Smyrna times., 1882-11-29
county and State Items.

NJONe
rbo ,,opulation of Middletown says
,he Transcript, has increased over @oo
,r;thin the past year.
lanes Postles, we'll known citizen
of Milford died on Saturday after
,hort illness from bilious pleurisy.
The Rev. T. G. Steward, of Whining
.on dill not vote, because ne was III .
s'"or so", he saws, of mixed schools and |
Mr. Hastings was not.
Lewis Harder, who resides in Lincoln
,,bJe cunning four miles south of his
Nome accidentally shot and killed
himself on Thursday afternoon.
urs Annabella Dean Lawson, daugh-
cor Of William Dean of Newark, and
w;fa VII of Joseph s Lawson, died Friday
y, bpr nome in HursiOrth, England.
The next legislature is likely to have
g. rrs,t deal of business from Whining
,,1 and New Castle county. FIRST IN
;mmrtance is the subject of increased
rypreSentatloh'
The November term OF the New
Castle county Superior Court for the
trial of civil causes opened with Il
heavy list, ninety of the cases being
continued by consent.
Ct Paul's NJ. Z. church Wilmington,
rponpned Sunday with special services
and sermons morning and evening by
tbo Pav + r. SNYDER of Philadelphia
The collection realized the handsome
sum of 81 ,203.2S.
match game Ofbilliards was played
at Middletown, Thursday night, be-
tween Thomas Clayton, of Smyrna and
Delaware Vauls, of Milford. The
game was 200 points, and was won by
Mr.. Vauls by 80 points.
George W. Ingram, real estate agent
Of Middletown. has sold farm, fOl
Mrs. John AlIston, situated at Cowgirl;
Corner Kent county, and containing
1913 acres, to Rev. J. B. Merritt, o
Cecilton, for s., $50 cash.
Our young friend and employee
Samuel D. Truitt says the Deldwdrcdn
is looking after the office of Stat
Librarian. If he should be app0inte,
the state would get a good officer, ant
the books we'll taken care of.
The .MOrning News has IA $1,000
libel suit, brought against it by eH
Chief of Police of Wilmington, Man
well, growing out of the publication {
charges in the Blake gamhling-hOus
case The Ners keeps right on.
Sheriff Martin, who was chosen {
the recent election, held his first whil
ping at New Castle on Saturda
Three men, convicted of larceny, wei
given ten lashes each, and Robert Lyn
and Henry Magruder, for highwa
robbery, forty lashes each.
At the Delaware Iron Works of Ne
Castle, the wages of the wOrkmen {
piece work have been reduced from !
average of $l5 week to IS. This
not due to political causes as the ir,
trade is very dull and has been sin
last Spring.
THE prettiest girl in the Hall"
which Prof BOsco's watch was awar
ad at Milford, says the NpUs, "
declined,-she would not comprOm
herself as an advertisement for fOrei
adyenturer to get something that s
did not pay an equivalent for, mt
less pinchbeck jewelry.
Milford's post office which has
salary of sl.40O and last year die
Business of 100000, will probably 81
have d new master, the term of
present postmaster, Mr.. Herring exI
ing December l4th. The Milf
Chronicle says that Mr.. Herring
oe candidate for reappointmeEt.
mat besides him d. \. Van Ia
backed by James r. Lofland is hop
OF securing the case. Other candidi
are Torbert Belts and r. A. Stewar
A building boom has struck Geo
town: All the carpenters of that t
are busy and wOrkmen from o
places have been secured. Eight
residences are in course OfcOnstruct
A. +. Robinson is building a law o
IN the corner of the square adjOi
the late residence of Judge Lay
deceased; and other buildings are
templated, which together with t
already going up will keep II
number of workmen busy until far
the Winter.
The editor of the Middletown
script claims to be as good at eatir
ne is at punning. Can't some on
commodate him with the wager
talned in the following item?
This is about the season of the
when we begin to hear through
newspapers Of those persons who
70 wager somebody that he can
thlrty partridges in thirty cOnseC
uays. We never believed that
was anything hard about this fea
cept the matter of getting the pa
ges; If any reader of the Tran
VIII furnish the thirty partridge
VIII furnish man that will eat
MAzN