Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-07-03
OUR STATE ITEMS.

There has been $4,000 lbs. of wool
shipped from Smyrna this season, by
one firm.
A firm in seaford put up 1000 cans
of peas in one day. They bad shelled
the same day, by sOs hands, 500 !
bushels.
Jeff D. Scout has shipped this sea
son from Smyrna, 100 bushels OF +
gooseberries from one acre Of ground,
and they have lveraged in price about
Sl.75 per bushel.
Jerry Goldsborough of Smyrna, had
black cat to die on Friday of last
week that was p years and 0 months
Of age. He says it seemed like losing
one of the family.
Among the peach sales reported Is
the transferring of an orchard of 900
trees in the lower part of the county
for 50 600. The sale was made on the
basis that the trees would yield about
q, 600 baskets. Another crop has been
sold at ,35 ceuts per basket net, on the
trees.-Evers Evening.
, The large stables on the farm of
f Robert H. Lewes, one mile from Do
yer, took fire at eleven O'Clock on Sun
, day night and with adjoining build |
( ings were totally consumed. -Four
I valuable horses and two mules belong
5 ing to the tenant, Joseph Billings
: were burned to death. The origin of
r. the fire is unknown.
Il The new postal law which goes into
y effect on and after "Wednesday, July
= LIST, makes the taking of a newspaper
e and the refusal to pay for the same
y theft; and any person guilty Of such
= action is liable to criminal proceedings,
IL the same as if guilty Of stealing goods
- to the amount of his subscription. The
10 postmaster can testify in all such cases.
t. The Peninsula Press Association will
IL make its annual excursion on July %,
st leaving Wilmington at 9:4O a. N for
IA Old Point Comfort, where the night
On and Sunday aud Monday will be spent
hit at the Hygeia Hotel On Monday even
of ing July 81 the party will go by boat
lie. to Baltimore. On Tuesday morning
~ the excursion will 60 to Washington
-h- by rail, where those that have time
us may remain until Thursday evening
80 The committee on legislative re-
union met in Dover on "Wednesday
,is and decided to go to Norfolk, over the
no and Norfolk railroads. Leaving Nor
i've folk and going by sea in the Old Do
op- minion steamship line to New York
,ge city and home either by steamer t.
ler Lewes or by cars 10 Philadelphia, Tn
he exact date for the reunion was no
zen fixed, but it will be between the l2tl
me and 18th of July.
' I It gives us pleasure to be able t
~ state that the Wilmington COnferenc
- Academy will commence the mex
1,aT academic year with debt of onl
'ds $40 900 against the property Of the II
io+ stitution, which is worth at yer
oh low estimate, $4,000. This undoub
'eir edly places the school oil asolid final
rtv. cial foundation, and insures the pc
adj mauencv of the institution, which
SIN. now paying annually above runnin
,sed expenses about eight hundred dollar
nry which is more than enough to pa
)uis interest on the debt and insurance O
red the buildings. We are pleased TO no
Iges the fact that the trustees have in col
the temptation the erection Ofan additiO
zee. al building at an early date for the a
ula- commodation of the young ladies wi
uoo attend the school,
900 60 The first commencement exercis
fIe of the Smyrna public school was he
q Of in the town hall on Friday evenin
/ is and was greeted 10y one of the large
the and refined audiences ever gathered
rine the hall. The graduating class nun
,ard bered five. The hall was handsome
+ in decorated with flowers. Upon I
lers! stage were seated the school directo
hty- town commissioners, the Revs. J.
Ouigg, w. S. Robinson, and J.
Their France and the graduates. T
1t IA exercise s were opened by pray
that after which L. Irving Handy, I
long principal presented diplomas to
the ',roduatas with n brief and enterta
puma ing address. The Rev. w. S. Rob
une son, of Milford, was next introduc
IL " and delivered the commencement o
i' ~ ton, his subject being Education
by ne suIeos ,''' o. oai ,IastorIv mann
Ill, I'll demonstrating conelusiyely the resu
-, = obtained by a through education
It an the masses.
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