Smyrna times., 1876-09-13
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

Tor the Shcrlil Ofllce in Sussex, died ut
Laurel last week
In case Of the election of Mr.. Tilden, it is
believed that Senator Bayard woulG. be
invited to a seat in the cabinet.
The First National Bank of Milford is
now open for both discount and doposits.
1t has commenced with good prospect of
success.
Last year, up to the lst of September,
the peach shipments amounted to 1859
car loads; this year they amount to 1870
car loads.
The Phila., Wilmington d. Baltimore
Railroad Company havo made reduction
OF from 50 to So in the wages of ilagmen
| and track hands in their employ.
Frcdcrica sailing vessels run centennial
! excursions and board passengers while in
the city at sixty cents Il day. This gives
everybody chance to see the great show.
The fight in the Democratic party ap-
pears to be made by-Eli Saulsbury's friends
against Cove, who is considered to be in
| alliance with Bayard and Cochran. So tho
Milford Noes says.
On Saturday week young negro boy.
| named Douglass, who lives near EIinson's
Mills, some miles from FELTON,, in attempt
ing to light fire with coal oil was severely
burned and died in the evening.
Matthew Rilott, living on the farm of +.
C. Stotzcnburg, situated in White CLAY
Creek Hundred, raised the present season
on 30 acres of land, 1900 bushels of market
able wheat. This is large yield.
Smyrna has good steamboat limo to
Philadelphia. This is one of the chief
| advantages she possesses over Milford
! Our people would be glad to rival her in
this respect. But, if we cannot have steam
boats our clipper sailing packets cannot be
| cXcolled. This is some consolation.-.WE
tori Ne,eS.
Lena, youngest daughter of Mr.. Joshua
| b. Wharton, of st. Jones Neck, near
Dover, stuck nail i'll her foot on Thursday
the 9th day Of August, but suffered no
| pain from it till about a week ago when
! she was taken down. and died with lockiaw
on Tuesday of last week. She was eleven
years Of age.
The old mansion property, 40 years old.
| near Whiteleysburg, partly in MARYLAND
and partly in Murdcrkill IId, belonging to
| Mr.. Benz. Whitley, Of Baltimore and occu-
| pied by JAS. Hughes. was destroyed bv fire
on Sunday week. The household goods
were nearly al saved, together with some
| doors and windows
/ WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Governor och.
/ ran has an idea that there are many defect
! i've weights and measures in use in this
| State and has specially instructed the In
| spectors to vigilance in the discharge OF
| their inspecting duty. Mr.. Milbournc, the
/ Inspector for Kent county, will be in Mil
/ 4 -
on the l0th FELTON, and Fredcrica on the
| 18th, and Smyrna Oh the 18TH
Rev. Mr.. Haldoman, the Baptist Revival.
ist of Wilmington, mas concluded to con
vert three hundred souls within the next
| few months, and on Friday evening last at
! the prayer meeting, he requested all to rise
to their feet who would pledge themselves
to endeavor to bring into the church at
least three people each; to talk with them
and show them the way in which they
may be saved. Eighty persons arose.
At the Methodist preachers meeting in
| Wilmington, on Monday, the question for
discussion was, :" Are camp meetings, upon
the whole, advantageous to the Church ??
Rev. VIM. P. Davis, of st. Pauls, and Rev
A. T. Scott, rather thought they were not
but Reys. J. Il. Quigg, r. +. Martindale, J
l.. Houston, i. f. Plummer, and j. O.
Sypherd took the affirmative side Of tho
question.
Rev. Edw. Kcnnard, once a Methodist
minister and member Of the Philadelphia
Conference, died in Wilmington on Sun
day in his 74th year. lie was native ot
Kent CO., Md. lie never would take
city appointment" it is said. lie had
some cratic notions and several years ago
he built a church in Wilmington ant
started out as an Independent preacher
but his congregation soon deserted him
He was considered good sermonizer.
, How RATIoNAL.-The Wilmington Conn
mcrciH published this item on Monday
Some of those who are regarded as "Tem
perance men" say that a temperance can
didate will be in the field for Congress, il
case Levi c. Bird is nominated by the Re
publicans, there being no choice, they think
as between him and Mr.. Williams the
Democratic candidate. The names of j. V
Smith, of Smyrna, and Rev. j. b. Mann, o
New Castle, have boen suggested for th'
Temperance nominations.
) BURGLARIEs IN SUssEx.-Drring last weel
. there were a number of burglaries commit
ted along the junction & Breakwate
|
Many station houses and stores wer
broken into but the booty obtained by tn
burglars was small. At Nassau they broll
into Paynter's store, and when the proprie
tor came to business early next morning
f they fired upon him, but, fortunately
r without effect. One of the rascals, proba
A bly, the leader Of the gang, was subsequent
r ly lodged in Georgetown Jail.
: ANNUAL MEETING OF THE DELAWARE BIBL
SoCIETY.-The sixty-fourth annual meetin
I of the Delaware Bible Society will be he'll
: : on Thursday, September 18th, in tho Pres
: byterian Church at Newark, Delaware
The business session will commence q 3 I
. NJ, and a public meeting will be held at 7
u p. NJ, at which Rev. j. Howard Nixon, /
: D., Of Wilmington, and Rev. DR.. Sheldor
Of Princeton, N. j., will deliver addresses
=, All the Bible societies in the State ar
= expected TO send delegates, and the friend
: of the Bible cause generally are cordial
= invited. Entertainment will be furnishe
= free for all the delegates.
;. DEATH OF DIR. DAvIDsoN.--A private le
It ter from Milford says DIR. VIM. G. Davit
1t son died on Monday Of general debility {
,r nOn.assimilatiOn, as some term it, and NJ
;, OF consumption, as is generally supposed