Smyrna times., 1883-08-22
ESranch Trains.
c1oseing of Mails.
Il, and State Items.

County and state 1CelnS'
Dorhv is building ten new houses
D. ,he w. drawbridge at Frederlca'
a,, Niddletown fair managers have IuSt
Ing -a';rcnlars with an elaborate schedule
l5sueu l4oo. ~. 70 take place at the coming ialr'
aha monthly meeting of the Mutual
A t.o ,;,tion of Townsend last week,
Loan H1y ,y.s sold at fifty-one, forty-elght
nDd fSrty cents premium
ding TO a recent act of the Legisla-
ceTiunnsitories of school books will be
ture' ,g uo soon. They will be allowed II
aPpstf aPppst of only Eve per cent.
.se of Jacob H. Wagner and Others
Ins inst Iohn r. Meyers, of Dover. pending
agslIs't The United States Circuit, Court has
Dm OelUis settled, the complainant abandoning
the suit.
ara. one hundred and forty prison.
lheINS Now Castle Jail, about sixty of whom
er' lI Inns The tramps probably enjoy
are "f uaf Season of rest, seclusi0n and regu-
tne tewasIs Unas they get in the Delaware jails.
,.n; Hall father of J. r. Hall, Cashier
Lev Lev 1it;zens' National Bank of Middle
ol an0 d;ed At the home Of his son Thursday,
io"hL' a1st wear of his age. He had been
laa,snsd u an to his room for nearly three years.
What is thought to be the largest
=. singer" or skate fish, ever caught in
,ho delaware bay was taken by John Male
',' y. Slaughter beach, August LIST. 1t mea-
az a"red IS feet in length and D feet y inches
across the back.
Tho steamer Maid of Kent is carrying an
.aonse imU number of passengers. On Tues
Inw She brought over so persons down, 81
uy lsyybom were for Dover and vicinity. This
o. o. VERY verv popular line, Captain Tyler being
oyreea6le and polite to all.-Se"tt'aet.
Constable Legates was taking two hand
.,,SSJ colOred burglars from Newark to
tSa gunis ;sil at New Castle, on Thursday, when
~ hoTr;soners attempted to escape. A strug
nIo sIo pensned. and the constable finally shot
~ Of them. Lewis Williams, inficting II
UnS %onpd which will likely prove fatal He
"lsims that he shot in self defense.
The Susser Journal says that parties re-
.n-n;ng from Peppers camp last Friday
sa,s large hog in peach orchard holding
down a limb with its fore feet while three
o,bers were eating peaches from it. They
nrobably belong to the same species with
hose who take a paper two or three years
without paving for it and then order it dis
continued.
The Seaford Enterprise says that canvas
sers for A General Directory of the State
Of Delaware and the Eastern Shore after
securing the promise of from So to $40 each
from subscribers and advertisers, are now
Istributinpa a paper bound volume of 17S
nSge, of which but l3 are devoted to Della
ware Several subscribers have refused to
take the volume.
Hortly. on the Delaware & Chesapeake
Railway, is making rapid progress, and
bids fair to be something of place in the
near future. Joshua Short, George w.
TTnruh and Jacob Unruh have each built
double dwelling houses recently, the latter
alsosdding tenant house. Henry G. Short
has put up a large barn, 40xl0O feet on his
farm, and has it nearly full Ofhay.
Under the heading, Cape May Notes, u
in the Philadelphia Press of Thursday was
tbe following: Senator Bayard and hi;
two sons are delighted with their visit t.
Cane MAY and are willing to admit that it'
beach and surf excel their favOrite Reho
both on the Delaware Shore" There art
two more counties to be heard from, anC
Kent and Sussex generally settle things.
PExINsULAR BANK CAsHIERs.-J. J
Hail. of CentreviIle, Nd, delivered an ad
dress on the needs of such an association be
fore the Cashiers Convention at Oceal
City on Thursday NJ H. Morgan, of Sea
ford, delivered an address on phonograph!
and its uses in banking business. Man.
important questions were discussed and
was decided that time locks on bank vault
are the only sure protection against burg
lars The next meeting will be held in thi
city the second Thursday in May-Morn