Smyrna times., 1879-02-26

Robert O. Hayes, of Middletown, and
Rose Boulden, of Kent county, Md, will
take charge of ST. Georgess two hotels after
March 25th.
Letters of administration on the estate of /
granted unto Mrs. Susan C. Walker and
n. Williams.
The peninsular papers concur in the
opinion that the peach buds have sustained
no injury thus far, and the prospect is
bright for fine crop.
Mr. II. B. Gulick, from Locl<port, ~ y,
has taken possession of the WOODEN mill at
Milford, and will commence work next
week, with twenty-five hands.
We will give in our next issuc, as far as
we can get the information Of the changes
of business and location among our farm
ers and business men in this community.
There is proposition to put up new
county buildings at New Castle. More
room is needed to stow away the mortgages |
that plaster the real estate Of the county. |
Lindlcy E Kemp's hardware store, at
Middletown. was robbed OF $50 worth Of !
goods On Tuesday evening of last week,
being the third time it has been robbed
within a year.
1t is broadly ntimated among the tenn
perance people, says the DIa~urr Ga=cttr,
that if Bayard Taylor had drank less beer,
the friends Of his widow would not have
been required to call on Congress for aid.
James A. Sanders, dry goods merchant,
OF Wilmington, is reported to have failed
for $4,000. His assets, 50 far as known,
are said to consist of stock valued at
| $500, and covered by a judgment note
for 5000, held by his sisterin-law.
The original charter Of Delaware College
at Newark is still in a good state Of prescr-
walton. 1t was granted by Thomas Penn
and Richard Penn, Governors of the State
of Pennsylvania, in the year 1869. and
signed by Lieutenant Governor John Penn
EXECUTIVE ApPoINTMENTs-Thc Governor
has appointed Chas. Denney collector Of
the oyster revenue, and Thos i. Rice,
second lieutenant Company c., u. V. NJ.
Mr. Denney is resident Of East Dover
| Hundred. The retiring collector is James
Barber.
EX-State Treasurer Giles and his prcde.
cessor, r. II. Davis, are writing public
| letters at one another about the State
! finances. Mr.. Davis accuses Mr. g. Of this
and Mr.. G. charges Mr.. d. of that the
people, meanwhile, being satisfied that
both gentlemen made tirst-rate Treasurcrs.
The P. W. & b. Il. Il. Company are hav.
ing placed in all the principal stations
along their line handsome new clocks
which will he connected by wire with a
regulator in their depot in Philadelphia.
At 10 o'clock noon each day they will be
set according to their construction to the
correct time by electricity by the regulator
in Philadelphia.
A correspondent Of the Dslurarcqn wri.
ting from Hazletville, says: We have a
musical prodigy in the person of Jennie
the ten year old daughter Of Mr. J. II
Nosheil. She can play the most difficult
pieces on the violin. All she needs is tC
hear piece played and she can pick uT
! her violin and render it correctly She
has had no instructiOn-pcked it up nat
{ urally. All who hear her are astonished.
EXECUTIVE APPoINTMENTS-Gove Hal
. comes up to Dover from his Frederics
home on Tuesdays, submits quietly to the
e opportunities of office-seekers, and goe
e home again to his ship accounts and rea
. estate ledgers. Usually he makes a nun
. Der of aids upon his staff with the rank o
colonel. Here are his last week appoint
G ments: Aids with rank of colonel-Joh1
e {. Farra, James Christy, Thomas Mellon
5 John w. Lawson, James II. Price and Thos
4 Ford, of New Castle county.
$ The colored people held a convention a
: Dover last week. What they want ant
5 what they will ask for is a little help il
educating their children, so that they ma,
d not always be a stumbling block in tn
f way of the whites, and may get schoolin;
II enough to get up and get to some NOR
e congenial cline All the sensible legisla
e tors are said to favor an appropriation t,
=. them. There are forty-seven coloret
+ schools and 2,2lG colored scholars in tn
=, State. They ask for $1,000.
e New MODE OF AssEssING-The Lev,
:, Court of this county have petitioned tn
It Legislature for a new assessment law
at making it the duty Of three men to g
through the county and assess all the pror
C. crty. 1t is claimed that this will assess al
- the property alike. Now there are grea
NJ discrepancies in the rate of properties il
the different hundreds. The Sentinel nc
% tices that the law is not applied to the pol
80 tax, and charges that the Levy Court has II
concern for the laboring man in this regard
e In asking the Legislature for an improve
% ment in part, why not have an improvement
% in the whole.
,s Senator Bayard has written to a membe
Of the Delaware Legislature that he re
20 grets the introduction of the bill incorpora
% ting a State board of railroad commission
ers. He does not see how 1.-The rights an
20 powers and duties Of the companies unde
% their charters can be modified or restraine
by legislation now" lie doubts the powe
of the Legislature to make an inquisitio
m into the business of the companies. Tn
whole movement might end in dscomftur
to the State, putting considerable expens
ST on the people. lie does Iiot wonde
that the peach growers complain of tn
rs charges of the Delaware railroad, however
G. A competent attorney general can correc
abuses without the advice of a board {
commissioners.
as Schools IN SUssEX.-From Prof. Grove
report we take the following observation
in regard to the schools of Sussex:
y "The schools of the county are steadil
" improving and that, too, in the face {
almost insurmountable difficulties. Th
d, schools are being taught by men an
W women full of enthusiasm, and eager, i
most cases, to accomplish great and mob
81 work. The same enthusiasm is found
- the schools, and is spreading among til
people. Whatever peculiar views may |
held by some people, the fact forces itse