Smyrna times., 1878-08-14

$3.50 worth of clothing. No clue to the
robbers.
Among the aspirants for the Delaware
Statet Senatorship from Kent may be men
toned Charles Harrington, of Misspillion
hundred, and Colonel Wilbur II. Burnite,
of FELTON,.
LARGE YIELD OF WHEAT.-M. Stephen
Postles, of Camden, raised this year over
six hundred bushels of Fultz wheat from
20 acres Of ground, which was threshed out
in ten hours.
Monday evenings Wilmington Gazete,
commenting upon the Collins murder,
comes out savagely thus "a disspated
Mayor and tippling police force will in
sure disorder in any city, and crime is
nearly always the result"
NOMINATION OF MAYoR.-At Wilmington,
on Saturday, the Democrats held their
nomination for mayor, the leading candi-
dates being John ?. Almond and eX- Mayor
Joshua l.. Simons. The former was chosen
by majority af 1913 over all.
They have at least four political parties
in Delaware now--Democratic, Republican,
Bayardites, and Anti Bayards, not to talk
of Nationals and Greenbackers Why, we
thought the State was scarcely large
enough for two parties.-.SaLcm (N J) SIN
beam.
Uncle Sammy Townsend dislikes the
idea of inviting Chamberlain to speak at
the State Fair. In Tuesdays Ga@ctte he
says: "The managers who invited Chamber
lain should without delay send special
invitation to Judge Stump; and if they
can find witch of Endor, get her to raise
Charles Sumner, Thaddeus Stevens, Loveioy
and Others" Pretty good for the War
Horse" of Appoquinimink. His probable
choice would be Bob. Ingersol or Dennis
Kearney, either Of whom can use curse
eXpletives to his delight.
MILTox.-The dedication of the base
ment of the new NJ. f. Church in Milton
took place last Sunday week. Bishop
preach, though he performed the dedi-
catory service. DR. Dashell lectured on
Saturday night, preached three times on
Sunday and lectured on Monday night at
the Surf House, Rehoboth, all in aid of
this church. The, subscriptions and cash
secured the day amounted to about 81 900,
which leaves only about 500 more to be
raised to complete the church.
The body of Patrick Collins, a laborer,
was found at Wilmington, on Sunday morn.
ing, in an alley adjoining drinking saloon
kept by Mrs. Mary McCann. His head
and face had been badly beaten and his
skull crushed. James Haney, James Nc
Clure and three woman, including Mrs
McCann, have been arrested and held to
| await the action Of the coroner. 1t is said
that Mcclure has been jealous of Collins.
So far no direct testimony connecting Nc
Cam or any of the frequenters of the rum
| shop with the murder has been adduced.
O'BYRNE FILINGS BAcK.-The Nornin9
| Herald of Friday has the following ad.
| visers: When many of the noisy fair
weather Democrats of to-day skunk into
obscurity during the war, or were sneering,
and goading citizens into madness; he
spoke in this very city in the teeth of an
armed soldiery. He was very welcome from
| Pennsylvania in those days, and was
| thanked by both the Senator Bayards
! His Democracywas then and now identical
| lie will war upon money changers, who
now threaten to choke the life out Of the
| Democracy. He is an Irishman, it is true
and was once citizen of Pennsylvania: a
double sin in the eyes of the Senator'S
organ. Senator Bayard is just as likely to
switch off into the ranks of some new
party as Mr.. O'Byrne."
BURGLARS CAUGHT.-Last Thursday, three
negroes, who have been burglarizng al
Laurel and Concord, were arrested at Del
mar. Two of them gave the names oil
Morris +. Brinckly and John Pritchett
The other was called "Phil' by his com
rades but his surname was not ascertained
They were locked up in the second story o.
the Red Mems Hall for safe keeping, bu
"Phil' escaped by jumping out OF the
second story window. On "Wednesday
evening, July 3lst., they drove into Laure
and commenced operations about mid
night, breaking into three stores and get
ting $45 in money, and goods, &C., to the
amount of 1925. Nothing more was hearC
of them until last Wednesday night, wher
they turned up in Concord, where they
broke into two stores, but did not get any
thing of Importance. On Thursday nigh
they went down to Delmar and were get
ting ready for business when they were
taken into custody by a number of the
citizens of that place. On Friday morning
they were given hearing and sent t.
Georgetown Jail to answer the charge o
burglary. Another negro named Johr
Dickson, who had been hanging around
Laurel in the capacity of spy, took hors'
from one of the stables in town and drov,
out about midnight to meet the rest Of tht
gang and inform them of the best place
to burglarize. He returned soon after anC
was captured. He was given hearing anC
committed to answer the charge of hors
stealing.
CRooKEDNEss AT CAMDEN CAMP.-It woulC
have seemed benefting from the ex
perience of other camps that Camden es
pecially, imbued with the staid habits of it
Quaker ancestry, would escape the "crook
edness" that has given no little troubl
elsewhere, but such was not the case
Everything went along smoothly until tn
last Saturday when the spirit of traffic 90
the control of the Bread tent proprietor
and he set trap to catch the preacher
and managers. lie made feast Of ic
cream and invited them to it the minis
ters were not so unwary, but the manager:
or rather nine of them, walked into tn
trap and seven of them were captured an,
induced to grant violation of the regulG
tions allowing him to sell ice cream on the fo
lowing Sabbath. The preachers on Learn
ing of this action held meeting and dc
cided unanimously not to participate in tn
services on the Sabbath after nine o'cloc
in the morning unless this action was rC
f scinded. Sunday morning being yer
rainy, it was near eleven o'clock before
sufficient number of managers arrived O.
the ground to take action.
; They Immediately held a meeting re