Smyrna times., 1884-12-31
County and State Items.

-MeeSeFery wednesday evening, at71 O'Clock
County and State Items.
Theodore Sirman, Il brakeman on the
Delaware Railroad, who recently fell
from a car at Middletown, died last
week at his home in Lancet.
There is said to be regularly Or
ganized gang of thieves located in and
around Dover, who are controlled bv
the persons who receive the goods.
A Camden man sent twelve stamps
IAN advertiser to learn chow to make
money fast" and was advised in reply
to " glue 50 note to the bottom of his
trunk"
The Pennsylvania Railroad authori
ties have distributed passes to the
Legislative members-elect good be-
tween Philadelphia and Delmar, good
until April 80, 1885.
Beniah Watson, Esq, of Dover, is a
candidate for Collector of Internal
Revenue for Delaware District. which
place was made vacant by the recent
death of James McIntire.
DR.. George G. Harmon. who for
many years resided in Camden and
practiced his profession, died at Cam
bridge, Md, ON Sunday week. DR..
Harmon had been a sufferer for several
years.
The following item appears in
New York paper: " A Delaware farmer
has put down 10000 herrings as a fer
tilizer. His theory is that the crops
Will hurry into the air away from the
smell of the herrings.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Vasey, of Mid
dletOwn, celebrated the fiftieth ami
versary of their marriage, on the 22nd
INST. Abouttwenty-fve persons, nearly
all relatives and including four chill
dren and five grandchildren of the
honored couple, were present.
Professor A. S. Wright, principal.
and Mrs. A. S. Wright, teacher of the
second department of the Middletown
public school, have offered their resig-
nations to the board of education. to
take effect at the end of the present
school year, April 1st, 1885. Professor
and Mrs. Wright intend to return to
their native State of Maine.
The oyster business is good this Win
ter so far, the oystermen say. There
are not so many boats in the service as
formerly The ice last Winter dam
aged many of the beds and others were
ruined completely. The ice would
gather over the beds, and the mud and
debris on the ice would settle on the
plants and completely smother them.
An effort is forming to oust the present
collector, VIM. S. Heverin, and have ].
I. Lowe appointed Lowe it is claim
ed is interested in the trade and will
look after it closely .-ScntineL.
The following is list of Deeds that
have been recorded the past week at
the Recorders Office for Kent county
E. c. Harris to T. F. Bayard, 49, acres
IN Clayton, s.; T. F. Bayard to f.
Z. Harris, 16 acres, &C., in CLAYTON.
$; r. II. Greenlee to w. f. Green
lee, Is acres in South Murderkill hun
dred, 1850; D. Edwards to r. l..
Ross, 6 acres in North Murderkill hun
dred, $3.50; S. Arthurs ct al. to J. NJ.
Arthurs, 3 acres in West Dover hun
dred, $500; S. N. Gray to II. L. Hvn-
son, 81 acres in Milford hundred. $500;
}. IL. Sims to w S. Barger, 80 acres in
North Murderkill hundred, $1,000.
OVER FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS STO-
LEN FROM DELAWARE FARMER
Shadrick Raughley, of Harrington.
met with a very unpleasant incident
IN Philadelphia last Wednesday. He
arrived in that city at noon. and at
once went to the branch of the Spring
Garden Bank, at Fourth and Chestnut
streets, where he cashed a check for
nearly $500 and placed the money with
some other notes in purse, and put
The wallet in an inside pocket of his
vest. From the bank he proceeded to
Market street and took car for West
Philadelphia. Shortly after stepping
upon the car platform, he says, he was
penned i'll by Il crowd of men and.
although he cried out that he was
being robbed, they unbuttoned his
coats and vest and one of them thrust
lis hand into his (Raughley's) pocket,
secured the purse and then fed. Mr..
Raughley alleges that, although the ,
'ry stop thief" was raised, a police
'thcer, who was passed by the thief as
le ran down the street, made no effort
o catch him. The pocket book con- {
aimed S526 in money and several valu-
'ble papers. Philadelphia detectives
ire now searching for the daring high
yaymen.