Smyrna times., 1882-11-08
County and State Items

- Tuesday afternoon aI - N''NN'
c,.,,ptv and State Items. .
.1t never rains but it pours, and I
i iponinsula is Just now having |
the ns,rer Of slight ht-0fhand performers. I
,,, FIiz, Kanely. wife of James
,,1naly of Appoquinimink hundred, ]
h"d' Nad On Tuesday in the SOth year OF !
her age.
II Jacobs. Esq, living ON the
.ooJ to Bav View, sold his farm of 80
aores aCr@ on Thursday to :. W. Hall, Esq
Price $4,7OO.
pov Mr.. Chase's pastorate, the NJ. +.
church of Seaford, is to be filled by
Dow Mr.. Redman for the remainder OF
the Conference year.
Tho Local Preachers Association for
Wilmington Conference meets IN As
bury Church, Wilmington, Friday
evening. the 18th inst. VIM. H. .
Cahoon. SecY.
DELAWARE POSTAL CHANGEs.-ihe /
o,m. of tn, Slaughter, Kent county
nost m office. Of which L. Il. Giant j.
nostmastcr, has been changed To
Hsrtly, J. d. Harrington has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Viola. Kent
county.
Thursday afternoon Il goodly mum
her Of persons. chiefly ladies, gathered
in the Middletown VI. +. Church to
witness the marriage of Miss Florence
Janyier. daughter Of Edwin 2. Janvicr,
of Kent county. Md, and Samuel Rob
inson, of Philadelphia. The bride is
sister Of the wife of Rev. Mr.. Murray,
of MiddletOWn.
DEATH OF Il. 4. COCHRAN. Robert
4 Cochran an old and respectable citl-
zen Of Middletown. died ut his home in
that town Thursday last, in the 18th
wear of his age. The deceased was
taken i'll on the Monday proceeding
with pneumonia. He was a large own
or of real estate, its estimated value
being S2O0.O00. He leaves two sons,
one of whom is +. L. Cochran, present
Clerk of the Peace of New Castle cOun-
tv. and two daughters, one unmarried
and the other the wife of William y.
COmegys.
SHOT IN THE CHEEK.-A shooting
atfray took place at Newark on Satur
day night, in which George Ash, o
Elkton, Md. was painfully wounded
in the face. The facts of the atfray ar
substantially these: On Saturday night
October 2S. as ASH and some Othe
hA Gf a
0fWilliam Griffith. at Newark, IN iron
of which some colored men were stand
ing, he pushed against Frank Bias, on
of the eOlored men. in order, as MI
Ash says. that the Elkton party mig
have room to pass. With an oatl
Bias asked Ash who he was pushing
and the latter replied in the same III
gentlemanly way. Angry words lea
to blows, and Bias knocked Ash dow
when both parties separated. On
week later, Saturday last, Ash wit
three friends from EllltOn arrived
Newark on 923 train, and after visitii
the Deer Park Hotel. they met III
and several other colOred men in tro
of the store Of William Wilson. A.
inquired OF Bias whether he was q
man that struck him one week ag
On receiving q reply in the afirmatlV
Ash drew a revolver One of Bias'
friends Immediately handed him p
to-. The two men exchanged sho
Ash firing three and Bias two. One
these struck Ash in the face, shatter
the cheek bone and came out i'll I
scalp over the left ear. Ash was tax
TO the Office of Dr. c. Henry. The b
was prObed for but could not be -four
DIR. Henry removed a small piece
the shattered cheek bone. The wou
|, Is painful one, and will mark
victim for life, though it is not regard
as dangerous. After the shooting L
threw his revolver into the str
where it was afterward found by b
Ash has returned To his home III J.
ton.-Moraing Necs.
SMOTHERED IN FLOUR Bin. He
Mullen, millwright in the employ
the William Lea & Sons Company.
mlngtOn, was smOthered TO death |
hour bin on Saturday morning.
deceased was told by foreman o.
lltus that he must not 90 into
packer until the adjoining one
empted and that the repairs mus
made during the stOppage at n,
Mr. Mullen evidently thought
there was no danger. and he entt
tne bin about 1l.30. 1t was then
urely empty. Soon after enterin;
sent man for a sledge and be
meanwhile he was standing on the
RODS running across the bin. In a
snort time fellow workman ma
howard Cornell saw the -four
Tushlng out of the door through W
ne mad seen Mullen enter. lie ra
me door and found Mullen compl'
buried in -four to the depth OF
inches above his head His hand
moving on the top of the flour,
Sofhell grasped it and tried to
pIin out. Failing in this attemT
calied for help, and John III. Mar
promptly answered the cry. TIL
i1rts OF the two men were unequ
S4e task of lifting Mullen, and
farsnail attempted to dig the
away from around his face, Corne
~ the fioor below and pulled Ou
Ssi9e m That emptied the bin. Fl
ta'ley and foreman Titus, had al
~ lhis time and lent their assist
tney succeeded in lifting Mule
y: ~ ine bin and endeavOred to resus
nm but without success. The CO
Mas Immediately notified, and pl
,sI, Sion was given TO remove the b6
IT, ,n M la.e residence. An exsminat
& " Din developed the fact that n
Ihe partition between the bin
Peen n loosened' at one end. The
sare OF the'g great weight of -four
ilg down from above forced the
VI through the break with the
aoove detailed.