Smyrna times., 1879-09-10
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.
Dover has fifteen law students.

Dover has fifteen law students
~ Governor Hall has made E. T. Layton and William
| &. POStles aides-decamp
The Wilmington Conference Academy has opened
| WIN elghty pupils and nine instructors
Dover has seven public schools. all graded There
are seven teachers and eight hundred pupils
Philip II. Buck the alleged Chicago swinder has
Oeeh released from the Georgetown Jail under bond
The Milford CrOncle is now published ON the Sussex
| papers.
The crew of the life saving station at Rehobotb
went went on duty on Sunday and will patrol the beach
/ until May list.
Miss Annie T. Davis, daughter of Thos Davis of
Milford left last week for Japan, to engage in the
/ missionary work there.
THE DOC TAX-Since the first of January last 1920
dogs have been registered at the police station in Will
| mlngton the revenue thcrefrom amounting to SI779.
The rates fixed for pay scholars by the Middletown
Board of Education are. in the first department IS
cents week. in the second GO and in the the third 49,
Clay Lord. little son of Henry c. Lord of Green
wood in attempting to jump from cart into the barn
door few days ago fell the threshold striking on
died.
The Newark Ledger with its next issue enters on its
second year under the present proprietor The Ledger
IS constantly improving, and is a bright, readable
paper.
In Howell's canning factory at Milford a girl. one
In one day, and her competitor fifty baskets. The pay
Is four cents a baskets.
ELECTED CAsHIEa-Ata meeting of the directors of
the farmers Bank. at Dover, held Tuesday last
Walter Morris was elected cashier to fill the vacancy
caused by the dealh of James z. Wild.
There will be a contest between VIM. b. Conway of
this office and ThOs Hart of the Inquirer Georgetown
for the belt, as the champion compostOr of Sussex
at the State Fair at Dover, on Wednesday 24th.-
BredkIcdter Light.
An attempt was made ON Saturday night to wreck
the Washington express train by placing tie on the
track at Trainers Station, north of Wilmington The
tie was caught by the locomotive and carried over
mile. The criminal is unknown.
APPOINTED TO A GADETsHP.-Hon E. L. Martin,
Congressman of this State has appointed Seth Ellie
good. son of Dr. r. G. Elegood, of Concord to the
vacant cadetship at West Point His examination for
Henry Carpenter and Isaac Lofland Phiadelpbia
commercial Travellers were attacked by highwaymen
men of the road who were finally frightened Off nv
the swapping of a match, which they mistook for a
pistol.
Frank Young. aged 18, was engaged in saving
lathes with steam circular at Pocomoks Citv The
other day, when he was struck in the abdomen NV n
heavy block Of wood which fell against the saw and
was thrown violently against him. He was KNOCKED
senseless by the blow and died in a few hours
Wilbur Burnite of Felton, shipped n car looa -
peaches TO Buffalo, which he paid $3.50 fregbt ~
received for the same fruit exactly SiSi2 loss nf
S112 besides first cost of the peaches This f , oi
same gentleman who 1t has been stated bougb, 90 @
baskets of peaches at the beginning Of the Season az
80 cents per basket 'S''oh at
PEACH PICKING TRIAL--A trial at neacb ,;,,
off at BlaekbIrd last week and resnIadP M
lows j. Bennet ten baskets in ten minutes and Co.,
SECONDS; j. Dobson, ten baskets, twelve mnnfes aS
thirty seconds; T. BlacksOn, ten baskets thir,ann
minutes ana twenty seconds; II. Richardson ten /
baskets, sixteen minutes and forty seconds wa
THE STATE BOARD OF AGRIct1TuRr ,neot,,,, Of |
the State Board of Agriculture will no heid a. s,h
State Fair Grounds Fairyiew Park Dover on next
Saturday. 18th inst. S'' y" neN'
The Suite Board Of Agriculture was ineornorated M
the last session OF the General Assembly and consists
OF members OF the Agricultural Society of Delaware
VINO were authorized tocoect information on Agri.
culture ana report at the session OF the next General
= MORE LIGHTHOUSES FOR DELAWARE RGvFR.-The
DeiaWarp river, from New Castle to- Philadelphia will
De greatly improved by additional lighthouses during
certainly six and probably seven new lights In the
distance mentioned above. one range will be on the
Pennsylvania shore, on Tinicum aud win consist of
Two lights of which viii be at the mouth Of Crum
will be the Jersey Shore aud the third somewhere
between New Castle and Marcus Hook. These Iights
will prove great benefit TO the fast increasing nevi
cation Of the river. '"'A