Smyrna times., 1878-01-16
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

Extra revival services are now in pro
greSs IN many Of the churches Of the PENN
sula.
Ellendalo, Sussex CO., now has five stores.
steam saw MILL blacksmith and whee..
wright shop, and carpenters shop.
Rev. I. J. Williams, pastor Of the NJ. F..
Church at Seatord, and family, were the re.
cipients of a donation party last week.
The Crisfeld Leader man was presented
with an oyster last week that measured six
inches in width, and nearly eight inches in
length.
Eugene and Clarence Cooper, colored,
have been committed to Jail for robbng
Reynolds Il Co.'S store at Middletown of a
quantity of clothing.
The town hall at Frankford Sussex co. is
to be thirty by sixty feet, and two stories
high, with future intent to use the lower
floor of the building for graded school.
Walter d. Collins, nephew Of DR.. Collins
OF this town, and lately of Milford, died
on Monday last at Princeton, Kansas
The family removed there few weeks ago.
The Frederick people expect to have the
Rev. j. +. Mowbray for preacher next wear.
The church has made hima a call, and he has
agreed to come provided the Conference
does not interdict it.
Rev. j. c. NJ. Pratt, of Taunton. Mass.
has accepted a call to the First Unitarian
Church, OF Wilmington, which has been
without a pastor since the departure of
Rev. Fielder Isreal. about year ago.
At the election of Directors of the First
a Nnl- IL
the old officers and directors were elected
except Thomas w. Wilson, ESQ, he decln.
ing reelection, c. w. Wharton was elec.
ted in his stead.
PATENTs.-rhe following patents were
granted to DslawareanS last week: David
w. StOckly, Wilmington, car couplinc.
Edwin Hopkins, Milford, fruit crates: ].
Morton Poole Wilmington, machine for
grinding objects cylindrical.
The NJ. f. Church at Harrington is being
enlarged to accommodate the increased
membership of the church. When the
church was built, about s years ago. a great
many persons thought it was entirely to
large. Now they find that it is not large
enough.
+. II. Thomas of Ficldsboro, Appoouini.
mink Hundred, last Tuesday, demolished
the good looks of a Philadelphia liouor
salesman, and he is to be presented with n
belt with the following Inscription "E
Heenan Thomas, champion of Scrabble"
So says the Transcript.
By invitation of the Frederick public
schools, Prof. Groves will take charge of
the examination of the pupils in the morn.
ing on Friday Jan. 25th and the afternoon
and evening will hold teachers meeting
embracing the teachers of that town and
surrounding country.
LAND SALEs-J. Wolcott, ESQ. Trustee
sold the following real estate Mt Harrino.
ton. The Paris farm, near Marshy Hone
bridge, to E. Fleming, for $l4 per acre.
The }. 5. Cooper farm in South Murderkill
hundred, containing $50 acres, to BENJAMIN
Sylvester, for $3.50 per acre.
John b. Dormon has been appointed
Postmaster at the Drawbridge, SUSSEX co.
IN the place of Elijah Register, resigned
Mr.. Dorman is n Democrat, and this is in
accordance with the principles of Civil
Service Reform. lie was considered the
best man applying for the place.
SAD AcCIDENr.-Quite a sad accident oo.
Cured near Mllsboro, on Thursday last.
George, son of Samuel Coffin, aged about
~ years, while handling a gun which he
did not know was loaded, pulled the trig
ger suddenly, and killed a small brother
about years old, almost instantly.
The Milford paper says: "Thepe are
more Texas land sharks down this way
trying to induce our hard.up farmers to 90
down to that State and buy railroad land, |
and become slaves to the Southern Pacific
railroad. We hope few will be weak !
enough to accept their Establishments.
A Dover correspondent of the Everv
Eveninq says it seems probable that the |
Methodists Of Dover will ask for Rev. w |
7. Davis Of St. Paul's, Wilmington, and
that Rev. Mr.. Caldwell will probably 90 to |
Asbury, Wilmington, should Rev. j. A. |
hoache not be transferred, or to st. Paul's.
David NJ. Graves of Mill Creek HID, has n
COW from whose milk 3631 lbs. of butter
has been made in 276 days. But the Mid.
dletown Transcripts comes in ahead of this,
u saysi Mr. Samuel Brady, near this
town, has a COW whose milk turns out ff.
teen pounds of butter every seven days.
and William Brady has made from the
milk OF his celebrated COW, Cora, sixteen
pounds in one week.