Smyrna times., 1881-06-15
County and State Items.

county ana SCaC0 Items.
Mr.. J. J. Ross, Seaford paid $3.50 for
last weeks berry picking on his farm.
1t is likely that the Pennsylvania and
Delaware City Railroad will be in run
ming order by July l.
According to the Milford NeWs the |
Great American is the coming straw
berry for that place rs the "Sharpless'' is
for this.
Peninsula camp-meetingS will be held
as follows: At WOodlandtOwn, Dorches-
ter, August u; mt l4avinias Woods, near
Milton, July 8; at DagsbOrOugh. i'll Aug.
at Deals Island, August s.
The Potter estate, comprising 2,627
acres, near Milford, is to be sold at public
sale. Benjamin Potter was bound boy,
but became the largest real estate owner
i'll Delaware
c. F. Lee lost his pocketboOk containing
$50 on the cars between Milford and Har-
rington on Thursday. 1t was found by
Philadelphian, who refuses to return it
until Mr.. Lee shall prove the property to
be his
Jacob Grape, of Milford, while oiling
machinery in Camp & Blair's factory, was
caught by the belt and his arm drawn into
one of the pulleys. He was drawn all
the way to the ceiling, and his arm was
badly laceratcd
REAL ESTATE SALE By +. =. CLARKE
Farm of Edward W. Patten, near Leba-
non, of 97@ acres, to VIM. ID. Leonard
! Price paid $500. House and lot of Chas.
KINNEY, on State street, to Jas. \. Cliff
ton. Price $800.--DeIdWdredR
Purnell Frederick Harrington, of Dover,
has been promoted to the rank of COM
mander, United States navy. He takes
command of the Dale. Commander Har-
ringtOn is the author of standard text
book in use at the Naval Academy.
Mr.. James Elliott, or = Squire" as the
railroad men were wont to call him, has
resigned the post of ticket agent ut the
Depot of the p, w. & b. Railroad, II posi-
ton he has filled for twenty-seven years
He was faithful ocfiier and an Obliging
man.
Mrs. Ida b. Barle, the Sussex bride
whose sudden and alarming illness on hel
wedding day caused a sensation at Selby
vile and gave rise to a romantic story IL
the papers, has recovered. There was M
poison-dealing rival in the case, as the
story had it.
. About thirty members of the Union N
f. Church, of the Appointments Circuit
made Il call, on Wednesday last, ut tn,
parsonage, in Blackbird, for the purpos
of spending an evening with their youn;
and beloved minister. Rev. X. X. Steph
, enson and wife.
I STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.-Ha Girls
well, maiden lady living near FELTON,
was struck by lightning on "Wednesday
last, and died shortly afterwards Sh
;. was about sixty-five years of age and it
! said she was to have been married to
gentleman of FELTON, in short time.
5 While Mr.. Cady, the stcpfather of Mis-
i Ida McCabe, of Dagsboro,' was i'll George
|. town the other day, Miss Ida packed II
|, her clothes, went to the hotel where sh
t met Mr.. Baker; a minister was sent fo
;. and when the step1ather returned he tOun
/ that the pair had been married. Mr. an
$ Mrs. Cady refused to have anything to d
a with Mrs Baker.
Senator Bayard has Interested himsc
D in securing favorable consideration of
: pension claim preferred by John Brother
e of MiddletOWn, Del. There is no dOul
v that Brothers is Union soldier and tn;
:. he is still suffering from wound in h
s. leg, but there is Il question whether il W;
received on the field of honor or in ba
room braWl. The most striking featul
in the case, however is that Brothers is Il
=, father of eighteen children, including 1
:, fewer than six pairs of twins. 1t is sa
-. that Senator Bayard hesitated at first
&c push the claim, but after inspecting IL
20 20 twins he made up his mind that somethil
i ought to be done
IN Wilmington Republicans held their n
+ nual meeting to elect a city executi'
he committee on Saturday evening. The q
n tendance was large. The faction fig
IN made things lively. II. f. Pickles, of Il
~ Higgins party, presided and annOunc,
Il. a committee, but division was called II
ef State faction moved to one side of Il
ne room and sustainers of Mr. Pickles to Il
~ other. The former claim that they we
ne in the majority and they organized a meC
)h ing, with ID. H. COyle as chairman. II
n State" committee then selected a ci
us executive committee composed of Sta
=. men, with John G. Baker as permane
us chairman.
cf 1HE ARMY ORM.--ACcOruln8 10 I
re Sentinel they have found out in
of Jones Neck that we are saved frC
Du another invasion of the Army Worm
d. the severe cold of last winter. A fl
NJ made their appearance on DR.. Credicl
he farm and immediate measures were tax
ny to hem them in, but upon investigation
re was discovered that where the worl
he were found an old ditch-bank had be
en- hauled in to fill up these low places, sho
rs ing that the worms had burrowed in t
en- banks along the ditch and had hatch
is out after the dirt had been removed.
xt a further test of the severity of the Wint
hit upon this pest, an old house was being
ne moved across one of the wheat fiel,
nj when, Winter coming on, it was stopp
We on the wheat and left standing until Il
ad Spring and then removed. No wOr
ay were discovered in the field except on I
;h. spot where the house stood.
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