Smyrna times., 1878-11-20
CoI1NTv Ann STATE ITEMS.

There are 1S2 cases of various kinds on the cVll Ii
ocket at New Cestle and 33 cases for argument oii
E. H. Thomas it is stated has sold his home farm l.?
odessa containing 22O acres to Samuel Roberts si
rice not given
olding union revival meetings with good success. z
Fraternity, also, has been greatly promoted. wa
Tho vouup folks of FELTON, are studying Days dra
natization Of Charles Rcades story Griffith 'munt sh
md will play it during Christmas week at seminar!
Hall. =
-astle which was destroyed by fire the day Of the
yrcat storm is now being rebuilt and will be finished ha
about January first
The beautiful new steamer Thom0S C2Ne has taken W
Tho Mace of the Major Rcbod and will continue to 70
run on the Salem line until the opening OF the eXcur-
sion season next year No
The Wilmington preachers meeting resolved to vi
shut the reporters out but the latter, as usual have
and the doors have been thrown open T.,
again for their admission. ~
officer John Hanson, of New Castle, has made an
of the people now living i'll that city Il
The whole population is 2S2l but the town limits run -
two three miles III the country
Down in Milford there is a Frenchman; hunting for
the sixteen kegs of gold treasure mentioned III ne a
TIMES of a week ago as being buried ON the y
Polk farm near there by some French officers Ill
1880.
racks in St. Georges HID, demolished by the recent q
storm, fell through Il scai0ld and sustained very I
serious injuries, from the effects OIL Whlcl ne lS no"
confined to his bed /
GUSNERs AND DoGs-Dr Knowles, Of the Bre1slrdcr
Light says it as S9emny as ne can say H. 91a % On
dclpha Chester and Wilmington not less than l''
gunners and 100 dogs got aboard the tram.
FAIRvIEw PARK-It is stated that the Fairvicw
Park Association at Dover have in contemplation
spring races Of both trotin& ana runnnS ana thhl
the buildings blown down by the late storm are to be
replaced by more substantial ones, costing from &>V"
| to Sl0OUO.
saws ~ he shuckers in the oyster packing houses of
stevens 4 Co. and Morris q Brown struck this morn
| for eight pints. The shuckcrs Of other houses will
! join the strike by night.
"Bob" Lewis, the notorious hotel keeper, Of Igl-
| tom who was tried at court for violating the state
laws in selling liquor without license. was acquitted
to the surprise of everybody He IS under llldlCI-
mcnt by the United states Court for like olcnse |
aai',.t ~" I-nitrj STATES laws and il is not so sure
that he will get of SO easily there
APAsroR's WEcoME.-The people in Wilmington |
have been receiving Il new pastor. and one might |
judge from the space occupied in relation thereto or
the past week in the Wilmington papers It Is very
unusual event or they have caught big fish: Ihe
church is the West Presbyterian and the paSter the
. Rev. Albert ~ Keigwin. lie succeeds Dr. outs
WIIsIINGToN CoNFERENCE.-Bishop Simpson will
preside at the next session Of the Wilmington Annual
Conference to be held al New Castle i'll March over
years ago, when this Conference was first formed
Bishop Simpson its first presiding Bishop and it
is somewhat of a coincidence that after the first de
cade of its existence he should preside at the begin
5 ming OF It's second
Now Governor" said James Walcou to Governor
Hall at the Frcderca reception, what must be the
sensation of a man the measure of whose ambition is
{ COMPLETELY filicd@' We'll" replied the Governor
! | elect who at the moment the very picture of
l hnnDiness II don't know that | want anything
r more Mr.. Walcott was evidently in no frame OF
@ mind to say ditto
Z, OYSTER REvESUE-Thc applicants for the position
of Collector of the oyster Revenue for this state says
the S,ntinel are numerous We have heard OF no less
a than nine already and as the term of the present in
doubt there will he at least % The present Collector
Barber has been in four years and most of the bohoyN
think he has had milk enough. ne Salar! Is -"
lS year, lnOs' iultOCS ana green Cs lICC
d Court began at New Castle Monday morning.
~ John f. Williamson was sworn as foreman OF the
;" grand jury. sheriff Pyc'S commission was read.
le Hugh Dugan pleaded gully of selling liquor without
license and sentenced to pay fines OF 500 and
" costs: George Bacrcnbush for the same ohenSe was
fined $3.50 and costs; Matthew H. Ryan. ditto 500 and
Vi costs Robert laynard sr, and Robert Baynard, IT,
q were acquitted on Al charge OF horse stealing
Us RECORDER OF DEEDS-Covernor Cochran makes hi,
'e last official appointment unless there should be
er ITnlc1nb ESQ of New castle Recorder of Deeds
of Mr. Hocumb is about - years of age, born il
OF md was admitted 10 The bar wien the war closed liz
10 was elected the Legislature in $50 and was elec
on ted Speaker of the House He was reelected in 1877
he NEW CASTLE CoURT.-The November term Of tn
,s | New Castle County Court commenced at New Castl
- | ON Monday. Besides the usual amount of crimina
to business three capital cases will be tried viz Harle
of G. Brown, for wrecking train on the W y b R.
on Vim. Peyton, VIM O'Donnell, Andrew Finn, for III
on murder of Patrick Collins; and Il Middetown negro
no. for cutting open the head OF another negro with a
j axe.
- TIE BEACHED YEsSELs.-Therc is a mud machine
PIC work in MahOnS River digging canal for the pu
cy pose of floating of some of the vessels on the marsl
nd We understand that the owners OF the MACHINE al
to receive 5000 for getting off eleven vessels that a.
eu lying than 800 yards from the river. Thel
work enough on the marsh for the machine near
so all winter some of the boats are so high up that
canal will have to be dug nearly To- fast land to 10
he ! them O1i-StHtfd.
he WEDDING-On Thursday November 7th. a wcddir
eX- occurred at Grace NJ. +. Church Philadelphia whi(
was of interest i'm social circles in Kent and SussI
| ipG Op
for TOnnson OF Frederica, but more lRtterly Of Mto
on Del and Miss Jennie c. Hazard dauEhtero Of John
Hazard of the latter named place. Miss Ida PondC
OF daughter Of Ex-Governor Ponder was first brdCSmai
and Miss Anna Maoy of Philadelphia the secon
Dr. Tomlinson ef Philadelphia brother of the grool
Law first groomSman and Mr.. II. II. Prettyman
ofF Wilmington, was second.
od NEW CASTLE COUNTY TEACHERS INSTITUTE.-T
fourth annual Teachers Institute for New Cas-
ing County met in the village of Newport last Thursd
lals and continued three days The meetings
s ed by about eighty teachers, and were very intere
ey ing. Many subjects connected with the school wo
the were discussed very proftably. \ large number
lar the teachers Of the city of Wilmington pres,
~ on Friday. The Institute was III charge of Su
oth Groves assisted by Frofs Wiley and Reynolds,
the Wilmington Supt Harlan of the same city Rev.
,o4 G. w. Lewis of Mddletown, Herman Roe, of Smyr
n". andOthers.
a MILFORD ITEMs-Camp * Blair shipped 10000 Tbs
cen Alden evapOrated fruit to London last Wedncsd
'esl- ;...53 rabbits were sold in one day by Milf
ond dealer Twenty SpOrtsmen and thirty ythree d
an" came in day. requiring an extra .Cho
rug has attacked the turkeys and is doing conSidcra
skV damage, one farmer having lost twSntyOne of
! uOCk.....JumcS ii. POStlCS has made 6UO gallons
Loh sorghum moasseS this season ..A Pucn is Shipp
ave peach trees to Texas...The Lincoln canning est
ba lishment is handling considerable quantities
lust Sular annexation a consummaton much desired
bird majority OF the people
With RIOT AT HARRINGToN.--A letter to the Rcpu5ii
own dated Saturday says Powers National Muse
Nv" was about to commence their entertainment tO-nig
eace n gang of rOughs, ten i'll number, headed by Is
was File ling. armed with knives and pistols forced Il
80 by the doorkeeper while Mr. Powers ay
lreG I'D nsulted the little girl who took the tickets
ded when they got into where Miss Powers was Profe
cted heGy cn 0eeG n e ne RT IRON S Inc o nr e
the ing down and general stampede and rush was IN
ha for the doors by those inside Some were shouting
- the top of their voices, and others were crying,
ven there being at least hundred ladies. gentlemen
said children present some idea may be had OF the col
b sion. After the rOughS had beat Kelley TO their he
tn content they took seats to witness the show.
nent Powers refused to proceed with the show until
lnks should go out, which they ana after remaining at
L. five minutes.
- SHERIFF's SALES IN NEW CASTLE Coat the hotC
sea- Alexander Maxwell. Middleown on Thursday
;iOus the following real estate belonging f. r. Perry
ms No j. 4 farm in Appoquinimink Hd contain
lulre 1875 acres improved with large brick mansion no
for three frame tenement houses etc. H. Foole'
I be- No 2 tract of land situated in st. Georges
hats containing 290 acres of upland and marsh impro
re in with frame dWeilng & giaseGE6 sI 6 ''o
her. No g. lot of land situated on Main street Ode
The improved with double frame dweliIng s, ng stable
ed in L. ~ TeT also oered at the same place and
ndly three tracts of land belonging to Wilson e v"
4bo gri Nos and >, of which-a 422 acre farm ana
- acre farm situated IN e. Ge0rges & ~ 9Cwere "a
, Mr. containing l4O acres. was sold. j. 7. Shalle
- purchaser: price, $500. Nos. and were off
at nc together subject To Il mortgage of $4,000.
rting Sheriff Grubb on Wednesday. also sold farl
,ears Red Lion Hundred containing DIG acres of land
effect si7gS0O2Transcripf
and
trite The modern pharmacist in order to be succe