Smyrna times., 1876-07-05
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

Magnolia and Willow Grove went to
Bowers Beach to celebrate the 4th. The |
Willow Grove band went with the crowd. |
During recent thunder storm near Mid |
dletown the stable of Sewcll c. Biggs was
struck by lightning knocking the whole
gable end of it out.
The Rescue, Rev. 4. u. liavis's temper
ancc paper, published in Wilmington, has
suspended. The Del,t,carc Pioneer German
paper, published in that city, also sus-
pended last week.
Judge Lynd, of Philadelphia, who died
last week, was at one time Il professor in
Delaware College at Newark. He was a
man of fine and varied attanmcnts, and
the author of several educational works Of
n high class.
Robert Barr aged siXty-live years, was
| last week working i'll his harvest about SIX
miles from Georgetown, when he was over
| come with the heat and died in a few
| minutes. Mr.. Barr was an esteemed citl-
zen well known throughout Sussex county.
The Republicans of Milford have organ
lied a club, officered as follows James r.
Lohand, President: w. f. Rcville and d..
b. Anderson, Vice Presidents; w. c. Cas-
son, Secretary A. w. Webb, Correspond
ing Secretary; G. w. Marshall, Treasurer.
In Milton, Sussex county, on Saturday
week, the citizens turned out almost ct,
n,asse without regard to color to attend the
funeral Of colored mechanic and preacher
named George Gumbey, who for about
sixty years had lived blameless in the com
munity and was respected by all.
A young man named White, of Whining
ton, fireman on the Z. w. d b. railroad
was killed in Philadelphia last week by {
locomotive running over him. He had
; lust been married to a young widow, who
becomes widowed for the second time be
fore she is twenty while he was only twenty
: three.
/ A MILFoRDiTE's BANQUET IN PARIS
p Says foreign dispatch A farewell banque
s was given on Saturday night at the Cat
# Anglaise by the leading members OF til
0 American colony to General Torbert, Consu
d General Of the United States, on the occi
e sion Of his near departure from Paris tc
America. Major General Daniel h. Sickle
d presided.
SIS 1t il proposed to again try for the ere
g. ton of new NJ. L. Church in Milton, Su
sex co. The erection of one was con
n menced there about two years ago, but
IN was left with cellar walls unprotected an
re framework exposed, and now because
&C injury from the elements it must commen,
Ie from the beginning. Rev. j. +. Smit
1g formerly of Smyrna, is the popular paste
70 A correspondent of Ecery Ecening is We
~ indignant to think that Frazer, the mi
3, derer of Eliason, is still at large.
49,, 49, escaped about a year ago from New Cast
- - Jail and loafed around his mothers, ne
10 Sassafras, Nd, until forced to leave throu
~; -; public Indignation. Sometime in May,
&c is said, he went up into Pennsylvania a
H. married woman named Smithson,
1,,o widow, he taking the name OF his ii
JU o,,, wife.
of Big Frank was put back into New Cas-
an, Jail again last week. This noted crimi
He is so "ornry" that even prison keep
'ith don wart him. He was captured at 5
Of folk, Va, last week with lot Of burgl
he'd tools but tho sheriff there, knowing {
re Delaware had legal claim on him, 8
he'd word for the New Castle sheriff to co
ON and get him, Soffolk didn't want to k
rect him; neither does New Castle county,
ears he is entitled to about four years impris
into ment in this State, hence Soifolk made
We take him.
MED -
able COMMITTED FOR FORGERY. 1.-The Every Il
us ng's Dover correspondent SAYS Last Fri
,yer, Lemuel Dill was committed to Dover
k to upon the charge Of forging the NAM
get Senator VIM. Sapp, Of this county, to
ible, of between two and three hundred dol
ame In taking up the note when due, he is
He charged with forging the name of
,ator Wroten TO bond given in connec
old Herewith. II is stated that Dill has
an, guilty of transactions of similar chara
ut in before, and succeeded in hushing up
time matter by the assistance Of his brotl
neri- but they, becoming tired of such con
leme on his part, refused to help him out Of