Smyrna times., 1881-11-09
County and State Items.


County and State Items.
Governor Hall has appointed C. A.
Kawllns Justice Of the Peace for Bridge
vile.
Corday & Co., will soon commence at
Pennington the erection of large steam
| Touring mill.
Quail are said to be plentiful tbrouohout
the State and the sportsmcn anticinotc
good shooting.
Inc foundation walls of Biggs, Clayton
" Cos. new cannery at Middletown are
| finished and the frame raised.
A Milford editor believes there are two
things people should never bQrrQW-trou-
Die ana their local newspaper.
Typhoid fever prevails in the Ninth
ward, Wilmington, to an unusual extent
There have been a number Of deaths.
The Odessa Dramatic Association is re-
hearsing for one of its usually PLEASING
entertainments for Thanksgiving evening
Miss Phoebe Couzins, the eloquent. will
lecture before the Pestolozzi Literary
Society of Delaware College at their ami
versary on Saturday.
The suggestion of Hon. y. e. Smitbers
name for Justice Of the Supreme Court
meets with the approval of about all the
Delaware press except the State Sentinel
ana the extreme Democratic papers, which
remain silent.
1t would be a satisfaction to the readers
OF both the ECery Ecening and Morning
Ne"S II they could settle to their satisfac-
tIon, ut makes no difference 10 the
reader, which is the "bcst friend of the
business of Wilmington:
The Wilmington Morniag Ners put
Maryland items under the head of " Away
down East" Had the itemiZer passed
over the river from "local option" Cecil
to old Hartford? The Interpretation of
the Cec1 Whigs interviews of business
men IN regard to Local Option NAV thus
DC accounted for.
Mrs, Clara NJ. Wilson, of Milford bos
instituted suit in the United States Circuit
court against the Commissioners of Caro-
nhe county, Md, for $1,000 damages.
lie son Jacob Z. Wilson, who was in com
pany with his mother at the time of the
accident, sued and obtained from the
county, damages to the amount of 81 600
II. @, r. Zimmerman. better known
through tne county AS Charley Dutch
man." died very suddenly. at Bedden,s
Station, about four miles from George.
town, on last Friday, He had been ST.
ting in chair there about half an bour
when he fell out dead. He was a nursery,
man and planned and laid off ex-Goyernor
Ponder's flower yard at Milton.
IEE PERsIMMON.--Accordi to the
-M19faiaQ Neies (euthorIty in agrlculturel
!hePersimmon isto emerge from its obscur-
ltyasto0d for dogs and possums and become
one OF the desirable and profitable crops
OF the Peninsula. The epicures it saws in
Drown stone houses, who have been ac-
eustomed to commence the season OH
strawberries and continue on peaches will
taea gladly welcome the delicious per-
slInmon. The Fenirsvldr NetOs, with the
rec0llectiOns of the hungry NAV of the
boy, pronOunces them delicious fruit and
thinks the time is coming when one farner
will ask of another, "How is vour per-
siInmon crop?n
KILLED BY RAILWAY TRAIN.-A dis
pach 10 the Baltimore Sun from Whining
ton, dated Nov. 4th, says: "John Quigley.
ageo u, and William FOrwOod. aged 20
while attempting to cross the rack ot
Cla3mqnt Station, nine miles from here
on the Philadelphia, Wilminato,,and nal
timore Railroad, this evening were struck
by engine No. SO, attached to the north
bound delaware Diyision) train. Both
men were thrown distance of 25 feet
Qulgley was carried to The station-house.
Where he died in few minutes. Forwood
was taken home and expired at 1915.
me men We're in Q carriage and were
slgnaieQ ttty yards from the track, but in
the face of danger they became bewildered
The horses were also killed and the wagon
smashed to pieces. The coroner held an
inquest and exonorated the railroad com.
pany from blame"
New CASTLE TEACHERS, INs,Yr,,rr
Inc institute held last week at Odessa is
pronounced the most successf,,l Of anv
yet held in the county. The Attendant
was large both by the teachers and the |
citizens. The annual address by Professor
Groves, State Superintendent. entitled |
What our Age Demands of Teachers" !
was an able and interesting paper. DR.. /
French, of Massachusetts,, addressed the
Institute on the subject of "Oral Gram 4
mar" and III. nj. Miles read an instruc- I
tive paper on school government. The i
report ot the executive committee was
submitted, after which the following ofl-
GERS were nominated: Presidents,
Prof IL. 9. Carpenter, w. ID. Hawkins;
Secretaries, Jos. l.. Cavender. Miss Fannv
Rriscoe, Miss Lily Stanly, Miss Lizzie
Hoopess Treasurer, Miss Fell At the
evening session of Wednesday Miss s. Il.
Downs, of Middletown, recited iiSearch-
ing for the Slain" Prof 5, G. Conwell, of
Dover, delivered o scholarly lecture on
shakespeare, the choir sang q timely se-
lection entitled, A Change in the Wealth
en-" anc DIR. Purnell being absent, Miss
Downs, by request, filled his place ON the
programme with a recitation, "The Last
Hymn. On Friday DIR. French was
listened to with great deal of interest
and profit. DIR. Reinhart of Delaware
College, Rev. III. Baldwin Dean, Prof. Rey-
nolds and Prof. T. N. Williams of the Sea-
IoF1 fndfr and Others did themselves great