Smyrna times., 1882-01-11

The annual statement of the F.rroars
Mutual Fire Insurance Company for 1881
gives the value of live policie. issued ~
$ll 1868 ,216; value of deposit notes, $S2S.-
$50; receipts from annual payments in
1881, 81, .26; from interest on loans
and investments, $10,274.SO: losses bv FIRE
paid and adjusted, $24, ,919.I1 salaries and
incidental expenses, $7,442.75: yalue Of
surplus funds, $216,974.71.
THE WILL OF Col. MCCoMB.-The will
OF the late Colonel Henry S. McComb
makes his wife the sole executrix. and the
will provides that his estate shall be
divided into five parts, his wife receiving
as portion of her share the residence at
/ Eleventh and Market streets. together with
! the horses, carriages and furniture. The
other four parts go to his children, with
the exception of certain amount which
is left to sister in lieu of a farm. There
are no charitable bequests of any kind.
Step by step the act of the Legislature
of this State in passing the pilotage laws
over which such an outcry was raised last
Winter, is being sustained. One decision
supporting their authority has been rem
dered by the United States Court in the
city Of Philadelphia, and dispatch to
Erery EUening Monday, announced that
the application for Il writ of prohibition
against the trial of a suit brought under
the law in the United States District Court
Wilmington, had been denied by the
Supreme Court Of the United States
In speaking of the Dover post office, the
correspondent of the Milford NeluS saws
Mr.. Andrew Smithers, the present incum-
bent, is asking re-appointment, while
| Mr.. II. W. Cannon, editor of the State
Sentinel and Chairman of the State Execu-
tive Committee, is making vigorous press
to secure the office for himself. The belief
generally entertained is, that Mr.. Smith
ers will be his own successor, and it is
generally believed that if Mr.. Cannon
should receive the appointment, Senator
salisbury would defeat his confirmation
by the Senate.
ANOTHER PAPER RAILROAD.-Theo origi-
nal incorpOrators of the Sussex Midland
Railroad, for which charter was granted
1879, held meeting at Bridgeville, Thurs
day. Capitalists from New York and
Washington were present. An arrange
ment was made with the charter members
to use the charter for a short freight route
between Washington and New York, via
Annapolis, Denton and Bridgeville, the
Junction 4 Breakwater, and the Old
Dominion Steamship Company. All the
money necessary has been pledged, it is
said, for the proposed route The distance
from Baltimore to Lewes by the present
route is 2l0 miles, by the new route it will
De lO3 miles, which, it is claimed, can be
travelled in four hours.
THE CANTWELL INSURANCE COMPANY.
AT the annual meeting of the Cantwel
Mutual Insurance Company, held at
Odessa, last week, Messrs. J. c. Corbit.
c. Watkins, VIM. Polk, H. n. Willis
Henry Davis, Joseph Roberts and Colan
Ferguson were elected directors for the
ensuing year. j. c. Corbit was reelected
president, and Joseph q. Brown secretary
and treasurer. The losses by fire during
the year were but $12; the expenses. in |
Guiding new safe, were $5S9. 20, the .
amount paid i'll dividends, $2,280.75, and |
the amount invested, 81, 10000. The valve I
OF policies of insurance in force is S9O5. $780, |
10, and the value of deposit notes subject |
to assessment is &65, 5,650.61. The contin-
gent fund is 26,550.72. The handsome |
dividend OF twelve per cent, paid this .
year, was pleasant surprise to the in
sured.
MIDDLETOwN.-C. H. Eliason of the |
firm of Biggs, Clayton & Co., will |
sell his farm stock and move into Middle
town. r. t. Lockwood also intends to
quit farming and try town life. The farm
of w. w. and W. R. Rothwell, ON the
: Levels" 333 acres has been sold to VIM.
Moore, of Coatsville. Pa, at So per acre.
According to the Transcript, prepara-
tons for the annual session of the Viii
mln9ton M. +. Conference, are slowly and
surely being made and homes for many of
the ministers have already been secured.
As has already been stated, Bishop John
F. Hurst. Ii, d., will preside at the Con-
ference. The daily sessions will probably
be held in the NJ. f. Church and the ami
versary meetings in the Town Hall.
The Transcript eatered last week on its
fifteenth year with congratulations all
around