Smyrna times., 1880-04-07
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

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COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.
SportsmcR say that snipe shooting has
improved considerably of late.
The Georgetown public schools are tenn
porarlly closed for want Of funds
Dover will have II line of vessels running
to Philadelphia by the middle Of next
month.
new lighthouse is to be built at Lewes
the coming season, to range with the Cape
HenloPen light
A new telegraph wire has been put up
from Mlddletown to Delmar, and from
Clayton to Dover.
A post-ofIice has been established at
Bowers Beach, and James W. Bead an.
pointed postmaster
lager beer bottiing establishment has
been started at Rehoboth and it is said
promises great success.
DR.. Thomas Blandy, formerly of Newark j.,
this State, but later Of Central PENNSYLVANIA,
IS about to settle at Lewes
The Delaware Inquirer is determined that
no one shall forget Georgetown's intended
Fourth of July celebration.
Lewis S. Cenaway, of Nanticoke hundred.
an inmate of the Sussex County Almshouse,
has been adjudged insane.
Francis MoWhorter was, on Saturday,
elected School Commissioner by the
school electors of St. Georges.
The Sassec Journal says that the number
of negroes assessed in Sussex county in
1876 was 7G3, and this year S29.
Mrs. Sarah f. Lockwood of Middletown.
has taken out letters tsstamsntary uDon the
estate of the late L. W. Lockwood.
Rev. George W. Miller, the pastor of
Grace NJ. E. Church, Wilmington preached
hls Introductory sermon Sunday nl0rning
}. A. Evans and P. c. Isaac have bought
of VIM. A. Hazard of Milton, timber
leave OF 1000 acres two miles West of
Redden for $4,000.
The J. & B. & B. & W. Railroads of
Sussex county, have decided to accept no
responsibility Cor loss of or damage to
freight after il, delivery at stations
The four school districts of Georgetown.
Sussex county, have been consolidated, and
the citizens voted $500 extra school tax for
this year, an increase of 500 over last
years levy.
a CoNsULsHIP FOR DELAwARE.-Enoch j.
Smithers of Delaware has been named by
the President for the consulship at Chin
Kiang. He has been consul at Smyrna,
Asia, for number of years.
The editor of the transcript does not like
gardening in the summer time. lie saws ::
About this time of year n garden spade
always weighs a part of ton, and it gives
man weak back to look at one
Henry Marvel, II years Of age, living
between Harrington and Milford, was struck
by falling tree on Tuesday last. One leg
was broken, his back was badly bruised,
and tearible gash was cut in his scalp.
The present boom" in the lumber trade
is causing much demand for Delaware
white oak, )" and most of the fine tracts in
Kent county that have been undsturbed
until this time are being bought up by par.
ties outside Of the State at high prices
Harboson Hickman, of Lewes, has re.
cslVed word that his schooner, the West
Wand, is a total wreck off the coast Of Nan.
tucket Island. The loss of the entire crew
is reported. Mr.. Hickman was sole owner
and there was no insurance on the vessel.
New CASTLE FINANoEs.- Her.
bert's report Of New Castle county taxes
shows a deficiency Of about $4,000 in the
hand Of the collectors. Walter S. Rey.
nolds, of Black bird hundred, makes the
best report of any collector in the county,
having overpaid to the amount of $I2..
At. William j. Eliason of St. Georges
hundred, who don't like to assess "nig.
gers is behind $5,624.l9. There are enly
four collectors in the county who are up.
TIE cpRAE HoAx-Not the slightest
foundation can be found for the sensationa
story that Cuban tilibustering expedition
is fitting out at Lewes. Thr9 are no stran.
gers or suspicious characters there that
would indicate any movement Of the kind.
The steamer IrODio, whose departure for
Port Antonio was reported as raising the
suspicious OF the Spanish Consul in Phila.
delphia is owned by Warner & Merritt, the
extensive importers Of fruit, and is legiti-
mateiy engaged in bringing fruit from Port
Antonia, Jamaica, to PhiladSlphis.
AN UNFoRTUNATE YoUNa DRLAwARRAN.-
The bedy of the unfortunate John i. Ora
hap, the young druggist who committed
suicide at Boryalk, Connecticut, last week,
in a tit OF dependency, pagsed down the
road on Monday, on its way 10 Camden, this
county, the fortner home Of the deceased.
The suicide is ascribed to friendlessness and
loss Of employment. IL was accomplished
with heavy dose of morpha. Young
Graham was buried yesterday from his
fathers home, John II. Graham, in Gam.
den. lie was 20 years Of age. Since the
above was In type we learn that the friends
deny the charge that the death was a sui.
eide, but resulted from an overdose of
morphia to relieve neuralgia.