Smyrna times., 1877-02-14
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

At fox chase at Seaford, one day last
week, 20 horsemen and 30 dogs took part
MI Brown has introduced an act into the
Legislature reducing mill toll on rye, corn
and buckwheat.
4 pike fish weighing eight pounds was
caught in the johnson mill pond, near
Milford, last week.
The new NJ. +. Church in Milford is to
be dedicated March 4th. Rev. Dr. Dashiel
is to preach the dedicatory sermon.
The bill to change the time for holding
Courts was indefinitely postponed by the
Legislature last week by an unanimous vote.
Rev. A. S. Eversole, formerly a resident
of Smyrna) a minister of the Methodist
Protestant Church, died at Scaford last
week.
The town of Camden is without a public
school at this time, the tax for carrying on
the same having been voted down last
spring.
1t is stated that the farmers around Mil
ford are going more largely into fruit driving
or evaporating the coming season-going & it
on their Gown hook.
The Silver Cornet Band, of Dover is
making arrangements to give an entertain
ment, of both vocal and instrumental
music, in the near future.
Representative Slaughter of Kent county,
who has been i'll with rheumatism, appeared
in his seat for the first time last Thursday
lie is still far from being well.
In a pool of water near Seaford strange
animal or reptile has been found, and the
citizens are bothered to knew whether it i,
a ground hog, a ground squared or q
lizard.
d. +. Douglas, lad living near Magno
lia, below Camden, was shot through the
hand last Friday, by a revolver, making ;
wound which will probably cause him to be
a cripple for life.
SUDDEN DEATH.-Wiliam Swain, a resi-
dent of Bridgeville, was attacked with
congestive chill on Monday week, and dice
in a few hours. lie was the father of DIR
Swain, formerly Of Smyrna.
On Tuesday night week, negro, named
William Truitt, entered the store of b. F
Burton, of Frederca, and robbed it o
money and goods to the amount of $35. ii,
was committed to Dover Jail.
A number of farmers around Dover ar,
anxious to organize an agricultural societ,
for this county. They propose to hold
meeting there to.morrow--Thursday-
afternoon to put the plan on foot.
The following persons were appointe,
tax collectors by the New Castle Levy Cour
. last week for the Hundreds named: 81
/ Georges, A. G. Osburn Black Bird, A
Hayden; Appoquinimink, j. c. Townsend
5 j. F. Mancha, real estate agent, sold thi
= week, for w. f. Goodwin, esq, of Middle
town, a farm of 1873 acres, situated 3 mile
: southeast of Pennington, to Messrs. Ashwel
& Edgington, Of Scranton, Pa, for $4,000
a A movement is on foot to remodel tn
interior of the Methodist Church in Camde
:. lower the gallery, replaster the ceiling @
y the upper room, change the stairway some
s what, and paint the whole buildin
3 thoroughly.
One of the prisoners in New Castle ia
# died last Sunday, from the effects c
scrofula. He was a negro man, name
Davis, and was serving out sentence fo
,e throwing q stick through car window g
Mt. Pleasant.
~ ~ QUARTERLY CoNvENTIoN.--The ker
Il County Good Templars will hold n Quarterl
70 Convention at Frederica, on Wednesda!
&c the 2Ist inst, at ten o'clock, A. n. Aft,e
. the election Of officers other business wi
y y be transacted. public meeting will b
I: held in the evening, when an address wi
Of be delivered by VIM, D. Nesbit and other
l. Last week we published an item from a
n. exchange TO the effect that Edw. Dolby, n
Gently a stage driver between Centreyill
Set and Easton, had died on the road betwee
CLAYTON and Dover recently whilst intoxici
% ted. We are informed by PostmastC
Or Cats, of Camden, that such is not the cas-
Of that Dolby is now in the almshouse, nes
there, In fair health.