Smyrna times., 1878-10-23

Sixty ballot boxes will be required in
New Castle county for the November cleo
ton.
John S. Bacon, of Laurel, who opposed
the nomination of Colonel Martin in the
Democratic Congressional Convention, has
gone over to the Greenbackers. ProthOno
tary Long, of Sussex, is the Greenback
agitator at Georgetown, though he is a
Democratic official.
More letters Of declination are dropping
in upon the Greenback men of Delaware,
and it is intimated that unless by some fiat
process, election day can be hurried up
there will be no Greenbacll candidates left
to vote for. Richard E. Smith is the latest
man to decline, his reason being that he
hates Greenbacks as he does an empty
pocket-book.
With visions of corn bread and herring,
and "hog's jowl and hominy," in bounteous
provision throughout Sussex county, in his
speech at Georgetown, last Tuesday, Mr..
Bayard said III substance that there is no
man or woman in Sussex county who will
feel the pinch Of want or the pangs of
hunger next winter who has had fair
health, unless it be as result of their vice
or idleness.
Mr.. VIM. f. Evans of the Knoxentown
Mills, has furnished the Middletown Tran
script nice string Of "second- crop" her
rings. During the spring, while his dam
was torn out for repairs, numbers Of her
rings came up to spawn, and when the
little fish became old enough to wiggle they
found themselves in limited quarters. The
young herrngs are about six inches long
and uncommon good to eat.
! THE SHIP CANAL SURvEY.-Maior y. II.
| Hutton, engineer in charge Of the survey
of the Maryland and Delaware Ship Canal
states that the survey Of two lines from
Choptank river has been completed to the
! Breakwater. Starting at Breakwater the
corps Of enginees have begun on the re-
turn trip the survey of the two lines, one
of which will strike Queenstown and the
other Skipton, on Wye river.
CoLLAPsED.-The races at the Scheutzen
Park, under the management Of the Will
mington Driving Park Association, came to
an end on Saturday, as did also the Associa
ton. Only about 200 spectators were pres.
ent, the owners of the horses that had been
entered refused to trot until their money
was guaranteed them and the affair was
settled by the Association turning over the
| gate receipts to them. The Association
collapsed
GROWING New Foor.-About month
ago mule hitched in one Of Jessup 6
Moores teams, while crossing the track O
the Wilmington & Northern railroad al
DuPont's station, caught his foot in The
frog of the track at place where a siding
joins the main road, and tore the hoo
entirely off. The animal was taken home
as best he could be and we'll cared for anC
it IS said that new hoof is now growing
upon the old stump.
AN ACCIDENT CAUSING THE DEATH OF Ex
SHERIFF LAMBsoN.-Wiiam II. Lambson
Esq, late sheriff of New Castle county
met with an accident last Monday evenin;
that caused his death next day. In cross
ing vessel loaded with lumber which Il,
had purchased, he turned round to max,
some remark to a friend, when his foo
struck the coping around the hatchway
precipitating him head formost to the bot
tom, a distance of about nine feet, ant
causing a fracture Of the skull. lie wa
about 50 years of age and a leading spiri
in New Castle where he resided.
| PROBABLE HOMICIDE.-FafM ,SlaJJtaq IL
fray al Docer-We Supposed Murderer in Jut
"A fatal stabbing affray occurred in Dover
on Saturday night, the particulars of whicl
are as follows:
On that evening a street row occurre,
between crowd of young men from Cam
den and crowd of Dover young mer
during which the Camden crowd 90
worsted and fled in different directions
One of the Camden men, named Edwar
Lawrence, was pursued by several Dove
men and was caught in front of Hartnett'
lCtn xHFho ho 4 4
tackled. In few moments Wm Tomlir
son, one of the Dover men, exclaimed
, "lm stabbed, and Lawrence stabbed me.
and Immediately fell to the ground. |
was soon discovered that he had been stat
bed in the left brest, just below the heart
the wound being of very dangerou
character. lie was taken to his home, AM
: at last accounts was not expected to life.
| Lawrence was Immediately arrested an,
confined in the Dover Jail. 1t is supposed
says correspondent of the Gazette, that h
Is innocent, as it is said that TOmlinsol
! had a knife in his hand at the time, ant
probably fell upon it during the melee
thus inhicting the wound upon himself.
Both young men belong to respectabl
Y families and there is considerable feelin
. manifested. The general opinion is tina
Tomlinson acted like bully and there
little sympathy for him. Lawrence wa
: attacked in brutal manner, as George Y
Massey testified. and even if Tomlinso
should die, he will probably be released O.
bail.
OUTRAGE NEAR HARRINGToN.-Last Thurs
! day afternoon a welldressed man stoppe
: at the residence of Matthew Goslin, abou
a mile from Harrington and inquired {
q Mrs. Goslin whether she knew of any on
/ who had timber for sale, and represente
p that he was from the CITY and down ther
/, for the purpose of buying timber. NJ
Goslin was absent in Milford at the time
, and Mrs. Goslin informed him that sh
= knew of no one, unless possibly their neigl
E Dor, Mr.. James Walker, might have, an
E sent little girl of ! | years named Salli
Cain who lives with her, to direct him t
Mr.. Walkers. According to the girl
statement, after they had proceeded abou
half the distance to Mr.. WIS, and Will
y passing through the woods, the man pointe
i to some trees a few rods distant from til
path, and remarked that he would like
d examine them more closely, as they al
y peared to be about the kind he wanteC
Il They tured out of the path short distanC
i when the man assaulted her, throwing he
down and tearing her clothing into shred
:. She essayed to call for help, but the brut
e forced her to desist, threatening to kill hC
i IT she made any noise. Shortly after
/. wagon was heard approaching in the roa
near by, and the man took alarm and flec
n The girl, although much frightened an
n injured, managed to reach home and te
|. her story, when the neighbors were horr
| fed and a thornu0h caorob for tlo ,,,;..,,