Smyrna times., 1884-03-26
Delaware Items.

S. D. Gordon, of the fredericksburg K
Ourier, has purchased the Seaford s.
Enterprise and will take charge in about d
wo weeks. y
Capt. Joseph L. Bonsall, of Dover,
las purchased OF the heirs of George
'arris, deceased, the farm west of that !
own, containing 400 acres, for the sum
# $23, 900.
A surprise party visited Rev. T. H.
Haynes and wife on Tuesday evening t
of last week. 1t gives us pleasure to
see that Mr.. Haynes is appreciated by
the congregation of his church.-New-
1rk Ledger.
The temperance cause in Whining
ton, is pushing forward with increasing
energy and strength. Those favoring
prohibition are fully determined to use
the ballot box as their next weapon to
kill the liquor traffic.
The vestry of St Anne's p. f.
Church at Middletown have called the
Rev. S. H. S. Gallaudet, of New Jersey,
to the rectOrship of that church. The
Rev. H. Tullidge, of Smyrna, is con-
Quoting the services during Lent.
The people of FELTON, have determin-
ed by a majority of one hundred and
thirty-seven to drain the town, and in
fact the whole neighborhoOd, by cut
ting ditch, near that town, two miles
long and sufficiently deep and wide to
drain off the stagnant pools.
Robert Greer, of Milford, has been to
New York this week putting up an
evapOrating machine for the purpose of
evaporating beef. After being evap-
GRATED the beef will be ground fine,
mixed with tallow and canned for the
use of the Greely Relief expedition.
From a statement in one of the cOun-
ty papers last week, says the Sentinel,
there were one thousand more delin-
quents this year than two years ago.
Ifthe county keeps this up long enough,
losing from 81 200 to 81 500 per year in
taxes, the real estate will feel it after
awhile.
In the last 10 years there have been
just 81 divorces granted by our Legis-
lature, as follows:
| Session of 1875. ........................none
Session of 1S77...............".....
| Session of 1S79.....................
Session of 1SS1.........................
Session of 1S83.........................
1Oldl.s
In the same time there have been
about the same number granted by the
courts, in round numbers 160, or one
divorce to eighty marriages.
Monday last, while Benjamin Wilson
was taking slabs from small portable
saw mill at Hazlettville, the sawyer
reversed the carriage without seeing
the proximity of Wilson to the saw,
throwing Wilson under the saw, which
cut his right foot off at the ankle. DIR.
Bishop amputated the ankle and dress
ed the wound, and he is doing as well
as could be expected. Wilson was q
good laborer, and has wife and sew
eral small children. He is about 35
years of age. He was employed as a
general helper and engineer at the
mill.-SGte Sentinel.
PROPERTY TRANsFERs.-The follow
ing is list of deeds that have been re.
corded the past week at the Recorders
Office for Kent county: Henry Viii.
liams to VIM. ]. Wilcutts, 142 acres in
South Murderkill hundred, 81, 800; o
HI. Nickerson to Anna Miller 112 acres
: in KentOn hundred, $S94.75; Saml S
Herring to John Green, lot in FELTON,
} $3.50; DIR. ]. NJ. Smith to Boggs & JEFF
ferson, lot in Moorton, $40; Aug. Jelli
son to Jesse Ward, lot in Harrington
$500; David Marine to BENZ. Draper
r 10 acres in Mispillion hundred, $185
!, Jesse Ward ct al. to Benz. Draper, 1S
y y acres in Mispillion hundred, 81 700; I
l. o. Culbreth to Dover Glass Works, 10
4 in Dover, $40O; Lewis Stockwell t.
n n John S. Mertz, 96 acres in Little Cree
" hundred, "a, ,450; Hon. J. P. Comegy
to John Shelton's heirs, lot in Dover
n n John F. Price to Ruth A. Williams, {
at al, 1873 acres in Kenton hundret
n. 81, ,290.55; E. M. Stevenson to Delawar
Baptist Union, lot in Dover, $3.50
~ ~ Mary Hawkins ct al. to Chas.
ce Powell, 30 acres in West Dover hun
dred, $120; A. Y. Ackerman to Ed.
McCalley, lot in Milford, 5000; Jas. ]
- Dowling to John Mcintosh, lot in Can
den, 81 300; Louisa Clark to B. Kricl
baum, lot in Dover, 81 ,250; J. Z. Tyge
> & Bro, to III. @. Douglass ct al. lot
Smyrna, $1,915; John ID. CARRIER ct a
TO VIM. L. Clough, lot in Willo
"s Grove, $550.-DeEGlOdrean.