Smyrna times., 1884-04-02

sheep having died.
Judge Wales is again in luck. The
salary of the United States District
Judges have been increased to $1,000.
George w. Karsner, a prominent
Citizen of New Castle, died in that
town, on Wednesday last, aged eighty
years.
Examination of teachers for second
and third grade certificates will be held
in Dover on Saturday, April 5th; at
Wilmington the same day.
Riggs, Clayton & Co., the Middle
town Gamers, will not pack any toma-
toes this season. If they do not sell
their cannery they will probably pack
fruits.
W. NJ. Vandegrift, of Odessa, is build
ing residence and storehouse on the
lot adjoining the hotel of that place.
This makes five houses in course of
construction.
There are still u number of cases of
measles in Middletown. Several who
had the disease years ago are passing
through a second unpleasant expe-
rience with it.
The State Board of Pharmacy met
in Dover on Friday last. Mr.. Thomas
c. Roe was elected president in place
of the late John Price, deceased. No
candidates for examination presented
themselves.
The EastOn Ledger was told recently
by man who knows, that the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad Company do not
intend to let the Pennsylvania Com
pany get control of the trade between
Norfolk and New York without a
struggle. 1t is said that they will
build a competing line through the
Peninsula if necessary.
If the old saying be true, that for
every fog in March there will be frost
in May" the fruit-growers may we'll
be alarmed for their peaches this year.
March has given US at least four heavy
fogs-On the 9th, 9TH, Sth and 24th-
therefore there must be frosts on these
same dates in May. Will some one
: note whether the prognostic be true
The Republican factions of the city
of Wilmington are engaged in one OF
their lOve-feasts just now. The quan.
tity of dirty linen hung out to nauseate
the Republicans of the State every day
is very large. Fortunately for the
Party, no one outside the confines oi
that city takes any interest in it or
cares which of the two factions comes
out on top. The sooner they de
strOy each other the better it will be
for the Party throughout the State
STATE Sentinel.
The Susser SOHrHGl says. "The two
weeks of visitation among the people
and the nine educational meetings held
in this county, by our superintendents
must result in raising the standard o
education among us. The tendency o
all these things is to induce the peopl,
TO build better houses and to furnish
|. the teachers with better appliances
to raise more money for school pur
poses and consequently to give the
children more and better schools.
The Kent County Committee of tn,
State Temperance Alliance met il
Dover on Wednesday afternoon
Business of importance was transacted
, After adding several more to the Com
l mittee the chairman was instructed {,
call another meeting of the Count,
Committee after the State Committe
held their meeting on the 11th of April
!. All present seemed determined to carr,
; out the provisions Of the compact
4 which has been indOrsed by over so
+ voters of this State, irrespective q
I former party associations.
D, PROPERTY TRANsFERs.-Thef follow
ing is list Of Deeds that have been re
corded the past week at the Recorder
n n Office, for Kent County: S. NJ. Thoma
II to John Bell, lot in Dover, $50: a..
} Boughrum to Jos. Castle, 11O acre.
West Dover Hundred, $2,5OO; An
ss CULLEN to o. M. Plumb. 10 acres, Mi.
: piIIion Hundred, $3.50; Fred. Layto
to w. F. Causey, lot in Milford, $500
ID. Campbell to Stevenson & SIaughtel
= 40 acres, f. ID. Hundred, $2.575;
Hanley TO Smith & Masten. lot in Hal
!. rington, 81 100; ]. Behen to Manloy
? Hayes. lot in Dover, $475; E. Stout
Austin Saxton, lot in Magnolia. 81;
q. w. Miller TO DR.. Il. c. Frame. !
" acres, West Dover Hundred, $500:
Whartenby to A. Lee cummins, lot
Clayton, 500; w. ID. HAZEL ct Al.
IA b. A. aud ii. p. Hazel, " HAZEL farm,
594 acres, $4,000; 7. o. Culbreth
n. H. Hutchins, lot in Dover, $40,
Adelia A. Wales to Chas. Barker,
acres, NIispilIiOn Hundred, sl222; WI
= Carpenter 10 Thigh. Boston, lot
H Dover, $500; r. Hodgsonto NJ. t. Ne,
~ ton, acres, eoath Murderlxill Hu
dred, slO0; G. G. Wilcox TO Walker
Mcdaniel, 96 acres. East Dover Hu
ia dred, 81 ,2ss. -Dela,rarean.
!. They are having trouble in Tex
!. over man who has just received "
sentences, one OF ifty years impriso
= ment, and the other to be hange
They want 10 hang him now, but d
u, man Chains that he ought 10 serve
term first, a. that sentence was pr
- nounced prior TO the one Of hangin
os- juror gave il as his opinion that =
,~ &c the prisoner was a dead sure loser, he
r better close out with the bank Al
swing 70 wunst."