Smyrna times., 1877-12-19
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.
The shortest day of the year is not far of
december Dist.
Sussex county has a large supply Of
sweet potatoes awaiting li~" in the
market.
The heaviest hog yet reported in this
county is that Of Benz. >;pral OF Camden,
624! lbs. net.
During the year the Governor has an,
pointed eleven justices Of the peace and
sixteen notarjcs.
DR.. j. H. Wilson, formerly Of philadel-
phia. has located in Dover for the practice
Of his professions.
$4,000 have accumulated in the hands
of the State Treasurer, which he will apply
to paying off State bonds
People down the State, below Little
Creek, are dleading the approach Of New
Years, because il is moving day.
The young people Of Leipsic are going
to give an entertainment on Thursday and
Friday evenings, 2Oth and DIST inst
Mrs Biggs, mother Of Hon benjamin +.
Biggs, died last Friday evening. at her resi-.
dence, in Middletown, at an advanced age.
Georgetown is frightening up. Houses
are going up briskly, and Others are talked
OF. A new parsonage is being built by the
Methodists.
The Industrial Exhibition, of Whining
ton, which closed last week, was success
financially, and may stimulate to the hold
ing otanother one next year.
On an average l,j00 gallons of oysters
are shipped daily from Scalord. the trade
extending over vast extent of northern,
| eastern, and wastern territory
The Trustees Of the Alrnshouse are
having the work house and other apart
ments repaired for the comfort of the in
mates while IN winter quarters.
Mr.. Layton, overseer Of the Kent County
| AlmShouse, slaughtered last week, the hogs
belonging to that institution. They pro
duced altogether 1900 pounds.
One day last week over 1900 partridges,
as many ducks, geese, and rabbits com
bined passed over the Delaware railroad
from Sussex en- route for the city markets.
Mr.. James S. Melvin, proprietor of the
American Hotel at lIillsboro', has removed
| to Bridgcville, where he has leased the
| Railroad Hotel and will continue the bust
| ness.
a "pound party will be given in the
Odessa Town Hall, tomorrow evening, for
the benefit of St. Pauls NJ. L. Church,
together with vocal and instrumental music,
and supper table.
His EXcellency, John p. Cochran, has
offered 5000 reward for the apprehension
OF Frank Thomas, the negro who committed
the assault upon Constable Townsend, near
Mlddletown, a few weeks ago.
The rule to set aside the Sherifi's sale of
the property of Mr.. Karsner, near Middle.
town, in st. Georges Hundred, was made
absolute, on account of insutiiciency of de
scription and inadequacy of price.
The P, w. & B. r. r. Co. have ordered all
the stoves to be taken from the passenger
cars and their places supplied with furnaces
under the cars, to avoid setting fire to the
latter in case of accidents 10 the trains.
The temperance meetings have been dis
continued in the Town Hall, Middletown
until spring. A regular temperance meet
ing will be held hereafter every two weeks
at the Methodist and Presbyterian churche.
alternately.
Says the Middletown Transcript: When
a Dover man gets tired of his location he
puts his house on wheels and moves. Thi,
is a sensible plan that should be adopted by
all we'll informed movers--no trouble Will
fitting your old stove pipe.
Mr.. Benjamin B. Comegys, a welknowr
Il..lu
Chief Justice, was, on Monday, appointed 4
member Of the Philadelphia Board of Edu
cation. Mr.. Comegys is President of the
Philadelphia National Bank.
The freight train of the @. A. & X. rail
road, hauled, on the Sth inst, twelve cal
loads of grain to Townsend, taken from th,
different stations on the road. This is sale
to be the heaviest shipment of grain eve
made over this road at one time.
/ Justice M. Lowery, OF Milford, slaughter
ed II pigs months and 20 days or liz
days old that averaged 2l7 lbs. EACH Thi
was growth of over one-and.a.quarter lbs
q day. They were fed on raw corn meal
mixed with water and house slops.
Mrs. Mary P. DuHamel, widow of th
late William DuIIamel, died in Dover las
week of heart disease. In his early life Mr.
d. was in the mercantile business in thi
town and we think resided here when the,
were married. Her maiden name wa
Pleasanton.
Senator Bayard made speech on Frida
opposing Senator Matthew's resolution il
, favor of paying United States bonds il
/ silver, which was an able refutation of tn,
sophistries of the silver dollar advocates
He showed that the declaration that abou
} ninety cents worth of silver is q dollar is
} lie, even II our government chooses t
stamp it in metal, and he is opposed +
J lying Epery EUening.