Smyrna times., 1877-09-19

Keeper OF the Breakwater lighthouse a
Lewes in place of Levin A. Jenkins, re
) signed.
Heaiord, with population of 800, ha
thrty-seven stores of various descriptions
with the merchantile branch predomina
ting, or about one store to every forty in
habtants.
Presbyterian Protracted meetings were
provided for by the Presbytery of New
Castle, last week, at its session at Newark
1T is proposed to hold these meeting.
throughout the Peninsula.
A Mr.. Boone, of Baltimore, is going tc
build fine cottage at Rehoboth, between
the Douglass House and Manlove Hayes's
Taylor Cause of Wilmington has also con.
tracted for large double cottage.
An OLD SCHEME REvIvED.-A conference
OF gentlemen connected with the scheme OF
a new railroad from Harrington to Queens.
town was held at Ocean City, last week.
Its appearance at this time is under the
wing of the Old Dominion Steamship
Company and probably has something to do
with the construction of the new road from
Lewes to Rehoboth. The Old Dominion
company wants n more direct line from
Baltimore to RehObOth and one which
they can control. 1t is said that the re-
cent purchase of the Kent and Queen
Annes road by the P, w. & B. Company
Will seriously affect anything ut present in
the direction indicated by the new move
ment, as they are able by their charter to
continue their road to Queenstown, and
thus have route of their own there.
A WoNDERruL SToRY-A correspondent
! of tho WilONi,u4o,
Wilson's Point, on Sassafras river, last
week, tells this story about couplc of
COWS on farm there: Two COWS came up
to the milking of the tenant house. which
seemed to have been MIXED, and a reddish
color appeared in the remains Of their
milk. Thus 1t remained for day or two,
until the cows tPats were inhamcd, the
COWS fell off and the tcats Of one COW
all slouShed oil except one, and the other
COWS teatS are so affected that she will
have to be converted into beef. The
solution of it is they have been sucked by
| snakes. The snake wound itself around
the leg OF the COW and sucked, and if the
COW moved the snake held on, and the
COW feeling the bite stood Still. The
evidence of the truth Of this was to be seen
IN the prints of the snakes teeth on the
teats.
Fruit CANNING AT FREDERIcA.-Somco one
writing to the Ga-cae SAYS: The prrat
canning factory Of S. W. Hall is the life of
this town. 1t employs three hundred
hands and forty wagons loaded with
tomatoes and fruits are often in our streets
at one time waiting to deliver their loads.
So far in this month they have put up 300.
900 three pound cans, and are adding to
this at the rate of from twenty-five to
thirty thousand cans a day. The health
OF the cntcrprlsng proprietor of this fac.
tory IS improving and all hope that he
may be entirely restored. If he is, it is re.
ported that he will occupy ground at Mil
ford as well as here and build a still larger
factory there. So far this season they have
put up half million cans and exnect TO
make it 100000 before the season closes,
These at only $l.j0 a dozen will be worth
S93,7jS and if the profit is only one cent a
can it will net $1,000. If two cents a can
$4,000 and SO on.
TERRIBLE AFFAIR NEAR GEoRGETowN.-
Ihrcc Chtltrcn halcd 6y Lighttmq-During
thunder storm last Thursday afternoon
Gideon b. Kitchens, with his four sons and
two daughters, took refuge under a tree in
field about five miles from GEORGETOWN.
Lightning struck the tree soon after they
got under it and three of the children. two
sons and daughter, were instantly killed.
The father and remaining two children
were seriously but not fatally hurt. One
OF those killed was young man about 2I;
the other IA. The girl was about 10 years
old. Alter the father became conscious he
found all OF his children lying around him,
apparently dead. He went up to one of the
neIghbors to get help to take them home.
Inc two that were stunned became con-
sclous before his return from the ncghbors
Mr.. Kitchens complains yet of severe pains
IN his back. He says he don't know how
long he was unconscious, but thinks the
rain beating on them revived them. The
bringing home of the three dead bodies to
the old mother, with the scene which fol-
lowed, are said to have been heart rending.
DELAWARE BIBLE SocIErY.-This Society
met in the Presbyterian Church in Middle
town last Thursday afternoon, Hon. Daniel
NJ. Bates in the chair This Bible Society
is one of the oldest in the county; was or
ganzed in 1913. The report of Board of
Managers stated that the number of
families visited was one thousand, nine
hundred and nineteen number found
destitute of Bibles, five hundred and
eleven; Bibles and Testaments donated.
three hundred and ninety four; value Of
books donated, $l74.S5.
On motion the President, ex-Chancellor
Bates, was appointed a delegate to the
Kent County Society at Camden, on Sep
tember Goth.
The following officers were elected for the
ensuing year:
President, Hon. D. NJ. Bates
Secretary, Rev. T. F. Plummer.
Treasurer, James Morrow.
Hon. d. NJ. Bates was called upon for
the historical sketch Of the Society's work, |
from the time of its organization on
November 9th, 1918, up to the present
date. 1t was a valuable address.
Short addresses were made by Rev. DR.. |
Sheldon, of Princeton, N. j., and the
Secretary, Rev. T. F. Plummer and Rev. T. |
E. Martindale, and the session closed with !
a hymn led by the choir of the church.
The PREsBYTERIANs IN COUNCIL.-The |
Presbytery of New Castle convened at
Head of Christiana Church, near Newark,
last week, and continued in session for |
three days. Rev. w. w. Herberton, of |
Elkton, preached the opening sermon. I
after which the Presbytery was regularly |
organized with Rev. J. B. Adams, of George.