Smyrna times., 1882-06-07

County ana CtdCS AIOAAA9-
The law prohibits the taking of shad
after June ISL
Tho lSAh anniversary of the Old |
.,.,.oJa'. Church. was observed Sunday. |
uoward +. Wilson, of Lebanon, has
.ofaSad 81 900 for his three-year-old
Jersey bull, DIR. Jump.
Sheriff Lacey sold the farm OF James
II Todd. near Dover on Thursday, to
NJ Todd for the SUM of 81 800.
.,oo men make living in fishing on
~ delaware. Their nets, if placed
ond smC 10 end, would reach 300 miles.
Tho annual convention of the Prot
toni FDiscopal Church in the Diocese
"FDelaware. will be held in Milford to
day
uoid of Kent, from Leipsic to Phila-
deInbia. is carrying large amounts OF
freipht each way. and a good bill OF
passengers.
concIave of the IMpr0ved Order OF
Heptasophs with some thirty Charter
members. will be instituted AT New
Castle on Friday night
II is said that a new steamboat ilhe
running from Philadelphia to Rehoboth
stopping each way at Fortescue' Is 10
commence on June 10th.
Large quantities of sturgeon are
being shipped by rail from MlddletoWh
to New York. They are caught IN the
Delaware bay. below Port Penn.
DIR G.. W. Marshall, of Milford
secretary Of the State Medical Society
gives notice that the society will meet
at Rehoboth ON Tuesday. June Eth a
; O'Clock 7. NJ.
The news of the death OF Willard )
Pride. of Georgetown will be received
with sincere sorrow and regret wher'
he was known. His newspaper caree
was brilliant ard brief.
Sturgeon fishermen are catching OF
the Delaware from twenty-five to fort.
fish a day. The male fish sell for 5
apiece and the females for $l.50, tn
roe making the latter the more valua
BILE.
A Milford lady accuses the trainme
on the Breakwater & Frankford raj
road of stopping the train for the pu1
pose Of digging up a swapping turtl
they discovered at the side of the roa
bed.
On Saturday the executive committC
Of Kent county of the State Tempe
ance Alliance met in Dover. But lit
business was transacted. The resigns
ton of Prot. r. FL. Skinner as presidel
of the committee was refused.
At the May term of Court Fl
New Castle county, one hundred al
thirty hquor licenses were granted
the county, many of them being to ne
places. OF the whole number granite
one hundred were to Wilmingt'
applicants.
The Republican Councilmen of w
mingtOn talk of unseating William
Quinn, Democratic COuncilman-elC
from the Second ward, and of conte
ing the seats of Democratic OouRC
men-elect Denny and McGrath, of
Eleventh ward.
1t is cruel Joke says the EU
EceniRg that the Republicans col
md no music with which to celebri
their victory on Saturday night beca'
the Democrats had engaged all
bands in town in anticipation ol
different result
John G. Jackson, the Gubernatol
nominee of the Greenbackers who n
convention at Dover recently, s.
that ne will net be the figure-head
farce" and that he will not acc
The nomination unless ratified
respectfully sized couRty meetings.
The two men who near Milford
week decoyed "a young woman Fl
her home, saying a sick brother
sent for her, and then violated
person, have not been found
ihelr names are scott and John:
Mss Poor is very much bruised u
her person, her head and mouth
ana she was thought TO be in rath
critical condition, having had sew
spasms.
Ihe municipal election in Wilm
ION saturday resulted in the electiO
Ut John p. Wales, Republican,
mayor, by majority of l40 over .
carpenter, Jr. The total vote for
SpLy was: For mayer DIR. ]. p. w
nepohlican, 4,284; Joseph l.. Car
~ Democrat, ALAG. City treasl
I. Eldrldge Pierce, Republican, 4,
sohh huthrie, Democrat, 1853. Il
II Tent OF the council, Henry G. Cor
n nnepublican, 1920: Robert III. ia
democrat, 4,ll9. The Republi
ec' seven cOuncilmen, which,
i've aOlding-Over members and
president, gives them a maiorit
Iee. The Democrats elect !,
III eouncilmen.
8A ~ the annual meeting of the s
ssolaers Of the Breakwater and Fl
lu Railroad Company, held ut &c
y"h, Charles G. Sfockley was re-
president; Beniamin Il. Bu
sTSassafy, and u. II. Houston, tras
ana as gress receipts for 1881 were 50
oI', hu gross disbursements $40, ,824.
tba tbsslons were adopted eonsolid
Nc read with the junction and B
tas s'er and the FraHkford and w
San, Roads. George \. Taylor,
raas sas oi The Norfolls aud western
~ se a was made director o
ss@ssssllIqated roads, probably 3
pvlate in extending the peni,
- s.em ISaa ofrOads tb'Cherrystone, ]
ass 70 complete the line be-
'''olk and New York.