Smyrna times., 1879-09-24
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

Eightyeght horses have been entered for the Dover
races during this week.
Next Friday week Gov. Hall will make the appoint
ment for Attorney General.
The Willow Grove basket factories turned out 253,-
52j baskets during the season.
This week probably will swell the peach shipments
to an even total of 5000 carloads.
Secretary Harrington estimates that forty thousand
people will visit the Dover fair this week.
The sugar beet factory at Wilmington is under roof
and will soon be ready for the machinery.
sea serpent forty feet long was recently seen Off
the mouth of Broadkiln creek, Delaware bay.
Newark will soon have four brass bands, and a
Attempts to wreck p W. & B. R. trains around
Newark are filling the officials with great forbodings
Laurel and seaford Methodist Protestants will hold
frosty camp on the Mount Zion ground. one week
from September ~
John C. Corbit ESQ., has taken out letters of admin
isration upon the estate of Cornelius Watson late
Of fAppoquinmink hundred.
PARALYsI.-The wife of Rev. ]. II. Caldwell. of
Wilmington, was attacked with a severe stroke of
paralysis on Monday evening week.
The Conference Worker the Methodist journal Of the
Peninsula has been enlarged to eight page paper
andshows oommendabe enterprise.
Mrs. Mary Sites, at the Middletown Hotel, has
finished piecing silk quilt, which contains ten
thousand five hundred and fifty pieces.
The Nonantum Paper Mills. at Newark, have lust
completed $4,000 pound contract of heavy plate
paper, manufactured for the Government.
The Old Dominion Company has carried, 10000
boxes and 6OOOo baskets of peaches to market this
season upon which the profit is about 80 cents a
basket
Thomas ". Ware, from Bombay Hook TO Camden,
loaded with hay, was knocked overheard and drown
ed He resided ut Lewes.
fellow by the name of Medford of Ohio is getting
around among the fruit driers demanding from $50
10 SO0 for the right bleach fruit in the drying pro-
cess he claiming to have patent for said process
On Thursday afternoon. Sheriff Dunn sold at Dover
two hundred acres near Hazleton and belonging to
Henry Goodwin for twelve hundred and seventy five
dollars. Moses Harrington, one Of the creditors was
the purchaser.
There is adverse criticism on the recent action of
the Chancellor and Governor in making an order of
$500 year g1n bs ESes Tn3 1d Of sSSe5 county for
demented son of Loxley r. Jacobs, -
THE wHPrINos AT NEW CAsTIE.-Four negroes and
one white man were whipped at New Castle on Satur
dey, Ifor petty crimes. In each case the lash was
lightly administered by the Sheriff. and no blood was
drawn, most Of the culprits leaving the stake with
SMILE
The bay fishermen say that the reason that croak-
ers or Cape May goodies" have been so scarce IN
this market s because Of the large quantities of fresh
Yater that have come out of the creeks and rivers
INTO the bay and driven them from their feeding
Rfoppqs the bay aqts. -
AsbuFy M. w. Church IN Wilmington has got into
hot water There appears to bh quarrel between
Esq. Hagany and Rev. J. A. Is. Wilson, the preacher
It Is said that the latter became Offended because the
former opposed his call TO the church and tried also
to reduce the salary TO $1,000. This offended the
parson who has reaped up some old charge agansthe
Esq. and had him excommunicated. Now tho Hag-
any party are trying TO get possession of the church by
the election OF new board of trustees