Smyrna times., 1880-04-28
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

Scarlet fever is becoming prevalent IN
Wilmington.
The Lewes N. f. Church realized $l02
last week by festival.
Wilmington is troubled with curbstone
loungers, mostly young men.
D. w. Coskey, of Newark, is Matching
chickens with a patent incubator.
The Rev. Mr.. Minor, of Denton, has
been called to the P. Z. Church at Mil
ford.
Niddlctown peach. growers are in better
spirits. Many profitable varieties escaped
the frost.
Milferd's Torbert Guards are making ar
rangements to decorate the soldiers graves
in rosetime.
Rev. C. w. Prettyman is preparing for
his summer vacation by building cottage
at Rehoboth.
Sectional laborers on the P, w. & B. are
now receiving $l.25 per diem, an advance
of ten cents upon former wages.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
Of the Delaware State Fair will be held in
Dover on May 9Th, the day Of the Republi
can Convention.
Yellow ochre in quantity has been dis,
covered by Thomas B. McCOnaughey al his
iron ore pits on Chestnut Hill. The ochre
is worth $50 a ton.
We are instructed that Samuel Town.
send is the unanimous choice of the Green
back party in this county for representa-.
tive in Congress.-SuSser journal.
An added egg exploded in kettle in
Marlborough Kitchen one day. There was
loud report, hot water was showered in every
direction, and the frightened housewife
fed for her life.
REDUCING WAGEs.-The prOprietors of
the rolling mills of Wilmington say that
there has been such tumble down in the
| price of iron that the wages of employees
must necessarily follow.
AT the judicial conference held last week
to try the cases of Rev. T. B. Miller and VIM.
Major, the case of the former by vote Of
IL to was referred back to the Philadel-
phia Conference Ia virtual clearance) and
Mr.. Major was rsinstated.
DEMOCRATIC STATE CoNvENTIoN.-The Dem
ocratic State Central Committee met in
Dover Tuesday morning and issued a call
for State Convention, to convene in that
town, on Tuesday, May 25th, at noon, to
elect delegates 10 the National Democratic
Convention.
United States Fish Commissioner Baird
has informed Mr.. l.. P. Cowgirl, Of Camden
that after June 10th he will be able tc
supply him with all the young shad he will
transport from the Matching station al
Havere de Grace.
The Milford Ne,os gives the peach topic
, up in despair. 1t says that it has tried t.
} find how the matter stands, but all in
! vain. While very few report their show
for fair crop rather favorable, others still
| incline to the belief that the crop is q tota
{ failure or nearly SO.
Hon. BENZ. T. Biggs, who has hope ant
faith In everything but Jay Cooks North
srn Pacific bonds, believes that his variou
: orchards will be more heavily frnitsd will
! peaches than in the notable year OF rs
To save the market from corresponding
. glut,. another frost or two is needed.
& Our Life Saving Stations will close u
s for the season May lst. Thus far the
Z haye rendered no actual service beyoni
finding q mermaid and capturing one hal
s seal, but they haVs been in readiness an,
Q only think what they might have done ha'
occasion required. Breakaoater Light
E Resenbaum, the Georgetown hotel MAJ
Y ordered suit from Wanamaker a. Brown
y . Philadelphia, The coat was returned 70
' some alterations. a Few days after a shai
. y per entered Wanamalser & Browns, pei
= sonated Rossnbaum and walked off wit
= the ceat and q small cash balance tina
:, ! stood 10 the credit of Mr.. r. on the firm
: beoixs.
n WANTS AN ELEyAToR.--Edward L. Mertir
10 who represents Delaware in the House,
lie long and broad, and walks very ereetly 8
i. hs goes Ep and down the long flight
10 stairs in the Capitol. He would like I
Or have passenger elevator, similar TO thi
n IN the Senate, upon the House aide, an
e. to-day introducsa bill apprepriating 81 ,0(
,g for the purpose PJhiLa. Record Of tie 26th.