Smyrna times., 1885-08-12

GranC ODSequleSi Ill New OrK,
John Appleton and Wife of Odessa
are spending some weeks at Ocean
Grove.
B. Benson CahOOn, Esq, of Missouri,
arrived in this State yesterday to attend
the funeral of his father at Dover, to-
day.
A number of the people of Whining
ton are camping at the Brandywine
Summit Camp which commenced Mon
day.
Clarence X. Arnold of Milford has
been appointed to n Delaware College |
scholarship by Senator Mustard of Sus-
sex county.
Isaac Truit has been appointed clerk |
in the First National Bank, of Milford |
vice J. w. Herring, resigned, on account |
of ill health.
Peaches in the neighborhood of |
Pennington have been sold by the or
chard at prices ranging from 35 to so
cents basket.
William Tam, of near Georgetown
has sold his peach crop, about 5000
baskets, Mt 33@ cents basket to an
evaporating factory.
J. b. L. Handy formerly of the Har-
rington public schools has been elected
principal of the north Milford public
schools and has accepted.
There are more peaches in this Vicini-
ty than farmers thought a month since.
There are few orchards that have not
from fair to full crOps.-MJOrd Ne,cs.
d. Ries, of Milford, has purchased
10000 baskets of peaches which he eX-
poets to evapOrate and can at his fac
tory at that place during the coming
season.
x-COngressman +. L. Martin feels
sore at the Administration for appoint
ing postmaster at his own pOstotfice
without even consulting him in the
matter.
Smyrna ought to feel good. No 9TH
er hundred in Kent County can have
cyclones but Duck Creek. She has
something that other portions of the
county never had.-Sentinel.
The dredging machine, Atlantic, is
now engaged in digging out the creek
from the mouth of the Broadkiln to
Milton. The appropriation made by
the government for this work is $3O,0 900.
Business was generally suspended in
the workshops and manufactures of
Wilmington Saturday, and at noon
nearly all the stores on Market street
were closed, and remained so until .
Pm.
The first peach train this season pass
ed over the railroad on Thursday, con
sisting of24 cars, all loaded with peaches.
They were TrOths and came from Sus-
sex County. TrOth peaches will be
ripe here this week.
Work on Delaware College is being
pushed forward rapidly. The brick
work of the 80 feet addition to the ora
tory is about completed, and in a few
weeks more the college will present
quite freshened-up appearance.
Among the attractive young ladies
at RehobOth are Miss Ward of Whining
ton, Miss Willis of Milford, Miss Milli-
ken of Washington, Miss Pierce of Bal
timore, the Misses Harvey of Washing
ton, and the Misses Bell of Smyrna
DeiGCGre Democrat.
~ COlUItu ECullCDltll VI OuGoo6 IL
marked after Mondays storm 81 don
want to see no more o. dem slycOOn'
roun' here" The oracle of the village
remarks that they have plenty of sly
cOOns during fair weather rs well as
f0UI. -MiddLetOlUn Transcript.
The South Milford School Board a
its last meeting, instructed the Com
mittee on teachers to employ Dudley
Baker, of Illinois, as principal; JOSEPH
Bradley, first assistant, and Miss Lid;
Wells, second assistant, and Miss Uranii
Burr, in the primary department.
During the rain storm on Frida.
evening last considerable damage wa
done about MiddletOwn. The heavies
loss, however, is reported from Sassa
fras, Md, where the dam and gates c
Kennedy's mill were washed out, max
ing the loss a heavy one to the owner
who had but recently put his mill i
thorough order.
According to the Smyrna TINE
Professor Wolf does not feel very plei
SAINT over the structures of the press o
the publication of the phosphate analy
sis. Those editors who went for tn
professor so saVagely made a mistak
1t is the legislature which made tn
law with no provision for paying I'll
printers that needs the talking to-
MiddletOUR Transcript.
Jerry Cannon, a colored man,
Camden was arrested Sunday and sci
to lail at Dover on the charge of pul
ing out the tongue of a horse. A par
returning from a meeting with los
Of passengers found one of the hOrs
baking Jerry, being a passenger, u
dertOok to start him by pulling at /
tongue, and it is said that he pulled
out by the roots. The horse belong
to Mr. Roach.
Postmasters were appointed for De
ware last week as follows: w. A. Moo
at Wyoming, Kent county; Peter q
dick, ut FELTON,, Kent county, and w
liam Whitaker, at Frederica, he
county John Mustard, Milton, Suss
county; DavidS S. Purnell, GeorgetoV
Sussex county; Henry l.. Wilson
Leipsic, Kent county. These appol
ments have been made by the T.
Master General.
Rehoboth Beach recorded her fl
drowning on Wednesday. The Wet
Chas. Carpenter Of Georgetown
though unable to swim, went out
yond the breakers, and before suc
could reach him, he had disappear
beneath the waves. A widow d
children are left to sorrow over ia
er's indiscretion. The body was
found until Saturday when 1T foa
ashore
Archibald Cudney, recently conn
ted To Jail ut Dover on the charge
having committed an outrageous
sault on Sarah BucksOn of Leipsic,
a second hearing August 9TH, AttOrn
General Paynter hearing the testlmo
The young wOman's testimony remi
ed unshaken and the prisoner was
committed without BAIL His coul
have Abandoned the idea of apply
for wait of habeas corpus in his
half.
William w. Smithers of PhiladelI
is in Wilmington gathering mate
for the finishing touches to his 10
coming life of John LOfland, the
ford bard, work upon which he
been engaged for five years past.
work will be issued next Spring.
half thereof will be devoted to the
and the other half to the works Of
Milford bard. LOfiand, who dlee