Smyrna times., 1883-06-06
+v and State Items.

county and State Items
HAS moved into Georgetown
Four ian as. week and the town Is BOOM
one day ias'
ing.
ldSemy lnI club last Friday by score oi
SOtOA
,or,s Presbyterian Church, Odessa,
has called Rev. MI. MI. :" '1'
mia n9i to be its pastor
Jaines JAMES If Newark, died suddenly on
saturday, aged % years.
D.Ioware State Dental Society will
the ,Sn nffice of DIR. p. H. Jones, Will
nDston, msss % Wednesday, June lSth'
rho Mccullough Iron Company, of Will
lhe ~ laid off forty eight men on Satur-
mlnst""' account of the scarcity Of work.
rha ninetv-third annual convention OF
na p II. Church of the Diocese OF peia-
lure .mU assemblies at st. feters Church' "'
J,ewes, to-day
U,. .,orebouse of Charles Lord in Cam
Inc s.o broEen into on Tuesday night
uo" aay and the money drawer robDed 0t
W.T. dollar in pennies.
Tbare will be no camp-meetmg he!G on
ndnton circuit this year, and there VIII De
=" np"csmp-meeting held at the Union camp
Gronnd, Camden, this year.
7. : announced by the Sussec journal
.hat ,Iohn +. Paynter, Esq, editor OF the
tn'1.,"a,.e taS. Democrat, will marry Miss Han
pSS"FES I"b + Stockley, daughter of the Governor,
June 10Th.
rLo nina forests of Sussex county will
.,nbSbiy be sawed up within the next
ia,outv wears. There are twenty-slX saw
nils within a radius Of twelve miles OF
MillsbOrO.
SIX scholars, three ladies and three young
man constitute the graduating class Of the
Wilmington Conference Academy, al
nover The commencement exercises VIII
he held on the 2lst.
Cooroe Paris, one of the old, wealthy
and respected citizens of Dover, dled OF
Friday last and was buried yesterday II
the new cemetery near that place ana th'
funeral largely attended.
NC. Conwell, ESQ.,, Civil Engineer 0
tho City of Wilmington, has resigned hi
nositiOn TO accept more lucrative one a
ibe chief of a party of engineers to lay on
n railroad in South America.
HEAVY BERRY SHIPMENTs.-The ship
ments of strawberries over the Delawar
railroad Monday were the largest eve
made in one day in the history of the rail
II e 81
Leng the largest shipment in any one da
Inst Year and 9G the largest in 1881. Tn
coDsgnments were rs follows: Jerse
City 49,: Philadelphia, 81; Boston, 81
Chester, =; Wilmington, 2.-MorHin
II NspS.
Il The LOWER RAILRoADs.-The lon&
talked of consolidation of the three raj
n roads Of the lower Peninsula was dul
II effected last week. The consolidated o
# ganizatiOn is known rs the Delaware, Mary
~ land Il Virginia Railroad Compan!
# Thomas GrOOme was selected for Supe
mteDdent; A. Brown, General Traff
Agent; COL j. /. Mapes, Chief Engine,
# and DR.. D. II. Houston, Treasurer.
& The Delaware DemocrGt says that u
# nngsments for the building of the SUISSE
Midland Railroad were completed Frida
& and the work will be commenced und
the supervision of Jerome Bradley al
NJ other New York parties. Colonel j.
Napes was selected as Chief Engineer.
IN corps of engineers will be chosen imm
H. diately.
# The DOVER RIOT TRIAL.-A speci
session of Court will convene Mt Dover (
n morrow, for the purpose of trying the pa
ties who were engaged in the recent circ
# riot ia that town. The witnesses for &
d. State, together with the participants, VI
@ are out under bonds, have all been SUI
MOned to appear at the opening of t
Court. From the present outlook the
III will be little done, and it is doubtful if al
Of the participants will be convicted,
OBrien refuses to push the case and t
bulk Of the evidence is with the riOte
The only damaging testimony is agail
IomlinsOn and Denney, whom, it is allegt
did most of the firing on the part of I
Dover boys, and they have given Dover
~ wide berth since the trouble. HendersC
the man who was badly injured, will pre-
aoly be present to give his testimoI
which will be against the two above m,
toned young men, and as they will not
On hand, his testimony will go for naug
The Hon Eli salisbury, James L. w
cot and Geo. V. Massey, Esqs., are cOun
n for the rioters.