Smyrna times., 1885-11-04
County and State Items.
The Seaford Item has suspended.

Bridgeville, intend to retire from that
business and will sell their stock.
The methodists of Houston are build
ing new parsonage there. Rev. w.
Richardson has given the ground on
which to erect it.
Trains on connecting roads at Har-
rington, Clayton and Townsend now
connect with the train leaving Phila-
delphia, at 3 o'clock.
All of the capital stock of the Della
ware Telephone Company has been
subscribed for, and work will be COM
menced on the lines as soon as possible.
Isaac S. Adams and Miss Fannie
Dorman of Salisbury were married on
Thursday afternoon at st. Peters p. +.
Church, the Rev. George w. Bovine
officiating.
James Raymond died at his residence
in St. Jones' Neck, Monday week, aged
SO. His remains were inferred in the
Friends burial ground, Camden, on
Wednesday.
Prof Wyatt, who will be remember
ed here as the manager of the Oratorio
of Queen Esther, is now at BridgeviIle
arranging for the cantata of 4" The Hay
makers" to be rendered in that town
this month.
The Newark Ledger is forging
along with energy; besides moving in
to a new office, which is pronounced to
be one of the best appointed Offices
in the State" it is to have an engine
added in few days.
There is some suspicion that the
mysterious stranger who committed
suicide in hotel at Wilmington, last
week was John NJ. Carroll, the missing
state treasurer of Virginia and city
treasurer of StauntOn.
Rev. T. H. Haynes of Newark is hav-
ing quite successful revival of religion,
over twenty persons having professed
conversion last week. He is assisted
by Mrs. Lidie H. Kenney Of Philadel-
phia and other evangelists.
Cards are out for the wedding of
Miss S. Blanche CahOon, daughter of
VIM. r. Cahoon, Jr., of Dover and J. G.
Hutchinson, Jr., of Philadelphia in the
NJ. Z. Church of Dover at 2 o'clock P.
NJ, on Wednesday, 1lth, inst
No reports concerning the prairie
chickens set free in Delaware last Win
ter have been heard lately. If any one
has seen them or knows anything Of
their increase in numbers, the sport
men will hear it with interest.
Milford must be like some of the
towns in Turkey if the following from
the Neirs gives the proper impression
"It is said that it requires more food tC
keep a dog than a child eight years old
And yet the poorer man is the more
dogs he has"
All trains now stop ten minutes a
Harrington, SO that passengers may
lunch The keystone Hotel Company
has put in a fine restaurant in the sOutE
end of the depot, and the best restau
rant south of Wilmington is now lOca
ted at Harrington.
The talk now is that DIR. Black o
New Castle is to be the Bayard Candi
date for Governor, and that majo
Biggs of MiddletOwn is to be that o
the Saulsbury--LOre wing of the party
The choice is conceded to New Castl
county, whoever he may be.
Last week two indictments wer
found against Captain Jonathan Sippl
and Thomas d. Burton for cOwhidin
Paris Z. Carlisle, Sr., at Frederick o
September 28th, the one for assault an
the other for damages. Neither {
them were tried at this term of cOur
In a recent conversation with Cha
les Treat of Georgetown we learne
H.. II, nf no N
ufacture of his large factory is sold b
means of the telegraph, and that II
bill for telegraph dispatches amoun
to about $4OO per annum.-MltJoi
Chronicle.
Mr.. Mccullough, of Wilmington, OF
of the stockholders of the Hotel Henl
pen, RehObOth, says the house was RI
last season ut a loss of $500, and tn
it will probably be put in the mark
as soon as a meeting of the stOckhOlde
can be had. 1t paid about 5000 t
first year it was run and has been lC
ing ever since.
The Y. NJ. c. A. of Delaware Cole
at Newark, will celebrate the week
PRAYER appointed by the Y. NJ. G. A
of the country, and will commence
having public services in the collie
orat0ry next Sunday. About eight
ten ministers are expected to be pr
ent and a large assemblage. The me
ing will be held all the week.
J. Frank Wilds, Register of Wills
Kent county, has granted letters of I
ministratiOn to George B. Mon
ON the estate of John Gunnil
deceased. late of New Castle cOun
to Margaret and John Caldwell on the
tateoflate the Elijah Caldwell, OF Sol
Murderkill hundred; to Andrew
Lord on the estate of Ann NJ. Lord,
MispilliOn hundred; to RhOda 3. Ru
hush on the estate Of Ann G. Burt
deceased Of Milford.
HALF MILLION DEBT.-Cou
Treasurer Herbert said at the quartz
meeting of the Board of Trustees OF
Poor last Thursday, that he had OF
expenses to pay besides the allowar
made by the Levy Court for the
mort Of the Trustees of the /,
Amongst these expenses were the
arising out of the courts, and the IN
est on half a million dollars. lie g
allv mentioned also that he had
th0usand dollars borrowed to help
for finishing the county buildings,
taxes are are getting heavier all
time.
"BIG FRANK" MUST COME BAG
A decision was given Friday by,
supreme court, general term, OF
York. Judge Daniels writing the 9
ion. in the case Of Frank NC
charged with being fugitive from
tice from Delaware. The VIII OF
beas corpus was dismissed and Nc
remanded to the Delaware author
Whittier Mccoy can be compelled
TO serve out the remainded OF an u
pired sentence, the court holds'
matter to be determined and exclu
ly itigated in Delaware. Pending
habeas corpus proceedings Mccoy
been confined in New York City pr
and under this decision the wardei
directed to hand him over to the
ware authorities.
The BABY FROM FREDERICA.-G'
Lechler, who was arrested MOhul
on the charge Of abandoning an !
at the house of Mrs. Edward ~ huI \,
son, 1904 Mt. Vernon street, Phil
phia, was brought before Magls
Thompson at the Central station
dav morning. After testimony