Smyrna times., 1881-12-07
County and State Items.

The State Grange of Delaware, VIII
meet in Milford, Tuesday, December 1Stn'
The Milford Ne,cs says, in that part of
the State hog and hominy Is 4" i"'oii'o
dish.
4 One-baIf of Dover's bonds, issued for
,be erection of town water works, remain
Y unsold.
Passenger traffic over the Delaware |
ailroad is brisk, and is steadily growing |
brisker.
] First quality Delaware sweet potatoes
are bringing s4.75 per barrel in New York
market.
The Delaware Iron Works at New
uloy about 700 hands.
Sussex is full of gunners with two
bundred-dollar guns, fifty dollars dogs
and silver mounted pocket TASKS.
i Near Coolspring, Sussex county, is a
/ eOyey of Messina quail. They are prob
Y ably the only birds of the kind in the
county.
4 The Blackbird correspondent of the
Rspublican SAYS that out of 100 cOlOred
voters in that Hundred, but one has paid
his tax.
The Miller Bros. have entered suit
4 against the telegraph company for trans
! hitting the message TO Seatord, from
Milford, stating their show to be fraud
F.A. Williams, Esq. a yOuns member
Ofthe Dover Bar, who was confined to his
room by sickness for six weeks, has so far
4 recovered as to be able to 60 to his Office
and attend, during part of the day, to
business.
Since the cold weather has set in the
] OYSTER trade at Seaford has been flourish
ing, but the packers have difficulty to
\ keep in stock, owing to the scarcity down
4 the river. The oyster beds are being COM
pletely broken up.
The Susser Journal complains that the
4 Institute for that county was not adver-
A tised in the papers there as in the other
A counties We learn from the Superinten-
4 dent that it was an oversight entirely, and
he thought that it had been attended to.
The american AgriculturGIist under the
heading of Humbugs warns its readers to
beware of a certain 81 Breech-L Loading Shot
Gun and Rifle for $3.50" also a certain
Saxon Breech-LOader at $3.50" and al
manner of Lotteries and the major part o.
Pension Agents.
1 The Women's Christian Temperance
Tnion begins Monday to supply wOrkmer
engaged in the various manufactur
ing establishments of Wilmington, will
coffee at the noon hour The beverage il
tOb be furnished at the nominal price o
three cents cup.
The lectures before the Sussex Count!
Institute which commences at Milton, to
day, willtbe: "Wednesday evening, Man
Omesof his needs and possibilities" b,
Rev. ]. s. Willis; Thursday evening
How does universal education pay,
Dr. A. d. Mayo; Friday evening, 9TH
obligation of the teacher to his profession,
TN. Williams, Esq.
The Wilmington Republicans are sti
hghtmg each other with much more bitter
ness than they oppose the Democrats an
The eHiggins faction refuses to treat wit
the Bird faction. The earnest, unselfs
and unambitiOus members of the part
should meet in State convention and te
aessrs. Baker, Bird, Higgins, Hasting
and others to step to the rear.
The Morning NeUs will see that th
point we make is this, that there is n
anilitude between Switzerland sendin
1 ger criminal to America, and Cecil
Hakllg law to prevent criminals; 2n'
mat the NeWs should deny that drunken
eess IS a crime ahd'then set up a parall
mat makes the drunkard criminal.
!ae Netcs expects its readers to accept i
,aeongruous editorials without criticism
Ae must conhne its circulation to a ella
suited to that sort of galop.
Dr. MARX r. LoFLkND, of Milford, die
q his home in that town, Sunday mornin
kom the effects of an attack of apoplex
1 StR which he vas seized Saturday nigl
ltef retiring about 9 O'Clock in his usu
AeaIth. DIR. LoAand was sIxillful phy
can. He also took an active interest
pOlitical affairs as a Democrat, but new
Nught official position. He was abe
4years of age Hon. Jas. r. Lonar
sN was elected to Congress in 1872
sRepublican ticket, is brother of t
deceased.
~ Averdict was reached in the Neal c.
IN the twenty-frst ballot The first bal
SOod for aequittal, 2 for conviction a
spanks. There was after this on no bal
Es tn3n fwofoF qqnYiction. The p
gy we jury Yas, the possibility u
wsfe had been no assault whateYer, a
Ms mFtheP possibility that the assault
Maaas atall, was not felonious, and this
tce %e ace Of the attending physician a
TAs ner character could not be impeach,
aae prisoner trembled as he saw the iu
Suie IN. but was overwhelmed with ioy
as verdict. He was conducted out of 4
sse4 and eonVeyed 70 the State i
S4'nlag among the bystanders.
toa.D LAND s1tEs.l-Geo. w. Ingram. Midd
lo~;na real estate agent. reports the /
has, land sales, made by him within
bien m days The farm of B. f. Crs
1 s@ia sell county, Md, containing
Nsn6o.@ WiIliaM Price; eons,derat.
sesS es%1,casha %asha The farm sf Josehp PR
4 ersrs.u s.usphy's 1iills 4 ~ acres. 10 B.
8 sfgso csusitleration, ~ 600. The f,
ssre4 Stone near Townsend
Son & tes $. Ii4telsinsoii coaa;de
AfYn y n The Jonathan II. Geo
jokb II Ssw Castle hundred. ! 6s ACRES
@ioos 1<s'snss on splyena, cnnsiderati
1n, n,s. ipe n farm Of Joseph 6. Hutch
stosa townsend, 1856 acres. to Geo
s200'lr y Pennsylvania; considerati
'Ai amonnt of sales $50 400