Smyrna times., 1877-05-23
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.
Odessa has reorganized its base ball club,
with Merritt Willets as captain.
A number of hogs around Dover have
died from hog cholera, recently.
The Presbyterian Sabbath School Of Mil
ford is preparing for an excursion to Sine
puxent Beach, Ocean City, near Berlin,
Md.
The Odessa Dramatic Association are
going to give one of their pleasing enter
tainmcnts in the Town Hall, Odessa, on
the evenings Of the 29th and 30th of this
month.
convict named Dilkes, now serving a
two years sentence in New Castle Jail, last
week received legacy Of 81 600, left him
by relative who recently died in Camden,
New Jersey.
1t is estimated that 1000 more workmen
are now employed in the various establish
ments of Wilmington, than there were this
| time last year, and the prospect is much
more encouraging than heretofore
EXPLoDED.--White's steam saw mill,
situated near Carey's Cross Roads, in Sussex
county, was almost completely demolished
one day last week by the explosion of the
boiler. One man was nearly killed.
Rev. j. II. Lightbournp, formerly NJ. f..
minister at Dover, has taken supernumer-
ary relation and is now farming on his farm
near Oxford, Talbot CO., Nd. lie is a
member of the Baltimore Conference.
young man named Van Drecl is making
| Low agl- 1kco I
are such as 90 into general household use
clothes baskets, &c. A man has propa-
gated a willow orchard to furnish the
material.
ScALDED TO DEATH.-On Tuesday after
noon the 18th little boy, son of ex-SherIff
VIM. Gray, of Georgetown, fell head fore
most into tub Of boiling water and was so
badly scalded that it died on Wednesday
morning.
Two boys in Wilmington were arrested
last week for lnterrupting one of the public
schools by creating such noise outside as
to distract the attention of the scholars.
They were made to pay the cost, about one
dollar each.
ANOUTRAGE CASE IN MILFoRD-On Friday
the llth Charles Hall or Hayes, a young
| NNAOASA man lICdI NIulOTu was committed
to Jail for an attempted outrage on young
white girl only eight years old. So the
Milford Nc~s says.
John II. X. Shannahan, a butcher oi
Easton, bought of Mr.. MARVEL, living in
Kent county, Delaware, last week, nine
beeves, which weighed an average each oi
1888 TBS. The lot was bought for S77O
They were finely fatted.
WoRsHIPPING UNDER CANvAs.-A large
canvas tent, with seating capacity for nearly
one thousand persons, has been pitched in
the church lot of Madeley Chapel, in Viii
mlngton, in which religious services will be
held during the summer. Madeley is one
OF the Otf:shoots of Grace Church.
| REHoBoTH.-The "Bright House." a
Rehoboth, has been leased by Messrs
Whitney & Nevon, of New York city, anc
the "Surf House by William II. Billany
of Wilmington, one of the leading spirits O
the enterprise. The grounds are being
fixed up.
City PHYsICIAN.-The fact that th,
poorer classes of Wilmington are frequently
in need of medical attention without thI
means of procuring it, has suggested tn,
appointment, by Council, of a genera
practicing physician, to be paid by tn,
city. Every town in the State ought t,
have one.
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.-The telegraph
office Of the ?. w. & B. Railroad, at New
Castle, was struck by lightning last Sunda,
night and badly damaged. The table AM
window sill were set on fire but were ex
tinguished without burning much. Th
, apparatus was ruined.
MessFs, Richardson & Robbins, of Dover
Q have just completed large Refrigerator O
G a capacity of 500 baskets of peaches to b
d. used in connection with their packin
0 business. The object is to keep the frui
r until they can get ready to can it, at time
G when they have a rush.
SALE OF FARM.-Thos. o. Culbreth, Dover
. a few days since, through the Agency of
: +. Mancha, disposed of farm of 222 acres
near Henderson,-partly in Kent county
! Del, and partly in Caroline county, Md
: to John w. Hammond, of Cheste
J county, Pa, for $4,000.
Q CONFIRMATION IN MILFoRD.-On Sunda
4 week Bishop Lee Of the Protestant EpscC
n pal Church visited Milford and receive
s into the church by the rite Of Confirmatio
q Mrs. Samuel M. Simpler, Miss Lima LowerN
II Miss Clara Mason, Miss Carrie Tuthill an
Q Adolph Role. The congregation was yer
|. large.
q A TEMPERANCE TENT.-The temperanc
IS people of Wilmington are going to have
r. large tent erected shortly in one of th
d open lots Of the city, in which to hold thei
e meetings during the heated term, The
n are also talking Of erecting street fountain
70 to be supplied with ice water, with whic
'e pedestrians may refresh themselves durin
the summer.