shipmen
They opened one Of the boxes and too
therefrom all but two cans, and had a jol
NO time munching it. But, alas, their goc
= ~ time was soon "nipped in the bud,"
~ the theft was discovered. Hunter W
-, arrested, made a clean breast of it, and W
~ bound over to court. Murphey skedaddle
for and is yet among the missing.
by LIBEL SUIT INsTITUTED-Henry H.
AN Mullen, late Republican candidate
to Sheriff of New Castle county, has CONNIE
ne, ced suit against the OByrne Bros. a
nd, John OByrns, publishers of the Morn
'an Herald of Wilmington, for libelling b
ars during the late political canvass. I
by principal part of the charge is publishing
for report that Mr.. McMullen, while Asses
rty of Internal revenue, had collected MOI
to from some farmers as United States t
at and that he had retained the same.
res. McMullen places his damages at $l0,C
, as and has retained Anthony Higgins 8
'out Levi c. Bird, Esqs., as his couusel.-Com'
srty cial.
ave ~. rr,,..,,,.,o, r,,,u,,.,,,,,, von Wv,
uch c.:4I-Il4 co.,oa -. ;ss,,od
Tue notice for his next annual Teachers In
tute for this county, which is to be held
Milford, commencing Wednesday NJ
Dec. 9th, and closing on Saturday.
Iblic teachers of public schools in the county
ther required by the law to attend these il
tutas, unless they have a reasonable exc
II There are about 100 names on the teach
~ - roll, and the Milford teachers have hel
meeting to provide for the visitors
extend to them the hospitalities Of
DEM town and the hospitality of Milford mea
dis good deal, by the way, as the visitors
Ne,0s find. Among those who are to take pa
the exercises Of the Institute are Presir
,;vo,, Purnell, of Delaware College, and
rrow ow Reynolds, Of Wilmington. A commi
+ The on music has been appointed, and 81
WIZ thing attractive in this line will be give
VIII THE CHURCH EXTENSION SOCIETY OF
city NJ. E. Church held its eleventh annivel
or OF in the Opera House, Wilmington,
Thursday evening. Nearly 1000 pc
nsnts packed the building Bishop Sim
n the presided. Bishop Foster, Rev. j. O. I
Ftieth Of Baltimore, and DR.. Hatfield, of
Broad and Arch church Phila., took pi
the exercises. Rev. DIR. Kynett, of
snare York, the Secretary Of the Society,
'wner his annual report, showing that
,ocess Society, for the past ten months,
D. given to feeble churches throughou
erica, country $l3,930, and loaned to chu
IN the that expected to pay it back, $l0,650
nix in But there is a deficiency of over 81 o
wners the receipts of the Society, as com
with last year. This is owing to the
ness depression. One ofthe leading fet
sLOWnt IF tha mating was the ain giun of Chs