Smyrna times., 1883-03-14
County and State Items.

COA4ACy anu 'OldCO ACC4AA@'
The Post Office Department has
changed the name of Little Creek
Landing to Bayview," to 60 into
effect April 1st.
Shad are already caught in sufficient
numbers at the mouth of the Nanti- +
coke river to make up shipments for
Philadelphia and New York.
The report of the Conference Acad- |
emy at Dover, to the Conference at
Cambridge, showed a debt of $40, ,339. .33,
being a decrease of S320.S6 during the
past year.
The school house located about six
miles from Milford on the road to
Milton was destroyed by fire on We'd
nesday last about II o'clock A. N.
Defective flue.
D. L. Dunning, recently appointed
postmaster at Middletown, has held
the office continuously since 1861 with
the exception of two years during
President JOhnson's term.
The schooner Evnity Dyer, from Bal
| timOre, is discharging a cargo of 1000
bushels of oyster shells, which are
being hauled and spread on the Mahon
river road and the streets of Little
Creek Landing.
The Milford NeWs says: Sometime
since young man of this vicinity paid
a Milford minister s. as a marriage fee,
and the following day borrowed that
amount of the Reverend gentleman,
and has not yet returned it,"
1t looks like a waste of time and
material for both the editors of the
Susser Journal to go cunning at the
same time for a cock-sparrow. One at
a time, gentlemen, and No. 10 shot, at
that. 1t would be barbarous to blow
the poor thing to pieces.
: The new Board of Commissioners OF
Midd' etOwn has organized by electing
w. P. Biggs, President, and Col. Joseph
l. Hanson, Secretary. The following
committees were appointed: On
l Streets, Col. Hanson, T. w. Buckle and
G. II. Howell. On Lamps, J. G. Stew
e art, Col. Hanson and T. w. Buckle. Or
o Fire Apparatus, T. w. Buckle, c. H
c Howell and Col. Hanson.
d Mr.. ROBINsoN's LOss.-A. B. Rob
inson, of Broadkiln Hundred, SUISSE,
county, while travelling on the car
from Cincinnati to St. Louis on tn
% night of March 1st, was robbed of
e sight draft, No. 4,5O2, of the Firs
er National Bank of Milford The draf
q was for two thousand dollars and pay
"A ] II - fho :
Y. National Bank of New York. Til
is payment of the same has been stopped
Of
le A PROSPEROUS CHURCH.-The cor
le gregation of the Presbyterian Churc
Y. at MiddletOwn, has recently enlarge
ic and repaired its house of worship at
sn cost of some $1,000. The pastor, Rev
h w. c. Alexander, has been holdin
he special meetings, assisted by the Re-
MS Mr. Canton of Chesapeake City an
ed Rev. L. Marks of Wilmington. TT
m meetings have been largely attended
he quite number have sigBified their il
Vn tention to connect themselves with Il
nd church.
he The Levy Court on Thursday a
lat pointed the following constables: Due
OIL Creek Hundred--B. V. Weldo
ID. Thomas II. Wright; Kenton-N.
lse Griffith; Little Creek--Charles
ms, Hoffman East Dover-N. H. Hutc
a ins; North Murderkill-Charles \
ng Smith South Murderkill-James
nd FARRELL, one postponed Misspillion
las postponed; Milford-JOhn ID. BickC
he Attorney-John p. salisbury; j
,ed Physician-L. A. II. Bishop; Jail Col
of missioners-RObert b. Jump, James
sea Smith, A. ]. Wilson.-DeLdiVGred
mas
ISL FRUIT EXCHANGE.-Ex-Go Govern
of Cochran, of Middletown, is facetio
ere over the subject of u Farmers FRI
I'VE Exchange in Wilmington. In answ,
zen ing an inquiry from the Ecery Ereni
I'M says
s." "The whole matter is to prepostt
ng, Gus to bear discussion: you had just
vas well propose to Philadelphia, NJ
of York and Boston merchants TO do tn
its importing FROM abroad through yO
Ids, city as to undertake to compel the
las. to come there to purchase their fru
the or to endeavor to induce the grove
the to patronize your exchange; in conc
md sion permit me to predict the arrival
be the millennium, the distribution of
ele- fruit of the Peninsula in your city a
the nine representatives to the Legislatu
aad from Wilmington will all happen abe
him the same period"