Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1880-12-15
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

Gays slnceJ 1T months oluj tnaI WelSneu
$50 TBS.
Diamond back terrapins are being caught
in plenty and command from SIS to $lS
per dozen.
$1,000 have been subscribed to the build
ing fund Of St. Pauls P. E. Church, of
Georgetown.
One Sussex farmer will ship 10000 bush
ella of corn this season, besides keeping
enough for his own use.
The Centennial of the Dover NJ. E.
church, Wesley Chapel will be held in the
said church on Sunday the 10Th.
The Legislature will be asked to create |
an office by which record of the marriages,
births and deaths in the State may be kept. |
Each keeper" in the Life Saving Service
| in this District has been directed to engage
an additional Surfman from Dec LIST, 1880,
to May LIST, 1881.
1t is said to be likely that a movement
towards the division of New Castle county
will again be made during the next session
of the Legislature.
Insurance Commissioner Melee has re-
voked his authority to the Delaware State
Mutual Fire and Marine Insurance Com.
pany to do business.
new organ has been placed in the
Smyrna church, Rev J. H. Haines pastor
Conference Worker. Where did the Worker
get the above from?
The Philadelphia Wilmington & Balti.
more railroad will pay Emory Marvel 1925
for two horses, recently killed on the rail.
road track near Dover.
New Castle City has made its last term of
County Court. The next session-during
February of next year-will be held in the
new Court House in Wilmington.
"Mr r. Conkling-Dear Sir: My Della
ware address is Wilmington; yours truly
is the way the Atlanta Constitution looks at
the prevailing Senatorial unpleasantness.
VIM. C. Fountain of the Capitol Hotel,
Dover, housed so tons of ice on Monday, at
a cost of between SIT and SIS. Last year
his ice cost him between $500 and 5000.
This is the difference between a warm and
a cold winter.
The directors of the Baltimore Corn and
Flour Exchange Mondey passed a resolu'
ion appointing a committee to assist in
obtaining the $4,000 stock subscription to
the Ekton and Middletown railroad re-
quired by act of Legislature.
w. G. Pennypacker, formerly the lessee
of the -four mills of Price & Co., on the
, Brandywine, which were recently burned,
has formed limited partnership with W.
w. Frazier, Jr., of Philadelphia, to carry
on the Touring and milling business.
/ Our SUGAR FAcroRY.-The Delaware Beet
, Sugar factory, at Riverside, has closed for
the season, the company will in a few days
manufacture a brand of sugar from sor
ghums sent on by Commissioner lie DUO,
from the Agricultural Department at Wash
I ington.
. A BLOCKADE IN GRAIN.-The P. W. & B..
r. r. company on Saturday issued orders
to all agents to permit no more cars to be
. loaded with grain until further orders.
, This is in consequence of the great grain
] blockade in Philadelphia, and will cause
|. serious inconvenience to many farmers.
; Wilmington had another riotous disturb.
ance on Saturday night. Officer McGonigle
and Constable Hickman arrested colored
man for disorderly conduct and started
:. with him to the City Hall, when a crowd
! of fifty or more negroes attacked them and
}, rescued the prisoner. Some Of the rioters
o used revolvers and others used bricks, the
i latter causing few cracked heads.
D SLooP SUNK.-The sloop Shepherd, Capt.
e Hubbard, is reported sunk in the ice on
a the bar at the mouth of the Mispillion, only
= her bowsprt, masts and rigging being visi.
n ble 1t is supposed that all hands have
}. persisted, rs it would have been impossi6is
d for any one to have gotten ashore. 1t is
# also out of the question to get assistance
r. from the shore. She is loaded with coal
s for A. X. Hall & Son.
= J. To BE REMOVED TO DovER.-The conserv.
g atory of the Delaware Railroad Company,
|. in which are grown the flowers that are
replanted in the beds along the line of the
Delaware division, will be removed to
Dover. building of larger size will be
constructed, which will give the accommo.
g dations that the growing demand makes
!. upon the conservatorys capacity. At the
IT present time, Mr.. Parsons, the company's
It florist is very busy in replanting and train
n ing the sprouts.
Il The PLOT THICKENs.-A preamble and
n resolutions have been drawn up, and are
a in the hands of Democratic members oil
/. the Legislature, praying the Governor to
r. remove Judge Houston from the bench
!. upon the ground that in contesting the
n election of Mr. Martin he has charged the
IS election officers and other officials with
q offences that make them amenable to State
8, laws, and which, if true, will make it proper
n that their cases be referred to the Attorney
II General, and brought by him before the
e. court. The petitioners declare that these
.r are not proper questions for Judge Houston
n to sit upon, and they, therefore, respectfully
=. | nrav his removal WI M0ruin0 Ne,,S
= The Wilmington NewS published yester
= day reports Of interviews with several citi
y zens of Dover in relation to the controvers,
20 between Senators Bayard and Conklinl
and others. DR.. Isaac Jump is reported a
20 =. stating that he heard the speech, and tn
y stenographer who took it down read hi
i notes to him, and he considered it a yer
- batim report. This was the report publish
" ed in the Press. Manlove Hayes, treasure
~ Of the Delaware Railroad says he heard tn
=, speech, and considered the report fair an,
80 truthful. DR.. A. Bishop will not say as t
the amount, but recollected that tue i'm
preston produced on his mind was tina
~ the gentlemen were charged with wrong
" fully appropriatng large sum of none
of in the Phelp9 Dodge case. J. j. Cree
- and Wilson l.. Cannon also testify to thei
40. belief that the report was correct. Tn
-. report was taken by competent stenogri
pher, named James L. Anrews.
ne SUIT OYET AN OLD DELAwAREAN's PICTURE
les AN old family full length portrait, pain
ed by the celebrated artist, Sir Joshu
ri Reynolds, in London, in 1890, was til
ny subject of litigation which came up fc
argument Monday in the PHILADELPHIA
OF Court Of Common Pleas No. 2 The pc
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