Smyrna times., 1885-05-20

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The sturgeon fishermen off Bowers
are taking large numbers of drum fish.
Rev. James Couper Kerr has been
elected rector Of st. Pauls Church,
Georgetown.
J. Colby Smith is running large |
force Of hands at his factory at Willow
Grove, making peach baskets.
Fx Sheriff Wootten Of Sussex county |
advertises for sale nine tracts Of land /
in Cedar Creek hundred.
Seven convicts-fve colored and two
white-were whipped at New Castle, |
Saturday, for various crimes.
In the neighborhOod Of four or five
hundred new peach orchards have been
planted this year in the lower part of
this State.
The ninety annual meeting of
the Delaware State Medical Society
will be held at RehObOth, on Tuesday,
June 9th, 1885.
b. +. b. WoOdall, living near Milford,
has planted fifty acres Of pop corn.
He has contract with Il candy manu-
facturer in New York.
]. f. Horncy has bought the interest
of J. p. Hopkins i'll the HdrringtOA
Enterprise and is now sole editor and
proprietor Of that paper.
J. l.. Smith commenced shooting por-
poises last week at Bowers Beach. 1t
requires an accurate shot and and al
most instantaneous work.
Assistant Superintendent Carpenter
and the Commissioners recently APP
pointed by the Governor are now en-
gagged in re-districting he Sussex School
districts.
The State Temperance AlliIncc have
made arrangements 10 hold IL mass
meeting at Camden Camp-mecting
Grounds, July 4th. An effort will be
made to have John B. Cough present
to deliver an address.
George r. Daisy Of Ocean View, Bal
timore hundred, recently extracted an
inch Of copper wire, 1-lG Of and inch IN
diameter, from his leg just below the
knee. He felt it coming for some time,
although it gave him little pain or an
nOyance. How it got into his body is
mystery to him.
Prof d. p. Wyatt, having recovered
from the effects consequent upon the
jealOuses, etc, which caused him to
abandon the enterprise last winter, has
returned to Georgetown, and organized
another society for the purpose of pre-
senting the " OratOrio ofQueen Esther, "
to the citizens Of the delectable land of
the pine.
Yesterday William p Corsa showed
his friends in town several large red
apples of fair flavor that grew in his
orchard and kept in Il basket in the
cellar during the winter The variet v
Is new one and originated with Mr.
Corsa in his orchard near town. lie
calls it the Delaware Winter, and
claims for it fine appearance and excel
lent keeping qualities. Mr.. COrsa has
about sixty varieties of apples in bis
orchard. -PeainsVi0r Ne,us.
STURGEON FIsHERMEN.-The stur
geon fishermen are still operating il
the vicinity of Bowers Beach and shin
daily between two and three tons O
fish to the city markets. Some Of tn
New Jersey fishermen have bough
small lots of land in Delaware and hav
announced themselves as citizens {
this State. Thus the obnoxious la,
passed at the recent session Of the Leg
is evadci other New Jersey fisher
men keep near their own shores
their operations, und catch few lisl
Al! agree that license giving resident
Of other States the right to fish, woul
be wiser than prohibition. PeaiRsaiC
Ners.
The managers of the new line to No
folk tthe New York, Philadelphia an
Norfolk RailrOad) have ascertainC
that the ScabOard and ROanake Con
pany was using its influence again
their line in favor of the stcambOa
running to Baltimore. This has incitC
them to build line Of their own whiC
will extend from a connection with Il
Norfolk and Western Railroad at ST
folk, Va, to Wilson, n. c., distan
of 100 miles From the latter point
line 20 miles in length. under the co
troll of the Richmond e DanVille Ra
road system, is now under contra,
and extensions are to be made und
this latter system to Columbia 5.
This new route will give the Ne
York, Philadelphia & Norfolk RailrO
Company connection with the Sou
llN It's OM u anu dlllCfl lOfl'AE3 W lllNll W
make it independent Of antagonis
railway companies. The company b
placed one hundred new freight CT
on its line this week.
DELAWARE COLLEGE.-At the me
ing Of the Board of Trustees of DE
ware College, after Il lengthy discussi
on the resignation of the faculty
whole matter was referred to Il co
mittee of seven with instructions
consult with the members fthe tacu
who have resigned, and report eitl
their names for continuance or reco
mend candidates to fill their places
the June meeting The question
co-educatiOn was also referred to the
President Purncll says that he
fully made up his mind to leave
college and that the present incOm
too small for its proper support.
saws that the students are exception
" well behaved and that there has
been a case Of drunkenness in
years. lie thinks that the female
dents have had an excellent mora
feet on the young men and that
moral tone Of the college has been
waited bv their influence. Trus
Murphy and IOssinger are the i'm
cable foes Of the system Of co-cducat
The committee appointed is said t
very favorable to the retention OF
Purnel.
The newspaper thrusts at Mr..
ard are simply y wonderful, as if the
tion at large owed him grudge.
following is a sample of those iloa
in most every newspaper:
If Mr.. Bayard would appoint
self minister to Afghanistan the
pointment would be more hearth
ceived by his party than any NJ
yet made"
The Washington cOrrespondeI
Philadelphia Times, in recent
says 50 Not many days
Mr. Whitelcy of this State, one OF
retary Bayard's most earnest adm
and supporters, came to this city
a few friends and protested agalns
policy pursued by the Sccretar
claring that if he continued IN
way the Democrats would loos
State. The Salisbury element
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