Smyrna times., 1880-04-28
Delaware Affairs,

ShSrlif Dunn seized the oyster schOonsrs
SGm"eI J La,ding and NorthQnDt2n ON
monday week in the Delaware Iay on a
lerelGh attachment, and they are now in
custody OF guard at Little Creek Landing
The Delaware Republicans will hold .
state Convention at Dover on Thursday
May 3, for the purpose of choosing dele.
gates to the Republican national conyen.
tlon' New Castle county will elect IS dele.
gates, Kent 30 and Sussex ~
Messrs. r. n. g. c. f. NaudIn. fo,nsrIv .,
MIddletown, but for eleven wears mast
engaged ip the dry goods business in Wash.
iingtoh, ID. e., have recently removed to Bur.
lington, Iowa, and opened one of the largest
dry goods stores in that city. These enter.
prlslng gentlemen are brothers of G. w. W
Naudin, of Middletown.
The meeting of the PennsuIar Press A sso.
clalleh at Wilmington on Wednesday, was
not very largely attended. Just at this
tlme, fenlnsular editors have a great deal
on their hands. There is the garden 70
dig, the chickens to shoe off the early let.
tuce bed and the carpet to beat. We'll
the average of us can hardly get time to
attend class meeting.--WdUetocn Trans.
cript.
IAe wrecks at the Breakwater are nav
likely to be removed The following bids
having been received by Col. J. n. Macomb.
chief engineer, at Philadelphia: The Coast
Wrecking Company, of New York. bid
S22.5OO; John Van Patton and Thomas A.
Scott of Philadelphia $23O00 George Eick.
OF Baltimore, $3l ,525, and George w,
Townsend, of Boston, $4,000. The work
is to be completed by August l8t.
CHILD Down WEIL.-On Monday morn.
ing daughter OF David Vail, of Sumxi,
Bridge, aged four years, fell down a well
between 40 and SO feet deep, in six feet Q!
water. As no one saw her at the time il
occurred, 1T is not known how long she was
III before she was discovered bv a servant
who was attracted by strange noise. The
mother gave alarm, by her screams, To
the father, who was half.a.Eiila from the
house. When he arrived, he succeeded by
means OF rope and ladder, in rescuing thu {
child alive, with only slight bruise over
one OF her oyes. Upon investigation into
how David Wallis daughter got into the
well on Monday, it appears that a negro
glrl, who was the first to give notice of tins
chlld whereabouts, was tie cause of the
the accident. She raised the lid Of The
"alrb0X," and held the little one over
saying, Is gwiRe drap you down de we'll
and let de water bubble over YOU" and
then, lnvcluntarily or Intentionally, she
carried her threat into execution. This was
the account given by the child herself when
asked how she got into the well, and it i:
now believed by the parents, for the follow
ing night the same cOlOred girl set fire to
one OF MIR. Wallis outbuilding, the flame.
being discovered Just in time to prevent
serious damage.-Datiy Ne,cs.
New CASTLE PREsBYTERY.-The Presbv
terry of New Castle, whose jurisdiction
extends to all the Presbyterian Churches ir
the State of Delaware and the Eastern
Shore of Maryland, met on Monday even
ing, 18th inst, according to adjournment
in the Presbyterian Church Of st. Georges
and was opened with a sermon by tht
retiring Moderator, Rev. E. w. GAYLORD, 0
Galena, MARYLAND. after which the Presby
tory, being called to or4cl and constitutel
with prayer, proceeded to the elction o
officers. Rev. Gilbert Boardman, of Por
Penn, was elected Moderator, and Rev. r
Graham and Elder c. B. Finley, temporar,
clerks. Rev john Patton, D. D. for fiftee.
years past the respected and successful
| pastor VI TSTeSG Ouurcn at MlQUIetOW0
asked and received permission to resign hi
pastoral relation. DR.. Patton, in impres
sive terms, related his pleasant experience
with the people of his charge, and hghl,
complimented them for the universal har
mony that prevailed. The venerable Rev
G. w. Kennedy was appointed to declar
the pulpit vacant and to moderate tn
session of the Middetown Church until tn
next stated meeting of the Presbytery.
An appeal for immediate peeuniary ali
was heard from the fredericksburg Church
which is in danger of being sold for debt
and means were taken to provide funds fo
its relief.
The following members of the Presbyter
were elected commissioners to the Generl
Assembly, that meets in Madison, Wiscor
sin, on May Goth Ministers-Rev. E. "
Gaylord and Rev. 8. Gilbert Beardmar
principals Rev. A. c. Heaton, D. D., an
Rev. S. A. Gayley, alternates. Elders-T
J. Murphy and w. D. Dove, principals, !
B. Barney and Samuel Barr, alternates.
The Presbytery adjourned on Thursday
to meet in regular session at Salisbury
Maryland, on the l4th Of next September