Smyrna times., 1882-05-10
County and State Items.

The DeI0rdrean entered last week
upon the twenty-fourth year OF ITS eXis-
tence.
Unusual quantities OF drum fish have
been caught along our Bayshore this
spring.
The corner stone for new NJ r.
Church will be laid AT Willow Grove to-
morrow.
Thirty thousand herrings were taken at .
one haul the first of this week near Del /
aware City.
The Methodists of Georgetown are /
moving in the matter of remOdeling their !
church to the extent of $500.
Isaac X. Pennypacker, formerly editor
of the Morning Ne,rs. is now doing editorial /
duty on the Philadelphia Press.
The Newark and Delaware City rail
road, after remaining idle for nearly five
years. has resumed passenger traffic.
The semi-annual meeting of the Del
aware Baptist Union will be held in the
new Baptist Church at Camden to day.
Large schools Of Mackerel have come
into Delaware bay. and the fishermen at
Lewes. are catching them in quantities.
4 lawsuit at the late term of court ut
Bower occupied nearly two days, at cost
of over 800. The amount involved was
about s..
The people i'll MiddletOwn are already
taking steps to procure hand force fire
engine and 10 organize hook and ladder
company.
The ninety-second annual session of
the p T. Church, this diocese, will be
held in Milford, commencing June 7th.
Bishop Lee will preside.
The vestry Of St. Anne's P. Z. Church
at Middletown, have decided to rebuild
the church as soon as the necessary
amount is subscribed. 1t is proposed to
raise $8 900.
The twenty seni-annual meeting
Of the Local Preachers Association OF the
Wilmington Conference, will meet in the
Methodist Episcopal Church in Dover, on
Friday 10Th inst
\ few days since States Attorney GRAY
&elegraphed to Sheriff Martin, Of Sussex,
10 closely guard c. z. Hallett, accused of
the murder of James B. Deputy. Sheriff
Martin now irons his prisoner at night.
The annual meeting of the State Tenn
perance Alliance will be held ct Dover
next Wednesday, All churches, Sunday
schools, temperance and moral reform
societies are requested to send delegates.
A church wedding will occur this after
noen at Dover. Rev. G.. W. Green, of
Philadelphia Conference and Miss Sallie
q. Stevenson, daughter of the late John
A. Stevenson, of Dover. They expect to
start for Japan in July for missionary work.
The Railroad company has purchased
Of Ex-Governor John 2. Cochran forty
seven acres of gravel bed near old ST.
Anne's Church, MiddletOwA, and work.
men are now laying a siding through the
bed. The price paid for the property was
$7,765.
Rev. G. W. Teasdale. editor of the Sea-
ford Enterprise, will preach in the Baptist
Church in this place tomorrow, in absence
of the pastor in Philadelphia. Milford d
-News What, preacher an editor of a
local paper? Well, the Office is likely 20
spoil mighty good preacher or turn out
very poor editor
The NJ E. Church is steadily increasing
the salaries of it's preachers. Milford has
advanced frsm 81 900 to 81 100, Cambridge
from 500 to 81 900, st. Paul's Wilmington
from 81 200 to 81, 400, Asbury in the same
city from 81 200 tO$1 800. ii is said Lewes
will rise to 5000 The same matter is
being agitated in Georgetown.
a match game. of billiards for the cham
piOnship of the Peninsula was played
Thursday at MiddletOwn, between Edward
LCwery, of Milford, and Thomas Clayton,
OF Smyrna. The game was an exceedingly
close one, Clayton was the winner by
three points, having made POO to Lowery's
l97. Mr.. Maxwell presented the winner
with handsome cue.
The Levy Courts Committee on Ferti
lizers have sent to Professor Wolf of Della
ware College samples of fertilizers and
bran wheat for analysis, twenty-foul
brands of fertilizers and one sample Of
bran wheat. Prof. Wolf will complete
the analysis by June 1st, when his repor
will be printed in pamphlets and distribu
led throughout the county
The Wilmington Democratic Aominat
ing election held on Saturday resulted il
the selection of Joseph J.. Carpenter, Jr.
for Mayor, and Col0nel Robert III. Taylo
for President of City Council by very
decided majorities. City Treasurer Guth
rie was renominated without opposition
Mr.. Sharpley made an address pledgins
his support to Mr.. Carpenter.
On Tuesday week Hon. n. B. Srnithers
of Dover, and Mrs. Mary +. Smithers
eldest daughter of William Townsend
Esq, of Frederica, were married at th'
latter 4own by Rev. ]. y. Willis. Th'
ceremony was according tc the Methods
usage, in the presence of about forty con
Aeetlo4s and friends of the family Th'
occasion was pleasant, though without an,
unusual pomp or parade. They wer,
married without ripg and without an!
grOonsmen or hlidesmaidl. At the con
elusion of the marriage ceremony th'
company partook of a sumPtuous repast
and at $50 o'clock left for Dover by pri
vate conveyance. The bride and groom
have each been married before, and eacl
nave grown son, their Oaly children
VIM. t. Smithers. Esq. of Dover, son o
the bride, and Barrett Smithers son O
tn@ x.TE.. so ofss of aEa yaff.