Smyrna times., 1879-02-05
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

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COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.
Milford fur dealers have secured $4,000
rabbit skins so far.
There are numerous applicants for tho
county treasurership in Sussex.
One thousand and five hundred cords of
wood are piled up at Milton awaiting ship
ment.
Tho post,office at Middletown has been
elevated from fourth to a third class
Office.
Delaware billiard players are challenged
by the Milford players to a championship
match.
Petitions for the return of the street
market to Market street are circulating in |
Wilmington.
Mr. and Mrs. James b. Moore, near
Odessa, celebrated their golden wedding
Wednesday last, goth inst.
Petitions are in circulation in New Castle |
CO., asking the Legislature to grant
pecuniary aid to Delaware.
Henry Mowbray, Esq, of fredericksburg, |
Nd, father of Rev. j. Z. Mowbray, Of |
Frederick, died on Wednesday.
Ex-Governor Porder is getting ready to
build q new house at Milton. He is also
buying corn for shipment at 373 cents.
VIM. II. Cloward, sec'y and treasurer of
the Board of Education in Wilmington,
died on Wednesday morning, aged about
40 years.
The SuSSer Journal again calls upon the
! Legislature to inaugurate some system for
setting the inmates of our jails at some
kind of work.
A petition asking the Legislature to sell
out the repairing of the roads to the lowest
bidder is being circulated in White Clay
Creek hundred.
Col. j. F. Hoy, of Baltimore, will give a
series of lectureres in Dover in the Court
| House Hall, the first Of which will be de-
livered Feb. 9th.
James Rawlins is the leading candidate
for County Treasurer of Sussex. The ap-
pointment will be made at the February
meeting Of the Levy Court.
Sam Townsend says, he is in favor of the
law introduced in the Legislature to regu-
late the expenditures Of the Levy Courts,
no odds who introduced it, "Billy Dean or
Billy Devil"
An unknown young man has been feec-
ing the merchants of Georgetown by forged
orders, securing $3.50 pair of boots from
II. I. Downing and $27 worth of clothing
from c. F. Lee.
Those Nova Scotia herring which were
caught at Bowers Beach last week were
very fine 1t is thought that the cold
weather drove them down this far, as it is
the first time they have ever been caught
this far South.
The Middletown Transcript thinks that
the Legislature should amend the law
governing the publication of Sheriff S sales
so that the sales may be better advertised
in the hundreds were the condemned
property is situated.
grand supper was served at the resi-
dence of Mr.. Isaac Trutt on Tuesday even
ing last, in honor of Mr. A. r. Hoffecker,
who will soon make his exit from Milford
society, to take charge of business near
Smyrna.-Milford Chronicle.
VIM. Thomas, recently acquitted at New
Castle of numbering his wife, made another
attempt to commit suicide Tuesday night
|, by cutting his throat. He inflicted some
. | u e,
but it is thought he may recover.
Wilmington began to get rid of its dogs
the other day by the charcoal process. 1t
didn't work. Half dozen ours were
placed in box together with pan of
, charcoal. For nearly half an hour there
were howls and growls, and then the lid
was lifted. One dog was dead and the
other FIVE were taken out and knocked in
the head with an ak.
On Tuesday last Sheriff Blackiston sold
the Hirons farm, situated miles below
Dover, on the st. Jones River, containing
300 acres of land, to Samuel White, the
mortgagee, at $l1,000 This is considered
one of the most valuable farms in this sec
: ton, the location of the land being such as
to insure q crop of peaches yearly, 1t j:
: bounded on 3 sides by the river. Thi;
same farm sold few years since for $50,
: 900; but then corn was not 80 cents pei
: bushel and taxes on the increase. Sheriff
. Blackiston sold at the same time and place
. the Emerson farm in Little Creek Neck
II containing 200 acres, to Miss Ann +. Emer
'' son.. the mortgage, at $3,400. 1t is very
); seldom that land as valuable as either O
= the above tracts is sold at Sheriff. sale, anc
0f these sales were made more with view o
g getting title than anything else.-Sent'ncE
I, A CHANGE OF BAsE-Mr j. II. Primrose
h who has been in the employ of the Amerl
:, can Sewing Machine Company for the pas
off eight years, six of which have been spen
$ in Whining gton as their Peninsular man
ager, has resigned his position and entered
q the employ of the Wheeler ~ Whilsor
y Company, and will hereafter be engaged il
d the sale of their new improved stralgh
o needle machine, which was awarded golc
D. medals at the Centennial and the Par!
ID Expostions. His office, for the present, i
J. located at 72S Market, but will, after Marct
q 18th, be removed to Garrett's photograph
a building, 7ls Market street, and his territory
T will include this State, Chester and Della
a ware counties and the Eastern shqre o
?. Maryland. All Of the old hands will b'
/. retained and an expert Philadelphia opera
tor will qFriye next week. The Wheele
& Wilson company have already forwarded
q cargo of new machines and eight suitable
wagons, and expect to expend from $l,50(
| To 90 ono n wear as n starter.