Smyrna times., 1884-05-28
GBe Smgrua Gimes,
SMYRNA, DeI.,
Wednesday Afternoon, May %, 1884.
State Items.

Laurel is looking for the erection of
forty new houses this season.
The first soft crabs shipped from
NIillsboro this year sold for SIG per
box.
Simeon Lewis has been arrested and
held for $3.50 bail for keeping a Jug
tavern near FieldsbOrO.
T. c. Jones, a former conductor on
the Delaware Railroad, died on the
18th inst, in Toledo, Ohio.
The largest shipment of Delaware
shad made in any one day to Philadel-
phia this Spring was $4,000.
Charles D. Groome, who recently |
died at Newport at the age of S4, was |
one of the oldest Odd Fell Ows in the |
State.
Harbeson Hickman, of Sussex coun-
tv, has had $50 acres of corn and grass |
covered with stable manure. Ought to
have a crop.
The NJ. f. congregation of Harring-
ton is building parsonage for the Rev.
A. w. Milby, Presiding Elder of the
Dover District
The poles for the Frederica and Eel
ton Telephone line have been placed
along the route. The lire will be in
operation i'll a few days.
Gov Stockley has appointed Samuel
Fisher, Sealer of Weights and Measures
in and for Kent county, and David
BOVce for Sussex county
The commencement exercises of Del
aware College, to take place June 1918,
will include celebration exercises in
/ honor Of the fiftieth anniversary of its
founding.
Col George w. Whitaker has the
tallest wheat in the vicinity of Dover,
standing over 45 inches all over his
field. Wheat generally is very rank
and promises well.
The tax payers Of Dover are squeal-
ing over their assessment and their tax
rates. 1t costs almost as much TO live
in and own property in Dover as it
does in New York.
Mr.. Robert H. Gilman in looking
over the school assessment of Milford
finds that =" a poor milkman pays 5000
school tax, while his landlord, on a
farm worth $4,000, pays only $3.50"
The new NJ. i. Church at Houston
will be dedicated on Sunday, June 1st.
Rev. J. S. Willis, Rev. j. +. Mowbray
Rev. A. d. Davis, Rev. +. G. McSorley
and Rev. G. w. Burke are expected to
be present. Public services in the
mOrn ming, afternoon and evening.
Whiskey is no longer sold in Del
mar. The barroOm and the saloons
have been closed, both being on the
Maryland side and neither being able
to comply with the new law in WicOm-
leo which requires the petitioner to
have the names of eight free holders
on his petition. 1t is said to be impOs-
sible for a person to get license on the
Delaware side of the town.
The following is list of Deeds that
have been recorded the past week al
the Recorders Office for Kent county
Harrington, Sheriff, to Hazel & Penne-
will, lot near Dover, $9l6; Hazel &
{ PenneWiil to JOS Il. Campbell, lot neal
Dover, $3.50; Mary A. Monson to J. d
Harrington, lot at Viola, exchange; +
| W CIlAO4 " VI. A AlOuSOLs lOD a.
Viola, exchange; Henry Pratt t.
Arthur Clark, TT acres in West Dover
Hundred, $3.50.
NEVER TRAVELLED MUCH.-Samue
A. Davids is a well-to-do farmer, abOu
E 40 years of age, living at Taylor's
Bridge, five or six miles below Mid
: dletown. He is a conventional, easy
going Delawarean, satisfied with thu
possession of his farm and content will
r very little curiosity to know what wa
going on in the outside world The re
markable fact about Mr.. Davids is tina
he had never travelled on a railroad
train until he came to this city few
days ago to transact some business. =
Wilmington Morning NeUs.
l. A prominent fruit-grower from
Laurel, Del, the largest berry-shippin
!, town in the United States, said yester
4 day that he thought that over 10000
quarts of berries would be marketed i
one day from the Maryland and Dela
ware fruit section. Philadelphia CON
mission merchants say that it wOul
not be surprising to see 100000 quart
of strawberries brought to Philadelphia
from Delaware in a single day. bu
, they think that this will not glut th
market, because they expect a superiC
grade Of fruit.-Philaaeiphia Record.