Smyrna times., 1878-05-29
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

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There are now eighty prisoners in New
Castle Jail.
The Peninsula, it IS said, is flooded with
new s. counterfeit notes on the First
National Bank of Hanover, Pa.
The Managers of the Camden Canp
Grounds will meet on the said grounds
June lst, at > o'clock, P. NJ.
Two more salmon were caught in the
Delaware last week, one weighing 30 MS
the largest yet caught.
The business of the Kent County Mutual
Insurance Company is increasing yerv
much. This year they have issued 200
policies OF insurance up to this time, while
during the whole of last year they only
issued 300
). w: Hall, Esq, of Frederick SHIPPED two
car loads OF canned tomatoes to New York.
via. the j. n B. X. r., and steamships from
Lewes, on Tuesday last. These are the
last OF ten thousand cases that have gone
to that city in the present month from his
factory.
LARGE WHEAr.-Ex-Sheriif Armstrong.
IN Chrlstiana Hundred has field of Fulfz
wheat that stands almost six feet in lcicht
The heads are 33 inches in length and con.
tain from GO to 10 kernels. 1t is estimated
that the yield would be from forty to fiftv
bushels to the acre.
LAURELS FOR DELAwARE.-The Sonhomora
contest of the Bellies Lettres Society of
Dickinson College, at Carlisle, Pa, took
place Thursday evening. The medal was
awarded to NJ. d. Learned, of Dover, and
=. Hope Caldwell, of Wilmington, was also
favorably mentioned by those in attend
ance.
DEATH OF JETHRo J. McCuLLouGH.-J.J. J.
Mccullough, Esq, the well known iron
manufacturer died on Saturday afternoon.
IN Philadelphia, in the Goth year of his age.
On Friday, the l7th inst, Mr.. McCullourh
was attacked by stoke of appoplexy. while
walking along the street, in Philadelpbin.
and was conveyed to the residence of a
friend. Here he remained until his death.
SUICIDE AT DovER-Doyer had a first
class sensation on Monday. A young man
named James Templeton, engaged with
isaac harrington III the butchering bust.
ness, shot himself while seated in his car
rlage about mile out Of town, the ball on. |
tering his brain from the back of his head
lie was returning from the farm of Mr.. |
crate of strawberries for their customers.
lie was observed first by Mr.. John J. |
Nivison, the horse going along in a slow |
walk, his feet hanging outside and occa. |
slonally touching the spokes of the front
wheel. Mr.. N. called to him several times,
supposlng he had been out late and was
asleep. lie then stopped the carriage, and
on examination found Templeton lying in
pool OF blood. lie was still alive, but in.
sensible and remained in this state until
| II o'clock at night when he expired. The
pistol was n seven shooter, from which two
cartridges had been discharged. II is said
he had been drinking very hard and was
n great trouble over a love affair--hayinp
been engaged to be married and had been
'eiused by the lady.
lie had been to church the evening
before with lady, and on returning home
Mr.. Harrington's-did not retire, but was
found in the morning asleep on the sofa.
he lamp burning. 1t was said he had taken
lrsenic some time ago for being crossed in
love affair, and bottle of arsenic was
ound in his trunk. coroner's Jury was
leld, which returned verdict in accord.
nee with the above facts. Templeton was
bout "a years of age, and went to Dover
rom Middletown about the first of march
asst. He has q mother and sister livinO
lear Middletown. 1t was generally con.
idered about Dover that he had been ont
f his right mind for several days.
A SNAKE SToRY.-James C. Dunninc
ormerly of Georgetown, Del, and now n ,
esident of Concorda, Kansas, tells the fol.
owing snake story
" have a snake story to tell YOU now. l
nd a true one. Aparty was out last SUNDAY
lorning about seven miles south of this
lace and came to den and on examina.
on they found snakes there. The snakes t
anne out to make an attack on them, and !
ley went at it, and killed fourteen I
undred. The men brought seven or eight o
town. They measured from one to eight
,et in length. This was an enormous lot v
snakes. They call them the Blue Racer. h
ut OF the same den there were killed four e
lousand five hundred snakes about two 7
ears ago. No one can account for there n
sing so many there, for there is probably G
more snakes generally seen here than h
Iere are in Delaware, but it seems as s
Iough they must have come from all n
lrts OF the State to that particular place. al
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