Smyrna times., 1881-09-07


On Thtirsday last Col. iemtiei showell's
steam yacht Bredell," was launched at
itewes, IN the presence Of the Colonel and
many OF his friends. Miss Bredell Shovel
the craft.
Five little negroes were out i'm a boat
on The brandywine Friday, when their
craft was struck by IL passing barge and |
Upset. Two of them, Hight Williams and
William Banks, were drowned. The others
were rescued.
Albert Johnson, the Wilmington young
man with bullet i'll his brain, has re-
covered and gone to Chester county on a.
visit. DIR. Maull, thinks it possible. as the
bullet was small one, that it NAV never
give him any further trouble.
The barn of Edward Woodward. in
South Christiana hundred, New Castle,
was burned Friday. About one thousand
bushels of grain were destroyed. The
barn was insured for $500; contents,
$500. The contents were valued at 81 900.
Delaware College offers prize of $50 to
that pupil of the public schools of Della
ware, who, while maintaining a good re-
cord in school, shall show the best cult
waited quarter acre of land planted in some
one of the usual farm products of this sec
ton.
RAILROAD EXTENsION.-Th Whining
ton and Northern Railroad Company will
soon be extended to the river Delaware
and connections made with the River
Shore road on the New Jersey side, and
thus with other roads for Camden Phila-
dclphia, Cape May and New York.
At the last session of the General Assem-
bly, a law was passed prohibiting persons
from killing partridges, quails or rabbits,
i'll Kent or Sussex counties, except between
the 18th day of November and the 18th
day of January, and in New Castle county,
between November 18th and January 1st,
in any year.
The following privileges have been
awarded by the Delaware State Fair Asso-
ciation: Melvin & Bro, No. Restaurant,
$55; Melvin & Bro, Confectionery, $36. .25 !;
Melvin & Bro, Cigars and Tobacco, $25.5 ;
l. &. LOfiand, No. 2 Restaurant, $3.50 ;
! w. c. Longfellow, No. 3 Restaurant,
! S45.25; ThOs c. Moore, Peanuts, $54.06.
| In Wilmington, on Friday, a negro boy
! named Carter was arrested and sent to
Media Jail for having set fire to the barn
of his employer, Edward Hepburn, near
Chadd's Ford. The barn was consumed,
with its contents. Loss, $1,000; nearly
covered by insurance. Carter's only rea-
son for his act was that he "wished to see
a fire.
THE LIFE-SAvING STATIoNs.-General
orders have been issued to man all the
lifc-saving stations on the coast on Sept. !.
| In, .foOr1onon fhaCn ot;O
those in what is known as the Fifth dis.
trict, eleven in number, embracing the
coast between Cape HenlOpen and Cape
Charles, parts of Delaware, Maryland and
Virginia, were opened last Thursday.
PRESERVING WATERMELONS.-A lady
has discovered plan to keep watermelOns
in their natural form and flavor, for an in.
definate length of time. 1t consists in
giving the melon three or four coats o.
varnish to exclude the air. She says they
not only keep from decay, but that the
flavor and sweetness are retained, Wher
eaten at Christmas or New Year the fruit
seems wonderfully improved in these par
ticulars,
SUSSEX COUNTY APPLE CUTTINGS
Apple cuttings are, of course, all the rage
|
well, with such profusion of apples a
Sussex is blessed with this year. Thes,
social gatherings are of nightly occur
renee in this vicinity and many bushe
of fruit is now being saved for Winter
use that would else be lost. At the sam,
time the cuttings, socially, are really en-
joyable.-GeOrgetOCH Inquirer,
, Three Delaware vessels, the Carolin
Hall, Capt. Lollis, owned by Gov. Hall
the Lucy WheGtLey, Capt. Little of Frede
rica, owned by Gov. Hall and son, and tn
executors of John Wheatley, and tn
Hannah NJ. LOLLis, Capt. Guard L4ollis
owned partly in Kent county apd partl,
+ in Philadelphia, We're lost in the Souti
$ Carolina hurricane. Capt. Guard Lolli
: and his cook were lost. He leaves wifi
and one child at Lebanon, this county
r The captain, crew and two passengers 6
3 the Wheqttey were rescued after being fou
days without food or water. Gov. Hall
loss is estimated between $4,000 an
a $4,000.