Smyrna times., 1885-09-16
County and State Items.

melon weighing sixty-eight pounds.
Messrs. Richardson & Robbins have
been averaging $4,000 cans of peaches
daily for weeks.
Mr.. Harvey has been awarded the
contract for building the new school
house at FELTON,, for $2,400
Isaac A. Kinder, a farmer near
Bridgeville, has two pumpkins growing,
one Of which already weighs 10S pounds,
and the other 98.
George w. Ingram has sold, for the
estate of Charles Tatman, the Kelly
farm, at FELTON,, to Lewis Macky of
Pennsylvania, for 81, 1000 cash.
Col. VIM. Huntington Cannon, of Sea-
ford, a well-knOwn man, once the own
er of a fine plantation and many slaves, |
died at that place last week in abject |
poverty.
The farm of the late Thomas w. Bel
willie, situated in Red Lion hundred, |
and containing 121 acres, was sold on
saturday last at public sale, to Miles
Clark, $S,825.
DIR. Henry Ridgely sold load of
peaches at Wyoming, on Wednesday,
at Sl.3l per basket, that were grown
on trees thirty years old, they being
planted in 1855.
Delaware has no election this year,
and everybody seems to be glad except
Benny Biggs, who expects to receive
the Democratic nomination for Cover
nOr.-BredklUater Light.
The quantity of evaporated peaches
Ghis year will hardly be enough to
make market. All the evaporators
Ill the middle of the county have run
nearly exclusively upon pears.
The lighthouse at Fourteen-foot
Bank, Delaware Bay, in place of the
ightship, will be completed by October
1st. The foundation extends thirty-fve
feet below the bottom of the sea.
State Superintendent of Schools T.
n. Williams and his bride returned
from their wedding trip to Ocean Grove
and New York on Wednesday, and
began housekeeping at No l4O2 Harri-
son street Wilmington.
Rev. Henry Runner, of st. Georges,
has received a unanimous call from the
First Presbyterian Church of Parkers-
burg, West Virginia, and it is expected
that at an early date, Mr.. Runner will
remove thitheT.
The Wilmington Conference Acade-
my:was opened with about 80 scholars
I'm attendance. There are a number
more expected. Professors Gooding
and Conweil think the present atten
dance this year will be better than any
preceding year.
The Daily Conflict, which was to
have made its first appearance Mon
day afternoon, has been abandoned,
financial disappointment having pre-
vented its publication. On Thursday,
however, c. II. Sentman, who was to
have been editor of the Conflict, will
issue a prospectus for q small daily pa
per, five columns to the page, to be
called the Independent, which is to ap-
pear soon.
The daily disbursement Of money at
Wyoming for peaches during the past
few weeks, saws the Sentinel has aver
aged $4,000. On Wednesday one
shipper when he closed his car-doOrs
had paid $3.50 for his carload of 700
of peaches. One grower received $40
for load of peaches this week, and
another got $500 per basket for some
double extras.
About two weeks since young farm
er named Charles B. Donovan, living
three miles east of Milford, left home
and has not since been heard Of At
the same time DOnOvan's wife's sister
left her home, and it is thought the
two elOped. Donovan turned all he
could into cash. The rest of his prop
erty was sold by Constable Wilkins to
satisfy debts.-NelCs.
A DISASTROUS FIRE.-Zebulon Hop
kins, about a mile from Pennington
had his barn and stables burned Satur.
day night about twelve o'clock, together
with zoo bushels of wheat and 600 Of
corn. Two horses were burned tC
death in the flames two others were
burned so badly that they probably
will die. A wind mill, new self binder
wagons, carts and big lot of hay anC
fodder were destroyed. The loss il
about $4,000, partially insured in diff
ferent companies.
J. Frank Wilds, Register of Wills fo
Kent county, has granted letters of ad
ministration to Anna White on the es
tate of John w White South Murder
kill hundred; to Jas. II. Thomas OIL
the estate of Sarah Harman, late o
North Murderkil hundred; to Fanni
Shane upon the estate of VIM. Shane
of MispiiliOn hundred; to TheOphilu
II. Jones upon the estate Of Robert
Wetherby late of Dover; to Albert I
HOfecker of MOOrtOn on the estate O
VIM r. CahoOn of Dover.
The Fruit Exchange at Wyoming
successful; but it is no more like tn
exchange projected two years ago tha
potatoes are like peaches. The pre-
posed Exchange contemplated tn
grading and inspection of all fruit-nO
only that brought to Wyoming, bu
that shipped from other stations. Thi
was to be sold by the carload unsee
by the purchaser, &c. The Exchang
as it exists is merely an auction blOcl
where the highest bidder for a wagoI
load gets it. Subscribers to the El
change get the use of clerk and au'
tiOneef.
TAKING So A MONTH FROM UNCL
SAM.-The United States District COu
has indicted Isaac w. Windsor, of Sci
ford, for obtaining a pension undo
false pretences. Windsor is go yea
old and came from the war uninjure
Subsequently he was cut upon the hea
while fighting, and later he had tv
fingers cut off by a machine. Wht
he applied for a pension he made at
davit that he was cut upon the hes
with "A sabre. His application W
granted, and for considerable tin
he drew So per month. Subsequent
he made application for an increase
pension on the allegation that he HI
his fingers shot away, and it was du
ing the latter period that the fraud W
discovered and the indictment foun
The DR.. Ashcraft Farm, near Ma
nOlia, has full crop of peaches u
year, as we stated some three mont
ago The yield will be from $4,000
10000 baskets, and the tenant, SAINT
A. Armstrong, has experienced cons
erable difficulty in getting his fruit
picked. II has been stated that he {
peeted to realize $4,000 for his sha
of the ePOD which Is One-balf! but q