Smyrna times., 1884-03-26

Grove.
All. Hobbs, recently of Odessa, has
oneued a store in Camden in Clark's |
store house.
Messrs. Sharp and Quillen have sold
their cannery at Harrington to ]. c. |
Reed for $4,000.
Fifty tons of straw were burned |
March 18th in the stock yard of the |
Romer farm, Blackbird hundred.
The New Castle Star says that
County Treasurer Herbert has paid, so
far this year, 81 100 for sheep killed by
dogs.
The First National Bank, of Dover,
is holding $194,0OO and the Farmers
Rank of the same town, 1925 900 on de-
posit.
Delaware loses another of its most
prominent and responsible citizens in
the death of John d. Rodney, of
Georgetown.
Rev. Chas. T. Dunning, formerly of
Dover, now of the Central Pennsylva-
MIA Conference has been stationed at
Three Springs, Juniata District.
Edward Jones, of Bridgeville, is said
TO be willing to stake 800 that he has
the best ten-acre field of wheat i'll the
Peninsula, south of Wilmington.
The Delaware College faculty have
issued an appeal to the alumni and their
friends to contribute towards the pur-
chase of a dynamo-electric machine
and a small portable telescope.
J. Frank Wilds, Register of Wills of
this county, granted letters of adminis-
tration upon the estate of John Z. Cub
bage, late of North Murderkill Hun
dred, ON the 22d inst, to Thomas d.
Cubbage.
+. III. Burgess, formerly of Dover, has
located at the y. w. cor. 11th and
Market street, opposite the Bingham
House, Phila., where he is manufactur-
ing the Capitol Shirts" These goods
are not made any more in Dover.
A iackass in an Uncle Toms Cabin
street procession is an object worthy OF
human pity. He is the only living
thing in the procession that srvIhs t.
look as if he felt ashamed of the COM
pany he is n.-MiddletOwn TRANSCRIPT.
James Dunleavy, a carriage builder
and blacksmith of FELTON,, was assault
ed recently in Philadelphia and badly
hurt. When found he was uncon-
scious. a colOred policeman, who for
merly lived at FELTON,, recognized him
and sent him home.
Rathmell Wilson, of Newark has ap-
piled to the Court of Chancery of Del
aware for an injunction restraining
the Baltimore & Philadelphia Railroad
Company from building their road
through his lawn, ON the ground that
the charter granted by the Legislature
of Delaware is unconstitutional.
The State. Temperance Alliance will
act through its central executive COM
mittee on April 18th on the subject OF
their Legislative nominations. The
members of the committee are very
reticent as to their intentions. 1t is
certain, however, that they have de-
determined on positive line of action
Morning Ners.
A strip of ground owned by Sussex
county and lying back of the court
house at Georgetown was leased to the
owners of the Deldlcdre Democrat re
Gently for ninety-nine years. 1t is re
ported that the Democrat company pro
poses to erect a fine, three-story bricl
building on the lot, which is to furnish
rooms for several law Offices, the Demo
crdt and town hall.
The Middletown correspondent o
the EUery Erening says: But few
cUlOred farm hands have set in yet, a
they want more wages than farmer
are willing to pay them. 1t is aston
ishing how long some of these darkie
can live on nothing and then, whe
good homes are offered them, hoy
quickly they refuse because there is 5
cents short of their demands pc
month"
APPOQUINIMINK DELINQUENTS.-
Appoquinimink hundred is one of tn
smallest in population of the hundred
of the county. About 225 colored W
tiers are assessed in the hundred, an
of these 175 have been returned as d.
linquent taxpayers. This would leav
only 80 in the years duplicate, tn
most of whom are real estate owner
and cannot get off the assessment dt
plicates even if they wanted t,
Counting in dog and school tax, the:
colored voters, who are to be stricke
from the assessment, have been asses
ed at an average of $3.50, whiC
amounts to $262. so which the count
will lose by Appoquinimink's return
of l75 delinquent cOlored vOters.-R
publican.
Who LOSES THE CHECK?-Tl
Dover correspondent of the Peninsula
NelGS says:
THE lawyers of our town have r
Gently decided that q bank chez
which has been stolen from party
whom it belonged and afterward pas
ed away by the thief to an innOce
party without notice of the theft ar
for good consideration, thereby
came the property of the last take
A check of Ezekiel Fleming, for abo
$50 which had passed through two
three hands and was stolen from JOl
Clymer was some two weeks ago pas
ed by the alleged thief upon NJ.
Myers, clothing merchant of Il
town, who had no notice of the the
Mr. Fleming this week, upon the a
wee of his lawyer, paid the check
lull to MIR. Myers, the last holder, al
the loss falls upon Mr.. Clymer fro
whom the check was stolen. The p;
Ties had stopped payment Of the che
al the bank upon which it was dra'
shortly after it had been stolen.
a daring thief entered the jewel
store of 5. II. Baynard, in Wilmingt'
friday evening, and asked to be shO'
some wedding rings. A tray of thu
was placed before him and he began
examine them. Picking up two
secreted one iu his hand and when {
opportunity presented itself dropped
into his pocket. Mr.. Baynard dete
ed the maneuvre, but TO lead him
sald nothing about it, but watchi
Ine man saw him put another ring
nus pocket. The thief then inquil
!or cheaper ones and Mr.. Baynard W
.o MS work table, about 10 feet I
sant, and instead of cheap ril
brought revolver, which he thr
within three inches of the thief's I
4who had, while Mr.. Baynard was
1lhg his revolver. stolen another ri
an @lu demanded the rings be return
ne man at first denied the theft
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