Smyrna times., 1883-10-24

County and State Items.
Edward Lockwood, of MiddletOwn,
left his home on Friday for Stockton,
California.
The DelGware Ledger published at
Newark, put in its office last week
new Campbell press.
Twenty-Five prisoners, convicted of
theft. we're dashed by Sheriff Wotten,
in the jail yard of Sussex county, last
Saturday.
Ex-Governor Ponder, VIM. Carey,
Thomas J. Atkins, w. R. Wilson and
Rurton and Barker are building houses
in and about Milton, Sussex county.
Samuel Layton and Salathiel Baker,
tenants on State Treasurer Houston's
farms. have raised this year, Tespec-
tiyely. 1O3 and "a stacks of corn fodder.
So far this year seventy houses have
'been built and contracted to be built
in Georgetown. The work on a dozen
new frame houses there will begin this
week.
Miss f. S. Chadbourne, Of Boston,
who has on one or two occasions given
delightsome readings at Smyrna, Mid
dletown and Odessa will visit Delaware
during November.
The Morning Nelrs enumerates the
number of political offices in Delaware
at 600 which come out of $4,000 voters,
and gives them II or Is chances
once in three years.
Curtis B. Ellison and wife of Summit
Bridge, New Castle county, celebrated
their golden wedding" last Wednes-
day evening. About one hundred were
present. Mr.. Ellison is 70 years of
age.
The contract for the erection of the
new Catholic Church at Middletown,
has been awarded to Stevens, Miller &
Co., of that town. The building will
be of frame, 34x66 feet, and the work
will be started at once.
James L. Heverin, of Dover, has re.
Gently dissolved his connection with
the Seaboard Oil Company, located at
Chester, and it is said that Samuel Hal
intends to take Mr.. Heverin's place il
running these oil works.
The Board of Education of the Dovel
Public Schools held a meeting las
week and elected Hon. n. B. Smither
member of the Board in the place o
Hon. Charles Brown, deceased. Mr.
Smithers has consented to serve ant
will make useful and active member
The Middletown Lyceum Course 70
Dr. dot NJ
The Pilgrimage of the Funny Man,
either November 14th or 18th, jaime
Whitcomb Riley on Eccentricities c
Western Humor," December 3rd, an
Miss Helen Potter, who will read dun
ing Christmas week.
Mrs. T. E. Martindale, of Smyrns
and Mrs. Mary L. Cox, of Middleton
will attend the National Convention {
the Woman's Christian Temperate
Union to be held at Detroit, Michigan
the first week in November. Mr.
Martindale is president and Mrs. Co
the corresponding secretary of the Dell
ware State UniOni
The Register of Wills of Kent Count
has granted the following letters of a.
minstration: On the 18th inst, on Il
estate of Onward Y. White, late
Dover, to Walter A. Convey; on IL
18th inst, on the estate of ThOs. Moor
late of Kenton HID, to John Moor
and on the 10Th inst, on the estate
Peter l.. Pratt, late of South Murde
kill Id, to VIM. E. Knowles.
T. Francis McWhorter has delivers
to the Saint Georges Fruit Packil
Company 146 tons of tomatoes, the pr
duct of ten acres, for which he receivr
IS per ton, $116S0 per acre. He y
expects about four tons more from t
same ground. Several others have /
allied from $50 to $50 per acre. II
has been a remarkable season for tom
toes in that neighborhood, and t
vines are still green and bearing we
In speaking of the carriage maxi
business in Wilmington, the EUt
Ecening, says: THE carriage trat
always slack in the fall season, is dull
at the present time than it has been
some years past. In this city
manufacturers have nearly all reduC
their forces and cut down their prod
ton on account of the dizziness of
rlaages. A leading builder of this ci
VINO was delegate to the NatiO
carriage Builders Association ann
meeting, at New Haven, stated L
the business was stagnant all over
country"
4HE NEW RAILROAD.-Then new
umore and Philadelphia Railroad,
Which the CARROTS have borroy
Slz,OOO,OOO and which will cost,
sald, 100000 a mile at least, is GO
Forward and at several places from
present line its embankments can
seen, and lines of carts in the fie
Anese new railroads, it is said, part
4ariy IN Pennsylvania, do not pay
ehe land at so much an acre, but a.
estimated injury to the integrity of
larm and its operations. The farm
are very tenacious about having t
,anu and lanes spoiled. When thel
quarrel the railroad takes the Ii
suI throws the matter into the co
~ pc subsequently adjudicated.-
"'ngton Republican.
CURED FRUTTs.-Atpresent. sayi
.h'nsutar Ret0s, the prices of ev
i41ed fruit is lower than a few w
s go Reliable quotations are mad
ales this week at from Is to % c
sno peeled and Is to 16 for unpe'
Ca uing to color and quality.
Na ana commission dealers in frui
t nsw York and Philadelphia say
no.. ueeilne is owing to the unusua
ri ro ass Of foreign fruits, and
lemcync argoes Of bananas, oranges
futnsnns are consigned to those cite
rais; ,e delivery at low prices. Val
Der r are contracted for at eight
prnI pound by the cargo, while Tu
solo, Were never before known
the A. such fruits somewhat dec
mssS maad for esaporated goods
timess prefer the luscious peach al
prunss prices per pound to ra
es and dates. l'F