Smyrna times., 1877-11-07

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his carriage by u runaway horse. Only a
lew weeks ago this same gentleman was
seriously hurt by being kicked by horse.
LARGE FARM SoLD-Harry Burgie of
Chicago, has bought William Tatnall's large
farm OF 2OS acres, located on Long Lane in
New Castle Hundred, for $4,000 or 1925
per acre, including all the crops on the farm.
This price is understood to be several thou
sand dollars below what Mr.. Tatnall paid
for 1t few years ago.
ALL GRANTED-The court granted every
application Tor liquor license in this county,
viz: Stephen Lewis, Dover; Jacob Ray
mOnd, Charles f. FOxwell, Charles Smith,
Isaac X. Shortman, Smyrna; J. NJ. Lowery,
Milford; David Jones, Kenton: Thomas
E. Carly, Alexander Wallen, Clayton; John
Shaughnessy, Harrington.
A party of gentleman have greatly tickled
Delaware City by proposing to build an
immense dry dock there for ship building
! They want the citizens to subscribe ST.. 500
in either stock or bonds They have made
survey of the farm formerly owned by
Col. James B. Henry, and the report is that
1t has been secured under a forfeit.
The colored Methodists of Dover recently
+ tried to have an ox-roast for the benefit of
their church. They killed 2jO.ib. OK and
put it on to roast before the animal heat
was all out of it. The result was that the
heat spoied it before it cook ed it through.
1t smelt so rank that it spolt the barbecue,
and the Sentinel says they sold the whole OK
to Ephraim Wilson for $3.50, pocketing
loss of about $40.
KILLING n RABBIT.-The HtraH saws that
Coroner Rose, of Wilmington, was driving
on the public road one day recently and
observed a rabbit running rapidly away
from him; it suddenly turred round when
he observed a weasel jump ON the rabbits
back. He jumped out of his wagon to
drive it away, but too late, as the rabbit
dropped as he reached 1.-THE weasel had
sucked out its life blood, and then scamper.
ed away.
BIG, PALATIAL STEAMBOAT. equal Ia the
hoating palaces on the Hudson, is to run
to Cape May next year it is said. Says the
RepUChcun: The boat the llHrland d IIo-
ilngSworth Company are to have completed
early in the Spring, to run between Phila.
delphia and Cape May and carry 500 pas.
sengers either way in five hours, is already
under way and will undoubt, dly appear with
the first passengers. Every convenience
and every luxury of which STEAMBOATS, are
susceptible will be joined with great speed
and safety.
Nor THE PLAcE.-Several years ago the
Trustees Of the Poor of New Castle County
bought a farm at lIare'S Corner, near New
, Castle, with a view of abandoning the
present Almshouse in Wilmington and
erecting a new one on the new site. Now
it is proposed to abandon the new project
and sell the farm, it being too inconvenient
for the location Of an Almshouse thereon.
Many opposed the new place from the first,
hut the majority of the Trustees in the
Board at the time favored it and carried
their point.
Horse CASE SETTLED.-A horse deal
between some parties at Wyoming had tn
? be settled by the court last week. j. b.
, Wilson had a vendue and one of his horses
was knocked off to George NJ. Fisher, of
Wyoming, for 500 Wilson told him the
horse was sound. gentle and without a
Flemish. Mr. F. bid on the horse upon
this recommendation. On the way home
with his horse he found it was lame hut
instead of taking the horse back then, he
} took it on home with him when he found
its lameness increased A day or two after
that brother of the plaintiff called on Mr.
Fisher at Wyoming for his note for the
p horse, but Fisher refused to give it, stating
. that the horse was not as represented. ano
he did not want him; so Mr. Fisher took
him to whore he supposed the plaintiff
resided, and left him. The case was argued
r before the court by Mr.. Massey, and the
1 jury returned a verdict in favor of Fisher
RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE IN SrssEx.-Tho
S"SSer journal says: of all accounts b,
y true there are large numbers of persons il
: Baltimore hundred who live i'm fear of the
lives and the destruction of their property
. Some months ago Campbellite Baptis
, Church called Zion, in that section, wa
IA burned down by some bad young men, un
j. doubtedly encouraged by some old peopl,
i who should have had more sense and homo
if not Christianity, of which some of then
profess a large share. We regret TO recor,
the fact that young men will allow them
= selves to thus he embittered against an,
" Christian denomination, but when Christian
preachers from their pulpts inject tn
poison of hate into the ears of their hearers
l. it is some palliation for these needles
It youngsters who are melted by those VIII
& should have better judgment, if not NOR
d charity"
Why not name the parties involved il
u. this shameful business?
DROTAL ASSAJ 1T IN OUSSEN.-A man b.
IF the name of Jos. l.. Mcdowell, in Broa,
d Creek hundred, Sussex CO., on Saturda
night waylaid and shot with a heavil
n charged shotgun Capt. VIM. l.. Burton
t The cause OF the shooting appears to be .jea
|. ousy. Capt. Burton was shot in the groin am
~ the attending MUSICIAN regards his recover
as extremely doubtful. 1t seems that tn
assailant came afterwards and helped tn
II wounded man back into the house. II
g was arrested and brought to Georgetown
P Jail on Monday, where he will await tn
Is action Of the next grand jury. The prison
er bitterly denies the shooting. lie is
e small man, a native of that section, an,
o has been country trader for some years
IF Burton is waterman and spends much O
G his time away from home. This affair ha
h created considerable excitement among tn
good people Of that section, who for man
, years have not had such a crime committee
T. in their midst.-iSuSser journal.
e Bold BURGLARY IN FELToN.-Great eX
/. element was caused at FELTON, last Satul
j. day morning, Sd inst. special despatc
to ECery Evening and Commercial says: A
$50 o'clock when Mr. j. Conner and hi