Smyrna times., 1883-09-12

County and State Items.
The Freshman class at Delaware College
numbers fifteen
The new NJ. Z. Church at Wyoming will
ha dedicated next Sunday.
P.vL S. Willis has thirty-fve acres in
tomatoes, all of which he VIII can.
Tbo canning and basket making estab-
rsbments of FELTON, employ l25 hands.
IT, Knight has bought the dwelling of
L n Eccles on State street, Dover, for
5000
Sly thousand scholars attended at the
opening of the public schools in the city of
Wilmington.
A. Watson has purchased the lumber
Yard of John r. Myers, in Dover, and will
continue the business.
Shadrach Short, the corn king of Sussex,
does not consider his present crop worth
saving except for the fodder.
The Harrington Enterprise is now issued
on Thursday instead of on Saturday. 1t
will hereafter print its own outside.
The Baptist Church of Milford, Monday
cave the Rev. DR.. Hayward, of Wyoming,
- call to the pestorate of the church.
Gamers and evaporatOrS in this vicinity,
saws the Milford NeacS, are buying thous-
and. of baskets Of apples weekly ut 10 to 10
cents per basket.
Leonard d. Tufts has been appointed
Road Foreman of Engines for the Delaware
division of the Pennsylvania railroad, with
headquarters at Wilmington.
A negro preacher at Seaford last week
ended fight in his church among three of
the sisters by striking right and left with
his cane, exclaiming that he had enough of
this thing.
Shipments of sweet potatoes on the
steamers from LeweS to New York are very
large. Fifteen carloads went one morning
recently from one of the stations of the d.,
NAV Railroads.
Several gentlemen in Milford are trying
TO found good classical school there. The
Rev William Lord who had charge of a
school there several years ago, is to have
charge Of the new school.
Each adult exhibitor is required to pay
fee of one dollar and each exhibitor under
twelve years fee of fifty cents at the Mid
dletown Fair this year. All exhibitors are
admitted to the ground free.
Middetown is to open its literary society
again this fall, and expects to provide a
course of lectures by distinguished individ-
uals.. The series will probably begin with
Burdette's Pilgrimage Of IL funny man."
A meeting of the Delaware State Tenn
peranee Alliance will be held in Middle
town, Tuesday, October 10th. All
churches, temperance societies, Sunday
SnhOols pollapps and o0o1a,Oio, =, M -,
to send delegates.
Bailitf Day, Of Georgetown, arrested
Sheriff Wootten last week for shooting off
firearms within the town limits, but Squire
Thompson discharged the Sheriff as the
evidence showed that rats in the Jail yard
were the targets aimed at
Victor DUPONT Esq, was Monday
awarded $500 by the commission an
pointed to assess damages for the passage
Of the Delaware railroad freight branch,
through two and half acres of town lots
of his in the limits Of New Castle
The steamer BreGklcater now leaves
New York, pier % told number 81. foot of
Beach street, at 3 P. NJ, Mondays, Wednes-
days and Fridays Leaves Lewes Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays, on arrival
Oftrain leaving Harrington at ll.55 A. NJ.
Joseph Cook and Israel Loaf, both of
whom got out of Jail at the same time the
TWO burglars, Allen and Raisen. escaped.
have been captured in Philadelphia and
returned to the Jail The burglars, whose
arrest cost the Protective Association Sl25.
have not been captured.
The Newark Lrdqer saws: 1.-THE re-
port comes that contractors for the new
baltimore and Philadelphia railroad, are
bringing negroes from Baltimore to take
the place of Italians. This is said to be
done on account of the cOlOred individual
standing more swearing at than the
Italians
Nor SCCCESs.-The State Convention
OF colored people announced to be held at
Dover Tuesday, proved fzzie, as no
delegates arrived from New Castle county
and very few from Kent and Sussex were
present. Delaware will probably not be
represented in the Louisville Convention
OF September 2Sth.-Morning Ners
By the will of the late Charles NJ. Whar-
ton, of Dover, the Conference Academy of
mat place. will receive the sum of $1,000,
with prOvisO that the debt of the academy
oe reduced to $4,000 in two years, the sum
mus left to go towards decreasing the debt
10 That amount. These interested in this
school should endeavor to secure the leg
.acy.
Oysters are much larger and mere nu-
merous in the waters Of this section than
IIhey were last year. The reason as stated
Oy oystermen-and it seems Il reasonable
Tns-ls that last year the young bivalves
hsG good chance to grow during the last
'o August and the first twenty DAYS of Sep
IeuiDer, because the law then in force was
prohibitory. This Fall the public is reap
ing the benefit of desisting for a month last
autumn. Let this fact be remembered the
next time Legislature trihes with the
oyster law.-I'eHinsutar Nelcs.
SCHOOL Book DEPosITARIEs.-The fol-
lowing Is list of the school book deposit
aries are for Kent county, appointed BY the
Slate Superintendent: DR.. +. NJ. Cloak,
smyrna DR.. II. VI. Howe, Leipsic;
E W Co"gill & Son, Dover; G. NJ. Carey,
wyoming VIM. NJ. Prouse & Co., Mag
TSolla; j. b. Messick, Slaughters r. j.
Gohher, FELTON,; Geo. A. Radden. Har-
ITi"gtOh y; j. Harrington, Pennington;
D. D. A. Melvin, Frederick; DR.. Nathan
PPratt; Milford Depositaries for Kenton'
appointed
,,; KDER IN WILMINGToN.-At Will
ca n, oaLurdayi Lewis +. List, Jr. and
o %eorge Taylor, brothers-in-law, quarreled
Ior', l Elsl iIl-treatment of his wife, Tay-
TT IT, SISTER; During the dispute List shot
fatInF' lhnlctlng a mortal wound. Lists
ialher was arrested as accessory for calling
TTHon ms son to shoot Taylor went to
i';st mouse and assaulted him. The elder
ra a'o' az zane to his sons rescue, and Taylor
him Oi' ~ The younger list firing two shots after
in ,'', IayIor then came back with a stone
treo eaGn hand and attacked List, who re-
s Ibe"'eu ~ 70 a doorway and fred the fatal
2O 700, me elder List killed a policeman
traec o'$ ago Tor attempting to force an en-
ne nv was acquitted
VIII Win affair created great Indignation in
man"lnst3n. Mr.. Taylor, the murdered
fatb 1', was buried on Monday. The Lists
80 ana son-were both lodged in Jail