Smyrna times., 1885-06-03

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Middletown Lyceum has succumbed.
Rev. G.. w. Burke, of Harrington,
has early potatoes.
The Bright House, at Rehoboth, has
not been rented for the coming season.
The June term of the Court Of Errors
and Appeals convened at Dover yester-
day.
Jacob Levy, Of Dover, was held in
$500 bail May 25th, for receiving stolen
poultry.
The Dover rink closed for the season
on Saturday night, when large crowd
was in attendance.
The one hundred and eighty-sixth
anniversary of Old Swedes Church was |
celebrated Sunday.
The mud machine to be used in
cleaning out st. Jones' creek will be
ready for operation in about week.
The fruit of peach orchards lying
very near to the bay shore is said to
have been seriously thinned out by re-
cent frosts.
The Lewes Light says: "CrOcus have
made their appearance in our waters,
and numbers of them have been caught
by our fishermen"
The Wilmington city council has
fixed the tax rate for the coming year
at $1.45 prr $780, against $l.50 for the
fiscal year just closing.
The Deiawarean speaks of sermon
delivered in that town on the The
sin of swearing as being very oppor-
tune and in the right time.
The Judges Of the New Castle County
Court on Saturday granted liquor
licenses to l52 applicants 1876 Of whom
keep saloons in Wilmington.
The Seaford Enterprise says From
all We can learn from farmers aud fruit
growers this section will produce this
season one of the largest peach crops
ever known.
The editor of the Seaford Enterprise
SAYS he hasn't seen any potato bugs
this wear, from which it sto be inferred
that he puts his potato patch out on
the shares or isn't very partial to the
hoe.
J. F. EliasOn has purchased IF James
Garman, the Sutton farm, near Summit
Bridge, containing one hundred and
sixty five acres. He also sold to James
Garman, of St. Georges, his dwelling
house in MiddletOwn.
Annie Hudson of Lewes, who lived
with a family near Camden, \. rs a
domestic, committed suicide at the lat
ter place May 9th because she had
been Tilted by Charles Wall, Il farm
I Of
Died. at his residence ut Cowgill's
Corner Thursday night, Pleasanton
Hamm. aged about 20 years. Mr..
IIamm had been engaged all his life in
merchandising and farming. He
leaves IL widow and three children, all
grown.
Notwithstanding the rain and mud,
the Wilmington memorial parade Satur-
dav was larger than on any previous
similar occasion. Several societies that
had accepted the invitations to partici-
pate did not turn out on account of the
bad weather.
According to the Newark Ledger the
Conference Academy base ball club, o
Dover, and the Delaware College club
will play a match game of base bal
in MiudletoWn, on June 9th. Eact
club has won a game and this is to b'
the decisive contest.
The building committee for the new
NJ T.. Church soon to be erected n
Hartley Station, in the place of the ol'
one known as Hawkins Chapel, me
on Friday, May 18th, to award con
tracts and make other arrangement
for the speedy erection of the neN
church.
Samuel n. Pusey, of Wilmington
died in that city Friday night, of a
attack of paralysis of the heart. II
was i'm his list year. lie was one {
the founders of the Harlan & Holling:
worth ship-yards, which were starte
bv himself, Samuel Harlan and MahlO
Belts in 1886.
The Executive Committee of IL
State Teachers Association has decl'
ed to hold the next annual meeting
the Association ut Rehoboth, durlI
the last week Of August, commenclr
Tuesday, the oath, and closing Frida
the 2Sih. The committee expect
secure the usual reduced rate at note
and from railroad companies.
Secretary Bayard's friends in IL
State are looking to him to hold
their hands in the present contest D
between the Lore and Salisbury famil
They sav that if Mr.. Bayard does n
stand bv them now, it will be uselt
for him to do so later. The contest
no,O. and they expect him to do !
duty.-Sentthet.
Since the Rev. G. II. Sentman b
,I,v,rtfgnn i a state lecturer
delaware by the Temperance Allan
he has been occupied every Sund
nreaohing in the pulpits Of some of
hest churches on the Peninsula.
has definite arrangements enOu
ahead to keep him busy for nea
two months and many more In pr
pect.
THE REYBoLD CAsE.-The case
Anthony Reybold VS.. the DELAYS
Citv Salem and Philadelphia Stea
boat Navigation Company, which
bean ON trial in the Superior Court
New Castle County since last luesd
was piven to the jury about o'cl'
Saturday afternoon and after an
srnce of over two hours they return
with verdict in favor of the plan
for S2.7I5.81. with interest from Dec
1st 1889. being the full amount oI
claim. This was remarKaDle
and with the Hon. George Gray.
%. G. Badford, Esq, for the plan
and William c. Spruance and AhIh
Higrins. Esqs., for the de'ehd'
c,,c,v inch was stubbOrnly cOnteste
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