Smyrna times., 1879-02-12
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

OOON4G GSO SIA1G AIENS.
There were thirty-four deaths in Will
mington last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. James b. Moore, near
Odessa celebrated their golden wedding on
the 29th ult.
The wheat on low lands in Sussex IS
seriously injured and the prospect for this
crop is very bad.
Marshall's rolling mills, at Newport, have
been sold to John Marshall for 800, subject
to liens Of about $4,000.
Miss Gertie Bunnell is announced for a
reading at Milford on the 10Th, and at Sea,
| ford on the Goth and 2lst inst.
The estate of the late Johu +. Tharp,
valued at about $4,000 will be divided
between five brothers and sisters or their
descendants. lie left no will
Fishermen in the upper waters of the
Delaware and Chesapeake say that the
cold winter makes it certain that there will
be good fish season in the spring.
Attention was called III the House on Fri
day, to the fact that Kent county is in
arrears in its State tax to the amount of
$4,000, and Sussex county $4,000.
The Northern convocation of the Protest.
ant Episcopal Church Of Delaware met in
Calvary Church, Wilmington, on Monday,
and will continue in session three days.
The average yield of crops per acre, in
Delaware, for 1878, is as follows: Corn, 25
bushels; wheat, l3 rye, 1885, oats, 22.5 !;
buckwheat, 20; potatoes, 81; sweet pota-
toes, 100; hay, LII tons; sorghum moasses,
100 gallons.
4 Milford man has been taken in. Some
: one wrote to him from Philadelphia in
forming him that he had drawn prize in
a Southern lottery. lie enclosed four dol
, lars for expenses and is waiting anxiously
for post office order.
Mrs. Fanny Hamilton, of Wilmington,
was born near Greensborough, Caroline
: county, Md, February s, 1880, and was
: consequently 80 years old Saturday. She
; has had but one spell of sickness in her
. life, and has taken but one dose Of medi.
= cine.
e Defaulting Cashier Rice, of the vii.
e mington and Brandywine Bank, was driven
e to the New Castle Jail on Saturday and
f locked up. His friends did their best to
t save him, but were unable to raise the re.
g quisite amount necessary to secure his free
t dom on bail.
a Some of the most interesting news pub
v lished in our enterprising State papers is
!. the history of Pennington, Harrington
- Bridgevile, Roxanna &c. The Peninsulal
"a Ne,oS shows more enterprise than any of the
4 others, and publishes their histories about
,s once month,
IS DELAWARE FINANCES.-The report Of the
is auditor of the State of Delaware estimate!
is the receipts for the year ending January
d 1880, (the current year, at $l47,2ll anC
n the expenses for the same time at $llS,920
IS In addition to the resources named above
is there is due the State from various source
al $Sl.349. During the year the expenses O
le the State government, not including
al amount expended in payment of interes
n and redemption of bonds was only $25
" 78l.
is KENT COUNTY LEVY CoURT-The Lev,
S. Court convened on Tuesday in their room
IS all the members being present. Charlie
= II. Register was reelected president. Oh
le Thursday the court appointed the followin
|? officers of the county: County Treasurer
is Benjamin c. Cubbage; Collectors of th
or different hundreds-Joshua Z. Jermar
le Duck Creek hundred; Edwin B. Downs
lie Kenton hundred; II. L. Wilson, Littl
le Creek hundred; James Cats, East Dove
he hundred; Samuel D. Roe, South Murder
Ks kill hundred; Nathan G. Anthony, Mi
~ pillion hundred; John r. Cahall, Milfor
= hundred. The appointments for Yves
IS. Dover and North Murderkill hundred
ar were laid over until next Thursday. Tru
It. tees Of the Poor-Charles NJ. Wharton
ry East Dover hundred, for three years; Wn
en- NJ. Jones, Kenton hundred, for thre
Id years; Peter Meredith, North Murderki
ed hundred, two years, for the unexpired teri
as OF B. e. Cubbage, who was appointe
a County Treasurer. Bailiff-James Frazie
so The following were the applicants fc
OF County Treasurer: Benjamin C. Cubbag
ng Samuel Wharton, North Murderkill; Wn
OF Hobson, Little Creek; Jonathan Prat
e. West Dover; David Reese, Kenton. Reese
y friends were confident that he would b
ly appointed, but they had not discounted th
ce combination of the Ring leaders.