Smyrna times., 1877-05-30

effect June lst.
Commencing June first, all the leading |
stores in Dover, with the exception of the |
Drug and Confectionery stores, will close at
seven o'clock each evening, Saturdays ex
cepted, until the first of September.
The people in the lower part of Sussex
county, to the number of sixteen car loads
made an excursion to Lewes last week.
The train started from Selbyville, on the
line between Sussex and Worcester CO., Md.
BRANDYwING SUMMIT CAMP.-The Bran
dywine Summit Camp Meeting, this sum-
mer, will be held from Monday, August
18th, until Friday, the 9th. 1t is eight
miles above Wilmington, in Chester CO., Pa.
Over 5000 persons have signed the pledge
i'll Wilmington within eight weeks, and the
tidal wave of temperance, that was set in
motion in City Hall on the evening of April
ID, continues to roll on with encouraging
! prospects.
! CONSIDERATION OF AN EPISCOPAL CHURCH,
! St. Mary's Church, Milton, Sussex CO., will
be consecrated on the morning of Tuesday
next, 5th of June. The church was erec
ted through the efforts of Rev. j. l.. Nc
Kim, of Milford.
The Court at New Castle granted 81
LIQUOR licenses last week and refused So.
OF the 81, Wilmington got GO and New
Castle 5. OF the 80 refusals, 90 were from
Wilmington. Vincent q. Hill, of Black
bird was one Of the refused.
The P. W. & B. Railroad Company are
really going to build an excursion house or
hotel at Ocean City, Worcester CO., Nd. 1t
is to be % by 20 feet, with dining room,
! holl Go II ic 11nAopctOO1 fhof ohao
weekly excursions will be run.
A New INvENrIoN.-The Norn;t,g Hra}o
is informed that Mr.. II. n. Wickersham
and Governor Huston, of Wilmington, have
invented a most excellent improvement
upon the steam engine. They are about
obtaining a patent for the same.
The stable of Philip Plunket & Co., il
Wilmington, was fired one night last week
by an incendiary, it is believed, and a valu
able horse was burned up. This is tn,
second time Mr.. p. has had his stable anC
t horse destroyed by incendiary fire.
THE BIG STEAMER Ox-The Old Domin
ion Steamship Company have put on th'
! splendid steamer Ctt Of Rtchmond on tn
' line between New York and Lewes, anC
! make tri-weekly trips until further notice
i She will leave Lewes every Tuesday, Thurs
+ day and Saturday.
A SPELLING BEE is to be held in Dover tc
t Thursday-evening, to be partici
i pated in by some of the leading citizens
i Music will also form "a part Of the pre-
: gramme, in which some prominent invite
!, guests are to take part, including {.
!, Tredler, of Milford.
GRAND SUNDAY School CONVENTIONS
| -, - D,l, l,Nl
It which commences July 10Th, there will b
o a grand Sunday School Convention. 4
d the Sunday Schools on the Peninsula Will
e out regard to denomination will be repr
n sented. Rev. DR.. Vincent has been invite
e to preside.
y As Wally Wilson, little son Of Mr.. Wn
= w. Wilson, of Middletown, was returnin
- home with some goods, Saturday nigl
:, week, he was assaulted by negro MAJ
y who took his basket of goods from him an
u was about to make off with it, when
- was interrupted by the approach of anoth
:, colored man who made him desist.
e. The Old Swedes Church, in Wilmin
m ton, built one hundred and seventy-eigl
r. years ago, held its anniversary eXercis
ne last Sunday. 1t is the third oldest ChurC
er in the United States, there being tv
I'd others, one in New England and one
Virginia. that is little older than it. II
ed Episcopalians hold service in it regularly.
lg A new gas company for Wilmingtc
~ tried to get charter from the New Cast
% court last week, but the old Wilmngt
9A gas company fought the new organizat
ei off and the court refused to grant the NJ
nc charter on technical grounds, viz: the c.
W. porator's names were not signed to t
~ notice for the charter, as required by la
m. A SUSSEX CONSTABLE IN a FREE FIGHT.
lb- At Dagsboro, Sussex county, the color
ill people celebrated Whitsentide on Mond
rs week and got into fight. A white ms
is Tom Baker, took part in the skirnlsh, a
m severely gashed negro named HOustC
er. Baker is a constable, it is said, and
as been for years. Nice freak for an officer
,cd the law, surely.
ma SUICIDE BY DRowNING.-A white II
'ed known as " Double DOdd," was drowned
rye Cedar Beach, near Milford, on sumo
ct, evening the 10Th, and it is suppO:
VIII that the act of drowning was volunta
His peculiar name is said to have bC
significant of his history. lie was the
spring resulting from incest between
md brother and sister, named Dodd. lie
weak minded.
at SALE OF A VALUABLE FARM.-Last W,
me james L. IIeverin of Dover sold throl
the agency of J. f. Mancha, the Sha
=, speare farm, 28l acres, situated two m
!he from Dover on the State road, to Fral
ing Weiss, Of Northampton county, Pa.
price paid for the same was $l4,750,
)eLt. 1921 per acre-cash. This farm was
ing Gently purchased by Mr.. Heverin,
Sheriffs sale, for 81 500
The A STAGE LOAD OF GIRLs.-At the u
on Sunday afternoon temperance meetin
the Opera House, in Wilmington,
D. Sunday, a big load Of young ladies f
I've, Newark were in attendance. The stag
70 said to be the finest in the State, Just |
iiei. ut u cost of $500, to run to a summer DO
bay ing house near Newark. The whole II
lent out made fine display in WilmingtS
vey. girls, stage, horses, and all.
Col' LEGAL TECHNICALITIES.-Att the New
eing tie court, last week, a case against ia
!. IL. Walls for assault and battery on De
Curtin was dismissed, because the nan
r. Of the latter was spelled Dennis Curtis in
,roes indictment. This may be good law, bl
,wn so it shows the necessity of greater cal
the drawing up Of indictments. 1t is
presumed that if the crime had been
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