Smyrna times., 1883-07-18
County and State Items

County and State Items.
Ev C. Reese, of near Harrington,
shinped 100 crates of peaches on
Thursday.
What will the Dover trough do
without the Camden camp meeting
this year?
The Sussex huckleberry crop is said
70 he unusually large, and considerable
quantities are being canned and ship
ped.
The fair at MiddletOwn will be held
on September 18th, 18th and 10th. |
Premiums for speed to the amount of
$2,1OO will be given.
Editor Fenn, of the DeldWaredn, has
won the belt " in the Summer Vaca-
tion business. He tried to get half
day and was called in after an hours
rest.
Rev. ]. A. B. Wilson contemplates
the erection of two or three tenement
houses in the place of the one de-
stroyed by fire last year in George
town.
St. Paul's NJ. f. Sunday School, of
Odessa. will have an excursion down
the bay to Collins Beach and Ship
John Light, by the steamer Clio, to-
morrow.
Only 155 of the 200 applicants re-
Gently examined for teachers certiti-
Gates bv Superintendent Williams and
Assistant superintendent Carpenter
were successful.
The owners of the Hotel Richardson
at Dover, have had very flattering
offer for the hotel, $S5, 900, but they
decline to sell, preferring to run the
house themselves.
Geo. V. Massey, ESQ.,, has been APP
pointed u member of the Council of
Administration for the National En-
campment G. A. R., for Delaware,
which meets at Denver, Col, on the
23rd inst.
Houston in this county is having
quite building and business boom
Just now there are being built there 8
new school house, a new Methodist
Episcopal Church and q number o
dwelling houses.
Misses Katie and Stella Porter
daughters of Professor E. ID. Porter
formerly of Delaware College, but nov
filling the agricultural chair of tn,
State College of Minnesota, at Mime
apOlis, have charge of 480 acres of Ian,
in Dakota and are now superintendent
the construction of suitable farm build
ings there.
On the night of the 3rd of July, Wi
liam Kirkley and Phillip Carlin, bot
OfLiepsic, had a fight during whic
Kirkley was cut in the back and arr
and Carlin was struck with pail b
Kirkley. On Monday both had
hearing before Squire Jester, th
charge in each case being assault an
battery with intent to kill. Both wei
held to bail for their appearance 8
COurt-SentineL.
Twenty-Five hundred pounds of pow
der exploded in the ppessrEoom in Il
upper yard of DupOnts powder woFl
g. GAO o'clock, Friday mornin
Thomas Pearl, foreman of the pres
room and Patrick Haley, a LAHORE
were killed, and Alexander Billingsb
another labOrer, was slightly injure
fearl had been employed at the wor
Tor twenty years. The building WI
managed to the extent of s., 900.
II ANARROw EscAPE.-Supt. William
n Ass'nt Supt. Carpenter, Profes:
II Groves and VIM. Hall, college 81
Il Gent, came near being drowned a f
n uays ago while fishing. The boat
came uncomfortable. and lasl
j against rock so hard as to prodI
4 rapId leakage. A neighboring pi
q responded to their signal of distr
III immediately and rescued them or I'll
N TOuld have been lost at sea.-Sedf
n Enterprise.
NEH0BOTH.-FrOm the neat {
newsy little RehOboth Record we le
haI the Douglass House has about
guests; that the "Gutter Snipe" G.
pennsylvania, will make their
nual excursion to Rehoboth next VIZ
# - tStOl
Eat the Bright House has PROV
snq snaqe sheds OH the sind, and that
annual aI meeting of the stockh0lder
18th. ""' "' "eiU ="
Inc Milford Chronicle has CON
sne conclusion that if that thrifty
III plogresslye town wishes to keep in
i,au,s han of the Peninsula towns It i
bas. 'asi scoop up the deposits from
@O..om @ Of the Nispillion and n
il oOal fOr OTHER THAN the old-fashil
SNSlllng craft. This causes the Nor
M rdse e@s 70 say that "if Delaware
N Sses 70 %ait on National aid fol
Il ,sa;pprtoveaent ,s;ppt of All her STREAMS
Cri, w., nave shoals and swamps and
t'soes and malaria till t6e last
gSs; TgS II State tights'do not meal
fgs laiis o. State ID help herself we
t1ieu 10 cOmDrehend' iis ;nn1nndartty