Smyrna times., 1879-05-07
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

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Senator Salisbury has succeeded in get
ting his nephew, Thomas Salisbury, u pl,l.
tion in Washington at salary of So per
day.
\ four y~ar.oId Wilmington little girl
tried 10 run away with the Pinafore chill
dren on Sturdy. aud cried very hard when
caught - lie. fal'.-r.
Seven men set upon John Benson, a col
Ored coachman, on Maryland avenue, Will
mington, on Sunday night, knocked him
senselesa and llled his pockets Of Sl4.
Rohoboth Camp Meeting will commence
on the llth of July and will probably con
tnue until about the 22l. Bishops Scott
and Simpson are expected to be present
during the meeting.
Rev. VIM. p. Davis pastor of the NJ. Z.
Church in Dover made it hot on Sunday
last for the members of his church who lent
their sympathy or influence to all in pro.
cnring liquor license.
READINGS Miss Elizabeth 5. Chadbourne.
OF Boston, has the iniluwing engagements in
this State: Middlrtown, Thursday even.
ing Sth inst; Odessa, Tuesday 18TH: 81.
Georges, Wednesday l4ih; Dover, Thurs
day 18th inst, and Frederca FRIDAY 10th
inst. At Mddetown the musical pro-
grlme VIII be under the direction of Mis-
Cole; at Odessa under the O lisa social
Orchestra, and at Dover under Prof Pam
cost Allen with Quintette of singers of
Wilmington.
WILMINGTON Morocco TRADE.-The mo.
rocco trade of Wilmington, is gradually re-
cOverinL from the unsettled state of the
commercial crisis. The outlook is quite en-.
couraging for the fall trade, which promises
to be rs good as Tor any CORES SpOnding period
in previous years. Wilmington leather
finds a market in nearly every city of any
size in the Union. The II firms combined
make daily 400 dozen, requiring 1900
skins day, or l,497.G00 skins a year.
The sum total Of the business done durin /!
1878 will not fall short Of 81 100000.
SuERIFFs SALEs-SheriT Pyle, Friday
afternoon, sold the following properties, ali
located in Appoqulnimink Hundred:
Farm of Pas,more II. Mitchell, ia
acres with buildings, to J. D. Nichols, for
$4,l50.
The "Vandyke" farm Of Lydia r. Roth.
we'll. 100 acres, with buildings 10 Nathaniel
The one-sixtrenth interest of Joseph
West, Jr., in farm Of l65 acres, to Henry
Davis, for $500, and the same interest OF
David II. West in the same farm, also to
| Henry Davis, for $500.
! SAMPLES LOsT-The train down on
| Thursday evening had on board q CONNER
cal traveller with a large bundle of sample,
of all kinds of notions. the bundle wa,
! placed on 81 scat just in front of him, ana
| he engaged in conversation with u gentle
man seated on the next seat. Arriving al
| Mddletown he went into the restaurant fol
u lunch, and on returning to the car found
tnat his bundle had skipped. No trac.
could he find Of it, and the train soon left
! Middletowu far in the distance. He ar.
rived in Dover u troubled man.-Dela
| aCdrean
The ExoDUs.-A former resident of Mil
ford, JAS. A. Layton, Esq, now resident o
| Kansas City, is on a visit to his old home
and according to the Milford Ne,Vs saw,
the accounts we get of the negro exodu,
! from the south are not exaggerated
| Thousands of them are encamped about all
the towns of that vicinity and every steam
| boat that arrives from down the river !,
fairly black with them. The people are
doing all they can to aid them but it is i'm
possible to find the half of them homes OF
work and much suffering. if not actual star
walton. must be the result. They all de
clare that they seek only liberty to work
and earn living among honest people who
will not plumber them of all thev earn
Down South they work hard all the YEA
round and have nothing. Besides thu
they are murdered and outraged for tn,
most trivial offence; men are freouentl,
shot down for being what they call " sassey.
CHURCH. ITEMS The statements that go
into the papers last week about the vacancie
of Dover District were not authoritative
| Rev. Mr.. Robinson remains at FELTON, and
Rev. Thomas Kelley, transferred from tn,
| Wyoming Conference goes to Milton. The
appointment for Camden has not yet been
fixed.
Rev. I. +. Plummer, of Wilmington, hn
been appointed pastor in charge of Clay
mont NJ. f. Church. This church was for
merly connected with Mt. Pleasant, but a
the last session of Conference was made :
seperate charge, and left " to be supplied.
Mr.. Plummer is the "supply."
The main audience room OF the Dover NJ
E. Church has been thoroughly repaired
and the Sunday school is to be enlarged
Arrangements are now in progress to en-
large, remodel and modernizs the NJ. L
Church at Middletown. This building wa
erected in lS49, and has been in constan
use for thirty years,