Smyrna times., 1877-05-30

| A Bit OF SCANDAL AT NEW CAsTLE.-The
Clerk of the Orphans Court at New Castle,
Chas NJ. Vandever, resigned his office very
unexpectedly last Friday and left the town.
A correspondent of the Ecery E0ening init
mates that the affair has grown out of do
mestic difficulties, which caused his wife to
leave him. His office was left somewhat IN
confusion, and the Governor had to go up
on Saturday and appoint Mr.. Biggs's clerk
to fill the vacancy-a young man named |
HOuseman.
A New RAILROAD.-Says the DcIucac
Gazette Of last Friday: Last week the
officers and directors of the Delaware rail |
road company inspected the line OF pro-
posed new railroad, running from Dover to
Rehoboth by way of Milton. The line was
thoroughly inspected, and surveys will be
commenced on Monday next. This road
is probably designed to run over the route
which would have been occupied by the
Milford and Bay Shore railroad, an institu-
ton chartered a few years ago, but never
! yet constructed.
: ENTERED SUIT.-A few weeks ago it was
announced that The Delaware State Fire
and Marine Insurance Co., of Delaware
! City, was in a shaky condition. Upon this
announcement j. Z. Tygert & Co., of this
; town, who had been acting as agents of the
. concern, wrote for an explanation. Jas. B.
Henry, the President, promptly replied,
denying the charges, and stated that the
I Company had entered suit in $4,000
}. against the EcTy Ecenl9 and Commercial for
v damages. The Gazette has published a
II long article in vindicaton of the Company.
The PEACH CRoP.-The committee Of fif
teen, who were appointed at the fruit
e growers meeting at Middletown, to confer
II with the officials of the railroads to con-
t slider rates and other points, met in Phila-
!, delphia on Friday for conference. After a
p short discussion a subcommittee consisting
of Hon. b. 7. Biggs, II. n. Willets, Jacob
n G. Brown and Albert Curry, of Delaware,
,, and DR.. Atkins, of Maryland was appointed
% to report at a convention to be held June
= Sth. At the meeting it was stated that the
II peach crop has been uninjured by the late
cool weather.
IN At the Court At New Castle, one day last
/, week, Chief Justice Comrgys read letter
=. from Big Frank, the bank burglar now in
10 Jail there, asking to receive more liberty
~ as he had been tried at the time Of great
excitement and before Judge meaning
the late Chief Justice Gilpin who was ;
n member Of the banking company for the
ne attempted robbery of bank Of which hC
ne was convicted. For these and other reasons
I'd he thought h. had been IN jail long enough
e. and concluded by asking that he be dis
rs charged. OF course no action in reference
to the letter was taken, as the pardonin!
to- power does not lay in the court but rest
ci. entirely in the Governor.
is WRECKED AT LAsT.-It may be remember
y, ed that last December it was reported tina
To ~ Capt. Bonsail, Of Lebanon, near Camden
H. master of the schooner hate Il L'eLla, ha'
been lost at sea and his vessel sunk. Step
- had even been taken to administer on hi
-h, estate, when he suddenly turned up an
be the people of Labanon held a big joliici
Ill ton over his return to his family. III
tn vessel was nearly blown to pieces, off tn
re- Capes, but lie stuck to her and made he
ed weather the storm, but in fearfully damage
condition. But now she is totally wrecke
- on the south side of Cuba, where she VIZ
-. caught in q storm about two weeks age
.nns but fortunately Captain Bonsall and h
.il' crew were saved. The loss, while fallin
'ni heavily upon some of the owners, in Dove
IL will fall particularly heavy upon Captai
nc nc Bonsall. His family resides at Lebanon
The vessel was not insured.
NO. SMALL PoX EXCITEMENT IN HAREINGTON.-
r6t According to the Break1c0ter Light, your
SEES lady of Harrington, in this county, recent
rcb visited some friends in New York and co
,wo tracted the small pox. She died there al
, in was sent home to her married sister, MI
rba Parsons, of Harrington. The corpse ar
:. we'd on Saturday night, the 18th, was take
to the NJ. +. church on Sunday and Il
ton funeral services were performed in Il
stle nresence Of n LARGE concourse of frienc
Ton after which it was concluded to return t
ION body to New York for intcrment thei
new Notwithstanding all the preparations f
cor burial had been made by her friends
the Harrington. The corpse left for New Yo
aw on the following Monday morning, al
r nothing more was said or thought OF
rod case until it was found that Mr.. Parson
dav family were taken with smallpox, and t
IAN. family of five, Mr.. Parsons, his wife, a
and three children are at present sick with
ton. disease, which though OF mild type, /
has been sufficiently marked to leave no dot
n of of its true character.
A SAD CASE of inhuman treatment o
man little colored girl came to light in Wilmil
d at ton last week. The child aged II or IL
lday named Emma Brown. Her prosecutor
)sed named Mary Liz. Wiley, or Hunt, an
AIRY. tractive, young, dressy mulatto woman, W
been pretended to be married to a negro n
off named Hunt. The child lived with NJ
n a Liz, who beat her so badly that she
was mass Of sores, and deprived her of fC
WOOL, starvation. Here is part of the chil
,,,oI story "She would beat me with II st
"isso doubled three times. and with a big buc
H. on the end of it. She burned me with
-, -, poker and then beat me with the str
IT, right on the burns. She swore she wo
, ~ ~. kill me, and said she would beat me ii
. . 70. o was sick and dared any doctor to &C
- and see me. She burned me three tin
She would heat the poker red hot |
Tuesday week was the last time she bur
usual me. She took me up stairs, threw me
ng at the bed, covered my head with the
last clothes, and then sat on my head while
from burned me with the hot poker. The
lgc is time she beat me tainted and fell dt
built stairs and then she kicked me.
oard- belongs to Bethel Church, and goes ne
turn every Sunday. Yesterday (Wednesd
ton afternoon got out in the yard; she di'
see me and | walked away and came {
here to Mrs Reynold. The burns hurt
@ gas, good deal"
ames The escape of the child alarmed n
ennis Liz, and she and her reputed husband