Smyrna times., 1878-03-20
COUNTY AND STATE 1rEms.

keedy l>land Light House is to be re.
stored at the solicitation OF Philadelphia
ship owners.
10 give or not to give-the basket away
with the peaches, is Il question that is noty
oeihS agltated by the Delaware growers.
The allowance of the Sheriff for tbo
board OF prisoners, in Sussex county. has
been reduced by the Levy Court to 80 cents
The Erey Eoening wants four regiments
OF soldiers armed and equipped bv the
State. What for? To help use uD onr
taxes, or to look at?
John Appleton. at Odessa. who had =
stroke OF paralysis last week. and about
whom serious fears were entertained for
several days, is much improved
Rev Samuel d. Hall, of Baltimore, has
accepted the call Of the Ve,try to st.
Luke's parish, in Seaford. and will enter
upon his ministerial duties in April.
Church CoLLEcroN.-On Sunday after.
noon at the meeting of the Grace NJ
sunday School, $jGj was raised for tbe
missionary cans@, making a total Of $l.l02
An English gentleman named White
shipped 800 bushels Of she'll oysters from
Milford, last week, to Europe. Ii the ex
pertinent proves successful he proposes to
make Seatord his shipping point next
| season.
The TELErHoNE.-Seyeral Telephones
nave been erected to connect distant points
IN Wilmington and now they al,. rn.r,nad
IN testing the working Of one between New
| castle and that city with an especial view
OF reaching the Recorder.
Rev. Bishop Lee has stirred up the Ban.
ti'ts IN Wilmington, by preaching a serm6n
recently, IN which he proved that INNER.
sion was no more baptism than sprinklinr
or pouring. Rev. Mr.. IIaldeman has re-
pHeh' and tries to show that it is the only
lawful methed.
They have a preacher sensation in Mil.
tord, an adventist" tan account of whom
Is gwen on our first page) who is bothcrino
the minds of the believers. He breaches
against all sects, but is himself member
OF one, and 1t Is very easy to see where his
new converts will be led.
SELLING LTQCoR TO HABITUAL DRuyEApns
-MIchael Mallow in Wilmington was held
IN 500 bail on Friday by Esquire Cole for
MS appearance at court for selling linuor
to Edward Pearson VINO was intoXi .atrd
and habitual drunkard, and the latter
was also held in Sl00 bail to appear and
give evidence in the case.
ROBBERY AT WYoMING.--On Friday last
the store of d. C.. Carey, at Wyoming. was
robbed OF several hundred dollars worth of
goods, the principle loss being in watches.
one of them valued at 500, which had
been left there for repairs. The entrance
was made by boring hole through the
door, inserting their arm, and slipping the
lock.
ANOTHER CHILD BURNED TO DEAru.-On
Monday Of last week another child was
burned to death. This time at Stavton.
vile, Sussex county, the child of Nathan
johnson, while in the field where some of
the family were burning brush its clothes
caught hre and so seriously burned the |
enid that 1t died the same day.-M1foyd |
NepS.
REHoBoTH.--,Bishop Scott pronounced
hehoboth on his return from hi. first wish
to it, lone of the sweetest. prettiest and |
most attractive places in the world" and |
now In confirmation of his opinion he is
preparing to erect q cottage there, in order
that he may enjoy the attendance at the |
next camp meeting during the coming
season.
A correspondent of the Gazene intimates
pretty broadly that Edward Martin is
pompOus, arlstOcratic, self.wiled, and very
unpopular at home, and that il is unwise
to think of nominating him for Congress.
The correspondent writes from Seaford. but
tavors the nomination of Lore for Congress-.
single correspondent, however, may not al.
ways represent community as some people
are actuated as much by personal animosity
as by principal.
The New York Tribune predicts that
zone OF these days the English plum md.
ding will be made and canned in America.
and sent across the ocean," There is
nothing very prophetic about this. The
business OF making and canning plum pud.
ding Is regularly carried on mt the great
canning and preserving establishment of
Richardson Robbins, at Dover, and plum
pudding is regularly exported to England
from this State.
DECIsIoN.-The case of P,ynter Bros. Us
lion. Edward Wooten, Victor Du Pont,
Esq, Chancellor dd Item, has been decided
in favor Of the Judge. Mr.. Du Pont in his
decision states that the allegation that
Judge Wooten received all the proceeds
from the sale of the real estate of S. r.
Paynter, decd, was not sustained by the
evidence. The costs in this will be heavy.
as it has been long and tedious litigation.
-Sasser journal.
EvAPoRATED FRUIT IN EURoPE.-It has
been found that the evopOrated fruit ship.
ped direct from Milford to London, Glas
cow and other British ports, says the Ne,0s,
will not sell at over nine pence pound, or
about Is cents. Heretofore it has been
unknown in that market and consumers
look upon it very much as they do sun
dried fruit. The evaporators think a trial
will teach them q better Judgment and
bring their fruit into a rapid demand. !
DAMAGES FOR FALSE REPRESENTATION
Mr.. A. II. Butler of the firm of Butler & {
Bros, Of New York, is trying to secure, on j
a requisition Of the Governor Of New York, /
The Dover fellow who originated the false {
report as TO the failing Of their firm last /
summer. The offence under the laws of {
hat State sends the perpetrator to the {
Denitentiary. Suit has also been entered s
against Titus Bros. for $4,000, damages for i
Iiding in the circulation Of the falsehood
With malicious motive. The Milford 4
Nfps says their business was seriously in. 7
ured for time, but is now better than !
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