Smyrna times., 1885-02-04

torship for Duck Creek hundred will
fall to the lot of James Starting, near
town, whose appointment would please
the large number of his friends. The
Levy Court convened yesterday and
the appointments will be made to-mor-
row.
IT may be a matter of convenience,
as there is so much marrying going on,
for parties to know it is not necessary
to make a pilgrimage to Dover to pro-
cure a license, but that this little
though very important document can
be obtained of E. J. Colt, Justice of the
Peace, in this town.
BOYS caught in one night last week
in the barn of TheO. w. Cavender,
sixty English sparrOws that had taken
shelter there. Mr.. G. says that there
are at least thousand about his prem
ises, the tendency of the pugnacious
little things being to drive blue birds,
wrens and other desirable birds away.
The social event of the farming
country a few miles East of the town
last week was an oyster supper at the
residence of VIM. Geo. Truax, on
Thursday evening, near Rothwell's
Landing. 1t was largely attended, the
visitors had a social, good time,
and they made the oysters fly, you
bet.
MAJOR GEO. A. HILTON, of Wash
ingtOn, d. c., who has been assisting
Rev H. S. Thompson, at EastOn, Md,
in revival service the past week OF
two, will conduct the services at the
NJ. E. Church this evening and deliver
a temperance lecture at the same place
tomorrow afternoon at q o'clock. He
will preach at Dover tomorrow even
ing.
WE have had ice for two weeks.
The ice men have not been able to
work more than a day or so at time,
but balmy day has invariably been
followed by one or two of severe
freezing weather and the consequence
is that the wants of all have been sup
piled. The cold snap Of Monday gave
q chance for those who had not, to COM
plete the harvest with good ice.
GEO. NJ. STEVENSON, the Inspector
for this hundred, went to Dover yes
terday with the vote of this place, to
meet the other Inspectors of the
county in the canvass of the vote of
the county, which was easily done,
Joshua Bennett, ST., OfMilford hundred,
being the only candidate in the field,
who was declared elected to fill the
place made vacant by the ineligibility
of VIM. T. Watson.
IF there is anything in the old super
stition about the ground hog we are
to have six weeks more of Winter.
The saying is that the ground hog
comes from his Winter retreat on the
2nd of February (which was Mouday),
and if he cannot see his shadow there
will be no more Winter, but Monday
was a sunny day and consequently his
hOgship did see his shadow, and re-
tired for six more weeks of hibernat-
ing.
William Cooper, said to be the con-
fidential clerk of a London jewelry
firm, was arrested yesterday in Louis
vile, charged with stealing iewclry
valued at $4,000 from his employers. y
THE question naturally arises among
his former acquaintance and play
mates of this town whether this is our
William Cooper of precious memory
who few months ago finished a five
year term in London penitentiary for
a successful forgery on the Bank OF
England.
THE NelU Era, the new paper of Mid
dletOwn, was issued last week, a bright
sheet of twenty-eight columns, we'll
filled with interesting local and Sc
lected matter. The paper is Demo-
cratic but not partizan in the strict
sense, proposing, the editors say, to
treat all political questions in a fair
and straightforward manner. +. w.
Reeve is the editor, while c. J. Free
man will have charge of the mechan-
cal department.
JAMES T. TRUAX, residing near Sew
ersOn's Church, while out directing the
feeding of his stock ON Sunday morn.
ing fell suddenly from a vertignous
attack and remained unconcious fol
nearly half hour after he was carried
to the house. His condition of course
caused a good deal of alarm to hi:
family and'medical assistance was OBJ
tanned as soon as possible. He was
very weak for a day or two but ha.
nearly recovered his usual health.
On Friday last J. B. Evans, of the
Diamond State Pickling Company
killed a muskrat in that establishment
where it had taken refuge behind some
barrels. 1t had been seen severa
times before, first, shortly after the
burning of the stables near by, the lat
ter part of October, whittier it haC
been brought, it is supposed, in a loaC
T of marsh hay, and escaped to this place
when the fire occurred. 1t had nevel
disturbed anything but some onions.
WEDDINGS are coming this Winte
thick and fast, and of all kind
and conditions, but the last,
, young but cleverly out of hi
teens to widow, the mother of si1
, children, in the slang language of th
street, takes the cake" The younJ
/ man, it is said, had his choice between
the mother and the daughter, and h
took the mother. On the marryin,
question people will do as they please
= if they can't have their way abou
anything else.
The scarcity of muskrats, favorit,
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