Smyrna times., 1880-05-19
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

Ladies of the NJ. E. Church, Of Middle
town, will give festival on May Goth and
9th.
The 9lst annual session Of the Delaware
State Medical Society will be held at Dover,
II NJ, June Sth.
The warm weather of this week is caus.
ing crabs to shed freely in Indian River,
and they are now being shipped in large
quantities.
Miss Ida P Cowgirl, of "Cowgill's Cor.
Rer," who has been on visit to her brother
in Dakota, for the past six months returned
home last week.
Treasurer Herbert, has received and paid
to Charles w. Rowland, negro school tax
for 1879 and balance due for 1873, amount
ing to 81 ,563.97.
Quite large acreage will be planted in
sugar beets in st. Georges and adjoining
hundreds, this Spring. Mr.. E. C. Fenimors
will grow about thirty acres.
The Presbyterian chapel for a Sunday
school at Dover is being pushed rapidly
| forward. The contractors expect to com.
plete their work in about two weeks.
George w. Ingram, real estate agent,
reports the sale of the "Thomas farm
near Townsend, l73 acres, to George E.
Stone, of Scranton, Pa, on private terms.
The shad fishermen between Hope creek
and Pennsgreve, sent 10000 shad by the
tow.line to the Philadelphia market, last
week. They netted the fisherman about
$40 per hundred.
Senator Salisbury is credited with saying
fatu n hat ghO
not squarely on the union side during the
rebellion and supported the union army
can be elected President.
The Delaware Inquirer estimates that 10,
900 people will be in Georgetown on thu
T Sd Of July, and also that the excursionist
to Philadelphia last week took $1,000
away from Sussex county.
The Board of Education of Dover hav,
resolved to make a change in their princi
pal, and Mr.. w. S. Grouse will retire frOn
his position as principal at the close of tn,
: schools for the Summer vacation.
The Dover Hall has been considere,
, somewhat unsafe, recently, but since tn
! Republican State Convention of last week
:. the Dover people have much more conf
. dence in the strength of the structure.
Sherman Morgan, the Dover favorit,
! was so badly injured by collision with
= buggy on the Suffolk Park track, last weel
;, that he was Withdrawn from the race
Tom Bayard, another Delaware horse, ha
to be withdrawn, because he cast shoe.
= POLITIGAL THUNDER SHowER.-Jaco
i. Moore, Esq, Of Georgetown was asked by
a reporter what he thought of the late col
i ventiOn fight.
. "Oh, it will do good," said he; "it wi
;. clear things up as thunder shower pur
,. fies the atmosphere"
u The semi. annual meeting of the Dslawal
u Baptist Union was held in the Bapti
I, Church, Dover, on the 1lth and 18th inst
u The meeting was more largely attende
% than any before held. The reports frol
= the churches show an encouraging increai
Y in membership and efficiency.
70 The license system works great inju
tice to the citizen. While he is held +
sponsible for violations Of law, the Sta
= sells the privilege to few favored indivi
n = uals TO tempt men in their weakness to cor
= = mitcrime. ItprOposes for stipend to cor
~ mission men 10 array friend against frien
y brother against brother, husband again
y the wife, children against the parent, ar
- destroy and vitiate the whole social fabric.
~ Daily Neals.
r. CANDIDATEs.-The Democratic nonin
lg tion for Sheriff and Coroner Of New Cast
st county will, according to the rules Of q
us party, be held on Saturday June ut
at There are only four candidates for Il
ill Sherif's Office as follows: Purnal j. Lyme
.r. Thomas Ford, John NJ. Macklen and Pet
UT B. Heusted. There are eight or nine ca
40 djdatss for the Coroner's ofEce. In d
nd Republican party there are six who Ia
in expressed desire 10 try their strength {
nd the Sheriff's Office. They are as follow
I'D Philip r. Clark, James l.. Martin, w
Of III. Pierce, NJ. II. Paxson, s. r. Choate al
r. II. Law.