Smyrna times., 1877-01-03
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.
Dover gas is now furnished for % cts per
thousand feet.
A Dover blacksmith, on Saturday week,
shOd % horses, himself, during the day.
David C. Smyth, Kmg-street jrweler, in |
Wilmington, got oil from his debts last week |
10y running away
Mr.. Lewis, the new proprietor of the
Capital Hotel in Dover, had his house ready
in ,ime Tor the legislature
The Delaware City Dramatic Association
are to give AN entertainment in the Odess;,
town hall to-mOrrow-Thur,day-night.
The Young Mems Christian Association
of Dover gave Il dramatic and musical en-
tertainment last week, realizing $50 thereby
for their reading room.
VIM. P. Seward farmer near Dover,
sold to Richardson Il Robbins last week,
- turkeys that averaged l14 ibs., the largest
turkey weighing % pounds.
Last Sunday week, in Milford, DR.. X. Y.
Watson tell while on his way from Church
and met with a serious accident; both
tones of one leg being fractured.
The annual Sunday School jubilee of the
o leSsa NJ. Z. School is to be held the a>t
week in the month. These JubIlrpS are
quite a feature in 1.-THE other country"
Hon. Thos F. Bayard and family spent
the New Year with his father the Hon.
James a. Bayard, i'll Wilmington. Thu
has been ar old family custom Of many
years standing.
On Thursday last Sheriff Blaclii>ton SOLD
the farm of John r. Ware, near Person
Corner, West Dover Hd., containing Is
acres, to Joshua Maris of Wilmington, at
Sl0.50 per acre.
Owing to the terrible depression in vii.
mington property holders in the city hav,
in some cases not realized ,ash enougl
| from their tenants during the pist year L.
pay the taxes on their houses.
! Some Of our Legislators are ,sOghty men.
| Two Of the New Castle members, Senator
| Ray and Representative Bartholomew weigh
respectively 2jl and $50, while Representa-
tive Ware, OF the same county, weighs POO.
A pigeon shooting match for 500 came
! off at Milford last Wednesday afternoon.
! The contestants were Samuel Ratclitl, oi
Milford and f. NJ. Parry. Of Mlddletown.
Ratclitf won, killing Is out Of 20 birds,
while Parry only stopped l6.
Over one hundred vessels are ice. bound
in Mahon's river, several OF which are
loaded with oysters which are being hauled
to- Dover and shipped. Their crews, taking
advantage of their confinement on shore.
are literally patronizlng the Dover bar
rooms.
The resignation Of Andrew j. Wright, as
Justice of the Peace and Notary Public at
Dover took effect last week. He has hel,l
said office just one year, but resigns to 20
ntO the Legislature. There are sew, raj aIr
pllcants, among whom is Geo. b. Dickson
Of course.
Rev. Geo. Kramer, pastor Of the Aslury
NJ. f. church, in Wilmington makes it II
rul Of hi, hurch to take up a collection fol
benevolent purposes regularly ONE every
month. A similar course is pursued Ll
other religious societies, especially the
Catholics.
Governor Cochran has appointed Henry
w. Long, of Frankford, Prothonotary o
Sussex county, in place of Shepard =. Mar
tin, whose term has expired. This appoint
ment is understood to favor the success o
Col. Fisk Townsend's application to Clerb
of the Peace.
, A GENEROUS GIFT.--Last week, Mr.. J. r
Clark, of Delaware City, presented to tina
/ pleasant town the academy building. to b,
used as public school. No gift could hav
been more acceptable at this time. as til,
? town is badly in need Of school facilities
The building is valued at $1,000.
BUTTER FROM YORK STATE.-Some Of tn
; Wilmington people, it is said, buy thei
. winters supply Of butter, in the Fall, frou
! Northern New York, 10y the tub, ut ahou
35 cents pound, and call it better thm
3, the average of winter pound butter, sold i
:, the markets, at 40 to so cents pound.
3 There are, at the lowest calculation, it
said. fifteen hundred working men out
employment in Wilmington. Many
J. them are unmarried men, but the averag
y family rel res ented 10y each one will prohi
y hly not be less than three, making fortl
y five hundred persons in the city vino are,
. not actually in want Of charity, strugglln
. with trouble.
. Wilmer Atkinson, one Of the owners
- the Wilmington Daily Commercial, publish,
: the following announcement, dated Jal
lHt:
"Though retaining my pecuniary an
d personal interest in the Commercial, my col
10 nection with it as Business Manager ceas,
e. to-day, Mr.. Francis G. Ferris, since lSi
ps Superintendent Of the jol-printng depar
re- ment, and one Of the owners of the esta
u lishment, hereafter filling that position
n. ] shall engage in the Spring in the public
J. ton Of an agricultural newspaper in Phil
le delphia. under what are considered high
ii favorable auspices"
nt Mr.. Atkinson Is on Of the most cnpab
Is, and successful Of the newspaper publishe
,n in the State, and one who has gnined Il
esteem of the entire press of the Peninsul