Smyrna times., 1882-03-15
County and State Items.

council of the Royal Arcanium is be-
rg organized in Middletown.
Fire plugs are being put up i'll Dover,
nd the town will soon he prepared Tor
les.
All of the 1000 shares Of The Dean
Eoolen Company, al Newark. have been
akeH'
Nearly $50 converts have been made
luring the revival in the NJ. F.. church at
lewes.
. The Del0ware Ledger defines college
widow" as "a girl that lives i'll Newark
md grows quite old"
Thomas Cavender of Bohemia Manor.
viii build in Middletown and remove to
hal place next spring.
The Middletown Lyceum has engaged
Mss f. s. Chadbourne, of Boston. to read
Al an entertainment on the evening of
March Both.
The preachers made an impression On
be bald headed editor of the Transcript.
He SAYS: they are certainly fine looking,
oily sci OF fellows.
Sheriff Clark has summoned jury of
,Eeve men, who will witness the execu-
ion Of jeremiah HarriSan at New Castle
on Friday, March oath.
Thomas S. Harper. lately appointed
nail route agent OH the Pennsylvania
Railroad, Delaware Division, is lying
erouslv i'll IT his home in Dover.
The Delawarean has the following
item: The Black birds flocked to the Levy
Court on Tuesday, in squads, marshaled
~ some insignificant white men. Did not
mount to much.
The State Sentinel says two brothers re-
ently fought in Jones Neck, near Dover,
under the rules of the p. r. Both men
sN exhausted at the sixth round. having
haght 10 minutes; one had two ribs
: GlEen.
Lst Wednesday John Peters, a farmer
hng near Camden, shipped to Philadel-
phia about 1000 pounds of leaf tobacco
grown on his farm. This is the largest
hipment of leaf tobacco ever made from
Wyoming.
Four shad were caught off Marcus
Hook, in the Delaware, Monday. and
another Thursday. which weighed 3!
pounds, and was sold at dollar pound.
This is unusually early for the shad season
in the Delaware to open.
Lewis A. Cavender, faIniliarly known
70 his friends as . Uncle LOU" died at his
residence, near Mt. Pleasant. CA Monday
Of last week. He was in the 5Sth year OF
his age. He had been sufferer from
rheumatism for many years.
The Morning NeWs contends stren-
uously, that the Republican party in Del
aware numbers as many. and, indeed
more native Delawareahs than the Demo
cratic party does. What difference does
/. il make where man was born and raised.
Dover has had quite a war among the
Milkmen. Milk was advanced two weeks
ago to eight cents per quart, when new
men entered the field and commenced to
sell at six cents per quart. This broke
the combination and now all are selling
at this price.
The Chester Times of last evening says
/ I. Lampley caught some twenty shad of
Marcus Hook yesterday and brought
them 10 this city. The fish were all OF
good size, and were purchased at 70 cents
apiece. The fishermen anticipate a pros
i Porous season.
The Wilmington, a new steamer. with a
capacity of six hundred passengers, will
Se run between Wilmington and Philadel.
phia in opposition to the s. ". FELTON,, be-
ginning April 1st. The fare will be thirty
cents one way, or fifty cents the round
lrip.
The State Sentinel says: We feel we
ought to say that the Levy Court has
treated the Republicans of this County
/. with courtesy and consideration. Differ
ing, as we find ourselves compelled to do.
With many of their rulings, as illegal and
Unjust, we yet desire to record our sense
Ofther gentility.
Among the appointments of the New
Castle County Levy Court are:
4 Constables-St Georges Hundred. p. J
lynch; Appoquinilnink Hundred, Walter
T. Hart; Blackbird Hundred, Thoma.
Deakyne.
4 Bridge eTendeTs-Jos, Fairbanks, Odessa
isaac Moody, FennimOEes: Peter G. War
"er' rleming's Landing.
:, HeustOn has obtained authority from
see Levy Court to organize a new schoO
1suact with the school house within th'
Samiet. This building will be erected
cG1rng the coming season. A new NJ. Z
sSaasreh is talked of for this place, anC
w has already been subscribed for the
rSsrpose. Messrs. ID. Scott & Co., have
suecled such satisfactory market for theiI
~aasd tomatoes that they now offer S.
T ton to farmers for tomatoes during
US coming season. There will be mum
'eT ois o. nsw dwellings erected this spring
Milford Chr0aieLe.
y Iae Levy Court on Thursday appointed
1s following Constables for this County
,ouek Creek, Benton ". Weldon anC
MOS ID; Wright treappointed) Kenton
Nlhan NNathan II. Griffin (reap'd1; East Dover
r Ssataan H. Hutchins; North MutderkiIl
Nv Smith (reap'd1; South NurderkiII
sWn. Whitaker and Jas. p. FARRELL (reap'dl
Psplllion, Geo. A. Laws and John d
MOwn; Milford, John Sapp Ireap'd)
se ss., Constable for Little Creek and one
MN we western part of North Murderkll
n n, se appointed next week.
m;a following officers were oil reap
juDaAd; usd; aah Commissioners, Robert b
Sn Andrew j. Wilson and Jas. l.
At,an; Jail Physician, DIR. 4. 4. H.iBishop
hur Tor Levy Court, John III sauls