Smyrna times., 1883-04-11
County and State Items

, Tuesday afternoon, at CLOCK.
and State Items
uollett's case comes up again at the
nssex County Court next week.
Doyer is again lighted by gas, and
he police have resumed their beats.
About $50 persons are now employed
= Moir & Sons cannery at Whining
on.
Five new dwellings, will probably be
built early in Townsend the present
season.
seven vessels are now on the stocks
at the Milford shipyards, the largest of
zoo tons burden.
TIE North Milford public school re-
Dorts an expenditure last year of ST.
10 and had 10 pupils.
Mrs. Hannah Davis, of Dover, has
purchased the dwelling house recently
built and occupied by Rev. r. w. Todd
for 5000.
Samuel d. Truitt was appointed by
the Governor, on Wednesday, the 4th
inst. State Librarian, whose term OF
office began Monday.
The base ball season opened in Will
minqtOn Monday and the Morning
Ners SAYS the outlook for success in
Wilmington is very bright.
The Odessa Dramatic Association
have in rehersal the stirring drama,
"Our BOYS" which they will present
in the Odessa Hall tonight.
William X. Lockwood, of Warwick,
Nd. has purchased of H. G. Riley the
dwelling house on Green street, Mid
dletowH, now occupied by Mr.. Riley,
for $4,000 cash.
The event of last week in Frederica
was the Oratorio of Queen Esther,
which was rendered in the Town Hall
on Wednesday and Thursday evenings
and was repeated on Monday evening.
William Howell and Miss Sallie T.
Spare were united in marriage at
Odessa on Thursday evening of last
week, Rev. ]. P. Otis officiating. The
bridesmaids were Miss Matte Short
and Miss Sallie Enos.
The Milford Nears says: " Butchers
sey they cannot obtain beef cattle, the
supply being exhausted and one
claimed to have ridden 120 miles in
search of beeves, and found none
There is talk of importing from the
cities.
The regular quid nUncs of New Cas-
tie are much interested over the pro
posed new railroad through that city
chartered by the present Legislature
to begin work three months after char
ter was granted and to finish in l
months.
Charles B. Lore, Esq, the member Q
Congress from this district, has al
ready received 10 applications for ex
animation for the position of nava
cadet. All the applicants are living /
New Castle county, though only thre
are Wilmingtonians.
DOver's public schools in the yea
ending last Friday received 81, ,427 /;
The expenditures were: For teacher
salaries, s., ,S3S.75; for supplies, S464. 8.
repairs, $lS5.16; furniture, $3SO.9t
expenses Board of Education, $746.7
Balance in hand, $366.20. The ne
building and grounds are valued {
slS'6n.2 %, the contract price for bull
ing $l5,41O.
IhecOngregation of the NJ. E. ChurC
at seafOrd, are much pleased with the
new pastor, Rev. Walter H. URde
wood, who was transferred from 4
INDIANA Conference. He is expect'
70 speedily take rank among the fiji
ana most eloquent divines on the Pc
I1saia. The reverend gentleman is I
5E1ngllshman by birth and his wife is
u D.' and quite celebrated as ladi
physician.
The new school bill, should it
zone law, will give the rural d
eicls OF Kent and Sussex the magn
Seat sum of thirty dollars each, I
uOilsfs OF which shall go into the poo
. Vi Ihe clerk Of the district " for
sGrLiees in auditing accounts. I
~ srNs OF the districts have been troV
,I ,Gu with the bOok-supply nuisance
.; hs past two years without compen
sL, IOn, and now that this difficulty
ioOut 70 be removed, 10 I! they are
"e paid for services.
a. SSewark is having a smallpox SC
-u numerous cases have already bt
SPOlOea; Several persons with
n;,eS eSSe have been taken to the b
1S .A IN Wilmington, where two
mae e0 nave died. A depraved bl
n;sl' ;' one OF those who died in the
sai, mad much to do with the spr
eI.sas as disease. When taken he
tSa 'So = II his intention to inoculate 6
Al u niggers in the place."
cl.' once moved around among
taLS he was finally, almost by 70
"Aen to the hospital.
iuro.CiA rECiAL JURORs.-List of spe
,Us CoUr arawR for the April Term of
JErs nni Of Oyer and Terminer:
Fo.S FSSK (, Greek Hundred.-Andel
Truax. " hohecker, Jane
Arthurs. ' W. NOE 1oshua
cb.s,ilss bnlttls : creek-charles F. Hal
Isrles E :. Clements.
S. %ss Pss,Do Doyer-.Wm. A. Riley, c
I WeahIae%ill, VIM. Slaughter.
Fdw.e Doyer--James A. Hutc
Aoward Hubbard.
worth Murderk;II-Jobn G. Gral
ssrge sa. M. Scott, Alex. ID. Green
JaooS oOStn n Murderkill-Andrew
No Lf.,r,iiedel, Robert sipple.
MiIsSllllon-Albert Harrington.
MTasm M;ls VIM. H. Anderson
Soa o1anhord-James p lynch 7
Fps Amos n