Smyrna times., 1881-04-20
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

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So Tar there have been eleven death
from smallpox in BlltImnre hundred.
Wilmington's election for members nj
the School Board will take place Oh May
Wilmington has decided to invest $5,O0n
IN tirr.arm telegraph system, amt 'ht
comlr at Tor Its Vre"ti0n has teen awarded
TO a Baltimore company.
II. Z. Albert, Of Wilmington, died We'd
ueSday from All overdose Ot l"u'isnum'
taken To relieve pain. He WIS for many
y"ars the leading musician IN Wilmington.
The Peninsula Nr,cS and Advertiser thirff<,
the new hqum law lis not move IN I"N"I
al temperance, but - sample ri the foolish
aud mi urIuuS legislation IT the recent ses
sIun.'
! Finding apathy n fixed quantity in th,
| mint at the Delaware iarurr, the ID la
ware Beet Sugar CuMpany have c'mtrA"ts''
| tor AlUuI 800 acres OI land, Ia VarI. Us s~''
Ilnn> of the State, and are preparing |. |
raise their own brpIs,
II. C. Carpenter, the nSwly.app"int-..
Asst. Iaut Superintendent i Pubic Scu"uis. |
Is u native oI Troy. New York, aud l. 81 |
years OF age. lie was p,IuraItd at CnIn" |
Classical Institute, Schenectady, AMI Was
Inr a LlInp cnnnrrIpd with UnIuM CUlltg'
lie came To d law@re III 1869.
The ELECTION CAsEs.-Of the SIXTEEN
r,s.s un tue ,I,rkrI ia the United State,
District Court, growing cut Of the las
~IrCtlun, thirteen Yet rptuaIn To be tried
Court met again un Tuesday when the trIal-
were Resumed. Ii the are all tried II
will take several weeks.
law was passed at the close Of ia.
session of the Legislature allowing rlaintIh
and deientlrnI Ia suit to Ice witnesses III
their own behalf, which makes u very
great change i'll the rules of eVid-n'e
heretofore regulating trials III cur Stat
courts. such law has existed Ia most Ol
our sister States Tor some Years.
u Mr.. w. c. Fountain oi the Capital Hotel.
Dover, has dismissed all his hoaI tlrrs. win.
= nave hrtm Compelled to seek other quar-
= Iers. Mr.. b. drslrrs little rest III TIA"
hotel business, and does not l'urIusr ~
u summing until ne can move III and OrruIl
I tue fac new hotel which sOnn to To-
Ia erected there Tor hlm 10y Mr.. Richardson.
Il PRE>BYrERY OF NEW CAsTLE.-rhe semi
p, annual meeting of the PrrsnyIrry Oi n "
Castle Is now "elRg held NJ EIkIOn, Nh.
Rev. Hurry Rum"r, of ST. Gr"rges, l.
IN moderator, AMI Rev. w. w. llrbrrlUn Oi
:, Eiktun, stated clerk. Tine Pr-shyt-ry in
n, rIudrs the whole Of this Peninsula. anu
n numbers fifty Two churches and forty Fix
S., pastors.
- Tue TRAVELS OF NEEDLE. Mrs. NJ 'tild"
JArks,'n, Wilmington, Is annoyed OT "
~ piece al u needle which i, working iI+ wNN
w through the q ,sh Of her arm. she IL &c
years nf age, nn'l she has no recollection %
.. now the needle got int0 the H. sh. A'"Iu
- % years ago halt OF the nee lie came Oni
!" ~ Though the skin OF the hand. Tue pr C
-" which Is makinH its appearance now is tn'
-. other half.-Morniny NesOs.
he The shad is one OF the most sensitive o
f-h. Il has n great dislike To- water pru
list LucPd by the melting snow and will no
;; ';; ascend river while II il thus appropriated
I'LL Oil h.h-rmen say that ~ srn''0l Of Shad
rec nr,'iImIrrIng water Oi this nature Un IhrI
, ,siI upward migration, will return aud HwHi
Ike. = more prol.iti"uS time. In Ssc~nding
Fry: river II il uelrvr,l that they travel 1T III
Get rate Of IRON ten To fifteen miles an hour.
,-., The FIRST CAsE.-0n Saturday afternO"
at Duv-r, the krst case under the new Ia
rsr making parties TO an NJ tl"n cnmI"teI
wlIn~ssrs Ia civil EuIts Was tried IN judy
le,I Dirksem's nff =. Tue was Z II. Cir
lay nam ". +. J. HSs, an action nf "ssump,
Nj. Tor g0,"l> s,'i aud delivered. The rri~rr'
ia. were A. J. Wilson, JaW"s Ii~vrIsn an
heal (Au,u.I Fl III. JAMES E. P-nnpwIll, E q
the was ret 'ln"d ny tue drlrIihht' u" SIl
apir Was Tor $40 aud Judgment was gwen u
ted 81 so.
, .s ACCIDENT FROM SHOOTING a NAB Doc
Tue New Castle Star SAL: "Om rhurs'l'
.o, y mail dog made it's appearance "n Il
80. farm. and near the house of Mr.. Elmer '
- Clark. One 0f the farm han IL seeing Il
alai the
49,, The gun hal hrpn standing lOn,l~'i for Ov
- year and when discharged il burst, tea
81 ing the mans thumb and hand OIrn ~
~ - filing his face with p.'wl-r. burning hi
:, G ,n.tler ,hlr. Tue wound WAS dressed al
a.. he 10 doing WE'LL
G'"i The PeninsuLar Necs and Advertiser snys
~" VIA never before so rlsy to- borrow mon
rom in Delaware on gOod security aS ut prrseI
X IN" " Instead Of the heavy premiums or nn
snc~ ou$ bonuses asked few years since"
s@r' says. 'money can he readily obtained
'"ul ak p"r cent, while in quantities Icy I
large thuusand il can be had iOr i've per cr
eing aud even less" II sees great hope far I
hrlst future Of Delaware In this tendency
-slV~ caI,ital to seek Investment nj home,
tn" stemd Of seeking enployn ssnt outside I
from State in mines, railroads.. DC.
may
rrec. Jurors for the May term Of New C,s
wis Court w.r- drawn lasi week, the lit
men ella les the name OF Misses America, q
-r-ss nr-i man anil the frat Of his rare -
mir. placed upon jury for State court
r.lan. Delaware. The names from the two lov
much hundreds Of the couRty are;
elton GRIND Jury Albert Lyman an'i w
n its L. Tatman. Appoquini,niaki William
been Back and William F. Green, RIackni
mony Petit Jary.--Clarence staats and Il
tnars noe w. Brockett. Appointments; Jolil
spira. Btockson and Mortimer Records, bia
bird HID.