Smyrna times., 1876-08-16

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walked off about his business. There Is
no police officer or constable i'll the town.
Titus H. Irons, deputy sheriff under both
Sheritfs IIargadine and Williamson, and
formerly n resident of this town, died OF
consumption in Dover on Monday. lie |
was candidate for the Sheriflalty. lie I
was an excellent deputy. He leaves a
family. Ills wife is II sister OF ex-Sherlh
lIargadihe.
That is a good point which Judge Coun-
tryman and others are making against Gov
Tilden. If he is so confident of his ability
to bring about resumption within short
period, why is he 50 eager for the repeal
of the Resumption act, which does not 80
into effect until two years after the next
President is inaugurated?
Quite an animated race took place on
Saturday, the 5th, on the Bridgcville fair
grounds, in Sussex co. Nelly, owned 10y j.
II. Bailey, OF Laurel, won the first race, for
colts; best time, BOG. Frank Pierce won
the ID race, for stations; best time, half
mile, I29. The third race was won by
Little Frank, a Cambridge horse; best time,
minutes. The 4th was won by Blue Dan,
owned by DR.. Shipley, OF Scatord; best
time, 2.52.
At the Red Lion camp, one night last
week, Rev Pcnnell Combe was preaching
and he told some young folks to stop prom
cnading. Instead Of oboying large num-
ber Joined the belligerent visitors, and on
boing again demonstrated with they were
joined by nearly all those on the seats.
Such was the confusion that the officers
concluded to stop tho meeting and rang
the bell for leaving the grounds at 9.i5
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says the Middletown Transcript
r. J. Reynolds, chairman Of the Demo
cratic Executive Committee of Delaware,
. has issued a call for a State Convention,
composed of sixty delegates from each
county, to be held III Dover, on Thursday
the 7th of September, for the purpose o.
nominating electors for President and Vice
President of the United States and also tol
the purpose Of placing il nomination 8
candidate for Representatives in Congress
, from Del The several Hundred meetings
f for the election of delegates, will be hcll
t Saturday, August 26th.
e THE New PHILADA. DEpor-Thc recon
struction of the Z. W. ~ B. passonec
Y depot in Philadelphia is about completed
/ and passengers will now enjoy the new ant
a elegant accommodations provided IN botl
r the ladies and gentlemen d waiting rooms
In the ladies room there has been painte
on the wall a huge map showing the who'll
Il of the p W. & b. road and the Dclawar
: road and its branches, with all their 81;
Is tions The map is about % to 30 feet long
u and - to ID wide and will be a real COZ
T vcncnce to the public.
\ New MoyE.-It IS stated that DR.. {
x W Goldsborough, President ofthe propose
l. Queenstown Il Harrington railroad, h'
VI made tho following proposition That
le the stockholders and lotholdcrs Of Il
Ne Rchobeth Beach camp meeting associatlo
Y and their friends in Delaware will guara
tee $4,000 subscription stock, that Il
ty Railroad Company will build road fro
III Queenstown, on Chester river, to llarrln
RS ton, and from Lcwcs to Rchobeth heac
OF 4 steamboat will run from Baltimore
y Queenstown, connecting with the ne
III road, thereby insuring a four hours II
from Baltimore to Rchoboth Beach.
mt How THEY Put IN THE TIML-PasscngC
la via the Junction Il Breakwater RallrO
nd have to wait two hours and quarter
p- Harrington for the afternoon train Nor
III, on the Del. road. One day last week VIII
i'm about one hundred OF these passeng'
ey were enduring this wait they organic
themselves into an Indignation mceti
= and bitterly denounced such arrangemeI
lo as thus robbed them of their time Then
Ak cradle accommodations at Harrington a
,os came in for full share of the denunC
vas ton. The burden of the complaint seem
he to be against the Delaware Road as
of bigger and richer Of the two roads inter
ted. The management that brought abb
such loss of time to so many people a
the the miserable want of accommodation
Ca passengers was generally attributed to
10 disposition of the Delaware Road to inj
III. the junction & Breakwator, and pun
'tie the people who patronized il.
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us Fuss AT RED LION CANA corresp