Smyrna times., 1879-01-22
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

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The Middletown 7raasc5p! calls for
telephone between that place and Odessa. ~ ~
Philemma Chandler, of Wilmington, has ii
made an assignment for the benefit of his /
creditors. Il
Rock fish are being caught in abundance :
in Sussex county. They retail at 10 cents =
per pound.
Prof T.. D. Porter, OF Delaware College, is l
slowly recovering from long and serious {
attack Of rheumatism. +
The papers of Monday record the death :.
of Joseph G. Grubb OF Wilmington and !
Joseph II. Walker OF Middlctowu.
Messrs. John w. Hall & Son have con-
tractcd with Nathaniel Lank, Of Fredrrica, {
for a 450 ton three masted schooner. s
Mr.. Dean returned the pass furnished hy
the p, Il b. r. r. for his passage to Dover
during the season of the Legislature.
Fishermen at Bowers Beach dumbfoun-
ded themselves the other day 10y hauling
in few nettuls Of Nova Scotia herring.
The Ercyy Eccnog takes the Snowhill
Messenger to task for giving credit to clip
pings from the SMYRNA TINES and not to it.
And now Wilmington announces re.
duction in the price Of gas. The company
Of that city will hereafter furnish at s. per
thousand feet.
The Wilmington Preachers Meeting
may be Of interest to themselves, but what
! interest a column Of such clerical talk can
be to tho readers Of daily paper We can
not see.
The Breahwater L.2M says that promi- .
nent oyster and fruit packing firm of Balti !
more has made arrangements for the erec |
ton OF large canning establishment at |
Houston.
The P, W. & B. Railroad owns and has
in use 80 locomotive engines, l1S cars in the |
passenger department, LIZA in the freight
department, and u miscellaneous, making
a total of 1867.
1t is stated that Of the guests invited to
a late wedding in Milford, five of those re.
cevng cards died between the date of
. their reception and the day of the wedding.
A striking picture of life.
The II. Z. Church at Milton was dedi-
, Gated to the worship Of Almighty God on
Sunday, the l2th inst, by DR.. Dashiell.
, sufficient amount was raised to pay off
; all claims against the church.
{ Two weeks ago, the Middletown Tran
script says, Thomas White stepped upon an
icy sidewalk and broke thigh bone, and
Thursday last his wife, Mrs. Virginia White,
also fell from the same cause and brokea
A wrist.
Hugh F. Steele of Coatesville, Pa, who
" has leased the rolling mill of the Delaware
t Iron Works, New Castle, has arrived there
and is making preparations for starting up
; the mill again. 1t is said he will bring
} some 30 of his old employees.
t The largest hogs have at last been heard
f from. They were slaughtered by Benjamin
n Gooden. near Willow Grove, and Mr.. Mar
|. vel, of West Dover Hundred, and weighed
!. GIL and 672 pounds, respectively. The
}. neighbors call them good 'uns and marvels.
= = Seven shipwrecked sailors went up from
\ the Breakwater. Friday. They belonged
a to the brig Alberta, sunk 800 miles out on
y the 5th inst, and were picked up by a
: Dutch brig after being in a small boat for
f nearly two days. The Alberta was loaded
with sugar from the West Indies for Phila.
:, delphia.
e The following are the applicants for the
It Office of State Treasurer: VIM. NJ. Bell,
II John c. Stockly, j. Frank Wilds, j. X.
r Burnite, John NJ. Houston, Robt. w. Rey-
W nolds, Robt. J. Reynolds, and the present
!, incumbent, ThOs. B. Giles. The caucus
-e will be held tomorrow night, and the elec
e. ton of both Treasurer and Auditor the
s. next day.
v. Samuel B. Gibbons was committed to the
n. New Castle Jail on Monday in default oi
n, $4,000 bail. He was charged by Joseph S
r; Davis, OF Wilmington, with paying undue
or attention attention to Mrs Davis. Gibbon,
had sued Davis for trespass on character
le because the former preferred to talk about
es the matter to the injury of Gibbons bust
il. ness rather than 60 to law. On the sui
b, instituted by Davis, Gibbons was held il
e, $1,000 bail
-. There were no less than fifty larg,
eyr square.rigged vessels, and at least 100 fore
y and-att vessels in Lewis harbor last week
The "square. .riggers" were nearly all from
~ foreign ports, and were waiting orders, whil
., the smaller ones belong on the Delawar
~ and at other points along the coast, ant
ed are engaged in carrying wood, coal, grain
rv oysters, merchandise, etc. They wer
-, nearly all bound for Philadelphia, and wer
ia detained in consequence of the ice block
M ~, ade.
Ter KENT COUNTY INSURANCE CoMPANY.-A
he the annual meeting of the policy holder
he of the Kent County Mutual Insurance Con
lse pany, held at the office of the Company i
IN, Dover, on Wednesday of last week, Hor
ms, John w. Houston was called to the chail
nd and f. S. Reed, ESQ., was chosen Secretary
wO The statement shows the net assets {
ca the year to be SS3,397.l6; net increase {
M deposit notes during the year, $20,757
Ike losses by fire during the year, l4,4S0.04
.ah The following Directors we're reelected
all, ! 1,642 votes being cast: Geo. w. Cummin
he DIR. Henry Ridgely, James Ponder, Jaco
he Williams, of Seaford, John w. Causey, Ja
ing l.. Heverin, George B. Money, John +
'ck Hoffecker, William w. Tschudy.
I'M A resolution was adopted authorizing tn
lies Directors, if in their judgment they sa
ed proper, to aid the towns in the State in an
Ca arrangement which they might make ft
putting out fires.
ors Immediately upon the adjournment
md the meeting the Directors met and rc-ele
-ar- ted Geo. w. Cummins President and Wn
Un, Denney. Jr., Secretary and Treasurer.
ms, The annual dinner was provided by VIZ
'al' c. Fountain of the Capital Hotel.