Smyrna times., 1879-07-30
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.
Purnell Maull, of Milton, has a clock
which is l56 years old and keeps excellent
time.
1t is expected that fifteen fruit dis
tllleries will be run in Kent county this
season, and that they will produce about
5000 gallons of brandy.
The Baltimore Hundred ocean seines
which fish off Fenwick's Island are catch.
ing q great many fish of all kinds but
chiefly the Manhadden or All Wives.
They are used for oil and making fertilizer.
gay party of New York Reporters
were brought over to Rehoboth by the O.
ID. 5. 5. Co., on wednesday last. Thev were
entertained at the hotels and had a good
time. Of course the object is to have the
papers speaks good word for Rehoboth.
There has been started daily line of
steamers between Pier 81 North River.
New York, and Lewes during peach season,
| run by steamers Nea0 Br7mS1gick, captain
Gibbs, and City Of FftchJrg, captain Rector.
Both are swift going ships with good ac.
commodations for passengers, and are to
be run SO as to place fruit in New York
market early in the morning after it leaves
Lewes.
The term of the present Recorder of
Deeds for Kent expires in March next. and
already there are numerous applicants for
the position. We have heard of the fol.
lowing gentlemen who desire to serve the
county Messrs. John Gooden, of Willow
Grove; Henry j. Anderson, of Canterbury
VIM. Nlrden, jr., of Hazlettvlle, and II.
Postles, of ST. Jones' Neck. There are
several others.
| The wonderful efficiency Of the p, w.
" b., and the Delaware Railroads was we'll
illustrated on Friday last in the transporta.
ton OF about four thousand persons on the
grand excursion of the Odd Fellows to Re
hoboth over one hundred miles without
injury to single passenger There were
four trains embracing in all sixty-four cars.
The business of the roads was also con.
tlnued without interruption.-Ga Gazette.
1t may not be generally known, but it
Is nevertheless true, that the fig
tree Will grow very well in this
climate. They may require winter protec.
ton for few years until they get ac
ellmated "-PenaaSular Neacs. If any Of our
hent county farmers want to be gulled let
them try It, We venture there is not a
tree in this county that has not been
winter killed. The fig may stand the
winters in the lower part of the Peninsular
but they will NOT here.
RAIDING THE TRAMPs-For some time
past the tramps around Dover have been
giving much annoyance, and the town
authorities concluded on Friday night to put
the tramp law, passed at the last session of
the Legislature, into effect. Accordingly
they called on Sheriff Dunn for assistance,
ana on Saturday morning captured fourteen
tramps and threw them into Jail. Two of
them paid their way out saying they were
not depending upon tramping for a living
but were hunting for work.
The LAWYERS LOAFING.-According to
Dover newspaper correspondent the lawyers
OF Dover are terribly becalmed. He SAYS:
" From the 10th inst. to the 22nd there was
not one judgment entered in our Superior
Court, and since the 22nd only one has
been entered and within that time but one
suit has been brought. The public officers
spend their time during the morning at the
front door of the County Building crack.
ing jokes and gossiping generally in the
afternoon they may be seen lazily sleeping
on the lounges and tables in their Offices or
playing checkers with any idler who NAV
chance to come in and challenge them for
game. Some of the lawyers have left
our town and are luxuriating in the pleasures
OF summer resorts, while those who cannot
or do not choose to leave their homes, may
be seen daily on the steps of the Court
House or in their office doors vainly wait
ing for a client, who does not put in an ap.
pearance.
ANOTHER BRUTUs--The Progressive Age,
Belport, Maine, says: "Mr. George NJ.
butcher and a lady giving her name as
Mrs. Colonel Watson, arrived in this town
lately, and on their own representations
they were at once taken up by the temper.
ance advocates here, but were rather set
down again. The lady lectured at the
Baptist Vestry Sunday afsei no0n. The
man lectured on Monday evening at Hay
ford Hall, the subject announced being
Temperance, but the lecture was in reality
devoted to selfpuffery, denunciation of the
Philadelphia Times, and misrepresentations
regarding the people of Wilmington, Del.
y He warned the Times to look
out for him. Caesar had his Brutus,' he
said; 1T would be we'll for the Philadel.
phia Times to remember it, He uttered
the fearful threat that he would be the
Times Brutus!"
What Mrs. butcher saysk
butcher HOME, WILMINGTON, DEl.,
May 26th, 1879.
Kind Editor Daily Republican ~ wish to
say, through the columns of your valuable |
paper, that am now in receipt of over |
whelming proof to show that IL was a deem.
dark plot laid by those villains in PbiIodel. |
phia who ciaitned such friendship for me to |
ruin my husband and drag Mrs. Watson |
from the platform, destroy her Usefulness
and get her again back to philadelphia for
a vile and ungodly purpose. feel that NV |
husband has proven himself hero. and
God will bless him for protecting door.
redeemed woman against one of the most
powerful peFsscutions ever known in this
country. / am determinsd to ENCOURAGE
Mrs. Watson to tell of Gods goodness ia
her soul, that Others may be redeemed /