Smyrna times., 1885-01-21

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Mrs. Sarah Eliason's housein Middle
town was sold at public sale on Saturday
to Manlove d. Wilson for $3,625.
The Georgetown Jail was emptied
last Saturday, the sentences of the two
remaining prisoners having expired
then.
The Kent County Mutual Insurance
Company have discontinued the prac-
tice of giving dinner at their annual
meeting.
The general feeling of the members
of the Legislature is said to be against
Senator Bayard going into Cleveland's
Cabinet.
0. w. Dayett of Glasgow recently
shelled 2O10 bushels of corn between
sunrise and sunset, or at the rate of
over 81 bushels minute.
The Good Templars constituting the
State capitol Lodge, of Dover, will hold
basket party and festival i'll the Court
House Hall of that town on the 4th
and 5th proximO.
The Middletown Transcript will be
run off by steam this week. Hitherto
it has been dependent upon the mus
Ethiopian lineage.
On Saturday evening William Der
rickson, a Brandywine hundred farmer,
died suddenly while returning home
in his carriage from a funeral, at which
he had been bearer.
The store of Hasting & Phillips at
Concord, Sussex county, was burned
January u. A coal oil lamp exploded
near the oil tank. Everything was
burned. Loss about $1,000; insurance,
900.
A number of young men Of Middle
town and Odessa will give a social hop,
that promises to be very pleasant, i'll
MiddletOwn Hall on January 29th.
Nearly four hundred invitations have
been sent out.
w. 5. Bell, manager of the Capitol
Skating Rink, has contracted fora build
ing, ll5x50 feet to be erected ON the
corner of LoOckerman and Queen
streets, DOverto be opened to the public
in three weeks.
The first cost of a ten-cent drink Of
whiskey is only One-sixth of a cent. A
gallon yields seventy-fve drinks. The
manufacturer gets 50 and the retailer
$3.50 for that quantity. The profits are
handsome all arOund-except to the
drinker.-SentiRel.
What is the difference between a la
boring man in New Castle County and
one in Kent or Sussex County? In
the former his wages are exempt from
execution process, while in Kent and
Sussex counties his wages are liable to
attachment.-Sen
The Milford Chronicle, in commenting
on the losses which the fruit evapora-
tors sustained in 1884. comes to the
conclusion that the big prices which
green fruit brought then will not be
repeated this year, thus enabling the
evapOratOrs to retrieve there losses.
At Dover, on Tuesday week sixty
four shares Of the capital stock of the
Firs: National Bank of that town, be-
longing to the estate of Thomas w.
Wi.soH, deceased. were sold in small
lots, at prices ranging from Sl45 to Sl55
per share. The value is 800 per
share.
II. c. Carpenter, formerly with the
Girard Paint Company Of Philadelphia.
has associated himself with the Dover
glass works, and also the sale of Cow
gllls wood stains of the same place
Mr.. c. IS well known all through this
Peninsula, and deserves great patron
age, both from his popularity and being
representative of home manufacturers
The Legislature has done nothing
and what is more, will have nothing tO
do beyond what mschievous legisla
tiOn is cooked up during the session
They could pass the private acts anG
divorce bills and in two weeks wind ur
the session, and save the TAXPAYER!
$4,000 but this they will not do fol
fear that possibly something will turn
up.-Sentinei
The reopening Of the NJ. z. ChurcI
at Dover on Sunday was q success il
every particular. Rev DR.. Hunt prea
ched in the morning and Rev. Mr.
Couch, also of New York, preached a
night to large and interested audi
ences. 50, 800 was asked for and S., ,90t
raised, the extra 500 being appro
prated to putting water in the parson
age. The members Of the church ar,
highly pleased with the architecture
finish Of the house.
WOULDN'T TIE THE KNOT.-The Della
ware Ledger, Newark, says The re
port goes that minister Of this tow
was called upon by party, some tim
since, TO 90 out into the country ant
marry couple. When he arrived Il
the house he was met by the father of tn
bride, who requested the minister nc
TO unite the couple. About this tim
the groom elect made his appearance
and offered the divine $50 if he wOul
tie the silken knot The reveren
gentleman refused the young man
oter, and asked to be brought back {
town, which was done. 1t appear
that the couple, not to be thwarted j
their plans, escaped from the hous,
and going to Il place near by, wei
made one. This ends the little csc;
pade as far as we are able to lear
Truly, truly, it must be so, Lol
laughs at locksmiths"
j. Frank Wilds, Register Of Wills f
Kent county, on the 3rd inst, granite
letters Of administration to John
Waters on the estate Of Amanda Berr
deceased, late of East Dover hundre
and on the estate Of Sarah a. ALE
deceased, to Jacob p. Allen, and upl
the estate of William Smith, decease
late Of Little Creek hundred to Jot
W. Smith, and on the estate of Jam
Livingston, deceased, late of We
Dover hundred, to Daniel V. Hutchir
and on the estate of William b. Harr
late of North Murderkill hundred,
Sarah +. and Norton o. Harris &
executors named in tho will on &
9Th, admitted to probate the will
James Green, late of North Murderk
hundred, and letters testamentary we
granted TO James w. Green and Tht
Pickering, the executors named in {
will; on the 18th, upon the estate
Henry >. Pratt, late of KentOn hu
dred, to George Pratt on the 10
upon the estate Of Henry Prattes, Ia
OF North Murderkill hundred, to w
}. Prattes; on she 2Oth, upon the est;
OF Henry n. Marvel, late of Milfu
hundred, to Maria =. Marvel