Smyrna times., 1878-01-30
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

An antitobacco move has been started
in Wilmington.
The Roman Catholics are arranging to
build church in Middletown.
GIVE SERVICE REFoRM.-W. NJ. PYLE has
been re-appointed Post Master at Whining
ton.
The Rehoboth City Hotel, property of
VIM. Z. Fountain, is advertised for Sheriff
sale on February 18th.
John NJ. Enos, formerly of this town, is a
candidate for Coroner of New Castle CO.,
SUBJECT to the Democratic party.
Mark Hickman and wife, of Blackbird,
have been appointed to the superintendent.
cy OF the Holy Tree Inn, at Wilmington.
The Jail in New Castle CO., israpidly filing
up and soon the cry for more room and in,
creased facilities for slowing will be called
for.
Sheriff Blackiston, last week, sold the
farm OF John Is. Fell, IN West Dover HID.
containing 200 acres, to j. S. Joslin, for
$l0j0 "
The members of the NJ. f. Church, at
Bridgevilie. gave Rev. VIM. Harris, a local
preacher, who fills the pulpit alternate
Sabbaths, donation visit last week:
Rev. J. s. TnSEip will preach in the NJ.
4: Church, OF Dover, on Sunday next. He
will tie accompanied by his wife who will
assist him in the services of the day.
! Wyoming is having the most wonderful
revival ever held in the town. Every
night the altar is crowded with penitants.
Some nights as many as % persons profess
CONVERSION.
The Wilmington lorniaq UcraM says the
"Sparrows are beginning to build their
nests They must have a new species of
the sparrow up there, birds down here have
more sense.
George NJ. Fleetwood, of Seaford, was
relieved of 300 pounds of pork and $50
bill one night last week by some person or
persons who had not the fear of the law
before them.
revival is i'll progress at the NJ. f.
Church at Pennington. Twenty persons
have proicSscd conversion. Methodist re-.
vival meetings are also being held at
Georgetown. Milton. Roxanna. Williams
vile, Seaiord and other places.
We have received from the publishers.
the CpnmerciM Almanac and Year Book for
1878, 4 pamphlet Of - pages, is neatly
printed and contains record Of current
events, State, city and county officers and
much other Interesting matter.
The little bays, making in on the coasts
o! Sussex and Worcester counties. are fulI
of geese and ducks. One gunner. Mr..
WiIgus. who lives near the head of As.
sawaumum Bay, killed and crippled, in one
afternoon, one hundred and thirty chicken
ducks
Rev. I. 5. Villains, pastor of the NJ. F.
Church at Laurel, was visited by his parish.
toner's last week and his larder was re-
plenished with an abun llnce Of the sub.
stan!ials of life. Mrs. Williams also re.
ceived evidences of her appreciation in the
way Of a well filed purse.
A Dover correspondent saws the under.
standing now is that Cove Salisbury in
tends to oppose John W. Hall for governor
in favor of DR.. Cahal, of Frederica. The
ex-governor is a very Saul in the camp, and
should this prove true he will make things
lively in the coming canvass.
The Sherifi"s office in New Castle co. is
worth $4,000 per annum, and there are
number of applicants for it but only one
person out of 10000 can get it. Billy |
Dean has sent forth hugle blast against
such high salaries when there are so many
men anxious to do the work for less.
Mr.. johnson, the contractor of the gas
works at New Castle, met with a very
serious accident last Thursday morning. |
large piece Of machinery known as the |
purifier weighing some seven hundred |
pounds, fell on him, breaking his thigh |
and shoulder, and severely bruising him
generally.
The Sentinel says the appointments of |
Recorder of Deeds, Clerk of the Peace and |
Register of Wills, were all appointed to
please one man. Who is that man? and, |
is he in favor of Mr.. Todd, as clerk of the |
Orphans Court, for if the faithful discharge |
OF hls duties is any merit, it is said he can. |
not be improved upon.
Preston lIardcastle, the Delaware man |
who recently engaged at London, Ohio. to |
eat thirty quails in thirty days, accomplish. |
ell the feat without the least difficulty. He |
is now in Middletown, and says if ANYBODY |
has thirty more quais and wants them |
demolished lone each day for thirty days)
they can just send them along.-Tfanscript |
ODEssA.-A correspondent writing from
Odessa to the Middletown Transcript, says:
The protracted services are still in progress
IN our Nj. f. Church, although no marked
revival has been witnessed. Rev. Mr..
Mowbray has occupied the pulpit during
tue past week. Noon day prayer meetings
are heing held daily. Rev. Mr.. Morrell will
preach during the coming week.
A young man, by the name of Cox, was
caught while breaking into the store of
VIM. George, at Hazlettevlle, on last
Friday night. He escaped from the officers
after they caught him, hut was run down
with dogs, and is now in Dover Jail. Cox is
a deliberate character, and has been in iail
here before. He has recently served out n
term in the Maryland Penitentiary.
BOGUS CHEcK.-J. Theodore F. Knowles.
OF Wilmington, was arrested last Monday
for obtaining money under false pretenses.
from Gilbert Randall, of Seaford. The
money, sos, was obtained by bogus check
on the CItizeps' National Bank, Of Middle.
town, in favor of Knowles & Co. On pre
senting the check at the bank, Randall was
told that no man of that name kept an ac.
count there, and that the check was worth.
less Not being able to get Knowles to
redeem the check, Mr.. Randall caused his
arrest as stated. Knowles was sent down