Smyrna times., 1884-09-03
County and State Items.

John G. Pennewill, Esq, has beer
appointed book-keeper of the Dove
Glass Works by the board of directors
The Sprout Evaporating Compan,
Of Dover, sold 5000 pounds of unpeelet
peaches, delivered on the cars, at Il
cents per pound.
An old lady near Camden having
seven marriageable daughters, it is said
feeds them exclusively on fish diet. he.
cause it is rich in phosphorus, and
phosphorus is the essential thing in
making matches.-Seatinel.
There are many farmers of the san
dler portion Of Delaware, SAYS the
PeniAsUJar NelOs, who will realize
more this year from five or six acres Of
peach trees than they will from thirty
or forty acres in wheat or corn, while
the labor bestowed on the former will
be the less Of the two.
The Greenback party Of Delaware.
has bitten the dust. The remains of
that deiunct organization were trans.
formed on Wednesday evening in VIII
mlngton by few self chosen spirits
into Butlerism, under the name of the
Butler Workingmen's Club. Themeet-
ing was organized by seven men and =
dog.
4 correspondent of the Sussex Jour-
nal says that in a recent visit to his
lormer home in Dagsboro hundred.
Sussex county, he found farms that
now yielded annually from $500 to
5000 bushels of corn, which twelve
years ago We're covered with thick nm
derbrush and regarded as SO much
swamp" He says that the number
OF farms there has been doubled in the
twelve years of his absence.
The following is a list of deeds that
nave been recorded the past week at
the Recorders Office for Kent county.
j. ,. DewoOdy to A. Il. Brown. 6 acres
IN North Murderkill hundred $500.
w. A. Griffith to G. w. Handy. Jr. rs
acres in Milford hundred, Sl.25O: NJ
+. Powell, ct al to L. Seward. 1Ol acres
IN West Dover hundred, $1,000; S. p.
Conner to S. E. Harris, II acres. North
Murderkill hundred, $212.5O; f. NJ
Stevenson to Catherine Burris. lot in
Dover Sl25; G. w. Otwell to IT,
Spearman, lot in Dover, $4OO.
The new members of the Faculty of
the Conference Academy are II. n.
kawlins, A. B., d. B. Jones. A. B.
Miss Lathrop, and Miss Hamlin. Mr.
Kawllns and Mr.. Jones graduated with
distinction at Dickinson College. Miss
Lathrop comes highly recommended
by superintendent w. F. Gordv of
Hartford, Conn, and Miss Hamlin bv
DIR. TOurgee and DR.. Mas. whose
pupil she has been. Miss Wilson
principal of the music department, and
Miss Potter, preceptress and teacher of
art, returns. Principal w. L. Gooding
has associated G. II. COnwell with him
in the management of the school
Sentinel.
a few years ago John Williams of
West Dover hundred, Kent county
went West and settled down in NIicbi- |
gan, and, strange as it may seem to
Johns old acquaintances, he began to
preach the Gospel. After flourishing
for while as a pious man, he showed
his cloven foot by running a Young
girl. He was arrested for the crime
and gave bail in the sum of $500
Alter tarrying n while in that vicinity
he suddenly left for Delaware. where
he arrived a short time ago. Sheriff
oouders, of Cass county, of that State
followed and succeeded in arresting
him on Monday. On Tuesday morn
ing he left for his home accompapied
by his prisoner, who expressed a will
ingness to go back with the Sheriff.