Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1879-12-17
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

The loss by the burning of the Milford
gas works was about 81 900.
The S4sser Journal, Col. Townsend paper,
is now conducted by his widow.
According to the Newark Ledger some of
the people OF that town have had the
lottery " craze"
Georgetown and Lewis people will go by
special train to Milford, on New Years Eve
to attend theatrical entertainment.
The Peninsul1r Nc,cs notices the DEATH in
Texas, of Henry Coursey, only brother of
Thomas B. Coursey of this State.
Dr. Fowler. of the Advocate, and Bishop
Scott, will officiate at the rededication of
the NJ, f. Church at Middletown on next
Sunday.
Aaron B. Prettyman's store, near George.
town, was burned few nights ago. 1t was
impossible to save any Of the goods. No
insurance.
The Republican State Central Committee
| held meeting in Dover, on Thursday, and
appointed Gen. A. T. Torbert, of Milford,
member of the Republican Committee, in
lieu of s. NJ. Harrington, Esq, deceased.
LARGE HoGs.-Mr. William Hill, residing
at Harrington, is the owner of three hogs,
which he thinks cannot be beaten in the
State. Tho combined weight of the three
porkers, is 100 pounds, the heaviest one
weighing over 700 pounds.
Senator Bayard, on account of pressing
public and private engagements, has been
forced to decline an invitation to deliver an
address at the industrial exhibition now in
progress at Charleston, under the auspices
of the South Carolina Agricultural Society
DELAWARE CRoPs.-In the Department Of
Agriculture's special crop report for Decem
Der, the following crop statistics for Della
ware are given: For 1879 the average yielC
of corn to the acre was 81 bushels; o
wheat, Is bushels; Of rye, II bushels; o
{ oats, % bushels; of potatoes, SO bushels
of sweet potatoes, IS bushels; of hay, To-
tons.
On Thursday Senator Salisbury intro
duced bill for the removal of obstruction
,. from the harbor of the Delaware Break
;. water, the appropriation amounting t
n $4,000.
q On the same day Representative Marti
|. presented petitions and bills for the in
provement of the Nanticoke River an
5. Broad Creek.
"a Marydel has had a corn war. The rus
n to market is so general that cars cannot
10 had as fast as they are wanted. Jane
Green and Joseph T. George, rival graf
dealers, each laid claim to certain cars tt
e other day, and, with shovels, tong
re bricks and other rural weapons, fought f
their possession. Each man was backed
- his employees and customers, and a sangui
n. airy engagement took place, Mr.. Geori
finally driving Mr.. Green from the field.
st SENSITIVE PEoPLE.-Another preach
On has got himself in hot water for charactI
I'd izing poverty as it is. Rev. Mr.. Mowbra
nd of Frederick, in a recent sermon had ocC
er sion to allude to poverty as a curse, al
this offended the poor class Of his congreG
ton, as they thought he meant to I'M
mt that they were cursed. Mr.. Mowbr
ne hearing they misconstrued his meanir
ng read the same sermon the subseque
X; Sabbath evening, from manuscript. Yet
'c' seems they do not fully comprehend
'se meaning.
The Old Dominion Steamship Compa
rec have just signed a contract with Roach
no no Son, of Chester, for another 1000 ton scr
~ steamer, to be finished in the Spring. 7
Sy, boat is to DO a fast one and especia
not adapted in construction for the ira
erh between Lswes and New York.
70 Thirty.seven cars loaded with freig
corn, lumber, oysters, ETC., arrived at
Of o. D. pier at Lewes on Friday last. d
has thirty-three of them could be loaded,
St remaining four being left for this wee
bev boat, which added to the twenty.one &C
In. tional cars arriving that day, made tota
ian twenty FIVE car loads Of freight shipped
Tuesday. PcninsuLGr Nct0S.