Smyrna times., 1883-04-25
Gbs smprua dimes.
smyrna, DeI.,
fternoon. April 25, 1888.

ao,,ntv and State Items.
Eont County Mutual Insurance IRA
cdmDany Tine Nf lost $1,000 by the CrlSheia hre'
,r;rtions to stock of the proposed
The suppnE supso,E of Middletown have reached
S28,OOO
e,ur couples of married people
Twe9n;rSJ1rced ut the last session OF the Leg
we're dlVorceu "'
stature
u.n1.v the number of fish in the
On MonG%y u;rsr was increased by 250,OO0 |
Denng De,T Penobscot salmon
rbo Democrut of Georgetown and E''-
Inc D' nf Seaford have each been I'M
,5Tyed mTr by dress ofnew type
Eruit Exchange is said to be pros
Inc Wilmington for location tor
pes.,bbfse building for the exchange
pb;odelphia Times in reference to
IGe r;nt saws the whpping-post crop
the nnTer ",y must be as big as the peach crop
L.. entered the Office of the Deer
pars Hotel at Newark THURSDAY morning
dnd E" stole SIS in money a gun ana TWO
overcoats
v.rd Vnndegrift of McDonough was
). wi VA" :" Miss Mary Maxwell at Middle
marr'e" on Thursday by the Rev w. q.
Alexander
". Smithers of Philadelphia is COL
,octinr materials for plegraPny ol ~. II
John LoAand, VINO uSeu " Oe N"e'"i' 10 '''0
Milford Daru'
Landlord Cole, of Harrington, is very IN l.
LAM because the temperance people OF
Glsnt"c s. ."wn are protesting against issuing a
!uuS nu license for his tavern.
or;tea number of persons. throughout
.hs Peninsula are experimenting with IN
lnI 14ors of home manufacture; some meet
cuU"s;b ',;tb success and others with failure.
r..o Fre,v Ereninq on Monday gave u
lne nntline of the various bills, acts and
conJ,t; cnint;ons passed by the Legislature.
,Tsov an over five columns of close print.
csorre Paris has purchased the Clark
W 40 miles west of Dover, consisting
1lr,i Ino NV" .cres Of land, for $50 500. This is
o. SlTS.ome a. body of land and is in a good
state of cultivation.
Tho Alden Fruit Evaporator Company,
-L;nS 6rst demanded $3.50 bonus for each
~tE W .So;r eyaporators used i the Peninsula
"n5 later Sl50. is now anxious to settle the
"nT .n"tter: but the Peninsular Fruit Evapora
tors' Association is determined to tight i
out in the courts.
The nostal service of Delaware is more
..sn ssIEsustaining, and the profit from thu
"onle in this State in the matter of postag
Us.rlv $4,000. Last year the gross re
..Dts were S9G. 75S. Al and the expenses ST.,
SSSI This showing is said to be bette
,S.r thst OF any other State South of Penn
sylyaRia.
Milton was visited by a heavy rain storr
Sunday morning. accompanled oy thunde
and I;ghtning. The dwelling house on tn
Srm efSummerset Reed was struck. Eigh
"r ION nersons we're in the house at tn
time One of the occupants, Mrs. Russel
was so badly shocked as to lose the use {
her left side The rest were unhurt.
The Morninq Ners says: 1.-THE deliI
ouent list for 1882 of Kent county is {
heavy that the Levy Court had to raise I'll
tax frsm 40 to 45 cents on the hundred do
lars Those farmers of Kent county WI
wanted Local Option in order to rid the
county of the expenses which whiskey al
nually entails upon it did not get VIII
they wanted, but they did get an increai
ofl2! per centum in their county taxes.
A You've LAwYERs DEATH.-John
Houston, prominent member of the Ne
Castle county bar, died on Sunday, in w
mingtOn, of pneumonia in his oath yes
He graduated from Delaware College
1879 and admitted to practice at the bar
Kent county in October, 1882, after q cOuI
Ofthree years study with his uncle, He
John w. Houston. DR.. David II. HOustC
father Of the deceased, who went from
home in Sussex county to care for his s
in his last illness, is now lying seriously
with pneumonia in Wilmington. His wi
toO is also very much indispOsed.
The CADETsHIP.-The examination
applicants for the naval cadetship, the
pointing Of which is in the hands of HI
Chas. B. Lore, began Monday by Da'
Harlan, T. n. Williams and j. H. Grow
There we're Is young men present all unt
Byears of age, that being the limit.
The following is list Of those being
amined: B. c. Bartolette, Albert y.
Grier Harry F johnson. Charles r. JO
son, John o. Lambson and William
McMonagle from Wilmington; James
Badd. John J. Hoffecker, Jose nh e. J,
and Frank J. Reynolds from Middleton
y Jeremiah II. COady. Rockford Will
7. Duff. Newport; William B Pratt.
ford; John B. Sewell, New Castle; He
4 Rose and Charles w. West, Odessa.
appointment will be made on Saturday.