Smyrna times., 1885-09-30

The furniture of the United States
Hotel, Wilmington, which was seized |
for rent, as the personal property of
the proprietor, William G. Fountain, |
was sold Friday by Constable Ward. |
The claim against it was $500, and it
was bought'by Mrs. Mary Punkett, the
owner of the building, for $4S5.
The special delivery system of the
national service, will go into effect to-
morrow, and Wilmington is one of the
cities to which its operations will ex-
tend. By the new system any letter
having the special delivery stamp at
tached, in addition to the lawful post
age, and directed to any city or town
having free delivery or a population
OF 1000 or over, according to the last
Federal census, shall be entitled to i'm
mediate delivery by special messenger.
We are glad to see Prof. Handy in
town on Saturdays and Sundays. All
but the attraction here is not plural,
but intensely and delightfully."- singular.
Nor do we blame our old friend. Dame
RumOr hints that more than one of our
school departments will be made vacant
one of these days, that our loss will be
others gain.-HdrringtOn Enterprise
The above must not be mistaken for
our Mr.. Handy, he is after no Harring
ton girl; it means some other Handy
however, who unquestiOnably is.
From all accounts Delaware College,
during the present term, will experience
one of the most pleasant and successful
years it has seen for some time. The
numerous improvements that have been
made to the building since the close of
last session gives both teachers and stu
dents better facilities to work with
greater satisfaction than heretofore
The new president, DR.. J. H. Caldwell,
together with new professor, have in
stilled new life into the College and the
students, having taken kindly to the
new instructors, will no doubt show
appreciation by doing all in their pow
er to further the interests of this insti-
tuition. Already the number of stu
dents is larger and ere another year it
is to be hoped that the school will be
filled to its utmost capacity.-Middle-
tOIUn NelU Era.
The editorial column of last weeks
Smyrna Record emitted strong sulphur
Gus and other OdOrs similar to brim-
stone. We like an honorable argu-
ment, but, when our opponent so far
fOrgets his position, or rather permits
his individuality to crop out by indulg-
ing in such coarse and blasphemOus
expressions as they lie in their
thrOats," as false as hell" etc. ETC.,
we have simply to say that we pay but
little attention to the paper, its editor
or his uncOuth etfusions. The editor
of the Record will chuckle and say we
have been whipped yet, after the so
Der, second thought, (if he ever permits
himself to take one, he will surely see
that we still have a little honor and
respect for our readers and ourselves
by refusing to touch even the hem OF
his depraved and unclean skirt.-Bredk-
lCater Light.
RAILROAD CoLLIsION.-A serious
railroad collision occurred at Frog
town" above MiddletOwn on the Della
ware railroad about 4 o'clock Monday
morning. 1t resulted in the wrecking
of the engine and several cars and a
serious injury to Fireman w. c. Bar
Gus and Brakeman Levi Mckay. The
morning was dark and foggy and the
tracks wet and slippery so that the en-
/ gines were hard to control. The way
freight was ahead and standing on the
track. The road flagman had been
called in preparatory to going ahead
when the Harrington freight following
ran over the torpedo signal. Engineer
! Harper Immediately reversed his en-
| gine and whistled down brakes. Find
! ing that a collision was inevitable he
and his fireman and Conductor Spencer
| jumped from the train and escaped
with slight injuries.
CowHIDED IN CoURT.-Paris T. Car
Isle, wealthy, middle-aged, business
man of collegiate education, knOwI
and respected all over the State, was
cowhided Saturday by Captain JOna
than Sipple and Thomas ID. Burton. Tht
affair resulted Immediately from a pet
ty lawsuit for the price Of a squire
cage, bought by Sipple of Carlisle's son
The scheme to thrash Carlisle wa
concOcted for several days ago. Sip
pie and Burton drove forty miles Sat
urday to get weapons just to thei
taste. The trial went on at Justico
HendersOn's office, and in the mids
of it Sipple and Burton suddenly
jumped to their feet, cOwhides in hand
and before any cue could interfere in
flicted at least a score of savage blow
upon Mr.. Carlisle face. Paris Car
Isle, Jr., the son, tried to interfere bu