Smyrna times., 1880-10-20
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.
The Garfield and Houston Club of Frede- |
'ica, will be addressed this evening by
Hon. N. B. Smithers, of Dover.
The Junction & Breakwater Railroad
company will commence their fall excur.
'ions to Philadelphia on the 10th inst.
The new depot of the P. w. & B. R. R.,
1t Wilmington is to cost $4,000. Work |
upon the building will be commenced about
April lst.
AS if there were not enough mischief
done by doctors prescriptions, the Milford
Chronicle advises the people to drink whis-
key to cure the chills.
The Democratic and Republican candi.
dates for coroner in Sussex county are both
undertakers. They are said to both have
grave claims for the office.
SUGGESTION TO ENGLIsH.-Mr. English's
ancestors should have stuck to Delaware.
Democrats have much better show here
than in Indiana.-DeLaware Inquirer.
The Peninsula, Agricultural and Pomo-
logical Association Melted about $500 at its
late fair. This will iquidate more than
one-half of the Associations Indebtedness.
Senator Bayard, Congressman Martin,
Mr.. Daniel Dougherty and other speakers
of note are announced for the big Demo
cratic mass meeting at Middletown, on the
Goth inst
George H. Bates, ESQ, of Wilmington,
called on General w. S. Hancock, last
Saturday, but the General was indisposed
and couldn't see visitors and so Mr. Bates
left his card and retired.
prominent Republican Thursday even.
ing offered to bet that a portion of the
Republican county ticket would be elected
in Sussex county, but found no one to take
him up.-Peninsutar NeaOs.
When the U. S. District Court opened its
sessions in Wilmington, yesterday morning,
about fifteen foreigners were in waiting to
take out their last papers and become citi-
zens of the United States.
The steamer Break,0ater has been taken
off the Lewis and New York route, to take
the place of the Isaac Bell recently burned,
and the old reliable AbemarLe has taken
the place of the Breakwater.
In Sussex the Greenbacl party amounted
to something year or so ago, but now it
doesn't. Nevertheless, the bakers dozen
adherents of the party have nominated a
full county ticket and put up Weaver cleo.
tors.
Lambden's legion in Broad Greek hun
dred, Sussex county, will vote the Republi-
can ticket next month. Lambden was a
leading Democrat but is puckered over
something. So says the Georgetown In
quirer.
HEAVY SPEAKERs.-Gen.S Stewart L. Wood
ford, of New York will address Republic
can meeting at the Grand Opera House
Wilmington, on Saturday night next. Ii
is said that Hon. Carl Schurz and Mr.. Blaine
are also to be there next week.
FIRE NEAR WILMINGToN.-The barn o.
Lewis Springer, farmer living about five
miles west of Wilmington, was burned with
its contents Thursday evening. The Loss
is from $4,000 to $4,000 and insurance
$1,000, in the Mill Creek Insurance Com
pany.
Mr.. Samuel w. Hall, fruit packer, sole
out his establishment Tuesday to Messrs
| Reynolds d Postles, merchants of Frede
RIGA, for $4,750 The purchase include
the canning factory with capacity 70
packing million and quarter BIB cans o
fruit, with about one acre of land, includin
water front, two dwelling houses, lots, &c
The Wilmington Every Evening has pc
litical snake story, the gist of which is tina
the rag, tag and bobtail Of Philadelphi
Republicans are going to capture the Stat
for Garfield in November. A letter from
"prominent and trustworthy" Philade
phian says that members of the Unto
Club are offering wagers of two to one o
Republican success in Delaware.
The Middletown Transcript in noticin
the good qualities and generosity of Pu
nell J. Lynch, Democratic candidate fC
sheriff says: No poor colored man eve
, went away from his house with an empt
mealbag." What is said about Mr.. Lynch
generosity may be very true, but is thel
any significance in thus shaking the me-
bag in the face of the colored man?
The Court at Georgetown, Monday, issue
> a writ of mandamus compelling f.
Knight Democratic Inspector of the Mint
Inspectors in November, to issue a cert
: cate of election to Ziba Ferris, Republica
: instead of j. N. johnson, Democrat, wi
was returned elected. This action max
the Board of Canvassers for New Cast
;, county tie between the two parties.
Frank P. Kane, who was chief gan
. cock of the Blue Hens Chickens on Satr
o day night, in Wilmington, thinks that Il
,, negroes were prompted to the attack
revenge. The chickens, as general thin
o roost near Forty Acres" from which &
q lectable spot went forth the gang tn
d smashed the negro picnic at Rosenda
o Park, on July 4, 1873. Saturday mig
x gave an opportunity for an attempt at
II taliation.
/, A novel post Office was started in Sou
is Milford the other day. Some girls Of t
r town having been forbidden correspc
er dence with their young men, put box il
n. pile of bricks on Second street and {
IS posted their love letters therein. T
ID secret was kept for several weeks, and (
it game probably would have been kept
in indefinitely had not the owner of t
at bricks suddenly carried them off for bui
D. ing purposes. Five love letters were fou
by the workmen and five unpleasant sen
n tons followed.
- The ASSESSMENT LAws.-The Newa
- Ledger, nom artizan, says: Whate
may be the result of the present contest
n. our State, we trust the assessment
e. which has produced so much bitterness
o. feeling among us, will be repealed or
&C. modified as to deprive it of its obi,
Il. features. 1t has been abused for pa
w. purposes and is in its very nature liable
:. abuse. Tie Democrats cannot afford