Smyrna times., 1885-07-22

County and State Items.
John Behen recently bought two
acres near the Dover water works for
500.
The brick dwelling of Elias s. Reed,
below the Square, in Dover was sold
last week to Alex. Is. Cooper, for 81 $50.
Several orchards of fruit were sold
in the vicinity of Milford last week.
The price varied from SO 1-3 to 36 cents
per basket.
Treats factories at Georgetown have
shut down about One-half and many
workmen have been discharged for the
time being.
Thirty carpenters are engaged III re-
building the barn recently destroyed
by fire on the farm of Jonathan X.
Williams of Odesse.
The almshouse farm of Kent county,
r. b. Lewis farmer, yielded .759 bush
els of wheat this year. A tallOw field
produced - bushels to the acre.
DIR. William Marshall of Milford lost
his pocket-book July 18th, containing
SS5 and number OF valuable papers.
The book has been returned to him,
but without the cash.
Samuel d. Gordon, late editor of the
s S.aford Enterprise. and {. c. Kinney
are said To propose the publication of Il
new paper, the Laurel Enterprise, ut
Laurel in Il few weeks.
George w. Cosden, agent of the
Philadelphia. Wilmington u Baltimore
Railroad ut North East, and Miss Sarah
f. Mackey Of Newark, We're married
at the residence Of the brides father.
Prof VIM d. Mackcy ON Wednesday
last.
Dir. Thomas Cahall, after a lingering
sickness. died ON Wednesday in Fred
erica. He will be much missed both
i'm the church and in society. He was
held in high esteem by his friends and
was generally regarded as an able ply
sician.
If the appellations given by some of
the colored people to the churches to
which they belong, continue to increase
in length as rapidly in the future as in
the past. somebody will have to invent
an additional alphabet in order to fur
initial letters for their titles.
Wilmington is rejoiaing over steam. =.
boat war, as round trips between that
place and Philadelphia now cost but %
cents. The war was inaugurtcd by
the company owning the BrdndyCine
and UILmingtOR, to drive the Mary
Morgan out of competition with them.
The Milford Chronicle of Saturday
says: "There are no positive arrange
ments vet made for the sale of the Della
ware, Maryland & Virginia railroad.
The Pennsylvania refuses to pay the
price asked without several conditions,
that are obnoxious to the present own
crs.
The store and house Of Dennis Ahern
of Blackbird station were burned on
last Thursday evening. The cellar
under the store contained good deal
of kerosene oil and powder. The prop
erty was insured forSl 100. Mr.. Ahern
had just opened the store, and the loss
is considerable.
Dr. Robert Collins, Of Milford died on
the llth. inst. Five or six days pre-
Viously he suffered Il hemorrhage and
was confined to his home. lie then
said to his wife that his life work was
over, and SO it proved at the age of ~
years. DR.. Collins leaves a wife, the
daughter of d. G.. Godwin, Esq, and
two children.
" Pot Nets" the famous resort foI
southeastern Sussex county, will not
be open to the public hereafter, it Is
said POT Nets" belonged to the
Shovel estate and the Widow Shovel
always respected in ancient custom
but last winter State Treasurer John
Mitchell Houston married Mrs. Shovel
and he has fenced in Pot Nets.
The Piougasdare is the name of 1
new agricultural paper to be issue
from Wilmington on August lst. IT.
editors will be f. +. Bach, well know
as one Of the editors of the MorHiH!
Neus, and the publishers Rossiter 4
I.yndall The prospectus ofthe Ho"gh
share says it will be prepared with al
eve single to the interests of the PENN
sula.
Charles VI. Newlin Of Newport, il
Christiana hundred, has been appOlnte'
United States marshal for this district
10 succeed Henry H. McMullen, who's
commission does not expire until Ma
10th. 1886 Mr. NeWlin was recommend
4d by Secretary Of State Bayard, GOV
ernOr StOckley, United States Senate
Gray and many other prominent an
influential citizens. He is well know
and popular.
Many of our Peninsula exchange
note the prevalence Of dysentory
their respective neighbOrhOods, cause
doubtless, by eating green fruit an
poorly cooked vegetables. Fruit an
vegetables Of all kinds arc wholcsom
diet in hot weather and will neVC
cause dysentery or other sickness
the former is ripe and the latter
cooked done before scrving.-MigoI
NelCs
The bids for dredging BroadkiI
creek between Milton and the junctio
Of Lcwes creek To remove about 43,OO
cubic yards Of dirt, were opened Ia
week by United States Agent w.
Smith The American Dredging Con
pany, Philadelphia, y cents per cuh
yard, in place, and seven cents
bucket. was the lowest bidder. II
company has been recommended Tor u
contract and it will doubtless he gIV'
it.
The State Board Of Education held
meeting at Dover July 14th in pur5
ance to an act Of the Legislature
the purpose Of adopting a course
textbooks for the public schools OF I
State. There were added to this coui
Harpcr's Advanced Arithmetic a
Barncs's Primary History Of the Unit
States, as supplementary to books
ready in use, and Stecle's Abridg
Physiology and Hygiene, the Harpe
Song Collection, Nos. l and 2and Go
perthwait & Co.'S Business Standa
Writing Chart The board agreed
meet August 19lh, to eTamine apl
cants for first grade and life certilicat
Maryland Items.
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