Smyrna times., 1884-01-09

ao,,ntv and State Items.
OT The wife of Sheriff Harrington is
very i'll. houobt tho bor-
DewlI! ~ of James X. Roberts in
Odessa. n u.,o.
It IS pf Pennington, have failed with
: $4,000 SOi; liabilities.
F' .oid that the surplus of the Far
II - Rink at Dover was increased by
$4,000 last year.
Thomas Clayton has been ap..
h. M assistant teller of the Citizens
REoa,tIional Bank, of Middletown'
~ VIM f. Davis, formerly of Mary
,oi has located in Dover anu Wi VIII
ieactice del, n@' his profession with DR.. Jump
Tho Old Dominion Steamship Com
InT have recently purchased l2o feet
Educational Pfd IF wharf line IN New 1ork
city
me me viii present an allegOry and
OueST notts at the Town Hall in the lat
tar part of the Winter.
The merchants Of Georgetown are
,ncb nleased at the prospect OF haV-
in~ inr small steamer to run between
Nh EITlton and Philadelphia.
NJ Cadmus. of the firm of Cadmus
:. Renn painters, Dover, died very
y ~,JJonIy at his residence, on LOCKER
man street, Sunday night.
wm r Vangesel has resigned his
,osition as boOk-keeper at Treat 4
go = at Georgetown, to take charge OF
tbo nnblic schools at Selbyville.
Tho committee of sixteen who had
+be recent Middletown course of lee
lures w in hand lost just $24, or $3.50 fol
Zach member of the committee.
"Rin Van Wrinkle " is in rehearsal by
tho Frederica Dramatic Club. 1t will
Sa riavpd on Washington's Birthday,
Tebrnary 22d, in the Town Hall.
WB. Warrington, of Lewes, a vet
oron who belonged to the Third Della
wsra Volunteers died January 4th
and was buried the next afternoon.
Samuel I. Jones, of Dover has ;
COW "Trinkett of Sassafras," which
recently produced sixteen pounds anC
three ounces of butter i'll seven days
SR. Warren. of Townsend, who re
GENTLY bought the X. c. Hayes prop
erty. intends to build ten or twelv,
dwelling houses in Odessa during mex
Summer.
The Conference Worker has supplied
itself with a large Hoe Drum Cylinde
steam power press, and has increases
is circulation to 2,250, the largest
has ever yet reached.
The St. Georges Marsh Company
constructing jetty on the Delawar
between Port Penn and Delaware Cit
in order to form a mud fiat and wide
the guard outside its bank.
George W. Ingram, real estate agen
Middletown. has sold for Mrs. Matlacl
of Philadelphia, the Willow Bridg
farm, containing 2l0 acres, to Joh
Davidson, of New Castle hundred, fC
$l0,200
A dispatch Monday from Lewt
says the tug Cynthia reports th
schooner Rodney Parker cut throug
byice this evening and sunk in the ba,
She also reports the bay full of heav
ice to the ledge.
The wife of Governor Stockley, a
cOrding to her custom, gave a hOlida
reception to the little folk of tt
neighborhood of Oak Hall, her HON
on December 9th. About 40 litt
girls and boys enjoyed her hospitalit
The Legislative Committee to sett
with the State Treasurer and Audit
meets in Dover Tuesday the 22nd, ins
John Pennewill, it is thought, will
appointed clerk of the Committee,
having large experience in such ma
ters
The Georgetown Democrat, in &C
umn and half editorial, congratulate
itself for having lived two yea
while others with as good prospeC
have stranded. 1t has enlarged al
shows other evidences of enterpri
4 and prosperity.
The State Board of Education Ia
week issued life grade certificates
4 the following teachers: James
4 George, John T. Stevens, Sr., a
4 John A. Collins. The Board al
4 adopted Barns New National ReadC
4 and the business standard system
4 penmanship.
Al The Delaware river is full of flOati
II ice and no vessels are passing up
DOWN. The small number of vcss
Il brought from the Breakwater can p
4 ceed no farther than New Castle
4 present. Tow boat captains say il
4 Almost impossible to get through t
Al Horse Shoe"
II Vow that the Erery Erening is ado
III 70 the list Of papers that refuse to p
Il lsh the swindling lottery advert
III men'S' the Morning Ncirs, while C
III slaIulatlng it, proposes that the t
n uhte their moral forces and IN:
Il SnGrt work with the Republican,
ii Sniy other daily that advertises the
M tdfi0US husinc-,,