Smyrna times., 1877-04-25
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.
The improvements in the Baptist Church,
Dover, are nearly completed.

Bishop Lee administered the rite of con-
tirmation to nine persons at New Castle
Episcopal Church last Sunday.
Three our four families in Milton, Sussex
county, or ten persons in all, have taken
Horace Greeley's advice and gone west
Court met in Dover on Monday The
criminal business promises to be brief, but
there are eighty-four civil cases on the list.
Wilmington is to have opposition gas
works, on the Lowe patent it is said, and
the price of gas is not to exceed 50 per
thousand feet.
The Rev. DR.. Long, a Baptist minister,
on Sunday week, administered the rite of
baptism by immersion to eight candidates,
at New Castle.
A FUNNY WAY TO CATCH WILD DUCKs.-
flock of so broad hill diver ducks were
caught in the seine Of Port Penn fisher
man, last week.
| New HOTEL.-Cedar Beach, near Milford,
is to have q new hotel. 1t is to be built by
Mrs. Warren, who so long catered for the
public at the old one.
SHERIFF's SALE.-Sheriff Grubb sold last
week, at Townsend, the farm of Passmore
H. Mitchell, to Joseph ?. Nichols, for
$4,000, subject to a mortgage Of $4,000
DEPUTY CORONER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Rose of Wilmington has appointed JAS. c.
| Townsend, of Townsend, deputy corner, for
all the lower part of New Castle county.
Governor Cochran has appointed VIM.
S. McCaulley, of Wilmington, Adutant
General of the State, vice William Reynolds,
deceased. The Office is merely nominal.
The Rev. Joseph T. Wright, formerly of
Smyrna, now at Lewes, delivered lecture
at the town hall there onMonday evening
last, the subject being "Odds and Ends"
Among the applicant, for the vacancy for
Delaware in the Naval Academy, at An
napolis, are Marion Green, Lewis Shakes
peare, and John II. Klingler, three Dover
boys.
Seaford druggists have been suspected of
dealing in the ardent" contrary to law
Efforts were made to indict them at the
Sussex court, but the indictments failed to
stand.
OLD SwEDEs l7STH ANNIvERsARY.-The
l7Sth anniversary of the Old Swede's church
in Wilmington will be celebrated this year
on Sunday, May 9th, with appropriate
services.
LAND SALE.-Last Wednesday, Mr.. Mancha
disposed of the 75 acre farm of Isaac II.
! Pearson, situated three miles west of Dover,
to Richard Taylor, of Clinton county, Pa,
for $500
a festival will be held in Mrs. $. A.
Ridgely's house in Dover, on Wednesday
and Thursday evenings, May ID and 3D..
The proceeds will be used for repairing the
NJ. Z. Church Parsonage of that town.
A Boy DROwNED.-A little colorcd boy
named Herman Rothwell living with his
parentsin Appoquinimink IId., was drowned
last week. He fell off the bridge over
Hangman's Branch, about two miles south
of Odessa.
Gottlieb Gugeler, a German baker only
about % years old, in Wilmington, was
found dead in his bed Sunday morning.
He had retired in good health and good
spirits Saturday night, and there was no
clue whatever to the cause of his death.
The Methodsts of Wilmington have or.
ganized Board of City Missions and
Church Extension in accordance with an
act Of incorporation recently passed by the
State Legislature. Rev. j. B. Quigg is
President temporarily, until a more per
!
On Monday night week two negroe:
entered the store of VIM. A. Hukill in Della
} ware City and while he was engaged about
selling them an article the negroes took hi.
pocket book from the counter. The book
contained $3.l0 and valuable key. The
negroes were arrested the same night
; and sent to New Castle for trial.
A CENTENARIAN.-There is now living il
Dover an old gentleman named Josiai
Galbraith, (father-inlaw of Thos. McLaugh
lin, tailor of that town. who reached The
| age of l02 years on last Christmas, the
/ Sentinel says. He went there to reside abou
: two weeks ago; is an Irishman; is frisky
has good eye sight and is staunch Presby
terian.
The BLACK HOLE.-There is a cell in New
Castle Jail called the "Black Hole" il
which parties for vagrancy are confined
tits at present crowded with fifteen vagrants
The occupants wear scarcely any clothinj
as their clothes are slowed away elsewher
? in order to keep them from being lousy
and the cell is well warmed. The presen
= number Of prisoners in the entire Jail is l25
, DEATH OF GAssAwAY WATKINs.-Thi
t venerable and highly esteemed man diet
/ at his residence, McDonough, near Odessa
e on Monday evening week, after painful
i. illness of several days. lie was quit
t prominent and active in local politics, bein
:. a democrat, and filled several positions O
Q trust, from all of which he retired with
J. clean record. IIewas seventy -fveyears OLD
n and a member of the Presbyterian church
IS FIRE IN SUssEx.-The steam bark an
u saw mill in Milton was laid in ruins by
fire between twelve and one o'clock O
Monday morning Of last week. The mi
was erected by ex-Gov. Ponder, the prcsen
owner, in 1863 for the purpose of grindin
y bark, but as it did not pay to run it o
y = account of stagnation in the business, tn
i mill has been closed for some years. Th
i original cost was about $1,000 includin
- machinery, &c. The loss now is abor
;. $1,000, no insurance. Mr.. Ponder W.
- about negotiating with a party to reiit tn
). engine and put it in running order.
Ie New CASTLE PREsBYTERY.-The annu
m meeting of the New Castle Presbytery WI
le held in Wilmington last week. 1t includ,
IS all the Presbyterian Churches on IL
10 Peninsula. Rev. Mr.. Heberton, Of Elkto
DR. was elected Moderator.
to The following calls were accepted: Fro