Smyrna times., 1876-09-27

A SHEEP DIsAsTER.-On Saturday last,
500 sheep were landed at Delaware City
from the Pennsylvania Railroad, and on
Monday those having them in charge un-
dertool to drive them out Higgins cause
way, when they stampeded into deep water
which filled the adjacent bitches, and 200
of them were drowned. Tho sheep we
understand belonged to q dealer at Mid
dletown.
The Democratic meeting announced for
Milford on last Friday evening, was a faSco
owing to the non-appearance of their
speaker, Mr.. Myers. SO says the Milford
Ne'cs. Mr.. Myres spoke in Smyrna, but
Democrats were so disappointed in him
that they sent word to their Dover friends
to muzzle him. At Dover he was Gagged in
the club room, where he had to hide his
light under bushel and he hasn't been
filling his other engagements.
The most terrific gales in the remom-
brance of the oldest inhabitants, that have
taken place along this, the Atlantic coast,
occurred as follows: September 3rd, 1921,
January 18th, 1881, December 1888 and
September l7th, 1876. From the descrip-
ton of each, which we have been able to
gather from some of our old pilots and
landsmen, it appears that the one in Septem-
Der 1921 was the most severe, yet that of
Sunday last, is acknowledged by all, to have
nearly equaled any of the former ones.-
LcwcS Light.
A THIRD ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.-Last We'd
ncsday afternoon woman named Mrs.
Mcclure, living III Wilmington, attempted
to commit suicide by gashing her throat
with case knife. This is the third
attempt she has made to destroy herself
once by hanging and once by drowning
One side of her throat bore the impression
of thirty cuts, and the other seven. When
questioned as to what she had been doing
she replied that she had had another o
them spells" and wanted to kill herself
When asked why she did not cut deeper
: her answer was that the knife hurt
+ THE SUSSEX DOG TAX.-Nothing seems t.
rouse the Indignation of the Sussex County
Democracy so much as to have ta1
| levied upon their dogs, especially if tina
e tax be for the support of free schools. Two
4 years of dog tax experience has source
Q their feelings dreadfully, and being Dem
, ocratic measure, passed by a Democratic
5 Legislature, and pet measure for SUISSE,
$ county, it has got the party. by the ears
e until from the Mispillion to the Pocomok
I
Q Creek to the Breakwater, are heard tn
S demands for the repeal of the dog tax law
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5 A NEGRO Boy KNOCKS A Man OVER WITT
\ BRICK.-In Milford, one day last week
, during quarrel, a Mr.. Johnson was strucI
} on the head with brick and nearly killed
i The brick was thrown by Nat Hudson,
: negro boy living with Judge Fisher.
Il seems that Hudson was engaged in drivin
= COWS to pasture, when they broke into til
u garden Of Mr.. Johnson and began to pla
~ sad havoc with his cabbage. Hudson exer
II ed himself to get the cows out but Johnso
u making his appearance on the scene, con
, menced scolding Hudson, who replied i
% saucy terms. This lead to bitter quarre
e and finally the boy threw the brick at NJ
* j., who, it was feared at first, would 10.
~ his life by the blow. The boy is in Dow
~ ~ Jail.
10 PEACHEs.--The aggregate of the sh
er ments by rail for the entire season, is DO
is, cars, or l,l27,OC0 baskets. The gener
n. estimate of 100000 baskets for shipmen
by water will make the total crop reaC
lie over 100000 baskets.
On Last year when the crop was unusual
il large, and the leading markets were almo
It's continuously glutted, the shipments CO
of tinued until October 9th, and reach,
in 1851 cars, or 4, l25, 500 baskets, the shi
Is. ments by water making the entire cr
he aggregate nearly 100000 baskets.
.er In 1874 the regular rail shipments end
all September 81, with 1912 cars or 63G,O
nd baskets, the entire crop aggregating abo
IRE ] 100000 baskets. The total crop Of Is
was 1884 ,S44 baskcts.-Gozette.
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