Smyrna times., 1885-05-27

Edward Sapp and George DehOrity
of FELTON, have bought the Railroad
Hotel at Harrington for $4,000
Mrs Mary Ware, widow of John
Ware, died at Pearson's Corner Kent
county, May 18th, aged rs years.
Knowing farmers say that ,he aver
ace Weld Of wheat in New Castle, county
this wear will not reach 10 bushels per
acre.
P.J. Hart of Harts Hotel, Milton,
has leased the Eagle Hotel at George
town for two years from January lst,
1886, at $500 year.
The first berry train from Norfolk,
Monday, for Philadelphia and New
York. had three cars, one for the form
er and two for the latter.
The Delaware Conference of the M.
f. Church meets at Salisbury, on
Thursday, the 28th inst, and will be
presided over by Bishop Foster.
GEORGETOWN stands out grand,
gloomy and peculiar" the only town in
the county that has not been affected by
the roller skating rink craze.-DemO-.
crdt.
Cattle owners near Wilmington, are
alarmed over a fresh outbreak of cOnta
gious plcuro-pneumOnia in two large
herds in Brandywine and Christiana
hundred,.
Prof. John B. Ritchie of Wilmington,
will furnish music for Hotel Henlopen
at Rehoboth Beach, this Summer. This
will be the third year for the Professor
at the HenlOpen.
The fight for the post-oflice at Ken
ton has narrowed down to John Taylor
and Denny Wilds The other appli-
cants have got tired of waiting for the
Administration, and quit.
Prof. r. Williams was in Seaford last
week. Somebody made him present
of IL white hat, which gives him such Il
handsome appearance, says the Enter
prise, that he made Il mash" while
there.
The contract for printing the Senate
Journal has been awarded by Charles
w. McFee, Clerk. to Messrs. Freeman
& Reeve, of MiddlctoWn, at 10 cents
per page, ten cents per page lower
than the next lowest offer
Jas. Smith, of Mordington Mills, has
leased of Ex-Governor Hall and others,
100 acres of shore land at Bockum-Bri
Inlet. between Shearly's Bar and Ben
nett's Pier, and fitted it up for making
fish phosphate and fish oil.
Colonel Enoch Moore. United States
Fish Commissioner for Delaware, is ar
ranging for new supplies of German
carp, trout and salmon for the coming
season. He is to have a Matching ap-
paratus sent from Washington.
Five of the female members of St
Pauls NJ. T.. Church, Wilmington
have been elected members of the
board of stewards. 1t is said to be
the first instance of the kind in the
Wilmington Conference, if not in any
conference in the United States.
Thomas A. Reese and William r
Reese, executors of the last will anC
testament of John r. Reese of New
Castle county, have sold the farm o
the deceased, consisting Of 10 acres OF
Bohemia Manor, near St. Augustine
Cecil county to Gcorgiana Reese, TO
$4,000.
The Milford Chronicle states tha
Capt. Holt has made arrangements t
run his new steamer regularly betWeel
that place and Philadelphia. She car
ries ninety tons and draws three fee
and IL half of water, and will max
communication between the two place
cheap and prompt.
William Ruthwell, residing on Wi
liam Poll'S farm, near Bohemia Mill
is said to have one of the best appear
inc and most promising fields of whea
in the neighborhood Of Middletowl
Mr.. Rothwell is a lucky farmer. II
has been farming six years, durin
which he has had five crops of peache
and has good propects Of another b
crop this MiddIetOUR TrdnScrip
The Washington Star says Mi
Katharine Bayard, daughter OF the Be
retary Of State, is perhaps the mo
fearless and daring lady rider III Il
city. Several days ago, simply as
matter of sport, she rode over the lof
steeplechase course at the racetrac
taking every barrier, including Il
water Jump, with as much ease al
grace as most ladies ride upon smOo
level.
STOCKING THE DELAWARE VIII
SHAD.-A schooner belonging to Il
United States Fish Commission h
been anchored off Gloucester for sevC
al davs past. She is engaged in pr
curing shad roe from Howell q Hun
fishery, which is placed III the hatch'
les on board. AS fast as the you
shad are Matched they are placed
the river A large quantity OF I
young fry will be taken away a
placed in other rivers.
A COSTLY BRIDGE.-A new brid
over Jones' creek at Dover Is to
built by H. ]. Enright for S3,627, a
$3.50 more in case coping needs to
done The bridge is to be forty Il
wide. ample enough for seven or eI2
carriges to 90 Of breast, very /
nessarv expense for the amount
travel passing that way, especially a
similar and much more costly struct'
is to be built over the mIllp0nd lr
State street TO smyrna road. 30
potent influence causes wonder
leakage Of the cOunty's finances III
vicinity of the capital.
KITCHEN GARDENING.-On the
ternOOn and nightOf Monday, june
there will be an exhibition oi kl'c'
garden education at the Winning
lnSllJuLe, Dy dDOAtO fsN'A's
who have been under the tuition
the Young Women's Christian Tenn
ance Union during the past WIN
This method is a novel way OF teach
housework, entirely new to the =
ofDelaware, although in successful
Grafton elsewhere 1t is donbly, G
mendable inusmuch as tits eXceedlr
helpful to those who share its benz
and represents practical effort to
children.-MOrniag NeicS.
WORKING ON NSUNDAY.-The MID
town correspondent Of ECe'y Ece
has the following in reference TO
Sabbath breaking propensltles oi
railroad
"There is much complaint
against the railroad company tor
ming trains and doing work on Sun
on the track which could be done
ing the week days. Yesterday v
they worked through Townsend
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