Smyrna times., 1877-07-18
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

luG IGuOOOln CAMP AG0IlnS Will O6
continued from Thursday 10Th to Tuesday
the 3lst of July inclusive.
Soft crabs are abundant in the Sussex
streams, and about q car load q day are
sent to Philadelphia and New York.
The peach growers of Bridgeville, Sussex
co., have made arrangements to run daily
train of ten peach cars through to Boston.
Pennington, ESQ.,, the Acknowledgement of
the State, is practicing law in Wilmington.
Over 20 tents have been taken for Cam
den camp, and it is thought the number
will reach 100. The camp commences
Aug. lst.
The extensive printing establishment of
James & Webb, in Wilmington, was sold
last week by sheriff for SASH to Mr..
James's father.
Rev. II. B. Killiam takes Asbury NJ. f.
pulpit in Wilmington, which was left
vacant by the Rev. Mr.. Kramer, now of
the " Household of Faith"
Attorney-General Pennington has been
successful in getting over $2l 900 paid to
the State Treasury, from the Government,
for arms taken from the State during the
war.
Milford and vicinity has twenty large
patent fruit evaporators ready for the sea-
sons work. At tons each, they will turn
out l20 tons of evaporated fruit, worth at
low estimate $50,000
We have received very sprightly sheet
called the RehoJOh Record, published at
Lewes by l. ii. D. Knowles. 1t is con-
I.Iofo1 in, no infarocf Of Dol I,
Camp and Beach Association.
| 1t is said that the President has rendered
to DR.. Clayton A. Cowgirl, of Dover, recent
| ly of Florida, the Marshalship Of Dakota
| Territory. The Sentinel presumes the Doc
tor will decline the proposition.
Nor DEAD.-James Brown, the negro
man who was shot in the forehead by
| Henry Seymour, on the 4th, at Dover, is
not dead, as we reported, but it is thought
he cannot possibly recover.
The Catholics held mass at Rehoboth on
Sunday week. James Bradford, of Will
mington, occupies Job Jackson's cottage,
Catholic priest, celebrates high mass at his
fathers cottage.
1t is now said that the New York COM
mission merchants are about as much
down on the r. r. Co. as tho growers were
at Middletown last Friday, because the Co.
discriminates against the New York dealers
in peaches, in favor of the West.
An agent for the New York Graphic
newspaper has been in Wilmington making
arrangements for sketching and illustrating
the leading public buildings, churches,
manufacturing establishments and Other
places of interest for an illustrated article
Doverites are summering as follows
Geo. V. Massey, Attorney General Pening
ton and DR.. Ridgely and wife at Ocear
City; Chief Justice Comegys and NJ. Haye.
at Rehoboth; A. B. Richardson and D. f
Burton at Cape May, and Rev. C. Hunting
ton, of the Presbyterian Church, at Ocear
Grove.
All the Dover Sunday Schools (excep
Catholic) went on an excursion to Oceal
City last Wednesday. There were 10 cars
and about 700 persons on board, more thar
; half of whom were children. Every on,
! seemed delighted with the trip. Dove
looked desolate; there was hardly whit
child seen in town all day long.
The Delacarean says: lady of Dover
one day last week discovered that she ha,
lost a lot of cake, sweetmeats, &C., an,
suspicion rested upon the black girl livin
: in the family. A watch was set upon he
@ movements, and 10, the good things wer
e found to have made their way to the ce
n of the negro Seymour, who is in Jail fc
e shooting James Brown.
!, SUSSEX ENTERPRIsE-A company of No
: thern capitalists have rented the steaI
saw mill of Manean Gum, in Frankfort
Sussex CO., and are manufacturing a vent
is lated barrel for the transportation of pot
II toes, vegetables, &c. The barrel matters
Q after it is put in proper shape is shipped
d bulk to points along the railroads, and I'll
g barrel put up as needed. This arrang
& ment saves heavy cost in transportation.
- A SLEEP WALKER DRowNED.-One nigl
- last week a boy on vessel at Lew
walked overheard in his sleep and W
drowned. The captain father Of the bo
"a was inconsolable and offered two thousar
at dollars for the recovery of the body. !
N this rate the wreckers undertook to find
70 but had not been successful at last q
counts. The vessel was from Baltimo
Or and the child was named Manning.
n n THE WIcKEDEsT MAN IN WILMINGTON.
n Peter SPAIN, the proprietor of a we
| uOJel anu Qen Ill w
mington, was last week indicted in fo
lis counts, viz: Keeping a disorderly hous
ia keeping house of i'll fame and assignatio
en- selling liquor on Sunday and threateni
m bodily harm to Peter Spinler. He v
90 held guilty by the Squire in all fo
a counts, and was sent to New Castle.
,nt The old visitors at Rehoboth this "
he will not find so many cottage improvemel
NO as at former seasons. Two new ones ha
been built at Rehoboth and two at Rel
both City. These constitute the sum to
in of cottage construction since last ye
Sc The lot owners object to any extravagi
int improvement until rail line is built, fear
100 that the popularity of the place may
es' continue when it is fully known that
ers cars will ever run to the place.
,,;t At Rehoboth, last week, Mr.. Stone
m New York gentleman, adopted rat
cot novel method of procuring fish SUPP
bIo While walking upon the beach he noti
III. fish-hawk rise from the water will
large fish in its talons. Waiting until
hawk reached land with its prey, he picl
ch, up a pebble and hit it, 1t dropped
hly fish, which Mr.. Stone fastened to sect
ing It turned out to be a large blue fish,
lew made the expert gentleman fine supp
@ SADIE BELL BADLY BEATEN.-The III
had cided race between T. McConnelps so