Smyrna times., 1881-04-27
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

Senator Bayard has given 500 to the Viii
mington Conference Academy at Dover.
William 7. Vaugscl, of Georgetown has
been promoted to principal Of the grammar
school.
Judge Wooten, is numbered among the
peach growers who are going to have some
peaches afrer all.
Thos. Sherman committed suicide Il; George
town, Saturday night hast by drowning HIM
self in Il shallow branch.
The liquor dealers of Wilmington will petit /
tinn the court to grant licenses 10 all houses in |
that city whose applications are well rccom-
mended.
The coored people throughout the State !
have sent T. n, Williams resolutions of than ks |
for his assistance in securing State aid for the |
colorcd schools.
The Levy Court of New Castle county has
fixed the county tax rate for 1881 at thirty
seven cents, on the 500, and for poor purposes.
eight cents on the 500.
The P, w. Sc B. railroad company have
built a car fitted with every convenience and
facility for carrying young hsh to the dlnerent
points for propagation
Governor Hall has appointed Mr.. Enoch
Moore, of Wilmington, Fish Commissioners
ture, providing for such an officer
! b. Draper, of Sussex county, was swindled
out of 500 by "Gyp'' operators, in Phiadel-
| phia, last week. A Cecil county, Md, man,
| L. X. Yates was also taken in by the same
! game
! Judge Dickson, who has sold his stock in the
! Milford and Bay Shore railroad Company, has
another road for sale, the Delaware Central,
running from Mahon river to Marydel. The
road has a surplus in bank OF Sll.5O
The spring seems to be prolific of church
troubles in the Protestant Episcopal diocese OF
Delaware, a revolt against the constituted au-
thorities being in progress in Trinity Parish
Wilmington, and also in Delaware City.
Several beautiful gold fish have been caught
in the Delaware at different places. during
last week. These fish are said to be very
abundant in the Schuylkill whence it may be
inferred came the ones which have been
caught in our river lately.
The surveys for the new b. & 0. line
between Baltimore and Philadelphia are ex-
pected to be completed by the first of June,
There are three parties at work. One party
, is surveying from this city north one from
Port Deposit north and one from Havre de
Grace south.
The twenty-ffth anniversary of the infant
department Of the Dover NJ f. Sunday School
was celebrated Sunday. A handsome silver
pitcher was given to Mrs. Ridgely by her old
pupils. twenty-five years ago she began heI
G Sunday School, and has ever since been at the
I head of that department
The Pennsylvania railroad bought last week
! of c. Ii. B. Day and Geo. b. Dickson, wh'
n held a controlling amount of stock in the
T Milford & Del. Bay railroad. their interest in
the same for $500 each. This charter wa
: passed some eight years ago. The object wa
. to keep it from falling into the hands Of thu
x Baltimore & Ohio road.
> A colored hoy. living with Mr.. A. S. Eliason
i near Summit Bridge, was killed last FRIDAY
evening by falling form n horse. He had rid
i den the animal from the field tothe house, and
: in attempting to get of, one of his feet e."
caught in the harness. This frightened tn
horse and he ran away, dragging the boy
head on the ground for the distance of nun
&c bred yards. -Middteto,on Transcript.
:. THE U. S. CoURT.-The cases ofinterferenc
~ with U. S. Marshalls, still continue at vii
e rningtOn. When the law was changed draw
d ing the iuryman equally from both parties, !
a looked like most Just and fair mode, but tn
- result shows it impossible to work q conviction
lie as thus constituted, because the jurors follow
st their political bias. One set of witnesses swar
u that they saw the marshals interferred witt
J. and another set sware that they were in tn
~ crowd but did not see it, What these me-
- sware they did not see. is set off against wha
lie others sware positively they did see and ever,
~ jury is thus brought to a deadlock.