Smyrna times., 1884-03-19
Delaware Items.

Snipe have made their appearance
on the marshes along the Delaware.
DIR. S. M. Snyder, formerly of Dan
vile, Pennsylvania, has located in
Middletown.
The amateur dramatic association of
Townsend will play "The Social
Glass" at the Odessa Town Hall, to-
morrow evening.
George w. Ingram, real estate agent,
has sold for James T. Shallcross to Fred
ericl1 Droll, IL acres of land near Dea-
kyne's Mill, for 81, 100.
Henry Davis left Milford for Califor-
mia forty-two years ago, and is now
East for the first time. He is veal
thy stock raiser in Arizona.
Miss S. Louise Downs, formerly
teacher in the MiddIetown public
schools, was on February Dist, at Kan
sas City, Mo-, married to Edwin O
Quigley, of Nebraska.
The schooner Annie Z. Hall, owned
by Ex-Governor Hall, which ran
aground at Vineyard Haven recently
with load of corn, has been floated
after discharging her cargo.
1t is generally admitted that to win
in 1884 the Democrats must carry New
York. Bayard and Mcdonald are the
men to make clean sweep in the En-
pire State and in Indiana, rs well.-
MiddletOrn Transcript.
Joseph Fields of Prime Hook Neck,
this State, recently killed forty-nine
wild ducks with six loads from his shot
gun. The Milford Chronicle says the
feat is vouched for by two responsible
gentlemen of that town.
J. K. ElkstOnp, special pension agent
whose territory embraces Kent and
Sussex counties and the eight lower
counties Of the Eastern Shore, is n
Salisbury looking up fraudulent pen
sioners. He is also especially on The
lookout for widows of soldiers recciv
ing pensions who have remarked.
The Grand Lodge of the l. o. G. r.
met in annual session at Dover oi
Wednesday, and a very large numbe
of delegates and visitors were present
Among the latter were the Rev. Georg
G. Hart, G.. W. c. r., Of Pennsylvani;
and William Conrad, grand treasure
Of the same body. The time Of hold
ing the annual session was changed [
the third Wednesday in October.
: The Morning. NcwS Of Thursday CAV
IN account of the arrest in Philade
phia of James l.. Hawkins, Chief. o
j., Police of Wilmington, on II charge {
e assault with intent to Kill Chinama7
e 1t appears that he had broken into
e laundry mt twentieth and Kater stree
and was preparing to carry away Il
money drawer, when he was discOvere
- by Hop Sing, the laundryma
r Hawkins fired two shots at him bcfol
e he was captured.
Is On Tuesday J. L. Wolcott, Esq,
trustee, sold in front of the COu
House, Dover, the farm of Jesse Jont
y near Slaughter's Station, West Dow
Hundred, consisting of SO! acres,
John Daily, at $42.75 per acre. At Il
nt same time and place, Owen Nickerso
u as administrator of George Ford, d
i ceased, sold his land subject to widow
IL dover, 10Y acres at Ford's Corner,
ns KentOn Hundred, to Ann Miller, at
ne per acre acres of woodland in We
iy Dover Hundred, at $7.75 per acre.
Sentinel.
Superintendent Williams and Ass
N. tant Carpenter are doing some go
a. y work for the cause of education in 81
er. sex. They are nursing the spirit
"a. improvement and encouraging it
n M reach out little farther and up lit
- higher There has been wonderi
change in Sussex within the past gel
ration. Railroads and school hou:
have already done a great work amo
the people. May the time come wh
the average intelligence of the farm'
of Sussex shall equal their hospitali
-Ecery Erening.
In 1882, says the DelGWarean, VIII
the Levy Court adjourned in MAJ
/ s"' of that year, there were between S
teen and seventeen hundred negro
upon the assessment list of this cOun
An examination of the list at this ii
shows that more than half of tn,
al. have not paid tax and are therefore
g turned by the collectors of the seve
hundreds as delinquents. The fOllC
ing list shows the exact number of
groes on the assessment lists of the I
e. ferent hundreds: ...
=, Duck Greek. ..........................
W. kenton................... ........'.''''
Little Greek ......................-......
iIR East Dover
West Dovef.... .................'..........
rz North Murderkill..............".......
~ South Murderkill ................".....".
MispIilion............. ........'.'..'..'''''''''
~ AIilford .-.-.