Smyrna times., 1880-04-21
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.


Kent's Levy Court has placed the tax.
rate at 40 cents on the 500.
Delawares enterprising sugar beet men
have decided to erect a new mill.
I. N. Mills, of Dover, has had telephone
communication established between his
residence and the depot.
The New Jersey Fish Com mnaissioners have
placed 100000 California and 10000 Allan,
tic salmon in the Delaware.
Professor C. S. Conwell, of Camden,
will deliver the masters Grafton at the
Dickinson College commencement.
Governor Hall will preside over George,
towns great celebration meeting. Senator
Bayard has agreed to deliver the Grafton.
The boiler of Gcrdey's steam mill, near
Laurel, exploded Wednesday, damaging the
machinery and slightly scalding one man.
The New Castle Presbytery, to which
belong all the Presbyterian churches on the
Peninsula, met at St. Georges yesterday
evening.
County Treasurer Rawlns, of Sussex,
reports that during the year just closed,
$38, AS We're received, and $37 ,400jS
paid cut.
DR.. c. Ii. Richards, of Georgetown, has
this Spring planted half an acre of ground
in tobacco seed and has induced a number
Of farmers to follow his example.
Clarence Hopkins has leased the farm of
Elnathen Smith, in Milford Neck, Kent
county consisting of about sixty acres, for
the term of twenty years and is setting it
all in peach trees.
/
The Middletown Transcript, disposed to
bear up under the blow, says that the far
mers are geing to have such big wheat
crop that they don't seem to care much
about the peaches.
On Tuesday last, Thomas 2. Short. while
drifting for shad about two miles off Bowers
Beach, near Milford, caught in his net a
mackere of about the No. size, something
very rare in Delaware waters.
At the reformed Episcopal church in
Wilmington Sunday night, several converts
were baptised. Last night about twenty
persons were confirmed. To-day the
Synod of the Reformed Episcopal church
will be in session.
colored woman, employed at one Of
the Dover boarding houses, who tips the
beam at about 300 pounds, went to the
pump for water, on Wednesday last, when
the platform gave way and down she went
but caught by her arms and was saved, but
terribly frightened.
Henry Hill, gentleman we'll known in
this town and Milford, died in Philadel-
phia on Friday last and was buried at Mil
ford on Monday. He was in the tobacco
business in Philadelphia for many years,
and was variously estimated to be worth
froTVo 96O 000 n SOS0 0O0
When DR.. j. B. Welsh, a Greenback
stump speaker arose to make an address at
Georgetown the other day, mere announce
ment by corn doctor, who had stationed
} himself on box near by, that ho was a
Democrat, drew the crowd, and the Green.
back orator was compelled to retire.
Magnolia's school house sensation contin.
, ues. The other night forty men put rollers
under the building and attempted to
remove the whole structure to another
point. The Sheriff, who arrived from
} Dover to quell the disturbance, was resisted
at first, but managed finally to bring about
, peace and erder.
, DEATH OF A DELAwAREAN.-Col. James II
. Jones, commander of the marine corps al
! the Charlestewn Navy Yard, died Of pneu
. monia on Saturday afternoon, in Boston
= He was q DeawareaA by birth, and was
? brother of William Hemphill Jenes, now o.
: Washington. He contracted a cold while
: acting as pallbearsr at the funeral of ROal
!. Admiral Thatcher last week.
# THREE DESPERATE CRIMINALS ESCAPE JAIL
g -Enoch Rush, VIM. Austin and Thoma
d FlannagaR-sscapsd from Jail in New
o Castle, Monday morning They were serv
l. ing out two years sentence for attempted
IS arson. They were all confined in a cell OF
9 the first floor, and gained an exit by bend
n ing the bar in their cell window. They 60
,, cut of the Jail yard by means of a rope mad
n Of bed clothing, to which was attached
is wooden hook, which caught on the stoR
q coping Of the Jail wall.
Is THE LATE DUEL. The Newark Led3e
Ie reporter claims to have seen the recent due
1t near that town between DIR. White and MI
Q. Adams, Of Philadelphia. According to tina
d paper the pistols were loaded without ball
s. and when the principals fired the secoRd
10 hit each duelist with hickorynut. Thi
o. caused them to think they were shot, an
le both fell senseless to the ground. 1t too
r. a great deal OF brandy and water to reyiv
pr them, and when the Ledger reporter, VIII
{, was located in an adjoining tree, laughed q
d the scare, he was invited down to " tax
" something"
IL INSECURITY or THE CoURT HoUsE.-Th
e. public buildings at Dover, considering the
le are comparatively new, especially the ia
70 and court house, have given frequent oaus
Us of complaint in regard to insecurity. Th
er Dover correspondent Of the PeninSuIar Nea
10 has the following item:
Us "The insecurity of our new Court Heus
e. in Dover is causing considerable talk an
40 attracting much attention. Many of OF
80 citizens have for the last year been dstsrre
rs, from attending any of the public entertain
au ments given in the Court House ha
Us through fear Of accidents, by reason Of til
ed insecurity Of the building. The matter hi
US been brought to the attention of the Lev
o. Court, and that body has determined
ne employ skillful and competent arehitet
er to inspect the building and to devise som
ze plan to make it perfectly safe and secure
,e' and free from the possibility of accident.
o The PEACH CRoP ELsEwHERE.-The 70
he lowing items will indicate the condition
pr. the peach crop elsewhere:
ed The Milford Nel0s says Of the peach pro
-e. pect: IL may be possible that the case
,al not quite so bad as first reported, but it
'ol the general opinion that the crop will be
cd total failure, the most sanguine only lool
lie ing for q sufficient number Of peaches Il
Of home consumption
b. The Dover Se1tinel says that the latsl
d. accounts from the peaches in their localit,
ga is that there are enough left yet if nothin
Of further happens to injure them.
ty In the Seaford section Of peach orchard
mt the scare has somewhat abated, and th
lie growers are still hopeful.
ry The breeze did not hit the Eastern Shoi
us. as hard as il did the Delaware part Of th
he Peninsula.
DC In some Of ths Sussex orchards liz
IN. peach bud is hard TO find in Others thel
Of - good prospect for fourth Of crep.