Smyrna times., 1882-05-17


Already a ,Ia4,.a or -" strawberry irTu-
y.,ls aI;. projected '"r V"r'"A9 i%''"S'''"
towns.
Three Eite and iwo roiored lnem were
publicly whipped for crim" al Newcastle,
saturday.
\ bill was introduced Monday in Con
gress foI public building in New Castle,
ut a cost of Sl3,0Oo.
Andrew Smithers, the present incunl-
bent was Monday renOminatcd TO be
postmaster at Dover.
The Town Commissioners of Middle
town are negotiating for Il fire apparatus.
tank is to be erected at the town well.
The sussex County Bible Society will
mold It's annual meeting at FrankfOrd on
Thursday, the 25th inst. at 10! o'clock A.
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Ou saturday Evan {. Stotscnburg. an
old resident of Wilmington, died III ash
ington, ID. G.. aftera severe and protracted
illness
Some thirty boys have accepted Proies-
,or Reinhart ; invitation To contest for the
corn prizes which he has offered at Del
aware College.
The citizens Of Dover inteAd giving \.
B. Richardson complimentary entertain ,
ment on the opening of the Richardson
House, in July.
over 1000 bushels Of charcoal oti the J.
< B. r. II. goes To New \ IOrk regularly ON
each trip Of the Old Dominion Steamship
Company from Lewcs.
The Mt. Salem Methodist Episcopal
Church at New Castle was sold by Sheriff
Clark on Saturday. 1t was purchased by
the trustees of the church for 5000
DR.. William ;. Hitch, of Laurel who
has recently built large cannery near
the depot has bought evapOratOrs, capable
OF drying daily 700 baskets OF fruit.
J.W. Cuykendall will run cannery at
Viola or Canterbury Station, during the
coming summer, and has contracted
for nearly POO acres Of tomatoes in that
vicinity.
The New Castle STR Greenbackcr,
comes out boldly in favor ola good system
OF schools which shall provide education
for all the children Of our State-white
and black.
In Wilmington, Lewis Hayden, on trial
for killing William Shields, was convicted
Of manslaughter and sentenced to three
months Imprisonment and the payment
Of 500 fine.
The ?. W & E. r. R. Co.. is negotiating
with John Diehl for the purchase of Il
tract Of land near the old station house at
Bear station eli the Delaware railroad,
upon which the company intends TO erect
neat depot building soon.
Twenty-on cases of scarlet fever were
reported last Tuesday to be in Stanton,
new cases having been reported daily for
more than week. The public schools
have been closed, and the teachers given
three weeks leave of absence.
William Brothers of Kent county, who
recently sued a neighbOr for damage re-
ceiyed in driving collision, writes long
letter to the State Sentinel bitterly com
planning Of the injustice of his case and
criticising the charge of Chief Justice
Comegys.
The debris is being cleared away from
the burned district. the damaged building:
are being repaired and the work of re
building will soon begin. J. NJ. Cox &
Bros new carriage factory will be two
story building. 36xl05, with 4 pressed
brick Mddietown Transcript.
James Redding. charged with having
committed a rape on ono Sarah J. Purse
last week plead not guilty. The cOur
assigned Harry Sharpley. Esq, for tht
defense, who selected II. K. Pennington
to assist him. The case has been post
poned until the 22n inst, at the request 0
counsel.
Droves of cattle for feeding purpose
pass through town from the lower countie
of fas Tbo
are driven as far as Hares Corner, wher
they are sold to the farmers of PennsyIya
MIA, WHO have grazing farms, where the
are fattened and then shipped to the cit
markets.
The Smyrna Times thinks Nothing
more apparent than that Congress neeC
watching" Sooner than watch them "
would load few sticks with powder an
teach them that woOd-pile is a reserv;
ton -Peninsuia NeiCs.
bright thought; but how do you fiji
off your loaded sticks?
Most of the bricklayers and hod carrie
at Wilmington have joined the striker
and building operations are largely su
pended The strikers have formed then
selves into an organization and appointG
o committee to wait upon their employer
The latter say that they will not accede
the demands of the men.
81. SFATETEACHERs' AssOCIATIoN.-Supe
intendent Groves, Professor VIM. NJ.
JeffSris OF Delaware College, Mr.. A.
Harrington of Odessa, and Miss Z.
Frazer of Wilmington, the executive cor
mittee of the State Teachers Associatio
have agreed upon the outline of a pr
gramme of the coming meeting of Il
association ut Rehoboth this summer.
was decided To send out circulars to a
teachers in the State asking whether the
will attend the convention, whether the
will prepare papers and if not wheth
they viii take part in any particular di
eussioR. The circular also asks teache
to suggest subjects for discussion I'll
mee ing will probably convene Monda
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