Smyrna times., 1883-10-31
County and State Items


Farmers in the neighborhood of Mid
dletown report the yield of corn to be
very satisfactory.
The Tournament to be held at the
Agricultural Fair Ground, near Middle
town. will be on November 8th.
Zebulon Hopkins, of Pennington,
has bought the Nicholas Curdy farm.
near Frederick, containing 1853 acres,
for 100000
With Saturdays issue the SUSSEX
LournaL completed it's 10th volume.
The Journal is bright, newsy, indie
pendent paper.
We learn that the Executive Cow
mIttee ofthe State Temperance Alliance
will meet in Dover, on Thursday,
November LIST.
The "ten days feast in the Wilder
ness" under the management of Rev.
w. b. Heath, colored, is now in pro-
gress at Lewes.
John r. Wilson & Co., have built
near the station at Laurel, a tub and
bucket factory and expect to commence
operations in a few weeks.
In our last issue we said that there
were twenty-five prisoners whipped at
Georgetown on Saturday week, but
the SUSSEX Journal says there were but
two whipped.
The NJ. f. Church Board of Fred
erica has extended an invitation, sub
ect to the action of conference, to the
Rev. ]. f. MOwbray to return to them
as pastor in 1884.
The young men of Pennington gave
an enjoyable ball at that place on We'd
nesday night last. Milford, Frederick,
Harrington, Wyoming, SeafOrd and
Bridgeville were represented.
Capt. John Dodd, of the sloop Sarah
R. ROWe, while unloading a cargo of
seized with fit, and, falling overheard,
was drowned before assistance could
be rendered.
To prevent potatoes from rotting it
is recommended to put them in dry
place and sprinkle them with lime, is
the advice of the MiddletOwn Trans
script but it concludes, the poor man
who has nine or ten healthy children
will not need follow this suggestion.
Fruit growers near Milford, who
have lost two seasons in succession by
delivering to insolvent canning firms
in that town are quite naturally dis
gusted and declare that in the future
they will grow grain rather than be
swindled out of OmatOeS.-MiltOrd
Negs.
The two vessels which stranded or
our coast near Lewes in the storm o
Tuesday week, still remain. The brig
laden with coal has been condemned
and will be abandoned as worthless
The schooner, laden with stone TO
Philadelphia, is not much damaged
and will be taken off.
Dating from last week the Old Dc
miniOn Steamship Company's steam
boat from New York to Lewes make
but two trips a week, leaving Lewe
Tuesdays and Fridays on arrival c
train leaving Harrington at 11.55 A. N
and leaving pier 26, North river, foe
Of Beach street, Mondays and Thurs
days at 3 p
David T, Williamson, of Wilmington
GOlOred man who runs a little jew
elry store, has had for the past 81
weeks in complete running order,
watch arranged on the new time pril
ciple, indicating the hours from one
twenty-fOur O'Clock, the work of h
own hands. Williamson was once
slave but escaped, and by trade was
blacksmith. '"
t4RE-Ehe Outbuildings on the far
Oh i. n. McWhOrtsr, hear st. George
We're destroyed by fire on Mondi
week. The barn contained ahol
sA9AO worth Of valuable maohineI
llQ bushels of Wheat, 100 tons of ha
100 bushels of corn and a quantity
OATS The fire is supposed to ha
originated by one of the hands smo
ing in the barn. Loss, about $500
partly insured.
:, The Delaware College Review
november is on our table. This is
nrst number of the second volume a
appears in new form and under
new management of new corps
eultors elected last June. l.. L. CuI
The editor in chief; G. A. Carpent
n intercollegiate editor; w. r. Ho
ION, personal; V. B. Woolley,
n cEange; W. DuHaael, local; G.
cullen is the business manager.
ri sERI0Us ACOIDBNT TO A LAWYER
Al James II. HeVe1in, Esd, SON of Jan
T. Heverin, of Dover: and promin
n lawyer in Philadelphia, met with
n accident on last Thursday afterno
n Alter finishing some writing on the
tsoE a. ne 9i. a ate r. Place Ihs
EeaaoideF into one of his eyes.
n saturday the other eve became affeC
Shu u ID apprehended that one eye
permanently injured and the siren
VI 'ne other impaired. -Repubtican
GRANGERs' GALA DAY.-Geo
M Sown was alive on Thursday with n
dressed ladies', and solid, though
tOIg men, whose appearance
~ Hened the well,te.do. aHmer, an
III ~sT slass which has built up. the
IN IeGr' State for'its fruit Culture
tusoahdTy. 10y" = 40 f~t''
IN IL. Ihs Occasion of this assembly W
H. TGiSsP!lon and entertainment giyel
H. 1S IT,, Grange, Georgetown, Ia
h. piStHNA or PeMoAa aFaAge Milf9sl
:. heAaS, ths CONCLUSION OF Mr.. w
H. nnIIa4s address, which was loudi,
H. o.. #f9 h addresses were delivere
n China , Hsqp Of Newark and ]
Rom SSa. #sga Of Milford, LectuF'
= N s'a. correspondent of the MOI
Sse9s, writing irorn M;ddIetown. 8
~earnesp lIe the transcripts frequen
/" 'n " appeals to the town autho
shoos;aa.e the nuisance of midi
uooting, the OWL .s,;il' a,..,;nuas
..'asspeeially on satnrd n NIGHTS
IT,. I'm I'm boys, within q .hrndra5 var,