Smyrna times., 1877-04-11

morning OF last week, the boat house and |
office of the customs department, situated |
on the beach near the town, was entirely |
destroyed by fire. The revenue boat and |
equipments, and all the furniture of the |
office, together with the books and papers,
were destroyed. All the property belonged |
to the government. The origin of the fire
is unknown.
NAVAL ACADEMY.-Thcre is an oppor-
tunity for Delaware boy, between IA and
Is years of age, to get an education in the
Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md, by
making application to Congressman Will
liams, with testimonials of good moral
| character, and certificates of physicians in
regard to health, as there is now a vacancy
in that institution from this Congressional
District.-RepuJhcan.
The population of Wilmington, accord.
ing to the census of 1870. was 30S4l.
Since then there were built l,769 new
houses, viz: In 1871, 423 in 1872, 400; in
1878, 43l; in 1874, 202; in 1875, IA; in
1876, l47. Estimating eleven people to
two houses, which is the usual quota in this
country and Great Britain, the population
should have increased 9,729, which, added
to 30,S41, according to the census of 1870,
gives population of 40,570.
James R. Deputy, the oldest and most
successful ship builder of Milford, died at
his residence, in South Milford, on Monday
morning the ID, in the sixty-third year Of
his age. He was quite wealthy, and one of
the most modest. upright men that ever
lived in the town, it is said. The first
vessel ever built by him was the sloop
Hannah Barrett, and it is a remarkable fact
that she is still ahoat, though now nearly
forty years old He was regarded as
most benevolent man.
MARRIAGE LICENsEs.-The Legislature re-
duced the price of marriage licenses from
81 to s.. 1t is thought that this will pre-
vent people, in a great measure, from
going out of the State to get married.
Heretofore many persons, particularly from
New Castle county, have gone out of the
State in order to avoid the license fee,
which was regarded as exorhtantly high.
A very good evidence of this is the fact
that during the year 1876 there were 248
licenses paid for in Sussex county, while
for the same period in New Castle county,
with double population, there were only
233 licenses taken out.
An OUTRAGE EXCITEMENT IN MIDDLETOwN.
Last Saturday evening, in Middletown, q
girl Of Is or II years. named Emma Will
son, living with her aunt, Mrs RYAN, was
seized in the garden by Frank Luby, a
blacksmith of the town, and criminally out
ragged. The garden Of Mrs. r. adioins
Luby's, we believe. The affair created
great commotion in the town. On Monday,
Luby was captured on the farm of Manlove
Wilson, near NoXentown. He was taken
before Squire Naudain, at Middetown,
who committed him to New Castle Jail to
await his trial He is said to be a desperate
man, and has created an unfavorable
, reputation by previous manifestations of
his lewd propensities. lie is a youngish
man has respected wife and two OF
three children, whom he frequently allows
to suffer by want.
The BRANDYwINE.-A correspondent oi
the Baltimore Sun thus speaks Of this great
stream of water "The Bandywine, which
5 figures in revolutionary annals, flow:
> through the northern suburbs of Whining
, ton. Its mission is to drive the great
! wheels of productive industry. Nine flour
ing mills, some as old as the city, lie within
the corporate limits. All are owned by the
: firms of VIM. Lee & Sons and James Price
! ! d Co. For twenty-six miles up to Coats
vile the Brandywine is dotted with manu-
featuring establishments, majority of the
= owners of which reside in or near Whining
ton. Within six miles may be enumerated
|
d Moore, Riddle & Sons and Bancroft a
n Sons cotton mills, the celebrated Dupon
|, powder works, the Henry Clay cottoi
l. factories, and Jessup & Moore's Rocklant
r paper mills. All these establishments
n believe utilize the water power for manu-
S featuring purposes, and the entire flow
# siXty-four millions of gallons daily in tn
dryest season, passes over the wheels of tn
ROckland paper mills, and wher it get
! down to Wilmington is drunk by the in
- - habitants and the paper mills on it are tn
} largest in the world"
!. REHoBoTH BEACH C. NJ. A.-On Wednes
a day regular meeting of the Rehobotl
~ Beach Camp Meeting Association wa
held in Wilmington, President Bright il
the chair.
DR.. D. w. Maull, by invitation read Al
e interesting paper on "Rehoboth."
q II was decided to give the annual excur
l. sion to Rehoboth Beach on Thursday, Jun
'e 7th, and the following committee of al
q rangements was appointed: VIM. II. Bi
IT Hooper, C. II. r. Day, VIM. Bright, Rev. /
Stubs, w. ]. Jones, Rev. T. F. Martindal
7 and Rev. Jacob Todd, of Philadelphia.
re- The renting of the Surf House for tn
10 approaching season was referred to a CON
= mittee of Washington Hastings, Il
F. f. Pickles, and Rev. J. B. Quigg.
ID The Association then went into an eleC
4. ton for Superintendent ofthe Camp Meetin
il grounds, and VIM. II. Billany, of Wilmin,
ton, was elected, he received 10 votes to
- for NJ. d. Lamborn.
= The RehoJoh Beacon was ordered to b
- - published for the present year. The Beaco
- - is descriptive of the grounds of the Ass,
~ citation, and is devoted to the interests
-. ~ Rehoboth. 1t is published annually.
Z The following committee was appointed |
- - make the assessments of lots for purpose
" of taxation: Peter F. Causey, Milford Tho
E. Records of Lewes; Joseph Mallalier
OF Millington, Nd; Geo. r. johnson, an
s; VIM. Bright, Wilmington.
p pie A BIG STORY ABOUT MILFORD GoBBLE
pa A correspondent of EUery EVening a,
a. a. Commercial tells how Milford man tre
~ q. this spring to make q turkey gobbler Sc
~ He wanted the hens to employ all the
!" time in laying, so he contrived plan I
make gobbler do the Matching. He col
n structed q box just large enough to col
oo tain his turkeyship comfortably whilst in
re sitting position, and so shallow that whe