Smyrna times., 1876-09-20

The farm of Samuel $. Cooper, deceased,
containing 100 acres, and located near
FELTON,, was sold on Tuesday of last week to
George Moore and DIR. S. Cooper for 81 800.
A young man named Holden, who had
stolen a horse and carriage in Bucks
county, Pa, was tracked all the way to
Lewes, i'll this State, last week, where he
was arrested and the property recovered.
lie was sent to Jail
There is great dissatisfaction in tho Dem
ocratic party that the whole machine is to
be again used to promote the interests of
the Salisbury family. If it is successful |
Eli or Cove will be elected U. S. Senator. |
1t is a family machnc.-N2jord Nc,cS.
DELAWARE BIBIE SoCIETY.-Thc Delaware
| Bible Society held its 9th annual meeting
at Newark last Friday. Among the hus- |
ness transacted was the reelection of Hon.
Daniel NJ. Bates, as President. n. b. Smith
crs was substituted for DR.. r. r. Porter,
deceased, as one of the managers and the
| old managers were reelected The next
annual meeting will be hold at Middletown.
The Old Dominion Steamship Co. now
owns the controlling interest in all the
railroads on the Peninsula that run in con
nection with their ships to New York.
They have to pay the State a scmannual
interest bill of $4,000. Many merchants
i'll lower Delaware now buy in New York
instead of Phila.
During the storm the schooner 1hEr
Walton, of Boston, while at anchor between
Cross Ledge and Bombay Hook Light, was
run into and sunk by the ship Limit Byfqtr,
of Queenstown, Ireland. Tho crew of the
schooner were all saved, with the exception
of one man, who was drowned. The ship
was somewhat damaged and was towed out
by the tug he1oot, which afterwards put
into Wilmington and laid by until morn
ing.
PET SNAKE-At the mill of w. w. Dula
ncy, near Scaford, is black snake, six
, feet long, that has free access to the premi
, scs, crawling about the feet of the mon,
and wandering around the mill at pleasure.
) 1t assists the cat i'll catching mice, and his
3 snakcshlp and pussy are on most intimate
, terms. The mice and rats have almost
, entirely disappeared from the mill since
the snake made its appenrancc.-Statori
CUt=cn
ABOUT JOHN o. OBYRNE.-A New York cor
! respondent of the Philadelphia Times talks
o in this fashion: @ OByrnc cannot be called
squarely Philadolphian now, for he sleeps
y at his country place OH the soil of tho
$ Blue Hens Chicken, a little outside of Viii
5 mington. He is shrcwdly suspected o.
I moving down into Delaware for the purpose
q of so blarncying the simple souls of New
II Castle county and carrying them away Will
G his cloqucnce at the bar and OH the stuml
9 that they will not trip him up when ho
K makes the final leap for the Senatorial sea
Is Of a Bayard or salisbury.
A MUrE WEDDING.-On Tuesday evenin:
a Of last week, Mary w. Ward, daughter O
n George G. Ward, OF Wilmington, and vii
70 liam Hart, Of Erie county, Pa, both mutes
I, were married at the residence of the bride
=. father, in Wilmington. The marriage Ger
IF cmOny was performed by Rev. Francis J
\. Clerc, of Burlington, \. j., whose parent
20 were both mutes, and who, though havin;
&c the power of speech, performed tho cermo
n ny by signs The bridesmaid, Miss Ros
ar Kyle, and the groomsman, Mr.. Thcodor
X Kisscl, both of Wilmington, were mute,
10 Miss Dora Hart, sister of the groom, Mis-
c7 Annie Il. Kentz, of York, Pa, Misses Emm
or and Laura Stewart, and Mr.. Frank Rotl
n. of Wilmington, all mutes, were present a
is the wedding.
70 AT New CASTLE, during the storm {
10 Sunday, the old grave yard in the town wa
10 badly washed and the shore was lined wit
| skulls ana bones OF DOulcS tnaL nave Dce
4 inferred a century at least.
OO The Easements of many houses wei
ho flooded, and the tide running up int
h Water street George Gray, Esq, ha
nc three feet of water in his dining room.
ro The schooner Cobb dragged her anchC
q and went ashore on the piling at Taskor
II iron works. Tho Captain had his thrt
va little children on board, with a nurse, bl
e. as soon as the ship struck, brave me
lie dashed into the turbulent waters and ca
bo ried them through terrific swell of waite
rst safely to shore. The schooner is valued
is, the Captain at 81 400; no insurance.
:. A NARROW EsCAPE.-Ephraim Wilso
90 John Henry Robinson, and John A. IIG
c!!,, ris, were arrested in Dover on Wednesd
low for riotng. THE facts are as follows:
~ about half.past eloven o'clock on Saturd
aat night week there were at least 10 or
! ;s shots fired from pistols near the rcsiden
.,o of A. j. Taylor. Mr.. Taylor jumped O
~ of bed intending to look out of the windO
-. when as he did so ball from one of t
t,nt pistols came crushing through the gil
a. 't% and imbeddod itself in the wall in the ba
vi ,ni, part of the room. 1t was by tho mer
IN IN chance that Mr.. 4. escaped his dea
oro Harris was fined s. and held i'll 5000
~ his appearance at court, but the other t
G., men were discharged. 1t seems there '
,or- no intention to injure Mr.. Taylor.
NMln' M REPUBLICAN NoMINArIoNs.-The Now {
od oI' tie county Republicans held their nom
Gu, ton election for candidates for tho Lei
'liie pm: lature and Levy Court and for IIundl
'S'f officers on Saturday week. Their coul
ticket is as follows:
For State ScnatOr-Isaac s. Elliott, Br
dywine Hundred.
/ in For RcprcsentatUcs-H. NJ. Jenkins, v
mingtOn; John X. Tatum, Christian
H.. Samuel Silver, New Castle; Alexan
spy Chandler, Mill Creek; James II. McC
Vor' Pencader; John ?. Belvillc, Rod Ii
Jonathan X. Williams, st. Georges
Hall For Levy Court CommiSsiOners-C Febil
Is of Wilmington; Thos. r. Day, Brandywi
pay Amos Sharpless, Christiana; Fordin'
Janvier, Pcncader; DIR. Horace Burr, \
., Castle.
hos. TuE Storm IN WILNINGToN.-The n
best serious damage to any single property
probably sustained by the Masonic Tenn
tho The wind tore the tin roof from the