Smyrna times., 1878-09-04

in the care of DIR. Swinney, for the purpose &
of surgical operation.
CAPT. w. S. EDWARDS and associate Jas.
S. Keerl, of the U. S. Engineers Depart
ment of the Coast Survey Service, arrived
in town on Monday and are surveying our
creek with the view of making report as
to the improvements required and their
cost. They proceeded to business at once
and will finish the survey in few days.
The future work on the creek will depend
upon their report and the generous dealing
of future Congress. The above named
gentlemen are very polite and affable as
we'll as efficient engineers.
THE MD. & DEL. SHIP CANAL SURvEY.-A
note received yesterday from member of
the corps surveying this route, says: We
have run line from Cambridge to East |
New Market, and now we are running one |
from the Choptank River up Indian Creek;
also one up Secretary Creek, intersecting a |
line from Cabin Creek and also the other |
lines. This think very feasible route
from Secretary Creek to Seaford. We shall |
take several more lines to ascertain which
is the cheapest, and will probably strike
Duck Creek for one line"
THEO. ?. HAUGHLEY President of the In
dianapolis National Bank, who has been
spending the Summer with his family at
Rehoboth, stopped few days in our town
on his return to his Western home. He
has been patron of the TINES since its
first issue, and the lapse of time has no
effect in lessening his interest in the scenes
and associations of his youth. In brief
talk on National affairs he looked upon
Hendricks of Indiana as q good man and
strong with the masses of the Democracy
in the west and thought Bristow of Ken
lucky the best choice of the Republican.
WIN. B. COLLINS, JR., formerly of this
town, now of st. Louis, is home enjoying
q week or two with his relatives and
friends. He left New York last November,
where he had been associated with A. +.
| Young in the fruit commission business,
and associated himself with Chas. A. Pease
Of Boston, under the title Of the "Ohio
Portable Washstand Co.." which article
they are manufacturing largely, having
agencies and ware-roOms in eight Of the
principal cities Mr.. G. considers Delaware
preferable as place of residence but thinks
the extreme west offers more opportunities
to young man of pluck.
INSPECTORS AND AssEsSoRs.-T following
are the persons nominated for Inspectors
and Assessors on Saturday last by the
Democrats in the different hundreds:
Inspectors Ferrell, Duck Creek
David NJ. Clouds, Little Creek Thomas
Reese, Kenton Geo. Scott, N. Murderkill
VIM. Parvis, S. Murderkil; Thos. Battell
f. Dover; Thos. o. Clements, w. Dover
, Jesse Miller, Mispillion Julian Scott, Mil
ford.
Assessors-Jas. Doughten, Duck Creek
James P. Lamb, Little Creek Thos. Attix
: Kenton Jos. S. Burchenal, N. Murder
. kill Lewis Shabinger, South Murkerkill
, Nathaniel Slaughter, East Dover; Charie
e Powell, w. Dover; Jacob Graham, Mispil
. lion; John Davis, Milford.
THE railroad authorities have torn VI
e and removed the platform at the soutl
5 end of the depot at Clayton, putting il
< it's place a smaller platform in the centre
0 with two plots for the cultivation of flowers
n This will strike most people, especial,
II those having traffic with the branch roaC
rs no improvement. The high platform
along the track between the Delaware, anC
. Delaware e. Chesapeake Railways has als
;, been torn down to be replaced by a neN
a one. 1t has long been matter of surpris
= that this receptacle for so much freigh
:, should 90 year after without any covering
The goods are tumbled out there subjec
sometimes to hours of broiling sun or
3 pelting storm. The expense would b
Al comparatively trilng, and considering tina
)t three railroads and an express compan
Is are directly interested, it seems like piec
p of inexcusable neglect of the interest {
m their customers by these common carrier
g ABOUT FIVE CENTs.-On Wednesda
m evening last David Brown met Julia
lis Kemp, both colored, and asked him if /
rs had five cents saying at the same time
| foH 10 II iaA !,
n he had five cents but that he already owe
We him for borrowed money and he WASH
be going to let him have it. This led to
stiff quarrel, but they finally separate
60 coming together again later in the evenir
ot when it was renewed with increased vigo
N Browns tongue was the most voluble, ar
~ and Kemp, feeling his impugnod charact
ri needed avenging, drew new six shoot
~ from his pocket, as if to test its qualitie
~ and fired three shots at his antagoni,
Brown in his evidence said "the first sh
missed me, the second went through n
1e- coat and the third | wasn't thar" Aide
is man Budd committed Kemp to Jail in d
he fruit of 5000 bail. This is another instan
IN, of the possible evils growing out of Il
ng dangerous but common practice of carryil
tie concealed weapons.
LARGE YIELD OF CLOVER HAY.-At Cla
ton Adam Mahood has an acre lot viii
an which was seeded during the spring of y
Ter with clover seed, one-fourth of bushel
ith the acre. Last spring he caused to
ar. spread broad cast fifty five one horse ca
ay. loads of we'll rotted stable manure. Az
zen result of the liberal manuring and favorat
s a season he has harvested two crops of {
cellent clover hay, which was careful
weighed, the first cutting weighing 6, 400
on and the second ,230 TBS. aggregating
rge 630 lbs. or nearly .fUe tons. The third CT
9 Ie9 will soon be ready to cut and from prese
lleu appearances will yield not far short
VT. another ton, making nearly sic tons
Thy ncnureJ y mr. Ground d. This is is eouai 70 tho the h b
English yields and we think cannot
irst excelled, if equaled anywhere in t
,an country. 1t also demonstrates that hi
zed farming or small tillages we'll cutivat
in and manured will pay much better th
ear large tillages, half cultivated and skimr
He of manure.
Dse- BLIND STAGGERs.-This disease is prev
Jew ing to an alarming extent mainly in
on Necks, east of the town. 1t made its
pearance about two weeks ago, and
YER. past week has been very fatal. Jose
;cb Jefferson has lost two, John F. Goldsborou
cut two, J. Lightcap two, Frank Harper I
snlt and Theodore Manning two. The follt
not ing persons nave each losC one; va
YER. Frazier, VIM. Frazier, - Carney, W
her Lurty, Joseph Anderson, Thos. NJ. Hart
adj. Alfred Dunahower, James McNitt, Fra
ave Reynolds, Frank lamar, Bass Johns
,ble John Cowdright, Amos Lynch, Rot
Denney, George Cook, VIM. E. Riggs, jr
The disease is most prevalent in the
gtle lands and most always fatal, not more IL