Smyrna times., 1878-07-03
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

year, MS hrst picking this being i've days |
ahead of last year.
STILL MIssING.-No clue has yet been
obtained to the whereabouts of the missing
brother of Rev. j. B. Mann, of Whining
ton, who disappeared from his home at
Martinsburg w. Va, about June 18th.
lie was an inspector on the B. & O. rail
road, and had been paid off Just previous
to his disappearance. From this fact grave
fears are entertained that he has been
foully dealt with. Rev. Mr.. Mann is still
absent, endeavoring to learn something re-
garding the missing man.
RoHoBOTH.-A correspondent Of Eoc,y
E0ening says through tickets will be sold
to this place from Philadelphia and on the
Delaware Railroad at the same price as
was charged last year to Lewes, and from
Baltimore at reduction Of so cts The
trains will leave Wilmington at 930 and
l.05, arriving at Rehoboth at 800 and G.30
Pm. The hack fare will be 10 cts for
person or trunk. 1t is expected that the
p, w. e. B. Company will run two eXcur-
sion trains q month, and more frequent
ones if it is demonstrated that they will be
successful. The hotels are now open and
the cottages are being occupied. The
camp will commence on the 18th. The
Sunday School Convention is expected to
be the largest gathering which has ever
been known there. 1t is thought from
5000 to 4 900 children will be taken down
The chief difficulty in the way of this
mammoth excursion is the difficulty of
appliance oil the j. & b. road 1t will
take four or five trains and heavy engines
to run them down.
RIVERS AND HARBoRs.-TAe 1n,o,u.ts Ap-
pr0prtated for Improvements on tic Dclueare.-
General Parke, engineer in charge Of the
improvements of rivers and harbors, by
direction of General Humphreys, has
transmitteda circular letter to the engineers
instructed with expenditure of the appro-
priations for that purpose to prepare and
submit at the earliest moments, plans and
estimates of the work in contemplation
during the present season, to be submitted
to the Secretary of War for his approval.
Owing to tho heavy burdens on the
Treasury growing out Of the increased APP
priations, it has been suggested that the
amount authorized for immediate expendi-
ture be fixed at one-half the sum appro-
priated, the balance to be allowed at later
period. The following are the aggregate
amounts appropriated
Ice harbor at New Castle, 900
Ice harbor at Chester, 5000
GleGS, Del Oy, IcWCS, Del .B
liaroOr AZ wilmington, 1000
Schuykil river 80 900
Del river between % Trcnton and White ii & 1900
Orders will also be issued, in the discre-
| ton of the Secretary of War, to make ex-
animation, or surveys, or both, and report
costs of the following improvements Mis-.
pillion creek, Del. the Peninsula Of Mary.
land and Delaware, with view to a construc
ton of a ship canal to connect the waters
of the Delaware and Chesapeake bays
Duck creek, Del, and tho Delaware river
below League Island.
ITEMS From THE MILFORD NEws-$5 900
has been appropriated to u survey of the
| MlSpllllon river and $4,000 to q survey foi
the ship canal route.
Wheat is not yielding as well as was eX
pected. Several persons who have threshec
their wheat find it not to come up to theil
expectations.
The oat crop throughout the Peninsul;
is the best that has been grown in a quarter
Of a century. The season has been re
markably favorable, and the yield CORES
ponds.
Efforts are in progress to have the mag
nifcent new steamer The Great Republic ex
tend her trips from Philadelphia and New
Castle to Cape May, on to Lewes so as t.
accommodate visitors to Rehoboth.
Turtle F1shing.-Capt. Elijah Williamson
: of the sloop Birdie, under the patronage O
j. Lowery is the most successful snapper
fisherman that we have ever heard Of. He
has taken two hundred and fifty of thes
creeping things" in the last two weeks
the weight of which has exceeded 25OC
pounds. He catches them with hooks anC
lines and uses cells for bait. They ar
forwarded to the Philadelphia market ant
} sell for about twenty cents per pound
, The captain is making quite a proftab
| business of it and hopes to clear thousan
dollars on his summers work.
The O. D. S. S. Cos steamers have com
> menced their tri-weekly trips between Lewe
and New York. The steamer Widqeon run
to the Atlantic Mondays, Wednesday an
. Fridays.
E TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT-An acc
o dent occurred on the ?. w. & B. r. r
q Saturday night, which resulted in tn
killing of four men, and the wrecking of a
engine and four cars-one baggage, two e.
+ press and one mail The train was til
southern express which leaves Philadelphi
y at $50 and arrives in Wilmington at 10 D
The accident occurred near Claymon
y Harley G. Brown, who was arrested on Sa
/ urday night on suspicion has made fu
f confession. Monday afternoon he accon
q panied the jury in a special train to til
4 scene OF the disaster and explained how h
f had placed the tie. On returning the trai
: went down to New Castle, where the iur
e reassembled in the court house and Brow
g made full statement. He said that l.
q had at first placed the tie on the cattl
!. guard and had then taken it out again
>. intending to throw it off the track, who
G he heard the whistle of the approachin
). train. He hurriedly threw the tie dow
n and it landed across the rails. Not stol
9 ping to look at it he ran toward the trai
q and tried to signal it to stop. lie said i
q had no intention of wrecking the trail
I but placed the tie there, intending to war
I the station agent at Claymont, thinking /
q doing so to get position on the road. II
/ thought he would be able to do this
q time to stop the train, and said he had +
|. enmity to any one on the train, and L
e wish to do any damage either to person
n property. Brown was committed to ia
;. to await the action of the Coroner's iur
Il The offence is a capital one in this Sta
n and he will be tried in November.
e Harley g. Brown was born at Saco, Main
4 and is now about 35 years old. He can
n to Wilmington and entered the employ
" the ?. w. q B. r. r. Co. in Novembe
- 1864, running for short time as brakema
g on the Delaware division. He was soc
i promoted to the position of baggage ma
n ter, and continued in the employ of Il
e company, running on the Delaware di,
sion exclusively until 1875, period of
q years and 5 months, when, after giving
q months notice that he intended to resi-
q left the employ of the p. w. & B. Compan
v He assisted i'll inducting another man in