Smyrna times., 1885-04-22

THE Sunday school of Severson's
church has been reorganized by the
election of the following officers Sup
erintendent, VIM. Keiser Assistant
Superintendent, Joseph Windle'; Lady
Superintendent, Mrs. G. H. Griffith /;
Librarian, w. E. Riggs, Jr. Every
officer and teacher were at their post
and the prospect is for a very success
ful school.
THE Game of Polo on rollers last
night at Dover, between a picked six
of Smyrna and Dover respectively, re-
suited in favor of the latter, by a score
of four to one. A second game will be
played at the rink in this town next
Tuesday evening. Professor Davis is
announced as the attraction for Thurs
day Friday and Saturday night at the
rink in this town.
The additions to the store room on
the Commerce street side of the Cooper
Building are about completed, and J.
B. Cooper will occupy it this week with
stock of dry goods, queensware, will
lOwware, and fancy goods. Among the
other improvements to the room have
been a large bulk-wiDdow, and large
doors, thus making it an attractive as
well as comfortable place of business.
DELAwAREANs in the far Western
Territories write home about the beau
tiful Spring they have had, and Dakota
reports wheat seeding as early as the
5th inst, while the earliest time usually
is the 10th of April. 1t looks as if win
ter this year had got lost while on a
tour of Southern observations. The
feeling the last day or two however is
that it has taken its departure to more
Northern climes.
JAMES MCCARTER, as attorney for
John Ruhl, will sell his personal prop
erty near DeXter's corner at public sale
on Tuesday next. Mr.. McCarter. who !
has had considerable business with the |
RuhFs says he has found them perfectly !
fair and honorable in ali their dealings, |
and enterprising, but their |
mania for stealing has broken up their |
home here as it did in Pennsylvania. |
There is no one on the property now
but Mrs. Ruhl.
The assessed property of Duck creek
hundred is as follows ; Real estate,
81 ,5l2,394 personal property, $ll2, ,l40;
poll, S267 800 aggregating 81 1872, ,034.
KentOn hundred, real, 81 ,020, 500 per-
sonal, S1l5O7S poll, POS, 200 aggrega-
Ting 81 ,34l, ,S74. Little creek hundred,
real, $795, 293 personal, 83,774 poll,
sl3S. 700 aggregatiug, 81, ,0l7,767 The
Otal for the county, real, $ll 400, ,634
personal, $1,O13,2 POS, poll, 81, ,425, 200
lggregating, $l4, ,839,524.
THE average pay of the members of
he Legislature was, for New Castle
county, about 1925 Kent county,
'3l5; Sussex county. 1928. The Off
ers were, speaker Cooper, $4.25 Chas.
v. McFee, clerk Of the Senate, Sl300
:. II. Foster. Sergeant-at-arms, $40
Rev. T. f. Martindale, chaplain, $75
peaker Comegys, S4232O; G. l.. Viii
umson. Clerk, $500; Daniel IIirsch;
eading clerk, $500 ; Rev. J. F. Stone
ipher. chaplain, SO; VIM. J. Rankin,
rgeant-at-arms, $3.50.
FRESH mackerel have been in the
eninsula market the past week. These
sh were caught off the Delaware
apes. The fishermen commence in
iarch and continue until November.
he catch Gommencrs Il little south of
ape HenlOpen and the fish are followed
} the banks of Newfoundland, As
le fishermen have the opportunity
ley run in to Philadelphia, New York .
nd Boston where they find good mar
cts. Philadelphia gets the first of the
itch, Boston the best.
LAST Saturday was pre-eminently fish /
ny in our market, six or seven loads of
lad, herring, perch, rock, &C., the two
rst predOminating. There were very
w tamiliesin the town or country who .
id not have nice broil or fry for their d,
lnday morning breakfast. They sold :
about ten cents a pound and one .
lrchaser who had bought three fine "
lad, the owner by the way of several I
ne farms, was heard to remark that I
almost brought tears to his eyes to =
e that it took two bushels and a peck :
corn to buy three shad. Fond I
emory carried him back to the davs 1
hen one bushel of corn would have !;
ought him two pairs of shad Just as =
ne. These were the days before cheap :,
when corn was king y u :,
our commercial market y