Smyrna times., 1877-02-14

The new assessment Of Kent county foots |
up 1887. .l2S, being a decrease of $340, 800 |
BADLY HuRT-On Saturday evening
week, as a colored man named William
Lcwis-alias Jones-was on his way home
from Dover, he was waylaid below the
State house, and badly beaten. 1t is
thought he cannot recover.
At Il shooting match in Milford, last
week, between Samuel Ratclih Of that
town and John Cornell, Of Crumpton, Md,
the result was tie Each killed Is
pigeons out Of %. After this match was
ended IL sweepstakes was shot Entry s.
first prize so second s.. To this there
were five entries, and the first prize was
won by r. Clayton. Of Middletown. and the
second by f. G. Reese, OF Harrington
recently of Smyrna
Our LAWS IN RELATION TO PARTNERSHIPS
OR FRMs.-A number of business men in
! Wilmington held meeting last Friday
| night to suggest a repeal or modification Of
the law in this State in relation to partner
ship transactions. Under our present law
if a man is an active partner in any business
and has but $50 in it, all his property,
though he should be worth $4,000, is
liable for the debts Of the firm 1t is pro
posed to have a law like PENNSYLVANIA.
which allows several gentlemen to associate
together for the prosecution Of any bust
ness, two or more Of them to be general
partners and the other as limited partners,
and the latter are responsible for the debts
of the firm only to the extent Of then
capital invested.
PEACHES AND BEET SUGAE.-Lca Puscy, a
prominent citizen Of Wilmington. has for &
year or more been trying to Introduce the
cultivation Of hects and the manufacture OF
sugar into this State. He thinks it am enter
prise that would prove as profitable in Del
| aware as it has in the south of France, anC
would open up to our farmers another c!ot
to Diversity their farming operations.
number of prominent men in the State are
taking sides with him, and on Friday nigh
last, at a meeting of the Board of Trade il
Wilmington, a letter was read from Presi
dent IIinckley, of the p. W. d B. Railroad
strongly endorsing the proposed enterprise
, The letter is dated from the railroad ofiic,
in Philadelphia, and reads as follows:
LEA Pr,EY, Esq. Wilmington. Dcl-Dor Sir
= Please accept my thanks Tor your pamphlet upol
Beet sugar Industry, received to-day l have rcy'
il with great pleasure and wish that every Dcawar
. too much of the labor and capital of Delaware. Tn
stimulus given To it by the railroad managers
mutual advantage of the fruit grow and the railroad
stOckhOldcr has not done SO much good as il cX
pectcd to do. Although railroad companies have r.
duccd charges one half in 10 years the cou>cqUcnc
has been of questionable benefit 10 the fruit grower
Low transportation charges have induced pruduc
q ton exceeding often the demand; hence failure q
satisfactory returns. l must think that il would hav
been better had the railroads maintained rates fo
then probably smaller area would have been devote
9 to peach culture.
Bu!! with Beet Culture no such over supply
, possible. and the railroad can stimulate it withoJ
. forcboding. This Company is ready 10 act i
advance. If sugar factory be established on tn
4 line of Delaware railroad this Company will aid til
e enterprise by transporting building material needle
in its construction free of charge, if loaded and
! | loaded by cunSignOr and cOIisigucc For coal lim
and animal charcoal loaded and uuloadcd free Of
penSc In the railroad Company, we would for a teri
OfIycar make the low rate upon railroads worked b.
q this Company Of cent per per mile As regarC
coal, should hope to induce the coal roads acccl
the same rates These rates might help in starting
l. factory
> Pray excuse this long letter
Yours truly
o ISAAC HINCKLEY