Smyrna times., 1876-04-19
STATE AND LOCALS


The drug store of D. L. Mustard, at
Lewes, was entered and robbed of $50 last
week.
Last Sunday Bishop Lee confirmed thir.
teen candidates at the Episcopal church in
New Castle.
Colonel Fountain, Of the Capital Hotel,
Dover, sold his Hambletonian horse in
Philadelphia last week for $500.
Atacongregational meetingof the Presby-
terian Church of Middletown, last week. il
was resolved to improve the interior of the
church.
Gov. Cochran has purchased the Jones
farm, in Kent county, Md, (near Kennedy.
ville) at public sale for $64.lO per acre
total Sll ,OS9.30-l73 acres.
John A. Jones, of Middletown, the in.
ventor OF the peach assorter, intends to
exhibit machine of similar construction.
a potato assorter, at the Centennial exhibi
ton.
The st. Pauls NJ. E. congregation. Will.
mington, has fixed the pastors salary at
$1,000. 1t was formerly $500. Rev. w. P.
Davis, formerly of Frederica, is now the
pastor.
a I"''y at LeWeS, Sussex county, Mrs
Palmer, who had roll of money carefully
put away, found last week that the mice
had been into it and terribly gnawed the
greenbacks.
The excursion to RphOboth is fixed for
May 18th. The train will leave Wilmington
It o'clock, A. NJ, and returning, leave
Lewes at 6 o'clock, P. NJ. Fare for the
round trip. So.
Miss Addie V. Cooke, daughter of the
late Rev. DR.. Cooke, former pastor of the
NJ. T. Church of this town, has heen an
pointed to 5000 clerkship in the Philadel.
phia Custom House.
The Seaford Citizen is informed that tho
small fruit growers at Laurel decided Of =
meeting held few days since. to reduce
the price for picking berries this season
from to l cent per quart.
Sheriff Cooper sold, on Tuesday last. the
farm OF James d. KINNEY, situated in St.
Jones Neck, about five miles from Dover.
containing 272 acres, to DR.. Sam'l Creadick,
OF Philadelphia, for 1925.
The Diamond State Loan Association of
TINS town held its annual meeting last week. |
but as the annual report has not vet been
submitted by the auditors we cannot fur. |
nlsh report until it is shaped up.
Again it is positively asserted that Rev.
Mr.. Haldeman, the eccentric Baptist re-. |
vlvallst, IN Wilmington, has been offered |
$lOOOO per year to take a church in
Brooklyn, but he refuses the offer.
A barn belonging to Mr.. w. S. Vandvke
OI odessa, at what is known as Matthews
corner, was burned Tuesday night of last
week with all the provender and everv |
;sning that II contained. The property was
Rev. s. P. Linn, of Philadelphia, will fill
the Presbyterian pulpit of this town next
Sunday. Rev. Mr.. Meigs, of Pottstown.
Pa, who occupied the pulpit last SUNDAY
IS son of President Meigs, formerly Of
Delaware College.
The following were elected vestry of St.
Peters Church, this town, on Monday
George W. Cummins, (senior warden) 6r
VIM. Cummins, (iunior warden) VIM. A.
Cummins, VIM. C. Mitchell, JOS. Wright
and Jos. Kennedy.
The Rev. James P. Wilson. D. D.. Of
Newark, n. j., is to preach the Bac.
caiaureate sermon of Delaware COLLEGE. on
Sa0oath evening, June 18th. Dr. Wilson
belongs to an old Delaware family and was
at one time President of the College.
DR.. R. R. Porter, one of the Oldest pbvsi.
clahS IN Wilmington, died quite suddenly
on FRIDAY morning. He has been in poor
neaiih Iof some time but was as we'll as
usual. s lie arose that morning as usual.
OUT quite early felt worse, and soon died.
Stephen Miller has been tearing the roof
on the corner building, i'm Camden. now
occupied by himself as a shoe store and bv
homas Simpson as a drug store. and IS
gong 10 put on mansard roof in place of
the OLD one, which will make an improve.
ment. -''Pio'e-
IheSmyrna Library Association is MAKING {
arrangements to buy more new books I
Patrons frequently suggest appropriate
BOOKS for the shelves, and their surcestions I
are solicited on this occasion. The titles of I
such books can be sent to the President. at !
the Bank. ~
Ihe Sussex County Court, last week. only !
occupied two days-one of the shortest
sessions ever held. Only two cases ware 1
red, both of minor Importance. some
attribute the lack of crime to the lack of a
licensed whisky in the county. Figbt '
licenses were granted. c
Last week the large poplar tree stand.
ng near the Quaker Meeting House. near
JowgllFs Corner, was cut down by order of q
ION. Jos Z. Comegys, and hauled to Dover {
o be shipped to the Centennial grounds =
ne log that was sent measured 8 feet across /
md was about 10 feet long. 3
A proposition has been made to Sunerin n
ehdent henney to run an extra Saturday b
tternoon train on the Delaware Railroad a
Turing the Rehoboth Camp, to leave vii a
nlngton at or o'clock. He promised n
O. give it careful consideration. RonnJ
rip tickets to Rehoboth will be issued this n
eason, at last years rates. il
Georgetown, Sussex county, is noted for {
ENG sixteen miles from other towns. n ;s D
0 miles from Milford, Milton, Lewes, Sea.
1rd, Bridgeville and number of Other 6
laces; Smyrna, is noted for being 10 Il
IL niles from other towns, viz: from Odessa y
i!ddletown, Dover, Warwick, Massevs
Ellington, Bayside, n. j., &c. Z
Something Of a rumpus has been created e.
the Wilmington city council bv the o.
sslgnation of Jas. p. Hayes, one Of the OF
'emocratic members. He saws his own ell
arty in council voted square against him W W