Smyrna times., 1883-04-18
oo,,n+v and State Items.

\. IlTT5n Tnesday afternoon, at o clock.
Comfy and State Items.
The pews of the M. +. Church, at
Eowark, are to be rented.
sbad were plentiful as far up the
,iyar rs Trenton last week.
Tho C7mle is already engaged for sew
o.al excursions next Summer.
The pilot war between Cape Henlo-
non and Philadelphia wakes hotter and
hotter.
Tho entertainment at Drawers |
Church Odessa, on Thursday brought
in 500.
Several sturgeon were caught in the
,;ysr last week, having arrived in this
section unusually early.
Messrs. ]. w. Casson, S. D. McGOni-
col and John Bockman have been re-
elected school commissioners OF Dover.
Ioseph P. Pyle and J. G. Cooper of
this State received the degree of M. d.
at the University of Pennsylvania
Friday.
Camn & Blair, Milford, employ
thirty women and girls who turn
ont ont 10000 berry baskets per day on the
average.
The April session of the Levy Court
adiourued on Thursday after fixing the
rate of taxation for the present year at
As cents on 500.
At the monthly meeting of the
Mutual Loan Association of Townsend
on Monday evening money sold at 80
and SS cents premium.
The Levy Court of Wilmington, has
decided to construct a new bridge
across the Christiana. 1t will cost be-
tween $55OO0 and $75, 900.
JW Cuykendall has purchased of
G. N. Howell the latter's canning
house in Milford. Mr.. Cuykendall will
contrac. for 200 acres of tomatoes at 81
perton.
Dillworth & Stewart, the Port Penn
Gamers, have made contracts with
growers for forty acres of tomatoes at
$50 per ton. They expect to pack
about 1000 cases.
The large barn of Benz. Sharpless
near Newark, was fired Sunday night
and entirely destroyed, together will
large quantity of corn, oats, thrash
ing machine, agricultural implements
etc.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com
pany has executed a mortgage to trus
tees to secure a loan of $12, 100000 a
four per cent. interest, for use in build
ing its line from Baltimore to Philadel
.phia.
The receipts of New Castle Common
for the year ending March 25th 188;
were $8,279.S2. OF this $7,094.17 cam
from the rent of eleven farms. Th
money goes to pay the school and Otl
er taxes.
The New Castle Lovy court has il
creased the county rate two cents O
the hundred dollars and the poor ra
three cents, and these additions wi
produce together $18,640, of whiC
$S,77N are to be used for county pu
poses.
The Mid dletown Lecture Commit
has engaged r. ]. Burdette, the pop
lar humOrist Cf the Burlington HGit
eye to deliver his famous lecture, IT
Rise and Fall O. the Mustache,"
NiddletOwn Hall en- Friday evenin
April Goth.
Dr. l. Jump has concluded to acce
the offer of $4,000 made 20 him by I
legislature for his property on I
Public Square" and the matter "
Oe cOnsummated by the delivery OF
utle papers in very few days.
Notwithstanding the remonstran'
against licensing any hotel in Milt(
signed by many prominent citizens,
~ georgetown, signed by nearly
He ladies' of the town, all licen
asked for in both places were grant
last week by the court. The Oh
justice did not sign the license grant
TO Hart, in Milton.
!he divorce mill has been grind
quite rapidly during the present. s
SION OF our Legislature and the
mat should bind man and wife toget
ior life, have in numerous instan
Oeen severed. Two years ago an efl
was made to put stop to this busin
- our Legislature and throw it
Sleiy into the cOnrts, where it no do
properly belongs.
II. Winter Davis and Miss Ar
narshall, daughter of DIR. VIM. n
Euall, OF Milford. were married at
parsonage of the NJ. u. Church
BDoV>r on Tuesday evening, 10th
NeV Dr. Caldwell performed the C
1Mony in The presence of a few fries
M Davis Is engaged ia the cattle
ness IN Montana Territory, and sta
WI with his bride for their home in
west on Wednesday.
NEW CASTLE PREsBYTERY.-
,Ieetlng of the Presbytery of New
me - being held in Forest Church
seek at Middletown. The opel
psIh0n p0n yesterday was preached
me-, 1ses, Dr. J. III. Nixon, of Whining
~, S AFTERNOON there will be an ado
Gy Rys GsV. DIR. Hale, Secretary of
a SoSfa ~f Ministerial Relief. In
;n,g T;r,enlng there will be a meeting in
.a%dISsrest.Gf the Sunday School ca
qTVuaesses qTureesses wilt be made by Rev.
Moaaeh, MSraeh, of Philadelphia, Rev.
'TSnSee 'TOee OF Newark, and others.
adSnsuay afternoon theye will
;S%ress ;e"t e ,y 6y Rev. DIR. Poor, ,0R the
;Ios oi Ministerial Education. ID
sne sessions there will be AN Gle
Pro.Sur r iour delegates to represent