Smyrna times., 1880-03-31
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.
Newark will organize a militia company.
Georgetown's new brass band is said to be
improving.
Kits Hammock, is being improved and
refitted for the Summer season.
Six vessels laden with corn for Pailadsl,
phia, left Milton one day last week.
The Newark Ledger has changed its quar-.
tors to the newly erected Exchange Build
ing.
Thousands of barrels of crabs have come
ashore at Slaughter Beach during the past
two weeks.
Sixty hands turn out 100 berry crates and
10000 baskets each day in the Milford
basket factory.
Lincoln, Sussex county, has been struck
by the building boom, and several new
houses are going up.
The proposed railroad from Dover to
Milford is still q leading topic of interest
throughout the county.
The FELTON, cannery has been leased by
Robert Clifton, who proposes to fill 100000
cans with fruit this year, if he can get the
fruit
The Milford Nc,cs has succeeded in
stirring up considerable interest in the pro
ject of having two mails day north from
that place.
The Methodist PrOtestants organized
new church in Milford on Sunday. 1t
starts with six members They will hold
regular service in Dorsey's Hall,
Thirty-four car loads of freight passed
over the junction & Breakwater road from
the lower roads oa Tuesday week A large
proportion Of this freight consisted Of
oysters.
Another sad drowning accident occurred
in the Christana creek, Wilmington, yestcr.
day, by which George Wiley, a lad residing on
King street, aboYs Seventh, with his mother,
lost his life.
Tha WSstern Union Telegraph Company
is about to put up a new wire fron Middle.
town to Dslmar, and another from CLAYTON
to Dover. The new cross.pisces are now at
the depot.-Mddleto,0a Transcript.
The scientific and agricultural course of
Delaware College will likely be extended to
four years, and the examination in algebra
and Latin will be dispensed with as a pre-
requisite to admission to that course.
The new NJ Z. ministers appointed to
WilmingtOn-Revs. C. Hill, P. H. Rawlins,
E. Davis and A. St0ngle were all at their
places on Sunday and the papers say they
made good Impressions on their consrega.
tiOns.
Miss Chadbourne will give rsadiass in
Church, Camden, Wednesday evening.
April 7th, for the benefit Of the Sunday
School; and in Frodsrica, Friday evening,
April 9th.
can't stand this; had child
drowned ~ WIS the exclamation of Andrew
Henry, of Milford, as he leaped into the
deep chilling waters Of Mispilion creek ten
days since. and rescued a negro child from
drowning
1t is suspected that the "Bulgarian
Monk lately lecturinE at various points on
the Peninsula, is none other than Robert
marlborough, the murderer Of Charles
Marsh. SOnS years since, Goldsboreugh
escaped from Georgetown Jail whilst under
sentence of death for his crime.
The Deta0are Inquirer says that ono Tom
Barker assaulted Constable Morris in the
etiice Of DR.. Bohm, Of Marlborough, on
Friday, making three cuts at him with q
knife, and inHictiRg cash two inches leng
in his shoulder. He then knocked Morris
down and beat and kicked him until by.
ISLANDERS intsrfered.
TROUBLE OvER.-At the quarterly con.
ference at Ashury Church, Wilmington,
last Saturday evening the case of George
). Hagany, which had been referred
back to the conference by Bishop An.
drews, was taken up and he was rein.
stated into membership by an alm0st unan.
imous vote.
SQUIRE HAdANY REINsrATED.-At a meet.
ing Of the Quarterly Conference Of Asbury
NJ. Z. Church, on Saturday night, George S.
Hagany was rsinstatsd to membership by
an almest unanimous vote. Mr. HagaRy, it
will be remembered, was expelled by the
action OF q committee appointed by the
late pastor, Rev. j. A. B. Wilson, for q
charge over thirty years old, and said to be
almost without foundation.
The DeIa0arcan in its last issue lays down
the following plank to stand en- during the
coming campaign: We'll, they have cot
the negro, let them keep him, we trust they
VIII Seb SHOuRH OI ultn. we nave never
sought or desired his vete and will not
admit him on any terms into our party.
We say to the dssigAing, accommodating,
unscrupul0qs leaders of the Republican
party, cling to your beloved till death do you
part"
Proclamation has been issued by the
Judges for the holding of Court Of Oyer
and PerEainer in this county at the coming
session OF the Court. There 10 case Of
arson to be tried, a oolorsd girl being in
| prison at this time charged With attempting
to burn the dwelling Of James Wright at
kenton last NovemberJ also, rape case in
which both parties are colored, the circum.
stances of which are alleged to have taken
place near Canterbury.