Smyrna times., 1881-11-30
County and State Items.


County and State Items.
Two Gumboro men killed 119 quails in
one day.
The Dover Catholics are running ive-
cent festival.
The Republicans OF wilmington are
soubled with the Pyles.
lanes Evans, of Dover, and for n long
time the manager of the Shakespeare mills,
sdead.
There was no observance of Thanks
living day at Harrington and most other
small places.
Xramer's new church the Household of
Faith in Wilmington, will be dedicated
next'Sunday.
one thousand ton vessel was launched
at Milton last Tuesday. She is owned by
Captain Kenimey.
The Sussex Journal names Charles F.
Richards, of Georgetown, as the Republi-
can nominee for governor.
Rev. l. ID. Johnson, of Milford Neck,
has lust closed successful revival, result
ing in the conversion of thirty-six persons.
Frank E. Cummins, general agent for
the publications of Appleton & Co., in this
State, is lying quite i'll at his homo in
Wilmington.
superintendent l. \. Mills and number
Of the officials of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company, yesterday, took trip down
the Peninsula.
Isaac n. Mills, whom the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company has just made Super
intendent of the Delaware Division, began
life as printer.
II Paynter Frame. of Georgetown, has
taken S15 prize in an international
water meloa contest. His melon weig led
nearly seventy-six pounds.
Thieves stole quantity of wheat from
the granary of Richard F. Hanson of the
MiddletOwn neighborhood on Tuesday
night and spilled more than 25 bushels in
u field hard by.
The body of Mrs. Catharine Torbert
mother of the late General A. T. A
TOrbert was inferred in the old N. F
burial ground, Georgetown, on Thursday
by the side of her husband who died il
1853.
Editor Harris Of the NeWs and Adrertise
4 Of Milford, has purchased an interest il
the Practical Farmer, an agricultural pape
ofPhilsdelphia, and will 60 there to tax
charge. His partner Mr.. Hynson, vii
hereafter run the Ne'ss Gad Advertiser.
i Aquilla Derrickson, an old and wei
known resident Of Mill Creek hundred
died Sunday afternoon, aged about z
n years. Mr.. Derrickson was a man of con
n siderable wealth. He served two term
IN the Legislature of this State at differen
times as a Democrat.
Sheriff Clark on Saturday sold the pei
soaal property of James G. Knowles, c
the New Castle cotton mill to J. H
Hofecker, Esq, for creditor for $2,05(
On the same day he sold the house G
Owen P. Benner, deceased, to Waite
Cunmins, Esq, for s4O0.
James Mallalieu, resident of Milford
but who had been in Philadelphia for seN
eral months, died in that city, of PneumC
MA, on Nov. 18th in the Goth year of his ag
his remains were taken to Milford O
i Monday week for interment. He wa
born in Yorkshire, England, and came t
This country when young man.
GreensbOrough Cannon, a farmer, {
4 years old, formerly of Sussex county, bl
j for some year past living near McDonOugl
j three miles above Odessa was almo
/ Instantly killed Sunday at his own doc
] de was driving home from Delaware Cit
/ when his horse took fright and he w:
i thrown from the carriage, his head strikir
4 large boundary stone at the corner
his yard.
Yesterday Fish Commissioner Enoc
1 Moore, Jr., went down Delaware an
1 delivered portion Of the GOO Germa
4 carp ne recently received from Washin
4 ton, to the following persons :-Camd.
4 and Wyoming, l.. Cowgirl; Frederica,
Nhiteley FELTON,, III, r. Hargadine; Sc
lord, l.: 4. ellis; Milford, DIR. W. Marsha
JOHN W.Causey; Glendale, DIR. ].
/ Hopkins; Georgetown. HI. w. Long r.
4 Button, r. A. Rosenbaum, Charles
Stokley Lewes, Ebe Tunnel. Capta
Tredenick: -
Nr. c. w, Rowland, Treasurer of
delaware Association for the improyems
~ Of ,colored people has received from
state Treasurer g., 400, being the amoU
4 appropriated by the Legislature to ass
sne colorcd people to educate themselv
4 Lhe act appropriates $500 to each cour
sut the city Of Wilmington is not includ
a Is the colored people are educated I
4 aane as white children. According TO [
a ssnEsts Of III. G. Conrad, actuary of I
association, there is twenty-five color
u scnocis %1s in New Castle county outside
n Huntington, twenty-three in Kent a
M eghteen in Sussex, which win give ca
III ss, sncoi s In New Castle 1886, each in Kt
slS and each in Sussex s42.1O. Th,
sas s@.ants are about half the appropriate
ior the white schools. but as Il was
hrst the State ever gave for the educati
icolored children we are not disposed
aaa iault. Il il a step toward the eal
III reeognition Of the eolored race 10 Ii
suSuestion which has SO long been dem