Smyrna times., 1878-05-08
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.
Delmar lacks 1850 inhabitants of having
population of 5000.
The J. & B. railroad is being put in
complete order for the large summer travel
that is expected to pass over it this season.
Tho causeway at Odessa is being covered
with oyster shells at the expense of the
county. This will be great improvement.
We learn that the steamer which is
being built for Mr.. c. Watkins, of Odessa,
will be ready for her trial trip early in
! June.
LAUNCH.-A schooner of 200 tons burthen
was launched on Wednesday at Milford,
from the yard Of j. w. Abbott & Co.
Owned by John w. Hall.
At the first Qarterly Conference held in
Union NJ. +. Church, Wilmington, recently,
the salary of the pastor, Rev. j. B. Mann,
was increased from 81 900 to 1920.
STRAWBERRIES SHIPPED FROM LAUIEI-
Capt. John Bacon OF Laurel shipped seven
baskets of Strawberries from that town on
Thursday. Surely Laurel will take the
prize.
A young man Of Middetown threatens
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because the editor announced in the
columns of that paper that he (the young
man) was to be married soon.
One hundred and siXty-iiye crates OF
Norfolk strawberries came in to the New
York market and sold for 25 to 3j cts. per
quart. Charleston shipments are falling off,
but North Carolina is now shipping heavy.
Norfolk is in full blast this week.
Rev. r. Henry Davis, brother of Rev
VIM. 2. Davis of Dover, has resigned his
pastorate at CRANKY, Mass, Congregation,
al) and will go out as missionary to Japan
He will be sent by the American Board oil
Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
CONFERENCE OF THE LOCAL PREACHERS AM
EXHORTERs.--The Association of Loca
} Preachers and exhorterS of the NJ. +
| Church for Wilmington Conference viii
l meet in the NJ. +. Church in the town O
Millington, Nd, on Friday evening, Ma!
10th, next.
, A SEAFORD MAN RELIEVED OF His PoCKE'
Book.-Mr. VIM. S. Kinney, while in Viii
, mington last week attending to the settlin;
of rag business with Vim. b. Norton, o
!. that city, was relieved Of his pocket bool
containing check of $l03.l3 and abou
! S. in money.
. PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF SUssEX.-From tn
@ report of State Superintendent Groves, it aT
s pears that there are in this county IL
5 schools, G,405 scholars, and an averag
5 operation of each school Of months anC
:, days. 1t will be seen that the averag
r cost of each scholar in Sussex county
} $4.33.
- In the investigation of tho case of Con
sui Seward, before the House Committe
= on expenditures in the State Department
. j. r. Edmunds testified that he wa
= charged 500 francs by Consul Torbert, q
:. Paris, for certifcation of deposition
9 which he refused to pay, but sent it ava
e to the Consul at Dresden, where he wa
=, only charged Is francs.
IS The people down about Greenwood hay
a Il lively apprehension of birthstone, s
|. much so that they see it in the bubbles
y rain showers. Here is what q CORES
1t pondent says: "On Friday last, during
n thunder storm, it rained birthstone all ovC
D. this part Of the country, and many fea
r that both fire and birthstone will com
st upon us next, unless our people repent
ID their SINS"
-c The COUNTY COURTs.-The May term
:. :. the New County County Courts commence
n at New Castle on Monday last. There al
- the usual nurnber of pretty cases on ii
II criminal calander, but nothing of ar
= particular interest except the case
A. Thomas, the wife murderer. This and IL
~ ~ liquor cases, are the only really interestir
o' items connected with this term. The civ
y, list is of the usual dimensions.
in OLD GENTLEMEN OF WILMINGToN.-Wr
m McCaulley, Esq, is in his SD year; WI
40 Richards, ESQ.,, is past 80; Charles Canb
q. ESQ.,, is in his S9th year; John Ferris, ESQ
ri (who has buried over six thousand peop
Iv in business as an undertaker) is consider
ne bly, over 80. 1t is the rule with the o
is friends (Quakers) not to depart from til
IN world for a better until they are over
of All the above named gentlemen but N
IS McCaulley are Quakers.
n. SHERIFF's SALEs.-Shcriff Grubb, on la
ed Friday, sold at the hotel of VIM. B. Holl
les at Townsend, o tract of land in Apr
of quinimink hundred, containing ITO acr
or of land, the property of Thomas c. Hal
as mill, now in the tenure of Thomas FraziC
mt to VIM. Polk, for $2,2S0. Also, at the san
re- time and place, he sold another tra'
b. situated in Backbird hundred, containi
in l74 acres, also the property of Thomas
he Hammill, and in the tenure, of Jam
ey Alfree, to McClary, Jr., for $4,000.
no The WAY TO Do 1.-TWO men from
school district near Milford, were present
es to the Grand Jury of Sussex at the rece
"A session of the court for illegally voting
70 a school meeting Some political den
,v, gogues, with the view of making par
capital in the future, arranged it so as tn
H. the jury should not find any bill again
10 them. Such things are constantly done
e. all the Courts Of this State. Political
he auence is constantly used to protect erin
ts mails and make votes for the party in pow,
10 as we'll as to persecute opponents.-Miyc
cir Net0s.
at Downs PARDoNED.-Governor Cochr
xt, sent down, on Saturday morning. pardo
ak in the case of Nathan Downs, Of as mu
us. of the sentence as imposed the penalty
W. the pillory. Downs was to have suffer
ng this punishment. The application for I
wn commutation was signed by very lar
wn number of prominent and respectful
ok citizens of the county, and was reco
Of mended by the Court and the Attornt
ria General. Downs will be released at I
ms, next term of court, at which time
m. sentence of six months imprisonment "
nix have expired.