Smyrna times., 1879-03-19

The upper part of the State is still OK
cited over the proposed removal of the |
Court House to Wilmington. The Senate !
passed the bill and the House votes upon it
tins week. the thing has gone so far
that Wilmington would be eXaspcratpd
beyond measure at any failure now" is
what Saturdays Eyery Eccnng has to say.
A State Superintendent of Schools will
be appointed next month. Mr.. Groves and
hls friends expect him to succeed himself,
there being besides four applcants-among
them j. ii. George. of North Milford, Prof
William A. Reynolds, of Wilmington and NJ.
j. Clark OF Harrington. The choice of the
State is almost unanimously for Mr.. Groves.
GRADUATES following Delawareans
graduated at the college of Pharmacy,
commencement at the Academy Of Music.
Philadel phia, on Friday last: John Reese
Allen, James Lord Graham, Leonard Ad-
kins Hudson, Roland Davis Jones, Alfred
Denney Sparks. John Il. Allen is the son
| of Alvan Allen formerly Of this town, and
stood third in Il graduating class number
ing over 100.
| TRADE NEws.-The striking weavcrs at
the Arlington Mills, Wilmington, now Ell.
| force ldleness of about 200 looms the
| fight IS against the reduction of wages from
| 80 to p cts. per cut. The Jackson e Sharp
| Company, OF Wilmington, recently ship
! ped an elcgantly.turaished car for the
| President of Costa Rica, and are working
! on orders for - cars. A Milford fur dealer
last week shipped 1900 nuskra. skins
500 coon skins, l75 mink, COG oppo3sum, !
otter and fox skins to London, England
Soaford is shipping oysters direct to Eng
land.
AMONG THE FIsHEEIEs.--The shad will
begin TO run this week. Gangs of shaC
fishermen left Wilmington Monday, cast
ing their nets below Bombay Hook Low-l
Nantlcoke shad are now sent by rail from
Seat"r'', ana sell for $50 per hundred
! Herring were caught in the NanticOke, In
dian river and in the Delaware at Della
ware City on Saturday. Yankee fishermen
from Ma1bleheal arc catching cod at tht
Brcakwater, and supply the local marke
in Sussex and Kent. There is bill bcfor
the Legislature forbdding the use Of seine
F with meshes less than J.! inches.
a FREE BALLor.-Mr. Dean charges tha
it costs in White Clay Creek HI. from ,.
TO 80 per cent Of the road appropriations {
get the fund expended and offered hi!
to sell the privilege of mcndng the road t
the lowest bidder. There was a rrmon
stance against the bill, signed prinaip,l!
ny the otiice.holdrr-; but the mo,
amusing thing was q letter write
, NV the Levy Court Commissioner of Whit
, Clay Creek hundred, WIN. l.. Wier, To tn
COMMITTEES, stating If the bill passed ever
'.lyer in the hundred would have right t
> work his tax out on the road thus enablin
them to vote, and that Democrats would b
thrown out of work. Mr.. Deans bill ".
:. defeated with the same regard for fire
4 ballot they have in Mississippi.
SUGAR BEET5.-In our report two wcch
ago, says the Sa'l,i, We stated that til
Y number Of ton OF b:cts to The acre woul
i be from S to 10. We are glad t. make
g correction, and state tn 1t the av rage, {
the result Of last years experiments, ".
I9i tons per acre, ana could easily he il
: creased to % tons per acre. Fo' fmtht
!. information upon tbs ,uhiec; We print ii
y results of the experiments Of last yeal
they will speak for themselves: