Smyrna times., 1877-11-14

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Woodside, to Jno. S. Davey, of Canada, for
$1,000. Andrew Holden's farm of 23O acres,
near FELTON,, to Jno. Orchard, of Canada,
Tor S3,4OO. ii. G. llarvey's farm of so acres,
- miles beyond Wyoming, on the Willow
Grove road, to Miles Crosier, of Canada, for
$2,lOO ZadOck Postles' farm on the Kits
hammock road, containing 90 acres, to
Luke b. Jacobs, of Canada, for 81, POO cash.
SAM TOWNSEND says he has a poor opinion
oi the sugar beet culture, but he has tried
II thlS year and has grown them at the rate
OF twenty-nine tons to the acre He grew
Z4oeetS, averaging pounds each. Putting
the sugar at cts. per pound and estimat.
ing II to cost one-half the crop to manufac-
lure the sugar, this ought to pay at the rate.
OF SIG per acre, but Mr.. Townsend has no
ldea there Is any such pay in the crop. He
mas sent his beets to Lea Pusey, of Will
mlnSton, the commissioner for New Castle
county.
METHODIST BIsHoPs IN CoUxCIL.-At the
weekly Methodist Preachers Meeting in
Wilmington, last Monday, it was an.
nounced that an administrative meeting of
the bishops of the Methodist Episc0ual
Church will be held in Grace Church, in
that city, about the 9th or 2Sth of this
month This will be the first meeting of
the KIND ever held in the State, and will
be devoted to designating the Bislops who
are 10 preside at the sessions of the annual
! conferences. and other administrative mat
terS pertaining to the church government.
| MINISTERIAL SPECCLATIoN-It has been
stated that three OF the leading ministers
OF the Wilmington Conference (Mrthodi~tl
would he transferred to the Phila. Confer.
rnce' at next Springs session, viz: Rpvs.
| Messrs. Stuhhs. Caldwell and Bristor. This
cannot ne done, 1t done ut all, without a
! like number Of ministers from the latter
Conference be transferred To the Wi!m.nr.
! ton Conference. We understand that three
members OF the Phia body are quite
willing to be ~wopped," viz: Roy. Messrs.
Pancoast, Grltfiths and VIM. c. Robinson.
A ship FROM Norway, the Orcgoa, came
INTO the Breakwater III Lewes one iav last
week with shipwrecked crew, picked uD
at sea- The wrecked ship was named
Hela"t'a AMI the shipwrecked Captain Cant.
AIlen1 reports having left Qaebec, Sept. &c:
! had nothing but heavy gales until the l7tll
"l October when the ship began to leak
cut away her ma>t>, but could not save her
She rolled over and four men were lost.
The rest were on a part Of the wreck three
days without food or water, except = do,
which was killed and ate. On the 2lSt
they were taken off by the Orey2a, in lat Al.
lon. 40.
WAS 1T \ COMPROMISE WITH WRoSG.-
There has been IL good deal said about the
action of the Attorney General in c0lnpro.
missing with two Of the liquor sellers in
Dover instead Of prosecuting them before
the court. a correspondent of the Sentinel
insists that the compromise was made, with
the knowledge of the court, and states the
case after this fashion, to wit:
In consideration of the fact that the law had never
been enforced and both of these hotel kecDrrS wer
from other states. the Attorney General with Tho
knowledge of the Court. agreed to withhold action
sign this agreement which is that they would nf sell
To- minors, or in any quantity whatever to be drank
OF q the premises. or sunday to certain parties
mentioning four them, think This was signed bv
he TWO men III the presence of the Attorney General
ana their four lawyers and believe witnessed by
more OF less OF them The understanding lis that ii
they violate the law the in the hands of the
n9 nyt "'ea al are no 70 De at the follow
one II the above is not correct ask that the truth be
gwen to the public 50 that we can know just what we
'''e u "5H' anu OuF weapons. TEMPERANCE
FIRE NEAR ODESSA.-A FIr.-The large
BRICK DIV ling on the Vandegrift farm"
about miles from Odessa, on the road
to smyrna, (adjoinng II. II. Appleton's
tarnll was totally consumed by fire on
Friday evening last, between ! and 8
o'clock. The farm had been in tenure OF
VIM. Fandegriit, young farmer, who was
about moving to Odessa, and he had taken
most OF his goods from the house. He was
on his way to Odessa when the fire was first
discovered, and hastened back, we are in
formed, just in time to save $3.50 in money
he had put away in bureau The flames
broke out in the roof, from defective Aue.
1t is supposed. This property is in " fix >
as to ownership. 1t was recently sold at
sheriff sale to Columbus Watkins, of Odessa. |
Tor SlO,1OO, but the sale has not been con.
hrmed and cannot be until the court sits.
next week. In the meantime the insur.
hnce ut Is insured for $1,000 in the St |
de"rges Company is vested in the former |
owner, the heirs of the late w. Martin Van. |
degrIit If Mr.. Watkins declines to take
the property when the court confirms the |
sale, he loses ten per cent. of the purchase |
money, Sl,070; it, on the other hand, he
takes 1t, he does not get a house that was |
included in the purchase.
The PRICE OF PRovIsIoxs-Tbe prices in
the Milford market last week were as fol. |
lows; Cord wood, S3.75C0$4O0; oak, S3.75:
plne' S2.OO<9S2. II; railroad sleepers. As cts;
eggs, %; butter, 30(G35; feathers, so ; |
common dried apples and peaches, 6 cts;
evaporated pared peaches, 25(030; impaired.
l2(9l5; round and sweet potatoes, 4005O;
oysters, 40; turnips, 25; cabbage, S3(6S4
per hundred heals honey, l6(G2O; beef,
89l2 cents; pork, SOLO.
In Wilmington they were as follows
Butter. 35(940 cts. !; Eggs, % cts per doz.
beef steak. l6, Is and 20 cts. per pound
roasts l6(9lS; stews, l0@l2; mutton chops
and veal outlets, lS(92O; pork, l40I5
sausage, l3; lard, l3(0l4; ham sliced l8(3
20; shoulders, l49l5; apples 5000 cts.
per half peck; potatoes 10; sweet potatoes,
l2(9l5; turnips, &; chickens, l5(9lS per
pound; turkeys, Is; ducks, 12(0l4.
In Smyrna they were; Butter, %; eggs,
%; chickens and ducks, dressed -;
sausage, l3, or g lbs. for 25 beef, best cuts.
IA and lower grades, l0@l2; potatoes, per
basket, sweet. 40 and white 30; turnps, 20:
sliced ham, Is; lard. l3; wood, per cord,
81 for hickory and $3(G$3.50 for oak, &c.
ANOTHER "CRooKED" MAN HEARD FROM.
The New York Times of Wednesday last
gave detailed account of the expulsion of
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