Smyrna times., 1878-01-02
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS

The First National Bank of Dover has
declared semi.annual dividend of per
cent.
Mr.. Samuel Geary, of Milford Cross Roads,
Del, has pet year old pullet that has
already laid lO7 eggs in his house.
In Wilmington 3S9 permits have been
granted to build houses during the past
hear, as against $50 for the previous year.
James R. Collins, of Appoquinimink
Hundred, will be a candidate for Sheriff of
| New Castle county, at the next Democratic
nomination election.
Our exchanges report interesting Sunday
School exhibitions in Odessa, Middletown.
Dover, Fredefea and nearly all the other
towns on the Peninsula.
Dlphtheria is spreading all over the lower
PENINSULA to almost an alarming extent.
AT Laurel and in that vicinity the disease
IS said to be unusually severe.
VIM. j., son of DR.. Lafferty, of Canter.
bury, left that place on Wednesday last. for
Philadelphia, where he joined the expedi,
ton to Brazil. He goes out as a member of
the engineer corps.
The Lewes Light says: A party of gun.
ners were here cunning. They settled nm
and paid their bills, when they found 10
their great astOnishment that eyery bird
they had cost them $40 each including
four ducks at $l5 piece.
Charcoal Hayes, after selling his load Of
coal IN Dover on Christmas-eve. started for
MS nome III the forest. On the way he was
set upon, beaten and robbed by footpads of
the money for which he had sold his coal
me chaps were after Christmas money no
doubt. nv
The Milford Nc,oS says: "Our eLere,,tA
baby, bouncing II FOUNDER, was born on
wednesday evening last Now, will our
delinquent subscribers pay?" Certainly
they will with such strong ampcaI =, nix
! Has the Dr. set his mark to that of the
! Patriarch? Wv
The Newark Ledger says: Those of our
Methodist bretEen who criticize DR.. Phn
Gus Tor not holding services in the NJ. f.
Church at o'clock on Christmas morninn
as customary, should remember the afflic
tioh III the pastors family, in which he has
the heartfelt sympathy of the entire com.
munty.
-, A church wedding occurred in Dover on
wednesday in the auditorium of the NJ. z
Church, the bride being Miss Hannah /,
Brown, of Dover, and the happy groom
DIR. |. salisbury, of Burrsville. Del. They
were married by Rev. j. II. Caldwell.
and took the next train for the home Of
the groom.
The Wilmington Herald says: We had
a conversation with many prominent Dem.
ocrats, and growing feeling in favor of
George Gray for Congress. John H. Pawn.
ter, from Sussex, is the rising man, by all
accounts, from that county. His honest
and sterling fidelity when in office, is his
great power now.
The Kent County Mutual Insurance
Company has cleared about $4,000 this
| year, and will declare dividend of II ner
cent. The losses are about an average of
$4,000 during the past year. The company
Is very fortunate in possessing such an
efficient officer, as the secretary and
treasurer, Mr.. William Denny, Jr. r.-Scnti,
nel
DEATH OF A MINIsTER.-Rev. Solomon
Cooper, Presiding Elder of Smyrna District
OF the Delaware Conference of the colored
NJ. f. Church, died on Wednesday at his
residence in Wilmington, No. lli6 LON
bard street. Mr. Cooper had been preach
ing down the State on Sunday before last.
and on his return was attacked with pneu.
monia, which caused his death.
PASTORAL REsIGNATIoN.-OnS Sunday. Rev
j. NJ. 7. Otis, who has for the past five
years filled the pulpit of West PRESBYTERIAN
Church, Wilmington, with signal ability and
success, announced from the pulpit that he
intended to resign his pastorate and return
to the South. Mrs. OTIS is an ONLY child
and they intend going to Alabama to take
care OF her father, now in failing health.
On an average eight car loads of maize
per day are shipped from Dover. The
amount shipped from down the Peninsula
is so great that nearly as many trains are
| required to transport it as are REQUIRED 10
| carry peaches in the busiest days of the
season. The average price per bushel paid
during the past sixteen years is seventy
seven cents. The highest price paid for
corn was in lS65-$l.5O per bushel and the
lowest, last year,-50 cts.
While j. w. Cullen and family were at.
tending an entertainment in Dover on
| saturday evening, thieves entered his
dwelling and carried off number of arti.
cles of clothing belonging to female mem.
Der of the family. The following dav n
colored fair one, Stella Williams by name,
attended church gorgeously arrayed in
some of the stolen raiment, and being seen
by Mr.. Cullen, he had her arrested and
marched to the 'Squire's office. She was
committed to Jail.
On Thursday of last week, Mrs. and Mr..
A. b. Richardson gave to their friends in
Dover and vicinity, a full dress dance re.
ception. Over two hundred invitations
were sent out. Ritchie's full string band
from Wilmington furnished the music for
the occasion. The following gentlemen
acted upon the committee of ceremonies !:
d. P. Barnard, C. S. Pennewill, j. +. Pen.
newill, j. NJ. Chambers, f. +. Clark, ]. J.
Green, j. c. Heverin, j. F. Alice. The
guests tripped the light fantastic until
early in the morning. During the evening,
a sumptuous banquet was furnished in the
adjoining rooms.
TEMPERANCE Down THE STATE-The Mil.
ford Ne,os says, the temperance workers in
that town have been reinforced by the ar.
rival Of Nelson J. Lee, ESQ.,, of Wilmington.
one of the leading spirits of the recent
temperance work in that city, and with
Messrs. Morton and Fox, We're to hold a
meeting in the Baptist church on Friday
evening. 1t furthur says that Mr.. Morton.