Smyrna times., 1884-04-16

at O'CLOCK.
SMYRNA CoNCLAvE. No. 45. ORDER OF HEPTAsoPHs.
Meets every Wednesday evening. at ~ oclock.
Delaware Items.
That large 1000 pound hog of Isaac
G. Lofand, of Dover, is on exhibition
in Philadelphia.
Governor Stockley has appointed
Nathaniel Hickman of Lewes, clerk of
the Peace for Sussex county.
The heavy rains, it is thought, have
so packed the ground that much of the
clover seed will never germinate.
The Hotel Richardson is being run
now as temperance house, the present
owner being opposed to the sale of
liquor.
There is one capital case to try at |
the coming term OF the Court in this |
county--a case of rape nearly Il year |
ago near Little Creek.
The apricots are having hard fight
with the cold nights, SHOWS, and rains,
since they have blOOmed out, but thus
far the apricOts are ahead.
L. @. Culbrcth, of Dover, has sold
his Broadly farm in Caroline county,
Maryland, to +. 4. Cochran, Esq. of
Middetown, for oyer $4,000.
Mr.. and Mrs, 4. b. Richardson, of
Dover, will go to Europe about the
middle of May. They will visit differ
ent countries and be gone about six
months.
Andrew Kerr, a well-known citizen
of New Castle county, died at the resi-
dence of his son, near Newark, recent
ly, from the iniirmities incident to old
age. He was one of the oldest persons
in that part of the State, his age being
upwards of 81 years.
Professor d. P. Wyatt purposes to
/ instruct a class composed of amateurs
of Middletown, which has been organ
lied by the ladies of the NJ. +. Church
of that place for the purpose of giving
the beautiful cantata of the Hay
makers at an early day.
Letters administration were grant
ed on the estate of Samuel B. Cooper,
North Murderkill hundred, to J. w. f.
and +. T. Cooper; estate of Hester
Morris, Duck Creek hundred, to Will
liam A. Ferris; estate of Ann w.
Downs, Kepton hundred, to Angie
Clark.
Mrs. Eliza Smithers, wife Of Andrew
Smithers, postmaster of this town,
caught her foot and fell while walking
about her house on Thursday afternoon
seriously injuring herself in the breast
and face. Mrs. Smithers is over so
years of age, and is very infrm, and
this fall, it is feared, will make her a
helpless Observation-Disclosures
Letters to the Erery Erening from
prominent peach growers all over the
Peninsula agree as to the promising
condition of the peach trees. C.. +.
Rust writes that the prospect is better
than in any year since 1873. The buds
will be exposed to danger from freez-
: ing weather for the next two weeks
but growers are feeling very hopeful
Lightning struck the spire of the NJ
E. Church, in Milford, on Tuesday oi
y ! last week, and ignited the gas in the
5 church, but upon the ringing of the
E bell, plenty of assistance was soon OF
9 the spot and the flames speedily extin
guished. The spire is considerably
shivered on the inside but not very
materially injured. The storm wa
e very severe and accompanied by hail
st The Middletown Transcript tells of
II shad that was caught at Port Penn las
is week and which weighed fourteel
pounds. The Transcript is a reliabl
T.! paper, but-well, we wish we had see
=, the shad.-Sdlem Sunbeam.
The shad item was published first i
the Smyrna TIMES and copied in tn
Transcript Qurauthority for the iter
ut is p. p. Collins who saw the shad an
n tried to purchase it for $3.50.
, Under the provisions of the Blai
4. educational bill as it passed the U.
=. Senate, Delaware, and possibly som
other States, says the DeIdUdrean, wi
nc be deprived of any share of the ST
IY I,i 1000 which it appropriates. TheI
is provision in the bill that no none
shall be paid to any State that make
any distinction of color, either in III
raising or distribution of school rev,
M M nues, or in the school facilities afforde
ID. the different races. Our laws do M
er' give the cOlOred people the privileg
N. of our white schools, and makes II di
IN. ference in the mode of collecting ii
~ taxes, and we are sure that the Stal
OfMaryland occupies a similar position
TRANSFERS OF PROPERTY The 70
lowing is a list of deeds that have bee
recorded the past week at the Recor,
ers Office for Kent county: J. ID. Blu
ton to w. II. Ridgeway, lot in Dove
$3.50; Ed. Baily to w. w. Cullen,
acres, South Murderkill hundred, $50
w. A. Clifford TO II III Street, as acre
East Dover hundred, S2.4OO; @. v
Gibbs, ct nj. TO Elizabeth j. Tribe
eat 20 acres, West Dover hundred, $50
e T. o. Culbreth to j. w. Cartee, lot
Dover, $3.50; j. w. Jarrel TO III.
Shock, 100 acres, North Murderk
hundred, $1,000; H. Z. Shock 10 NJ. ]
Keller, 40 acres, North Murderk
hundred, $500; w. Dyer, ct al, to
en- F. Harris, lot in Dover, $3.50; j.
g Blackwell to Alvin V. Conner,
acres, South Murderkill hundre
$4,000; S. NJ. Thomas to John Bak,
lot in Dover, $50; Emily Anderson
- w. III. Truitt, one-half acre, Es
HS' Dover hundred, go 900; NJ. Roe to
- Clarke, lot in Camden, 5000; Il. p,
W. tersOn, ct al, TO w. w. Tschndy. lot
Smyrna, $3.50; A. ]. Evans, ct al, to
FIN f. h NJ. l.. Shockley, 1877 acres, NJ
pilion hundred, division; w. +. JEFF
son to J. T. Porter, lot in Smyrn
N, Eliza +. Ross to Mary Reynolds, lot
Frederica, 500; V. o. Hill to A.
-- Porter, lot in Smyrna, 81 800; c.
Carpenter, ct al, to M. +. McIlva
IL 137 acres, South Murderkill hundr,
W. $500, X. Harrington. administFat
anE to Adam Hackett, lot in Dover, $1C
lex A. Hackett to John Wilson, lot
i% Dover, $50; j. +. Tygert, ct al, TO
III III. Beck, lot IN Smyrna, $50. De
! rS trdrean.
Weston, the American pedestri,
AND who recently completed a 5000 IN
tour IN England, preaching the benel
i, of temperance, will have 20 look to
ioes laugels, fnF be has now rival in
~ field named spencer, who Is engae
a@Iar. @ in walking fifty miles every day.
object is to complete 5000 miles, q