Smyrna times., 1877-08-22

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Mlddletown. Says tho YranScriDt: "The
ground is dry to the depth of two or three
leet and every kind of vegetation is drying
anu whiting up. The peaches, for the lack
Oh ram nave not grown to much more than
nall OF their usual size; the corn is not
filling as it should.
YOUNG MINISTER IN A FIx.-On Sotur.
day week, llth, Rev. Mr.. MacNichol with
a party of young ladies and gentlemen
concluded that they would take boat
ride, and get some pond-lillies, instead of
attending the Camden Camp. They had
not proceeded far however when the boat
sunk, and left them standing in water I'm
to their necks, They watled ashore all
right.
On last Friday, the drying establishment
OF ID. c. Goodwin, of Milford, about rour
miles north of Fredcrica, caught fire from
the furnace room and was completely con.
sumed. The drying house was one of
Hlaughtcr's patents and had Il capacity of
about three hundred baskets per dav.
The loss is mainly the building and an
paratus, amounting in all to from $500 to
1000. 'D'' "
FIRE AT MAGNOLIA.-Just before going to
press we learn that the storehouso and
dwelling OF Moses S. Van Burkalow. at
Magnolia, was totally consumed by fire last
nlSht-Tuesday-and nearly all the con.
tents, except few household goods, saved
mainly by tramps. The store and dwell.
ing were all under one roof. We cannot
learn the amount of loss, nor whether
there was any insurance.
a Big DISPLAY OF FRUITs.-Manaccr
Green, Of the Permanent Exhibition. PbiIa.
delphia, is arranging for large DISPLAY of
peaches, pears and other fruits on Sept. Sd
to 9th inclusive lie has now agents in
Delaware and Maryland soliciting consign.
ments to the Exhibition, and they report
meeting with good success. Aug. 18th
Mr. Green received basket of LARGE.
luscious peaches from Mrs. Sarah A. Ather.
~, OF Odessa, with note that she could
send irult OF similar quality to the Pomo-
logical Show. Her son, John Athrlly. is
the agent for Delaware to solicit consjrn.
mcnts.
STILL DETERMINED.-Someo of the Middle.
town peach men are determined NOT to
ship by rail. Says the TrauscriDt; "Somo
OF these gentlemen haul their peaches from
right alongside Of the railroad, making n
maui OF three or four miles where less than
nan would reach the cars. The induce.
ment for this is the difference of freight.
from Odessa to Philadelphia the freight by
ooat IS SIX cents per basket, the peaches
beng delivered at the wharves, and there
Is seldom any carriage to pay on them. By
ran the freight is eight cents and the cart.
age tour-making difference between boat
and rail OF six cents basket"
TRAMPs CAPTURED-On Thursday. as tho
through freight train on the Delaware r. r.
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boarded by tramps at several points along
the road where stops were made until there
We're about fifty in ALL The conductor of
the train, J. d. Phillips, having become
tired OF carrying so many free passengers.
called his men together and they quietly
slipped along on each side of the train and
closed and locked the doors of the cars
wherein the unsuspecting tramps were
quietly sleeping. In this way they were
shipped on to Philadelphia, where they
were taken care of by the proper authori.
ties.
There is said to be desperate family of
negroes, named Benson, living near FELTON,,
tllat are terror to the community. At
picnic last week one of them cut n negro
man terribly with razor, and another
beat an unoffending tramp dreadfully. A
correspondent of the EUcry Ercaiagsavs thew
are a family of stalwart negro men. and
have been for a long while an ungovernably
lawless set. Their numbers and desperate
character have deferred all effort to control
them, and they have become a pest to the
nelghborhood, and terror to their own
race. They seldom work, and live by
means best known to themselves, but not
unsupported by the authorities.
DISMISSED THE ARMY.-Capt. J. w. Ec.
kles, of New Castle, has been court. |
martlaled and dismissed from the army. |
lie was tried at Santa Fe last month for |
trying to corrupt Council of Administra. |
ton. 1t seems that a candidate for the |
post sutlershIp at Fort Wingate, New Mex |
leo, offered Eckles $1,000 to secure the an. |
pointment for him. Eckles offered |
portion of this sum to the Council of |
Administration, who were to appoint the |
sutler. Eckles was lieutenant in a yolun. |
teer regiment from Delaware, and at the |
close OF the war was assigned to the regular
army. He served faithfully, and received |
several wounds. He was regarded by his
as an honorable man and brave
soldier. He is about 80 years DID,
No SALE.-Two Irishmen, living near
Wilmington, had q horse deal few months
SAADho iNAAOO W BLUM ING case was l
this: Geo. Quinn bought horse of Daniel
McStay for $40, for which Quinn gave his
note payable in three months. In a little
while Quinn found out that the horse had
the heaves badly. lie let it out of his pas.
ture and it went back to its old owner.
He refused to go after it and when the
note came due he refused to pay it.
McStay sued him. referee trial was
held in Wilmington last week, and wit.
ness declared that McStay said the mare
was sound as a dollar in every wav. The
decision of the referees was that McStav
practiced deception and, therefore, had no
cause for action. So he had to hold on to
his horse.
The REHOBOTH RAILROAD-The Lewes
Light says: 1T is now very generally un.
ierstood that the long wished.for railroad
will be completed in a few weeks. This
work is undertaken by the Old Dominion
20. which never fails in its plans. On this
occasion it is emphatic-it means business.
This new road, as it is now surveyed. will
tart about six hundred feet south of the
Lewes depot and run as near bee line ms
possible to the camp ground, making the
teDOt near the nate af fha and of tba CaO,,, |