Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1881-05-04
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

The brass bands of Laurel and Seaford have
The much litgated Potter estate at Milford
is to be sold at auction.
Andrew Crumlsh, a well-known Whining
ton contractor died last Friday.
The lads and lassies of Georgetown went a
Maying on the last day of April.
The New Range Light near Lewes will be
ninety-iive feet high and cost ST., 600
A small colorcd boy in Milford died one day
last week from the effects of drinking lye.
Messrs. Jones & Howell of New Jersey,
have established u machine shop in Dover.
A young Seaford bride of eighteen months
felicity attempted to run off with the circus.
1t is said that number of Baltimore grain .
dealers are about to build an elevator at Will /
mington.
y Johnstown farmerfnds that since feeding /
sorghum to his hogs none of them have died of /,
cholera, or other diseases.
Messrs. Ex-Governor Ponder, Daniel r. !
Burton and Meyer Reynolds Of Milton are TO
erect large cannery at that place.
The ninety-frst annual convention of the
p E. Church in Delaware will be held in Viii
mingtOn during the first week in June.
Gov. Hall has appointed John G. Jackson,
Esq, Republican and Greenbacker, as IL Jus
tce of the Peace in and for New Castle co.
The annual meeting of the State Teachers
| Association will be held at Rehoboth com
! mencing Monday, August 22nd, and continu-
| ing until the following Friday.
| A number of the representatives of the
! 81 Pill d,N
| over the Delaware road yesterday to inspect
| that part of their new purchase.
William NJ Shakespeare a prominent cti-
zen of Dover, died Sunday night, of kidney
disease Mr.. Shakespeare was the proprietor
of Shakcspeare's mill, near that place.
The Trustees of the Camden Union Camp
Ground met at Camden last Tuesday and deci-
ded to hold camp meeting on their grounds,
commencing August 9TH, to continue for ten
days.
The New Castle Levy Court has allowed
the claim of Contractor Given, who expended
s., 26 in excess of the contract price in
building the new Court House. The claim was
for the amount named.
Walter Bacon, student at law with j. H.
1Otfecker, Esq, has passed II successful and
highly creditabe examination, and will be adj
United to the New Castle county bar during
| Tue next session OF court.
The Court of General Sessions for New Cas-
tie County will convene at Wilmington on
Monday next and the Superior Court on the
7 Monday following. There are no important
criminal cases to be tried
The people of Milford and Georgetown were
5 unhappy because the circus did not come dnwr
their road and blamed the superintendent o
the junction & Breakwater railroad. but hi
= | clpa rcd his skirt Of tho Chorpp
The Pcni,,sular Ncucs says Never were
! | there so many contracts for new vessels helC
e by the ship builders of Milford. They aggregate
about dozen, and rs many more could be Oh
II tanned, number having been refused.
Several of the large manufacturing firms q
l. Wilmington have lately sent out orders 70
|. ing them in their workshops as cabinet max
ers, joiners and wood mechanics of ever
e branch.
Il DIED IN A PAssIoN.--A coored woman
A, living in house with colored man name
A. Philip Chase, on the road from Dover to Lii
m tie Greek, on Saturday, became angry wit
the children and while getting switch I
whip them with, fell dead.
m Rev. DR.. Frost, rector of Trinity Episcop,
+ Church, Wilmington, Obeyed the request
n Bishop Lee by declining to occupy his pulp
uH
n declined to attend the service which was col
hi Quoted by Rev. j. Z. fusion, of Philadelphia
~ Samuel II. Adams, col, who was shot ar
n killed by Morris Carberry, on Friday mornir
- last in Wilmington, was buried Sunday atte
bo noon. The attendance reached about thou
a. sand, many of the employees of the DiamOr
o. State Iron Company being among the humble
IN DELAWARE CRY CHURCH TRoUBLE.-Tl
10 Episcopal Church at Delaware City was closC
~ last Sunday, Bishop Lee having telegraph,
ga to Mr. Kayne to hold the keys of the churt
~ and let neither party occupy the chancel. IT
u. church trouble will be laid before the cha
a. cellOr tomorrow.
ms THE New PILOT COMMIssIoNERs.--GOve
he nor Hall has appointed the following comm
ne sioners under the new Delaware pilot lay
ats Homer Berry, Wilmington, five years; Hen
M Virden, Lewes, five years; Laben l.. LyoT
OF I4ewes, four years; Charles Moore. Wilmin
IS, ton, four years; VIM. Bright, Wilmingto
90 two years.
Fly Mr.. Samuel Draper, formerly q resident
is Milford but now of Washington. has receiv
he Il pension with back pay from the time tn,
ed son, Benjamin Draper, was killed in the WI
ent The back pay apprOximates $1,000. 1t
of quite comfortable little sum to pocket in c
in age, and Mr.. and Mrs. Draper intend to q
&C., propriate part of the amount toward purchi
Fry ing residence in Milford
QUEER ACCIDENT--On Saturday last an
-. cident occurred on the farm of j. w. Kirt
n nos in Milford Neck. A COW in the barn-ya
yu' was running her tongue through II hole in
gu stable after the fodder in II horses mang
a. and the latter animal seized the cows tong
~ and bit off about one and One-half inches
'n1 that number Us clean as if it had been cut W
s n"I knife.-MiLfora Chronicle.
c. Robert G. Ingersol repeated his lectu
aw "Some Reasons Why" in Philadelphia w,
- nesday night. He was to have lectured ag,
l;fe in Delaware, but instead of doing so he SIX
rs~ all around the outer edge of the State, getti
~ off his filings at Delaware and Deawarei
, ro' like street gamin making faces through
st knnt-hOle in high board fence at the peO
rod inside with whom he Is not permitted to as
INV ciate.-Nel0s
arst FOR NEARLY 10i-A special to Every Eren
The says, the bids for the new State loan W
will opened here in Dover, Tuesday afterno
Il Is Five bids were received: 7; A. Biddle & {
! he of Philadelphia. l03.9O; Elliott johnson
Iva. Co., of Wilmington, 102.25; Beneficial Savi
&c Fund l02; Townsend, Whelen 81 Co. lOl.
or q K. r. Robinson q Co, of Wilmington, 100
dem The loan was awarded to t. A. Biddle &
tha The bonds aggregate S7l5, 600, excepting Sill
rem. $50 which was funded at per cent. for
fure benefit Of the free school fund.
i In POPULAR FIRE-The fire in Dover that
rm- stroyed the Capital Hotel and so alarmed
her, an hour or two the whole community, wa
the Dover one of those blessings that so OF
r us come in the guise of a calamity. Col. Fo
York tain remarked to some of the citizens wi
ned his furniture was burning that It was to
the town popular fire, prophecy that has b
adj verified by the results When last ye
the work was finished the remark passed from
eter to another that there would be little or moth
con- to do in Dover this year In the way of q
n TO buildings, every demand apparently hav
,ost been met In that and the two or three prece