Smyrna times., 1880-07-14

The Wilmington Ncws has taken a
census of church members in that city. 1t |
finds that among the $4,000 inhabitants |
1880 belong to church. OF the 1880, |
,52O are colored. The Catholic congrega- |
tions have an aggregate membership OF
5000. There are 1881 white Protestants.
Of these, 1856 are members of the Metho'
dist Episcopal; ,53S of the Baptist Church
1850 of Presbyterian Church G78 Of the
of Protestant Episcopal Church jN7 OF the
Congregation of Friends, and the remain
ing 9l7 Of the various other Protestant
denominations in the city.
The DoIarucm,, Senator Saulsbury's
paper, says in noticing the attacks on Gen.
Gariields action in the Credit Mobllcr and
De Gollyec pavement matters, that it has
no taste for that kind of political warfare
which seeks to smirch private character,
nor is it the most effective weapon Of
assault. Senator Bayard in his Whining
ton speech did not allude to either Of these
charges against Gen. Garfield, though
thoroughly conversant with his public life
for fifteen years confiding himself to the
acts of bis party of which he said he was an
able member. The Dcia,rarc Ga=ette on the
contrary has got down in a mud puddle and
| is Hopping around worse than any Muscovy
duck.
THE DECEASED Mrs. CAspERsoN.-Mrs.
! Sarah +. Casperson who died at the resi-
| dence of her son-in-aw, j. NJ. Beasten near
! Newark, ON Monday was the widow of Mr..
! CaspergOn who died some twenty or more
| years ago from injuries received from
briar scythe in the hands of George
buchanan. Both parties lived in Blackbird
hundrGl adjoining farms. one mile from
Clayton, and line fence led to the dispute
and attack by buchanan which ended in
the death Of Casperson. buchanan was
tried and convicted of murder in the sec
ond dcglcc, but after being in prison a few
years was pardoncd, on paying heavy fine
to the state. Mrs. Casperson is said to
have been "A very amiable christian lady.
Her remains were taken to Clayton, Kent
county for interment.-Lp"bllcan.
Milford, or rather the Pel.i,sa}a, Nc,cs is
sour over the census enumeration that puts
that place so far down the list. 1t goes 50
far as to suspect false returns on the part of
the other towns by the enumerators giving
one or two names more TO each family than
they really have. 1t is certain anyhow that
they counted in all the suburbs and much
; Of the surrounding country. Milford is d
smart Place, all will admit but it ha:
hardly arrived to the distinction of q city
as the NrlcS has been taught by stern facts
The Nsrs grows eloquent and concludes a!
follows I'VE expect such claims to emf
r nence to be set up by the organs in th'
! interests Of the rivals of Milford but Will
her thirty factories, her large shipbuildin!
interests. her seventy mercantile houses
J her packet and railroad lines, size still cl,in,
} h,,' pi'c~meorr. Why, her ship,buildn!
interests alone employs more capital thai
. all the industrial establishments of some O
:. her rivals. She is The booming town of tn
whole Peninsula, and her people mean I
keep her booming in -pitr of the envy ant
i jealousy Of her rivals Why even now hc
fruit curing factories are moving up tn
Peninsula to seal; the peach crop, am
:. right in the teeth Of Smyrna and Dover be
is cnterrrising citizens are preparing to col
BILE up thousands Of dollars that their du
ness cannot even conceive to exist. Th
= citzcrs of peach growing and handiin
Mijdletnwn have this very season furni>hc
free Of rent to citizens Of Milford Il larg
k fruit curing factory, Just to induce them I
Df come NJ there and show them how
5 make money curing peaches Throug
the enterprise and industry Of her ctiZel
Milford booEls, whether there are pcach'
: or no peaches and she intends to keep at
IT, even if her rivals die of envy" There is
IS !nan in Alabama who has an orchard
le three trees heavily ladened, if any Of Il
IN Milford men would like to 60 down.