Smyrna times., 1882-02-01
County and State Items.

MeHOSl''
Anew car truck manufactory Is to be
established in Wilmington.
J. Watson Evans, prominent cltlzeh
dNewark, died Thursday morning
Miss Addie Houston, of Wilmington,
has formed a class of Middletown ladies |
N decorative painting. The class now
numbers ten.
Captain Thomas Draper is organizing a
i steamboat company in Dover He pro
poses to build boat to run between that
tOwn and Philadelphia.
The Middletown Transcript notes the
death of mocking bird belonging to Mrs.
Mary Stiles of that town, that could whis-
lie several bars of =" Pinnafore."
The schooner Hattie White, laden with
7oowood from the West Indies, arrived in
the Breakwater Friday, reporting the loss
ofseveral of the crew from smallpox.
Mr.. 5. F. Shallcross, near Odessa, killed
= = fine pen of hogs on Saturday last-eight
in number. The aggregate weight of the
uorkers was 1872, an average of 446!.
According to the DelaWaredn the chill
dren of Dover are finding a way to pass off
the punched and clipped coin; they put
them in the missionary box for the little
heathen.
The Norfolk JirgiAian has made an
authoritative declaration that there will
be NO change either in the organization or
plans of the Old Dominion Steamship
Company.
4 The meeting of the stockholders of the
Middletown Fair, make good showing OF
fgures-a gross earning for the past eight
wears of 81 .600.97 and a total Indebtedness
Of only SO.
Ephriam Dill who was shot by Levi
Scott in a fit of jealousy about woman
two weeks ago, died Friday, at his home
near Templeville, Md. Scott, the assassin
is still at large.
The Delaware & Chesapeake Canal wa;
closed to navigation on Saturday nigh
last at - o'clock, for the purpose of under
going number of needed repairs. 1t vii
remain closed for at least ten days.
Chas. B. Lore, Esq, and Levi c. Bird
Esq. counsel for Jeremiah Harrigan, con
,'eted of murder i'll the first degree durin
til e last term of Court, are endeavoring t
seq. IRE respite OF pardon from the Gov
emo.
Jose, III Hart, of Wilmington, devote
discinle of Tom Paine, died Sunday, tk
anniyers, 1ry of Paine's birthday, which
was prep; ring to celebrate according
his custom. He was an Englishman b
birth. and W as formerly farmer in TalbC
county, Md.
The people ,'f Middletown, in waitin
for ice a foot th lex before housing. haI
Il let their opportuL ity pass and consequen
" have no ice to u sc with their rock az
rye the coming Su. umer. The people
st. Georges gathered a supply from u
still waters Of the canal
The February term Of the New Cast
Court of General Sessions of the Peace az
Jail Delivery will open on Monday mex
The list of cases to be tried at this term
very brief and does not contain any Of
serious character. There are about
prisoners in Jail awaiting trial. The ter
s not likely to last over three days.
Purnal J. Lynch was the lucky guess
at V. O. Hills hog killing" on Wedne
day, at Blackbird. Purnal guessed with
two pounds Of the heaviest pOrker, whi'
weighed 765. He came nearer to guessil
the weight Of big heg than to calculatil
the number Of votes necessary to becOr
sheriff. The guessing box" contain
about $15.
At the annual meeting of the poll
holders of the Delaware State Gran
Mutual Fire Insurance Company, held
Camden, the following named perso
were elected directors for the ensui
year: William Dean, r. +. Dilworth, NJ
Castle county; Z. Fl. Bancroft. s.
Cooper, J. G.. Brown, J. J. Rosa, Zebul
Hopkins, Kent County; A. V. HOrs
and Thomas Bacon, Sussex county. T
board organized by choosing the follow
officers; President, f. II. Bancroft :
retary and Treasurer, S. B. Cooper; I
ecutive Committee; Z. H. Bancroft s.
Cooper, Jacob G. Brown.
THE BEET SUGAR INDUsTRY.-The /
aware Beet Sugar Company, whO cree
works at Riverside, above Wilmingt
and put in expensive machinery for
II manufacture Of Sugar from beets, have
II is stated, concluded to abandon the Gnt
~ prise. The company have given the bI
ness thorough trial, and now beli
tkat it will not pay in this State.
hrmers, too, who have for several seas
Contracted with the company to raise be
Tor them, have concluded that there
more money in grain growing than in b
culture. Mr.. Z. G. Fenimore, near Odei
mas perhaps, been the most extensive
Glvidual beet grower in the State,
mas tested the business thoroughly {
does does not think it will pay in this secti
The withdrawal of State aid and the
favorable season of 1881 doubtless
much to do with the Encouragement
sne company The death Of this
sugar industry, which seemed to prom
70 much for Delaware farmers, is a maj
Vi regret. In Maine it appears TO b
:succeeded. The works at Riverside W
Charge of II. Jos. Krebs, practical Il
VINO has had large experience in the b
ness In Germany. He is of the opin
.uat the climate of Delaware il not sui
successful beet culture. There SEE
De lack of saccharine matter in
Ss ses. The company will now turn Il
sktlon TO the manufacture of sugar fl
snssasses, and they believe that the 4
th.s viii be q success, for the rea
mos as moiasses can be worked here "
nOa. Ose profit than In Cuba, The lowest
pOr'ed duty on a gallon Of molasses ia