Smyrna times., 1882-05-31
County and State Items.

county v dIl'i holdtC ACCIIAF@.
G. II. :. IittletoM. Il graduate of the
PENNSYLVANIA College of Dental Surgery,
has located in Milford.
John d. Paulin. OfOdessa has purchased
of Mrs. Samuel Peacock the good will and
fixtures of the MiddletOwn Hotel. and
took possession on Monday.
McLear and Kendall's carriage manu-
factory at Wilmington, was entirely
destroyed by fire Friday night Loss csti-
mated at $4,000 fully insured.
The car works at Lewes have proved
decided success. Several neat specimens
of work have already been turned out.
Mr.. Groom supervises the concern.
Many of the Middletown merchants are
exchanging their small safes for larger
ones transcript.
Getting ready for the big peach crop,
eh?
On Saturday last Governor Hall reap
pointed James NJ. Houseman to be Regis
ter in Chancery and Clerk of the Orphans
Court for New Castle county for the term
of five years.
Next Saturday the first city election of
Wilmington under the new law comes OFT,
and political expectation is on the qnj rire
to learn which party will prove successful
III this important event.
There have been rumors of some crook
edness in the pension business in Sussex
county, of late, and agent Wilson Of the
Washington Pension Service, is AOw there
presumably OH an investigating tour.
The State Temperance Alliance will
hold a grand mass meeting at Fairyiew
Park near Dover on July 4th The State
Central Committee are called to meet in
Wilmington on June Gth. to complete
arrangements, etc
In St. Paul's NJ +. Church, Wilmington
Sunday, nearly 81, 600 were raised by sub
scriptiOns among the congregation. This
sum is to be used by the trustees for the
purpose of making extensive improve
ments in the church building.
small number of Greenbackers met
in Dover Thursday, adopted platform.
congratulated themselves that they had
NO office seekers among them, and Romi-
mated John G. jackson for Governor and
J. Albert WhitelOck for Representative in
Congress.
The fire proof safe of L. 8 C0naway, the
late suicide, at Georgetown, was left by
ann uAOpGhCO anu LO OJiS uHOCISldl0S
the combination sufficiently to find away
into it, and it is thought by some that in
said safe will be found will dispOsing OF
his property, when it is opened.
Governor Hall names a vessel for each
member of his family. including his grand
children. The following are some ol
them; John w. Hall, John w. Hall. Jr
s. w. Hall, Caroline Hall, Lizzie V. Hall
Annie Hall, Frank S. Hall, Ettie Lister
and Charles Lister.-PeninsUiG Nera.
After July 1st next all letters on which
q full rate of postage has not been prepaid
instead of being forwarded to the dead
letter office, will be held by the postmas.
ter of all letter-carrier or free-deivery
offices and the addressee informed bV
official postal card that it is only necessary
to remit the postage due to receive the
letter.
The Government lighthouse at Port
Mahon was built in 1875 at cost of So,
600 and at Il distance of about 169 yard,
from the bay shore; now the distance i!
but eighty-fOur yards or half the first dis
tance, the bay having gained upon the
land on an average of thirty-six feet pei
year. The site of the old lighthouse is
partially in the bay, and that of the one
prior to this about thirty yards from the
shore.
John w. Cullen, Esq, died at hi
residence in Dover, Thursday night, aftel
u short illness, in the 72nd year of hi
age. Mr.. Cullen has been one Ofthe mos
prominent business men in this county
for years. During his early life he wa
engaged in the mercantile trade at Fork
Landing and at Odessa. Politically Mr.
Cullen was an ardent Wing and Kepub
liaan anH eapt-a1 hic rtx IN, 4 l. I
Court and Legislature
The Redden case was concluded Thurs
day, the jury returning verdict of guilt,
after being out nearly "a hours. BefOr
reaching a verdict the jury came int
Court for specific instructions on tn
statute relating to the assault feature of tn
case and soon after re-entered, havin
agreed upon a conviction. Soon after tn
opening of the afternoon seSsionthe COur
imposed the death penalty sentencing tn
prisoner to be hanged on Friday Angus
e5th." -.
klnOe the beginning Of the civil war til
uelaEare Feniasula has leen nearl
stripped of its ship timber. and now rail
road ties are further coming out and tn
manufacture OF plaques ofw0od aud beech
wood articles-such as butteF-dshei
baskets, boxes, etc.-lS sprlnging up every
where, while considerable shipbHildiRg
going on along all the creeks and littl
rivers, especially to make collers, oyste
pungies and coastwise vessels. Our tin
Der will soon be exhausted.
The strange things that some peopl
haYe seep, OF Rrotess TO haEe seen, in th
heavens would6l long eataIohge. !" I'll
latest observation which must be added
the lists is that Of large and peeuha
cloud seen by John G: Jackson, of Hocke,
SEQ pear Wilmington, on the hoFder {
one Of the great plains in the moor
s9eh cloud would indicate tic presenc
OF an extensive atmosphere and consider
able moisture in the moon. while the ger
eral opinion of the scientific world is tha
ON the lunar surface there is neither wate
nor air. The "red spot . on Jupiter seem
to be permanent feature of that plane
but Mr.. Jackson's cloud, it is tolerabl
safe n paradiot will he lo0baI e., &,