Smyrna times., 1885-08-05

VIM. Andrew Moore has been made
Postmaster ut Wyoming in place of
John II. Jakes.
Lewes is to have seaside Agricul-
tural Association. The indispensable
race course is being made.
Jonathan G. Cooper of near Willow
Grove, Kent county, raised tifty-seven
and One-half bushels of oats per acre.
J. II. George, of Milford, has been
elected Superintendent Of the public
schools in New Castle, vice Prof. Gar
ber resigned.
Messrs. Walker & Mcdaniel purchas
cd at sherifi's sale, A acres of land near
Dmah's Corner, formerly belonging to |
Truitt Melvin, for 1894.
The Cannon Brothers of Bridgeville |
will not run their canning factory this |
season, says the SeafOrd Item. They |
fear that peaches will be too high.
The price paid for the Delaware,
Maryland & Virginia is reported to be |
S2,00O,OOO, and that it was paid to keep |
the Baltimore 4 Ohio road from getting |
it.
Dir. William n. Hamilton of Odessa !
was overcome by the heat July 22nd !
He has recovered, but prudently re
Trains from driving about for the pres
ent.
During a thunderstorm Sunday week
lightning struck the spre of the Epis-
c0pal Church at Laurel and damaged
it to the extent of about two hundred
dollars.
Archie Cudney of Little Creek hun
dred, who was put in prison on We'd
nesday under the charge of committing
rape on Sarah BucksOn of Leipsic is
still in prison.
If Bro. RoOp, the new editor of the
SeafOrd Item keeps on improving the
paper as he has begnn, he may sooner
than he expected, be able to win that
fair hand he is after.
Messrs. Richardson & Robbins are
reported as Offering $l00 per basket
for fine yellow peaches suitable for can
ming purposes, but up to this time they
have not succeeded in buying any at
that price.
The railroad company have built a
baggage room ut the Dover passenger
depot and are arranging Il room at the
freight depot for the office. The ladies
room will be made larger and other
improvements effected.
Harrington expects a boom since the
Delaware, Maryland & Virginia Rail
road passed under the control of the
PENNSYLVANIA Real estate has ad-
vanced from one to five dollars an acre
in the vicinity o. the town.
Rev. D. c. Ridgeway, Il pastor of the
NJ. f. Church of Milford twelve years
ago. paid that town visit last week.
He is now pastor of Mt. Auburn NJ. E.
Church, in Cincinnati, and is making a
visit to his old friends on this PENN
sula.
Professor William d. Mackey, who
has held the chair of ancient languages
and classical literature at Delaware
College for some years, has asked for Il
years rest. The trustees have elected
Professor Angelo A. Benton to Professor
Mackey's chair.
Arrangements for the purchase of
forty acres of land at EdgemOOr upon
which to erect large shops in which to
build cars are being made by the Phila-
delphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Rail-
road Company. The company's shops
in Wilmington are too small.
On Thursday Captain J. II. Bradley
sold his farm, containing 237 acres, to
james Fridel of FELTON,, for $4,000.
This farm has on it an old brick house
that was built in the year l743, and it
has remained in the family from that
time until last Thursday. .-SeGfOrd Item.
Al. Il .fr II
hay stacks, 900 bushels oats and 225
bushels wheat were burned on the
Model farm Of the Commons, near New
Castle, on Friday afternoon. The build
ings alone were worth about $1,000
James T. Morrison, the tenant, loses
heavily. A tramp is suspected of the
incendiaraism.
The old subscribers to the DeLdWdrC
PrOhibitiOniSt would like to know what
has become of that paper. In its issue
of July 1Ith they were informed that &
daily entitled The Daily Conflict would
take its place, and the editor had m
awful lot of work laid out; but the
warm weather came on and we presum'
he was afraid to tackle it.
Thomas J. Marvel, who has been 81
successful in growing Rice wheat, test
ed it side by side with the German Rec
and Fultz wheats mixed. He prepared
twelve acres of land and sOwed si-
with Rice wheat. and six with mixe'
wheat. He threshed his wheat ol
Wednesday. The Rice wheat yeilde'
fourteen bushels more than the mixe'
wheat.
The Grand Lodge Of Delaware, l. {
@. F.. has decided to take part in til
Ridpelev Monument in Baltimore d
Tuesday. September 22nd. 1t invite
all the past grands Of the various sui
ordinate lodges in the jurisdiction
Delaware to unite with it. The su0ol
dinate lodges will march in one bod
and the Wilmington Degree Camp, NJ
/, will march with the uniformed dlVl
ions in the column.
The Milford NeUs in speaking OF u
sale Of the Delaware, Maryland ~ VI
ginia road says; The failure OF u
road to pay since 1888 was the cause
its sale. Many persons regret u
withdrawal of the line of boats betwet
Lewes and New York. Especially
this feeling true of LeWes and the mo
southern points of the road, whe
some Of the people are very bitter apo
~,
feeling is that we shall be benefited
the sale.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Compar
has arranged to sell round trip tlcke
from Wilmington to New York and
turn good from August 9TH to 10Th !
1915 to give persons an opportunl
to attend the funeral of General GraI
The G. A. r. posts and other organic
tiOns, not less than fifty strong, Will
be taken at the rate 1925. \ num1
Of the G.. A. Il. men are going and -
aware will doubtless have credltal
representation in the Grand Arr
Division.
It looks as though the proposed de
ware Ship Canal is to be built, a p
ty of New Workers have been IN I
section for several days looking O.
the route and taking active steps p,
ward securing the right way. !
Sassafras route has been decided VI
and surveyors are now at work
will be remembered that some tive
wears ago this route was surveyed "