Smyrna times., 1877-07-11
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

cattle or STOCK.
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.
The First National Bank, of Dover, has
| declared a semi-annual dividend of 4 per
cent.
The Farmers Bank, at Dover, has de.
| clared semi-annual dividend of per
cent.
The Dover M. f. Sunday School went to
Ocean City, Nd, this morning "wednesday
on the excursion train.
Samuel A. MacalliSter has been elected
city solicitor of Wilmington, in place of
Walter Cummins, term expired.
The Sentinel says that Thomas w. Wilson
has so acres of as large timothy as there is
in this county, on his farm at Little Creek
Landing.
At Milford on the Fourth, John RENDER
dine threw a base ball 29S feet and one
half an inch, and John Stevenson jumped
distance Of nine feet and one inch.
Wilmington is strongly represented at
Rehoboth this summer. Twelve of the
cottages are now occupied and both hotels
are filling up to nearly their entire capacity.
Rehoboth camp commences next week.
Thursday the 10Th, and the members of
the last Legislature hold reunion on
| Wednesday the 18th, at Fountains Hotel,
near by.
| LAND SALE.-J. F. Mancha, real estate
agent, sold last week for Samuel Hitchins,
2 miles north of Dover, his farm, crops and
stock for $2,137 cash to Geo. Richards, Of
Pennsylvania.
HORSES KILLED.-The storm of Sunday
night week blew down the stable of j.
Wesley Smith, near Bridgeville, Sussex CO.,
and killed three of his horses. 1t was the
worst storm of the season.
During the storm on Sunday night oi
last week, the barn of Mr.. Lawrenceson
Smith, residing in N. w. Fork hundred
Sussex county, was blown over, killing
three horses and demolishing carriage.
Sam'l w. Hall, of Frederick, one of the
Directors of the Bank of Smyrna, had a
crate of ripe peaches shipped to him from
Georgia last week. The fruit was in good
condition when it reached FELTON, station
The lot in Camden, known as the "burnt
corner (the building thereon having beer
destroyed by fire about one year ago)
belonging to the Murrell estate, has beer
sold at Trustees sale to Robert Sarde, fol
1895.
$3.50 SToLEN.-On Sunday the lst inst.
while Jas. Hynson, Of Hynson's Mill, neal
Frederick, was attending church, his hous,
was entered and $3.50 in money stolen
together with bonds and notes for as mucl
more.
In Wilmington, on the 4th, all the fir,
: companies were under marching orders al
day, SO uneasy were the people about tn
fire crackers, &c. Five alarms were sound
ed, but all the fires were suppressed with
out much effort.
. Samuel Sparks, a night watchman il
r Wilmington on board the steamer Feltor
j was accidentally drowned on Wednesda
3 morning between two and four O'Clock
r He was 65 years of age. His body wa
4 afterward recovered.
An excursion from Milford TO Cape Nav
, via the Junction & Breakwater r. r. t
Lewes, and thence by steamer Richmond t
the Breakwater and Cape May came O
yesterday. The excursion was under tn
auspices of the M. E. Sunday School.
One day last week, whilst one of tn
? merchants of FELTON,, Mr.. Cook, was mar
MS obOiN1 III u CudlTg SOLlG on
= crept to the money drawer and got all th
: funds. pretty good haul was made b
!, the thief, who has escaped detection so fa
|, CAMDEN CAMP.-The drawings for lot
l. took place at the Camden camp grounds O
3 Thursday afternoon last. About GO lot
5, were located. The bread tent was let to
7, g. Lofiand, of Dover, at $131.50. III
I. horse pound was let to John Montague,
Is Wyoming at $25.
= Last Sunday morning the venerab
is Bishop Simpson, of the M. Z. churcl
e preached a powerful and interesting sermo
Is at Asbury Church, Wilmington, (recent
C, abandoned by Rev. Mr.. Kramer). I'll
s. church was crowded. The Bishop preache
D, to the colored people at Newport in IL
n afternoon.
y Il. w. Hutchinson, near Middleton
g went visiting with his wife last Sund.
- ~ afternoon, when q tramp who had bee
- living with him about a month searcht
y the house, stole $55 from hiding place
% bed, and the gentleman's wedding suit
&c clothes. Nothing has been heard fro
J. him since.
Y. And now the steamer Major ReyboM h
Y; commenced running excursions down Il
IT. Bay. This is the third or fourth boat nc
trying this experiment. The eminent su
cess of the ArieL has set the boat compani
=, in Philadelphia almost wild, and some
S p them will count without their host if tn
10 are not careful.
10 According to the Egery Eoeniaq parr
,ts died in Wilmington last week which W
on forty-one years old. Capt. Nones, a nav
ur officer, got it in Mexico in lS47, ,sduring d
lie Mexican war, and brought it home wi
q. him. His family lived in Wilmington.
er was hatched in 1886 he was told. The bi
re. was fine talker.
", LEGISLATIVE REUNIoN.-The reunion
ey the members of the Legislature will ta
~. place at the Douglass House, Rehobo
M City, on Wednesday, 18th inst, and W
ce, doubtless be generally attended, senat
he Causey and Representative Hall have /
Ter affair in charge and will make it pleasa
for all who attend. Gazette.