Smyrna times., 1882-07-19
oo,r+v and State Items.

County and State Items
uiddletown people want gates at |
.,o rairoad crossing in that town.
Tho Milford News hooms Benjamin
Fooks. aslikewise does the Chro"'oe.
crookers and soft crabs are now
caught in great numbers along our
coast.
po,ob trees of the Hale variety were
,,oror known 70 be so full of fruit rs at
present.
The Republicans of Milford are
forming clubs and organizing for cam
paign work.
Two or three peach orchards have
beqn sold in the vicinity of Milford at
20 to 80 cents per basket.
The John B. Nelson farm was sold
at sheriff sale. at KirkwOod, on Mon
dav TO James Garman, for $4,000.
William Weldin, of Appoquinimink
hundred brother of Coroner Weldin, is
living at the point of death with typhoid
fever.
Elisha Carpenter, the Georgetown
boy who had both legs cut off by Il
railroad train some three weeks ago,
is reported as doing well.
Middletown has Il man rejoicing in
the euphonious name of Philip Less.
The Transcript expects ut the rate
Middletown is increasing to have IN Il
few years Phillips More
The Democratic State Central Com
mittee met in Wilmington on Tuesday
last. and decided to issue Il call for a
State Convention to be held at Dover
on Tuesday, August 22d.
Mr.. John Wanamaker sent down
five of his employees to Dover, on
Monday to arrange the furniture in
the Hotel Richardson. They will be
engaged for a week in the work.
An evaporating drying house will bt
built at Townsend by H. H. Appleton
F.C. West and G.. NJ. D. Hart. Mr.
Appleton is an old fruit grower, anC
much of the fruit used will be takeI
from his orchards.
W. NJ. Vandegrift's stable, at Odess
was fired last week by mischeviOu
boy who struck match to a wisp c
straw to see it burn. He saw it. Th
Cantwell Mutual Insurance Campan
also saw it, S67 worth.
William B. Corbit, NJ. d., died o
Monday, at his late residence, in Wasl
ingtOn, d. c., and will be buried TIN
afternoon at 8 o'clock. He was Dor
in July, 1910, and was a son of the LAT
Daniel COrbit, of Odessa.
Yesterday IL cars of fruit for BOsto
and 80 cars for Jersey City were shil
ped over the Eastern Shore and Del
ware railroads. These cars containe
small cOnsignments of peaches, while
large part was blackberries.
Mrs. Mary LOfand died in Milfol
Friday at the ripe old age of II year
She was the mother of Major j.
LOaand, and the daughter-in-law
the late Milford Bard" She w
buried on Saturday, at Canterbury st
ton cemetery.
The Rev. P. III. Rawlins has cOnseT
ed to take charge of the GeOrgetOV
camp provided the managers will oh
gate themselves to conduct the sal
according to the requirements of
Methodist church, and allow no ST
day traffic in ice cream, cigars, etc.
Miss Lizzie BARLEY, of ClaymO
Brandywine hundred, who was OF
visit to the family Of c. G. Speakm
al Catham, Chester county, Pa,
over and Immediately expired on S
91fday while preparing to return hoI
Miss Bartley was school teach
about % years of age and was univ
sally loved.
The Democratic County Execut
Committee of New Castle county hi
made the following appOrtiOnment
members of the State Legislature !:
senator each to New Castle and
Creek hundreds, and a representa-
eacn to Wilmington, Brandyw
CChnstlana, Pencader, Red Lion,
Georges and Appoquinimink hundr
mus leaving White Clay Greek
Dackblrd hundreds without rel
sentatiOn.
n VIM. II. Chadwick, head chemis
.he upper mills of DuPont's pow
works, was badly burned Wednes
morning by an explosion in the refr
.nere. He was engaged in NAL
s9lne experiments shortly after
OelOck, when IA bottle of alcohol
e4me ignited, causing an explOsio
g powder, which threw the burning
u Sver hlm. His clothing was bul
II ron ron him and his body badly bliste
Fl nl tne hair on his head was reno
III S Sat MS sight was not injured.
III uieu at 4 o'clock the same day.
bLAcKBIRD ITEMs.-A corFesp
b items:
n =. BrOcksOn has in cours
81 erection an Anthony drier, which :
b TOOomPleted, will dry 100 basket
y peaches per day.
# w.lIes M.lessrs. Davis & Collins will er
n Williams "silllams drier that will have cap
4 OiSOO baskets per day.
lHe N. E. parsonage has been |
III n. new coat Of paint that greatly
n proves Its sppehrauce. The Rev
NJ Stephenson has Certainly caused /
n X look bright since he ' came 10 B
IA 10 Sggs1maaster g Aayis has been rep
n washington for disclosing seer
"A osl sI Nail. He is also accused by
VI ~ his own party of oashing his &C
onstltuents road orders and de
"g The tax therefrom.