Smyrna times., 1884-11-12

County and State Items.
CONTINUED from Fourth page.l
Mrs. Henrietta B. Wiswell died at
Milford on November 9th, aged GA
years.
Lewes is troubled with that common
form of ruffianism which is begotten of |
too much poor whiskey.
Sherif-elect Ford will move into the |
Sheriff's house, connected with the |
New Castle Jail about November 18th. |
The Democrats of Newark on Satur-
day evening held Notification meet
ing. Guns were fired at short inter
walls.
The Democratic roosters crowed |
Justify in their newspapers last week.
The DelaVarean had the biggest cock
of them all.
The mills of the Marshall Iron Com
pany at Newport were shut down on
Saturday. Sixty men were thrown
out of employment thereby.
The Trustees of the Poor Of Kent
County met at the almshOuse on We'd
nesday last, and elected ThOs. b. Lew
is, of East Dover Hundred for Super
intendent of the Poor.
The Seaford Enterprise says that it
has learned that at least twenty-five
voters of that Hundred voted recently
without any regard to their political
feelings, but Independently, for money.
George L. Townsend, Of Appoquini-
mink Hundred, is recovering from Il
serious attack Of malarial trouble.
Capt w. E. Appleton, of the same
Hundred, is also just out after pro
tracted illness.
The 18th annual meeting of the
Local Preachers and ExhOrters AssO-
citation of the Wilmington Conference,
will meet at St. Paul's Church in the
city of Wilmington, Friday evening,
November 2Sth, 1884.
The tenth anniversary of the we'd
ding of the Rev. J. f. Mowbray and
wife, of Frederick, was celebrated by
their friends on November 3rd. About
300 persons called upon them on the
occasion, bringing with them many
tokens of warm friendship.
Mr.. Lacey has suspended operations
at his kaolin works ut HOckessin be-
cause of lack of orders and the uucer-
tainty of the future demand for his
wares. Some forty or fifty men have
been thrown out of employment by
this suspension, and considerable sur
fering will be the result.
Charles City, the southern terminus
of the New York, Philadelphia and
Norfolk Railroad, is to be built on l 800
acres of land owned by the railroad
company. About tenth of this area
has been laid out in lots of 4Ox4O feet,
some of which have been sold forprices
ranging from $50 to $3.50.
The late rains have had no appreca-
bic effect on many wells. In some
cases but few inches of water is to he
had where previously there was an
abundant supply. Should the lack of
rain continue until after the ground
becomes frozen it is feared the supply
will fail in many instances.
The Rev. J. P. Otis, of the Odessa
N. Z. Church, having declined to ac-
cept the call to the pastOrate of the
NJ. Z. Church at EastOn, Md, recently
made vacant by the resignation Of the
Rev. Mr.. Lightbourne, the Rev. John
f. MOwbray, of Frederick, has receiv-
ed and accepted call to preside over
the flock at EastOn.
Mrs. Hannah Hoagland, who was in
jured at the Red Mill crossing on the
Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore
Railroad some time ago and taken to q
hospital in Philadelphia, has returned
to her home. She has recovered en-
tirely from her injuries, and it is ex-
pected that her reason, which was i'm
paired by the accident, will return to
her.
The Seaford Enterprise is responsible,
for the statement that about two week
ago middle-aged woman came 4
Jacob Phillips store at Seatord will
forty half-pint TASKS strung to a bel
which she wore under cloak. Thes
she had filled with whiskey, and afte
having the young man who waited OF
her " tie 'em onto Inc agin," she hob
bled away out of town.
The colored citizens Of Milford hello
a meeting on Friday evening at thu
Conrad schoolhouse to consider tn
proprety Of being represented at tn
New Orleans Exposition. The meet
ing was addressed by Daniel p. Hami
ton, George Robinson and Charles /
Ferrety, Jr. The audience was larg
and considerable interest was manifee
ed. The officers of the meeting WEI
President, George Robinson: Seer,
tary, Charles L. Ferreth, Jr. An az
ditional committee of seven was al
pointed to further the interest in tn
matter.
SALES OF REAL EsTATE.-Jam,
Padley, Of st. Georges Hundred. Ia
bought Of James Il. Claghorn, of Phil,
delphia, the Boyd farm, near McDOl
ough, containing $50 acres, for $40, so
L. +. Mcdowell. of MiddletOWn, h;
bought Of Mrs. W. A. Comegys Il
double dWelling-hOuse on the sout
side Of Green street, in Middleton
for 1880
Victor Lord has bought of the exec
tors of the estate Of the late w.
Eliason a house and lot in Odessa (
$1,000.
The above transfers were ma
through and are reported bv the re
estate agency Of George w. Ingram.
MiddletOwn.
THE ST. JOIN MOVEMENT
Wilmington Republican under t
heading Of "a Divorce Wanted " d
cusses the action Of the temperan
men by whose vote for StJohn, Blai
lost SO many that would otherw
have been cast for him and says:
The Republican party has prov
itself to be the party Of progress. I
party Of reform, the party Of libe
ideas in all trying emergencies.
principles are written in its actiO
1t has been found always ready
make an advance step whenever
people by education became prepa
for il.
This it is still ready to do, but il
not ready to follow the lead of 81
men as st. John, hereafter. Let tn
be an absolute divorce from this ii
henceforth Of any compact, positive
implied between the Republican !
y and the sO-called Temperance pa
mat in the end only becomes a ira
70 accept the first chance to stab 1t
This ragged edge upon which
republican party is standing tO-da.
Bhere it has been left by the Tenn
ahee friends it tried to favor. The
publican party wants no more Of S