Smyrna times., 1882-04-12
County and State Items.

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Large quantities of sweet potatoes are
to he grown this year round Harrington.
Robt ]. Reynolds. State Trca,ir.,. ,...,r
Petersburg has & field ni wheat .: inches
high.
The prop,'sed railroad To The. extremity
OF the Peninsula will b,- built this wear
probably.
William Aldrch has broken ground for
a new general merchandise store. in
Wilmington.
The Wilmingt"n Ci,y t,n;,.,.il have cn.-
ployed Professor Leeds ~ analyze the
Brandywinc water.
The Levy Court has allowed Collector
Lynch. of st. Georges hundred, 1869 in his
dog assessment list,
Among this year. appointments to
West Point are Charles Marvel and ". II.
P@rnt'l, j.. or This tail.
New Castle has contributed $1,000 for
the purchased Of steam fire engine. and
the machine" will arrive this week.
Rev. DR.. Stevenson, formerly Of Grace
church Wilmington, has been transferred
tron' Troy. New York, TO Harrisburg, Pa.
Simeon PenneWell. OF Greenwood. has
set out 5000 peach trees this season.
Alfred Curry of the same place has set ont
1000.
Edward Shields, fireman on the p.
w. & B. r. r., had his head injured sun
stnW Innrnntr hNy hn OF
signal post.
Sussex county had the champion con-
testant for the Easter festivals. One day
last week he ate thirty-six raw eggs at one
meal and sometime ago ne ate sixty on a
500 wager
The Rev. James A. Brindle, of the
Camden NJ. +. Church, has bought the
farm of J. +. salisbury, on Tuckahoe
creek, III Chapel district, Maryland 1874
acres, for $500.
Mr. John Wanamaker, Of Philadelphia,
will furnish the Richardson Hotel Of
Dover, with everything required in the
furnishing line except the cooking range
that being furnished by Boston firm.-
i call has been issued for a meeting of
all persons interested in canning on the
peninsula, to meet in Dover on Thursday.
April goth, for the purpose of efiecting an
organization for their benefit and pr0tqc-
ton.
The shad fisheries near Pennsgroye.
New Castle, Port Penn, and Delaware
CltE are now in active operation, but the
cold weather has seriously interfered with
the fishermen. Genuine Delaware shad
are sold at 81. The Gloucester fishermen
have seine fully three miles long.
Allen Ruth, contractor, who was struck
upon the head by falling brick while en-
gagged in repairing DR.. Vests new resi-
dence in Wilmington, last week, died
Friday. The deceased was AZ years old,
and was at the time of his death member
OF the Board of Education from the Tenth
ward.
The early history Of Port Penn is very
traditional. VIM. Penn is said to have
stopped there for supply of water =
hence its name. Two of the houses have
iron lire backs in their ancient chimnevs
dated 1928 and 1853. One of their Chin
neys was struck by cannon ball during
the war of 1872.
The April term of the United States
District Court opened in Wilmington yes
terday. After the transaction of some
business of little interest the petit Jury
were discharged. The grand jury found
true bills of indictment against John S.
Bacon of Laurel, charged with violating
the revenue laws, and John H. Cade, Of
Milford, who is accused of retaining ex-
tortionate fees for collecting a pension.
Let our farmer friends be wary when
visiting Philadelphia, for the "Gyp"
swindlers are at their old tricks. Beware
OF all men who want you to buy horses
for them promising you a handsome fee
for your trouble; and don't go with any
smart looking young man to get check
or lottery ticket cashed; and say "good
day to you!" to those chaps who recognize
you on the street and introduce them
selves as nephews of the Presidents of
your home banks.