Smyrna times., 1877-08-01

James Brown, the victim of the shooting
affair on the Fourth, i'll Dover, is still alive.
Although yet i'll week condition, tho
prospects are favorable for his recovery.
seymour, the would.be murderer, is closely
confined in ono of the iron clad cells in the
jail, brooding over his fendish work
BABY KILLED.--A child of Nehemiah
Sharp, Is months old, was run over by the
cars, one mile from Milford, last week, and
cut completely in two. 1t toddlcd out and
got on The track whilst Mrs. Sharp was
busy putting out clothes. The engineer
tried hard to stop the train but could not.
! During the storm last Friday, in Milford,
the lightning struck and destroyed by fire
the Simpson phosphate factory, prostrated
| VIM. Nauls, telegraph operator at the
depot, and knocked u horse down in the
street. 1t also tore down a mile or so of
telegraph poles.
Monday at noon an express train struck
a cow at Brandywine station and portion
OF the train was thrown from the track, in
Jurng SIX or eight persons. Mrs Slupplee
OF baltimore was badly hurt. The others
are more or less serious. The accident oc-
Cured within sight of Wilmington. and
hundreds of persons went to the scene.
The following sheriff sales took place in
Milford last week; The sincle.storv house
and lot of the late John NJ. White to VIM.
II. White, for 1915; the two story house of
the late VIM Robbins to ?. l.. Lonand. for
S2I5.G5, subject to tho widows dover.
Also, the 65 acre farm Of the late DIR. VIM.
Z. Davidson, near Church Hill, for 5000. to
DR.. w. j. Purnell.
a a, NEW EARLY SEEDING PEAcu.-Wm.
org NfA
tree IN fruit for the first time. which
ripened its fruit about the 10th Of Julv,
The fruit Is of fair size not highly colOred.
but Of excellent flavor and has the general
appearance Of natural fruit. 1t is probably
a Seeding of Ilale's, as it came up in his
garden from seed accidentally deposited
therc.-Nbord Ne7ca.
REnoBoTH Il. R.-A visitor at RchOboth
writes to the Ga@rte, under date of July
18th Col. Mapes, engineer Of the Junction
Brcakwaicr Railroad. arrived here to.
DAY, III order to hc ready to commence the
survey OF the railroad from Rehoboth to
hewes on Monday. This is good news to
us. he hehoboth Association have agreed
to donate as much ground as the r. r.
company may need for depot.
An lNSULT.-Last week the editor,of the
Snow Hill Messenger, of Md, wrote an ac
count Of visit he had made TO George
town, and III the article he referred to Mr..
kosenCaum, proprietor of one of the hotels
there as jew" This put Mr.. r. on his
mettle and he threatens to "hold the
edltor personally accountable" The
editor, however, acknowledged his error in
ms last issue. Mr.. r. is not a Jew. it
seems.
Rev. j. D. Curtis, Methodist minister
OF some prominence, died in Wilmington
last week, after short illness. He was an
Engllshman by birth came over when \
child. He was stationed during his minis
try at fikton, Easton, Dover, Wilmington.
Ge In lSlO he was married to Miss Sarah
{. Gray OF Worcester county. Md, with
whom he has lived haSpily 81 years. She
with seven children, four sons and three
daughters, are left 10 mourn his DEATH
DEATH OF A FORMER DELAwAREAN.-Don
Alonzo Andrew Jackson Upham, father of
Mrs. Col. Geo. H. Raymond Of Smyrna.
and at one time editor of the DeLg,c,re
Ga@ctc died recently in Milwaukee, Wis.
consin. During his youth he read law
with the Hon. James A. Bayard, and was
editor OF the Gazette about the wear 1898.
After retiring from the editorial chair he
removed to Milwaukee, of which he became
mayor and was reelected two or three
times.
MYSTERIOUS CAsE.-On Saturday morn.
ing last two boys found the dead body of n
woman lying on the sand on the banks of
the Delaware, at the Edge Moor works
near Wilmington. The only articles of
clothing on the woman were an underpar.
ment and pair of striped stockings. The
BODY was very much decomposed, but it
could be seen that the woman's features
had been regular and handsome. She was
apparently about 25 years of age. Not the
slightest clue could be found as to the cir
cumstances of the case.
The storm of last Friday night was terri.
ble in the lower part of Sussex. In Balti.
more hundred the lightning struck large
barn, belonging TO Jacob Hooker. killing
two horses, valued at from $500 to $500
and completely destroying the building
His loss is about 81 600. In Millsboro
the lightning struck the residence of
Daniel Burton, formerly pension agent,
and tore off a few shingles. Mr. |
Burton's whole family were stunned by the
shock, and his little daughter, about nine
years of age, was burned down one side of |
her body and rendered senseless for some. |
time
CAUGHT IN THE ACT.-Amos Davis, n deli. |
cate man of 40 years, in the employ of VIM.
II. Smoot, of Milford, was caught robbinr |
his employer last week. He acknowledged |
1t, surrendered what money he had, amount. |
ing to $l29, and left the town for parts un. |
known. Mr.. Smoot thinks he stole about |
$500 from first to last. He was employed |
by Mr.. 5. more out of charity than anv.
thing else because he was delicate. He |
used to live in Pennsylvania. He married |
q respectable woman before he came TO |
Delaware, but she left him years ago |
because he was too lazy to give her decent |
support. The Milford NesoS thinks he did |
much to lead number of associates to ruin
in that town.
AN ACTION FOR BIGAMY.-Reuben C. War.
rem, of Cedar Creek Hundred, Sussex CO.. |
lnear Milford, in 1869 married Miss Nav |
K. Derrickson a young woman 16 years old, |
the daughter of Nathaniel NJ. Derrickson
of the same locality. They lived unhappi.
ly and separated after three years. After
being separated for year or more Warren
again set up housekeeping at Harrington
and sent for his wife who came with the two
children and again lived with him but in