Smyrna times., 1878-01-09
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.
The Dover Ice Company has declared a
dividened of 10 per cent.
Thos. B. Giles, State Treasurer was in
Philadelphia last week paying off Delaware
State Bonds.
The Woollen Mills at New Castle has
been seized by the Sheriff, and is now
closed, throwing l20 hands out of employ.
ment.
APPOINTMENT.-Hon. George P. Fisher,
OF this State, has been appointed Third As,
slstant Examiner in the Patent Office at
Washington.
The Court of Errors and Appeals met on
Tuesday, and adjourned over till February.
on account of the death of Chicf Justice
Comegys' son.
Messrs. Richardson & Robbins, Of Dover.
are canning poultry again. now that the
weather has got colder They are taking
all they can get.
NJ. B. S;otsenburg of Wilmington has
leased the slate quarries near Charlotts.
VILE Virginia. and left for that place, with his
family, last week.
The Methodist congregation at Milford.
gave rousng surprise donation party to
their pastor, Rev. Mr.. Haynes, on Friday
night Of last week.
The Gipises are coming An encamp.
nent Of them is noticed in New Castle
county. They have three or four wagons
and quite family.
Mr.. T. B. Merritt, the landlord of the
U. 5. Hotel, corner of French and Water
streets, Wilmington, will retire from that
position March 25th.
The Legislature Committee to settle with
the State Treasurer and examine the ac.
counts of the Auditor, will meet in Dover,
on Tuesday next the 18th inst.
The buildings destroyed by fire in Odessa
are being rapidly replaced by new and
commodious buildings, both at Mrs Cor,
bits and Mr.. Cummin's properties.
7. B. Merrett, of the United States
Hotel, Wilmington, will, next season, take
charge OF the Excursion House, built by
the railroad company near Ocean City.
The liquor business is suffering serious
decline IN this town, and apparently all
over the country. The dealers do not ap.
pear to be troubled about it, though they
admit its truth.-.hJord Ners.
Our OF PoLITICs.-Mr. John OBryne an.
nounces in the Harald, that he will keen
out of politics in the future, as he has found
to his cost that his only reward, for the last
seventeen years Of hard work for the party.
has been abuse.
At the Conference Academy in Dover. A..
+. Stockwell of Mooreton reached the first
| honor in grade of scholarship in September
and led the school until December, when
Ed. ID. Cahoon of Dover reached the first
honor and bore the palm from him.
Mr.. James w. Aiken, of South Carolina.
now residing at Houston, near Milford, was
quite successful in cotton growing this year.
His cotton ripened very well, and he says it
yielded as we'll as it usually does in Carolina.
But frost was a month later last fall than
usual.
The Emma Barklet, of $50 tons burthen.
bound tpr Richmond, Va, with a cargo of
! gunpowder and railroad iron, went ashore,
at Bowers Beach, during the terrible gale
on Sunday week. Her damages are very
light, and she will be removed as soon as
possible.
! CATTLE SToLEN.-Sunday week Mr.. Saml
Moore, living on the State road, about two
miles from Dover, had a yoke of steers
stolen with the yoke on them. They were
traced to the woods about three miles
further on, and then all trace was lost.
Joseph Mcdaniel, Jr, also had several head
OF cattle stolen from him few days since.
Sam1 Townsend, John O'Byrne and C.
z. johnson, says the Every EVening, are on.
gagged in the pleasant little occupation of
trying to organize q faction in the Demo.
cratic party OF this State to oppose Senators
Bayard and Salisbury. Mr.. johnson in
the Gazette and Mr.. O'Byrne in the Herald
deny the soft impeachment. Now, lets
hear from Samuel.
The STORM AT LEwEs.-The schooner T
II. Young, which had been raised from the
Breakwater harbor and towed on to the
bar, was torn all to pieces by the gale of
Sunday week, The schooners j. and L.
Bryan, Hattie CoombS, Annie Chase, and the
brig Nuoua Matteo, are all on the beach.
The gale was very severe, and marine dis.
asters are reported from the southern
coast.
The Sentinel thus squibs at we'll known
young gentleman A Loockerman street
merchant, after escorting a young lady TO
the house of q relative, where she was ston.
ping, during the concerts given by the
Conference Academy, went and sat for an
hour expecting to be serenaded by the
Irma Quartette from Smyrna, but they
came not and he had to take his departure
without the music.
The STATE BANKs-ANNUAL ELECTION OF
OFFIoERs.-The annual meeting of the
stockholders and directors of the Farmers
Bank Of Delaware, was held at Dover on
Thursday. For the main bank at Dover,
the old Board was reelected and DR.. Henry
Ridgley was reelected president of the
bank. The New Castle branch returned
the old Board, without change, Andrew G.
Gray being reelected president. In the
Wilmington branch no changes were made,
except that Ex-Governor James Ponder was
elected q director, in place of Frances
Barry, resigned, and George Richardson
was elected president, vice the latter gentle.
man. Governor Ponder's place as a director
of the Georgetown branch was filed by the
election Of William W. Dashields, and the
Governors place as president was supplied
by the election of Charles G. Ssoleley No
other changes were made.