Smyrna times., 1879-01-15

The Ship Canal Surveyors are boring a
hole at Pennington to ascertain the char
acter of the soil through which they would
have to dig in case the canal should come
through that place. They propose to settle
a sixinch well to the depth Of seventy five
feet
THE REHoBoTH BEACH CAMP MEETING
ASSOCIATION met in Wilmington on We'd
nesday, II. F. Pickels in the chair. The
report showed the liabilities to be SIS, l95.0l
and assets sd, ,3344O. The estimated in
come for this year is $3,625 and estimated
espenses 81 ,90020 They resolved to peli-
ton the Legislature to amend the charter
so as to make the name THE Rehoboth
Beach Association" for the purpose Of pro
viding and maintaining permanent Chris
tian sea side resort, where everything in
consistent with Christian morality, as taught
by the Methodist Episcopal Church, shall
| be excluded and prohibited. 1t will thus
be seen that the rules of the Discipline as
affecting dancing, &c, are in no wise
| changed.
| ANNUAL MEETING OF THE DELAWARE RAIL
ROAD COMPANY.-The annual meeting of the
directors and stockholders of the Delaware
Division of the p. w. q b. Il. II. was held
at Dover last Thursday.
The Board of Directors submitted q re
port which contained the following state
ment Of the business for 1873, ending
| October 3lst:
Received from passengers. 20 1880
Received from trcghtS 2l5ISI g
Received from mail, 1854
Operating expenses. as per agreement with
the lessee 70per cent of the gross earnings 215 96U
slo9619
Interest on bonds and dividends on stock
lald by lessce....... III, ,I0SN
Showing deficiency s22OS3J
The report then goes on to state tina
there has been a gain of $5,S7660 on pas
sengers, loss of $57 ,939.05 on freight, AM
a loss of 81, 1926 on mail and nscella
neous, as compared with last year. whicl
shows a loss on gross revenue Of $54, ,225. !
This loss is more than accounted for b.
the failure of the peach crop.
The value of the sinking fund on Jan.
1878, was $50, ,29l.l3; the value of the sam
Jan. /. 1879, is $46,05l.5O which is an il
crease of $9,740.37. The directors valu
the securities Of this fund at par.
DIDN'T LIKE THE LopGE.-Another I'll
fortunate husband is John X. Lodge,
wellto,do farmer, in Sussex county, Del;
ware. His wife was a handsome woma
! "OONN OO VI anu lllGl nave OCN
married for about six years Their marie
life is said to have been happy one unit
farmland, in the person of youn
. Canadian, was employed about the place
His personal attractions made an impre
sion on the mistress of the house. FINAL,
the wife informed her husband that 81
was going away, and that if he would civ
her $l25 she would give him bill of clea
ance to any claims she might have on the
common property, Of which over $4,000 WI
: in her own name. The husband pleadt
! with his wife, but remonstrances were of I
avail, and he was persuaded to pay dow
the money. The night after the none
was paid the young Canadian left Il
t house, and so did Mrs. Lodge, taking wi
|, her the four year old child. The $l25 fu
. nished the means of travelling expense
/. and the couple were traced to this city.
;, was found that they had gone to POwhata
!, Baltimore county, to the residence Of Il
n wiie's brother, where the disconsolate hl
J. band followed and recovered the chill
= He left for his home with the child Frid
morning. Baltimore american.
t. AN UNEXPECTED DEArn.-Milford W
1t shocked on Saturday morning by the a
k nouncement of the death of James
J. | N4ltCLcll3 "iOSc Ilic Ildu DPen spent IN al
e near Milford. Mr.. Mitchell was a man
is genial manners, popular in the communit
,r but unfortunately was addicted to OcC
d sional severe sprees. He had been on o.
o of these sprees for about four weeks.
a. was an applicant for the Clerkship of Il
a Senate, and it is said would have be,
RS elected on the first ballot but for |
drunken condition at the time of the ca
Gus. He was chagrined at his defeat al
became even more reckless and regardlt
of consequences. Saturday night abo
= midnight member of the family, slee
- ing in an adjoining room, went to see if
az was at home and comfortable, and foui
9 him unconscious and incapable of bel
r. aroused A doctor was speedily summone
"a and soon another. The third fit after tn
Is arrival carried him off at 4 o'clock.
e was a lawyer by profession; was at o
~ time member of the Legislature, Clerk
as Senate, and at the time of his death "
y; chairman of the Democratic State Cent
or Committee. This makes the third prof
III sional man cut off just in the prime of |
the past month by the indulgence in {
of habit of using Intoxicating drinks-t
c. other two being lawyer and physici
ct of Wilmington.
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