Smyrna times., 1878-03-27
COUNTY AND STATE ryEms.

COUNTY AND STATE ITEn1s.
The Young Apollo Club, of Odessa. viii
give concert in the Town Hall in that
town tomorrow evening.
The Levy Court, which has been in Sos.
SION Tor nearly three weeks, adjourned ON
Thursday until TIE second TUESDAY in
April.
The Transcript says it is iunlorpd that
Mr.. Maxwell has disposed Of the yationai
Hotel at Mlddletown. What will he do
with those wonderful hens which he saws
lay four eggs each per day?
Among the graduates Of the Women's
Medical College, Of Philadelphia, was Miss
Josephine N. Il. White, Of Delaware
Miss hIte recently graduated with high
honors at the Wesleyan Female College Of
Wilmington.
Since the year 1889 fifteen persons have
been hung at New Castle, of which all
were colored, except > Seven of the cx.
ecutons were for murder and eigAt for
rape, the latter crime being committed
only by the negroes.
LAND SALEs.-J. F. Mancba. Real Estate
agent, sold William II. Hews' farm. of 9I1
acres, near Iazlettvile, to f. o. Coveu. Of
Canada, for $780, Also Mrs. LoAand's
farm, OF 20 acres, near FELTON,. to $. G.
Maxwell, Of Canada, for s., 900.
lN LUcK.-It is said that Alderman Geo
Is. Dickson, of Dover, has fallen heir to a
fortune of $1,000, through the death Of a
relative. This statement may be another
OF the 'Sent.neFs jokes which it frequently
gets Oil at the Aldermans expense.
The referees of award TO those claiming
damages for tho passage Of the Rehoboth
IL. H., met in Lewes during the week past
and settled the various demands of tho
claimants. The total amount of money
thus awarded reached the sum Of $l,IOO
Rev. j. A. B. Wilson, who was appointed
10 the "old Asbury" i'll Wilmington, 1.-THE
congregation OF which wanted Rev. j. A.
koche) preached for them on Sunday last,
ana at the close OF the meeting, was warmly
greeted and assured of their confidence
and support.
On Wednesday last the steamship Re.
p"blic was launched at the yard of Harlan
d Hollingsworth, Wilmington She is
intended for a passenger boat between
Cape May and Philadelphia, is $50 feet
long and she will carry between $500 and
5000 people.
On Thursday morning last, about 4
clock, the country store-house of Rev
mold d Bro, in Prime Hook Neck. near
Milford, with all its contents, was des.
troyed by fire. The loss was 81 300 which
1T partly covered by insurance in Kent
County Company.
A BOyers' RaocI ,vr;t,, ,,,,,.I: A., .
the Sturgeon fishermen come on our shore
from New Jersey and Pennsylvania and rean
large profits amounting to thousands of
dollars and are no profit to the State while
they mend their nets and gun and fish on
sunday without regard to law or custom.
At the 5Sth annual commencement of
the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. the
degree of P. g., graduate in pharmacv)
was conferred upon a number Of students.
including the following from Delaware
Nehemiah Davis, D. w. Fawkes. r. C.
Marley, Frank r. Smith, Frank F. Trimble.
Fox hunting by moonlight is the last
agony" with the young bloods of Dover.
One evening last week as an improvement,
they took out party of young ladies, but
keynard had an easy time of it, as it turned
out to be rather courting expedition, and
one man, says the Sentinel, is now hunting for
minister.
The Hon. James Williams is making an
efforts to get an appropriation made to pay
the expense of a survey of the Mispillion
river. The river is in a terrible condition,
petition asking for the appropriation
and that Congress shall authorize the
survey, is now being signed and will be |
sent on in n day or two.
The Lewes Light of Saturday, says: On
Sunday morning the foremast of the |
L0ng,0ood, from Boston, was struck |
by lightning while near the Five Fathom |
and John English, of East
Boston, was killed. The body was brought |
ashore at this place on Monday, and buried
in the Presbyterian cemetery.
English, the Chincoteague hotel pro.
prietor who shot a man named Pollitt the
other day because he could not pay him
debt, formerly resided near Laurel, in this
State, and about eight years ago killed his
brother by striking him on the head with
q hoe, but the jury rendered a verdict of
"self.defense" and he escaped punishment.
SHERIFF SALE.-The sheriff of New Castle
CO., last Thursday, sold the property of
John M. Woods in Odessa consisting of q
number Of houses and lots, the purchasers
being VIM. Polk and Joseph G. Brown.
The different parcels amounted to S52S2.
He also at the same time sold farm in
Appoquinimink hundred, on the main
branch of BlacEbird creek, the property of
Joseph A. Lord, deceased containing 362
acres Of land, to Samuel Il. Warren for
s2050. Also, two lots Of land in the village
Of Odessa. No. /, containing about acre,
with two-story house and kitchen and
! one-story school house, &C., to VIM.
Q. Eliason for $500, and No. 2, containing
IL acres, to the same for S4O0