Smyrna times., 1877-11-21
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

extra meetings on Sunday.
1t is said that the balot.box smashing o,
election day in Caroline CO., MI, hv som,
ring Democrat" Was lead by Delawareal
who has dusted."
SURVEYING THE DELAwARE.-A rpypnu,
cutter attached to the u. $. Coast Survey
Is now engaged in surveying the D-lawar,
river, from Trenton down to the CApes.
1t is said that the new enemy to TN,
growing wheat is no new enemy at all. Il
Is the common muck worm, and has iniuro,
young wheat many times before this season
The Industrial exhibition question in
wilmington Is settled, and the project !,
now steadily under way. The exhibition
Will b" held at Institute Hall from the 3ld
OF Dec. to the l0th.
Mr.. Fem, on Gen. Torhcrt's farm. ne,,
Milford, has about fifty head of B.rk sI,ir,.
Chester White. MiddIpsex. and Jersey Rcd
hogs. The MlddIeSrX hogs were sent home
hy Gen. Torhcrt from France.
NAERLY A FIRE.-Dover came near bovip,,
hrt on Saturday night week. The statlc
81 Harper " Btker, just back of Hazel &
pro ; beef ShamblrS, Was under flames. and
only hard work saved the town from a bio
conhagration. Wy
Til" Searord L"acr learns that the Fair
1r"undS and buildings OF the Laurel
agricultural A>>orintion were sold on
Wednesday lust to William :. Moore. for
9o'oOO' nat means that the institution
has "gone up"
Charles Blrnard, of .SrrtJncr's .NonihLy, is
visiting Milford to obtain the materials fo,.
4 hrSt-claS, illustrated article on the fruit.
curing business in that locality, and the
article Will hc shortly forthcomn. in thar
| popular magazine.
The Forkcrs at the Alm>hou$p, near
camden, are in Il thrifty condition, des,,itc
III" hog cholera. OverSeer Layton has y
pen OF eirven that are expected to average
/ over 4uO ID. He has another nen of
twenty-five that will average over POO.
SAD.-Rrcently Miss Carrie Coambars of
wilmington young lady of about seven.
teen years OF age, kissed the corn,e of :,
child who had died of diphtI,eria SLo
soon became i'll of the same disease ,nL
tied on Saturday week, after very Lrief
illness.
LAND SALEs.-Geo. w. Ingram. real estate
agent, >old last week the home farm Of the
ltt John Athril''y, near Ole>Sa, to Samuel
Kohrrts, for Sl5250. Also IA part of = farm,
,."n>lNtlng OF ~ acres, belonging to Mrs. p.
ferguson, to A. Monroe, of New York
Terms private.
FORTUNE EXPECTED.--.Jo<crh l.. Lewis.
VIII" went from Indian River hundred in
sussex when Young man. died rncpntlv
IN i"hoken, n. j., worth $I.4jO.OOO. il is
SAID There are 20 heirs in Sussex countv
who look for II liberal slice of the fortune
Lewis died bachelor.
Court commenced at New Castle on Mon.
iay. Th" criminal business will he rather
TEDIOUS as there are nearly 200 prisoners in
the Jail. There are three capital case. to
tie tried. Tn" civil business will NOT no
heavy, although there are large number
OF Cases on the trial list.
SAD CASE OF INFEcTIoX.-A little son Of
John McKeown, who lives near NJ Clnl.
I"h"SvIlIr' IN the upper part of New C. ,stl,.
CO., recently died OF diphtheria, since which
,ihe three OF the four boys who acted as
Ir'r"rs at the little fellows funeral have
died Of the s.Ime disease.
The annual fair and festival Of tLo
Cheerful Workers" " of the Pre,bvt.r;an n
Church, DIVER, in ald of the " W1m,n's
Foreign Missionary Society Of the PresI,v.
trrlth Church. will be held i'm Culbreth;s
iall on Thursday and Friday evenings.
Nov. I'D and 23.l. Admission free.
YELLOW FEvER.-A gentleman lust from
LtwtS, informs the Wilmington ReDubEcon
that on I"urs'iay, the Sth instant. th,
schooner Ronel, anchored in the harbor AT
LtwrS' had three men to die of yellow
lever, and that they were buried on the
shore. Strange the Lewes Ljght had moth. |
ing about it.
The Trustees of the NJ. f. Church in
Milford have raised the money to uav off |
the n"atInG debt on the new buildiu1. Inv |
giving mortgage for $1,000. to run five |
Years II Is stated that they had to accent |
" dlSc"uht ot eight per cent. on the face
"i the mortgage. This will reli4v. tLo,,
from present Embarrassment. t.-Naford Ne,os
C'es n Rodney. of New Castle. has dis
c"V'rt'' among the papers of his grand.
.a'"'r' C.hptnlh CSe>ar Rodney, a Rpvolu.
I. rr"hary "lllrer, valuable correspondence re-.
ItrrinH 70 the Waroflndependence Among
the letters is one from Colonel U.zl;,t -
C"Pt"ih k"dney, relating surcinrtly the
ware River.
The " BURNT CORNER" in C,mden has
hern butt up, and one of the finest buil1.
ln&s IN the county has been erected on th,.
Hlte-a large two-story brick with mans,rd
root. The lower floor is intended for stores
three IN number, and the third story for .,
public hall. the skaters are now nnttipg
IN the roof Roht. Sar,le is the enternriS.
ing citizen who is making the handsome
Improvement.
THOMAS CHAPEL, West Dover Hundred.
Maryd"l Circuit. will he reda,licat,.d ON tho
10Th inst. Rev. J. II. Caldwell. of D,ver
vii preach at 10 a. NJ, and Rev. Chas. IInl'
!. E.' OF smyrna, in the evening. The
quarterly Meeting of the Circuit will he
leld IN connection with the dedication
'erylce. This society was oraanizel in
10 its first church built 1879, another in
1928 and rebuilt this year.
In Dover, one night last week. some
White people went to the colored peonle,s
'hurch and created disturbance, which ,
,nded in II free fight. Amt that mcan9
jolored people concede to the whites what !
he whites do not G0ncede to them in the ,
natter OF church attendance, and then the j