Smyrna times., 1883-05-02


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rom spelling.
County and State Items.
M. N. Willitts, of Middletown, has
set $4,000 worth of grape vines this
Spring. He has a very large vineyard.
Nathaniel Williams, son of Hon.
James Williams, of Kenton, was admit
ted last week to practice law in the
courts.
The subscriptions to stock of the pro-
posed national bank of Middletown
have reached $4,000; the amount de-
sired Is 100000.
The salary of the Assistant Superin-
tendent of Public Schools was raised |
from $500 to $1,000. The Superinten-
dent receives 81 800.
Large droves of "poor" cattle are
being brought from the lower PENN
sula to the rich pastures Of New Castle
and Chester counties.
DR.. Jump has bought Of the Farmers
Bank for $4,000, the dwelling on
DOver's public square, formerly belong
ing to William Walker.
Prof L. n. Williams, State Superin-
tendent of free schools, and his assist
ant have III schools to visit between
now and the first of June.
Governor Stockley has pardoned
Burt Hudson, colored, he having
! served three out of fiYe-years' sentence
for assaulting another colored man.
Eleven indictments only were found
( by the Grand Jury among the scores of
persons engaged in the Dover riot.
Those who knew the most about it saw
| the least.
Messrs. Sharp & Quillen, of Har-
ringtOn, have contracted for 300 acres
of tomatoes, corn and peas. They
make their own cans, employing nine
men who turn out about 25,000 cans
per week.
New Castle city has more school
children than school room and at the
last meeting of its Board of Education
it was resolved to exclude the children
of such parents as failed to pay their
taxes last year.
A little son of DR.. +. X. Spang, broke
through into sink hole % feet deer
in the yard of the Heverin mansion al
Dover the other day. A few feet OF
, water in it saved the child from any
serious injuries.
The new steamer Eastern Shore, bull
at Wilmington, by the Harlan & Hol
lingsworth Company for the Eastern
Shore Steamboat Company, arrived il
Baltimore Saturday morning, to tax,
her place on the line.
Dover is happy. 1t has Levy il
! Jail. After several years effort he ha
! been indicted for selling liquor in les
quantity than one gallon and sentence,
= to pay fine of 800 and costs and b
; imprisoned for three months.
: A meeting of the corporators, stock
: holders, fruit growers and all othe
0 persons interested in the establshin
u of The Delaware Fruit Exchange wi
G be held at Dover, May 9th, 1883, q
one o'clock P. NJ. Every person in an
Q way interested is respectfully invite
u to be present.
: BURGLARS At ST. GEoRGEs.-Burg
t lars entered the house of William HUI
Is lock early on Wednesday mornin
i. of last week, at St. Georges, and cal
" ried off silverware, clothing and Othe
articles, in all valued at about $6Ot
They obtained entrance by way of tn
cellar door. The same gang also roI
bed Mrs. Mary Cams Union Hotel
II $148 in current money, besides SO
N old coins, domestic and foreign.
70 The Milford News says: "For tt
W past two years Republicans were car,
J. full to see that every colored man WI
& assessed and his tax paid, in order thi
N he might vote. The Levy Court
lt Kent then found that county tax
in 40 oeptS per 500 was sufficient for Gu
Of rent expenses, This year the Republ
can party has taken nc trouble to hay
s. colored men assessed, and the Ley
le Court of Kent has raised taxation
rd 45 cents per 800.
ne The committee appointed by Charl
es Is. Lore, ongressman-elect, TO eXamll
,s the fifteen candidates for nominate
he to the Naval Academy, presented the
w report on Saturday morning in viii,
he they recommended Joseph G. Jolls
Nv MiddletoWp for nomination, his ave
ed age in the recent examination bell
of TAI, while that of the second, l.. Calv
,st BaFtolette, of Wilmington, was 6G
~ The successful competitor is betwe,
III II and l8 years Of ago and is q son
he, John w. Jolls, who Is connected wi
ne Isaac Jones, Jr., grain dealer
lie Middletown.
ne The PRESS AND PEACHEs.-Son
~. curious things are written about ii
IN prospects of the coming peach crop
lMo. M for example the following printed
,Sy the Philadelphia Press
'io Wilmington, April 23.-The hi
ny storm has not reached this point q
In IN the prospects for n large peach or
po .o has not been injured"
~ We are not aware that peaches we
ne ne grown in Wilmington, nor do we il
he see what relation injuring the prospet
% VI for a eFQp hes 10 injuring the pea
hG- buds. If all Dro6nosticators will w