Smyrna times., 1879-04-09
Peninsular News.

A seal was killed at New Castle on Wednesday last.
Quite large acreage of sugar beets win be planted
In this State this spring
Col Bob Ingersoll has engaged rooms at that wick
ed hotel at Eehoboth' for the coming season.
S25,OOO of wild ducks were sold from the Upper
Chesapeake during the season which ended on sun
day.
Bishop Lee, of Delaware, preached in St. Peters
p. T.. Church. Baltimore, Wednesday night. on the
scientific arguments advanced against prayer
An effort is being made by the friends of Evan Rice
the det0ulting cashier Of the Wilmington and Brandy
WINE Bank, to make settlement without trial One
hat of the amount Of defalcaton has been paid over
to the bank
Some of our farmers are now trying the experiment
of clltvating wheat. Mr.. John A. Jones, we learn
has secured patents on new drill, and also on new
cuitlvator for working the wheat He will cultivate
one hundred and fifty acres with his new machine
this spring -Nii!leto,cn Transcript
SUMNER RESORT BCRSED-The well known Pa
vilion" kept by Philip jones' On the beach at Reho
both City Sussex county quite famous resort for
pleasure parties in summer and cunning parties in
fall and winter, was entirely destroyed by fire On
wednesday morning last This loss will approximate
$1,000 and is fully covered by insurance in the Kent
! County Mutual Company.
| BEET SUGAR CoNPAHY-The Delaware Beet Sugar
Company chartered at the last session of the Legisa
urc has been organized by the election Of the follow
| ing officers Presdent-Goe. G. Lobdell; Secretary
! Geo. w. Stone Trcasurer-A. D. Warner Directors
! Geo. g. Lobdell. VIM &. Gibbons, Lea Pusey, Geo.
! w Bush, VIM. G. PennypacIcr, Geo. W. Stone and \.
| y. Warner The first annual meetingof the company
will be held next September.
Nathaniel Icarn. of Somerset Eastern Shore) got
tpsy enough to feel heGvyheadcd Saturday after
/ noon and took a seat on the curb of a well near
| Salisbury. Somebody told him he would tumble
| backwards and down if he didn't mind IN bet
you quarter | won't said Hearn-and as he threw
/ up his shoulder that his hand might find the bottom
Of his pocket lost his poiSc the instant, fell with
Shrek, struck water with splash and was hauled
| dead.
! L. s. DISTRICT COURT JURo3s-The following is q
list Of the persons summoned to attend grand and
petit jurors at the April term of the United States Dis
trct Court, commenced yesterday, April Sth.
Grcnd JuOrS-New Castle county-Solomon Minot
Curtis James II. Ray Isaac S. Elliott, T. J. Mahafy
John Aiken, Henry Il. Appleton Anthony Reybold
James GNrman Geo W. Turner. Kent County-Chas
IT, Register. Dr. Z. Dawson, Robert W. Reynolds Cyrl
| ?. Rogers, R0bt Marshall, James Evans, David Clay
ton. Sussex COunty-Ievin Hitch, Thos Regan, Geo
F. Brown, Charles II. Maull, Caleb r. Layton Horace
Sudler, Edward Dulfell.
Fcih JnOrS-New Castle COunty-Beuben Sather
swat Joseph J. Rebman, Martin f. Fraim, William
Green, John c. Clark Thos J. Price, Wm. a. Kimmy
J. W. Is. Peters Alfred G. Cox Passmore H. Mitchell
Samuel Silver, John F. Stats, Elias n. Moore, JOIN
". Denney John Evans Kent cOunty-Alfred L
Hudson, William S. Jones' Charles c. Case James
Anderson. Joseph Brown. Benjamin Z. King. Olive
Bell. Sussex county-Peter Robinson, Burton Pretty
man. Isaac J. WOotten, Saml F. Smith, William Shor
Joseph 7. James, Chas. NJ Marshal, Frederick Lynch