Smyrna times., 1886-11-10
Closing Of nEniIn.
County and State Items

AOJ SSAAA 9GdCS Items.
A revival of considerable interest is
in progress at Wesley, on Newark
charge, Rev. G. w. Prettyman, pastor.
1t is said the Gray men put 10000
pounds of oleOmargarine in Sussex the
day before electiOn.-PeninsuIar Ne1Os.
Thomas Dale Stewart, of Port Penn.
was married on October 28th to Miss
Clara Gordon, of BridgevilIe, Della
ware.
The triumphant Democracy must
not forget their pledges for reform in
the State constitution. ATiddLetoqVn
Transcript.
Many rod was put in pickle Tues
day for use two years hence, and back
slashing then will be more vigorous
than it was this week. Milford Groni-
Gle.
On November 18th the sporting fra
ternity of Delaware and the Philadel.
phia Gun Club, are to meet near Fred
erica and engage in a field trial of set
ter and pointer dogs.
On the 10th inst, at 4.3O o'clock
Walter S. Letherbury and Miss Lizzie
Nowland, of Middletown, daughter of
DIR. and Mrs. E. F. Nowland, will be
married in the NJ. E. Church.
On Thursday afternoon Isaac G. Lof-
lands ice house, near the station, at
Dover, was burning. The Robbins
Hose Company answered the alarm
and saved the building, only the roof
and the upper sides being destroyed.
About 100 "black cat' or scratched
tickets were pOlled in Mispillon. Not
over ~ per cent of the voters turned
out and at least seventy-fve Republi-
cans tailed to vote. 1t took the cleo
ton officers until o'clock on Wednes-
day afternoon, nearly twenty-four hours
to read out the ballots.
Railroad engineers don't like to be
on duty moonlight nights. 1t racks
their nerves to pieces watching the
shadows. These are so frequent and
so life-like and in so many spots that
threaten danger, and it is almost i'm
possible with the rush of the train to
seperate the shadows from the sub
stance.
The Temperance Reform speakers at
their meetings told the people to vote
as they prayed, but when a number of
them IN Wilmington came to vote they
found they couldn't do the voting part.
They were disfranchised. Perhaps the
next time they will attend to the as
sessment before going to prayers.-Re-
publican.
The 2Sth Annual meeting of the LO-
cal Preachers and Exorters Association
of the NJ. r. Church in this conference
will meet at MiddletOwn on Friday
evening, November 18th, inst. The
services for Sunday are as follows ::
Prayer service at $50 A. NJ; Love
Feast at A. M; Preaching at lO.3OA.
NJ, by Rev. Daniel Green; Children's
Meeting at 2 P. NJ; preaching at 7.90
p. NJ, by Rev. J. c. Lassell.
Certainly EUery EUening is not so
ignorant of state affairs that it does
not know that the county orders of
Sussex are discounted as much as %
per cent. for cash, and that there is not
enough county funds in hands to pay
witness fees; that being unable to pay
the sheriff his fees, the Levy Court has
allowed him per cent. on the debt.
E'Uerg EUening ought to know that Sus-
sex county has no credit except at a
higher rate than per cent.-Milford
NelCs.
Rev. A. D. Davis, AccOmac county,
Va, has been spending q few DAYS
with his family in Georgetown. He
returned Friday to complete the ar
rangements for the dedication in few
days Of two new churches, one at Hall
wood, and the laying of the corner
stone of another. Mr.. Davis has before
this rehtted this year one church and
built anOther-a total of five churches
for the conference year, having begun
IN March with five members. Bishop
w. F. Mallalieu, D. D., of New Orleans,
will assist at the dedication of the
churches, November 10th and 17th.-
SuSser Journal.
KENTON ITEMs.-ThOmas J. Cues
ford, son of James Guesford, died at
his fathers residence near Downs
Chapel on Wednesday last. This is
the fifth grown child Mr.. GuesfOrd has
lost in about two years.
Several new buildings are going up
in town. There is more activity in
this line than has been displayed for
sometime. w. d. Wilds is erecting a
small building to be used by him as a
pOst-OfIice.
The old Nelson school-house near
Central Mills, is being replaced by a
new and more ample building. w. B.
Bowman of KentOn, has the contract
PrOtracted services in the NJ. E.
church have been going on for nearly
three weeks, but as yet no revival of
religion has taken place.
JURORS FOR NovEMBER.-The fol-
lowing is the first panel of petit jurors
drawn for the November term of the
Superior Court and the Court of Gen
eral Sessions in the hundreds of St.
Georges, AppOquinimink and Black
bird:
St. Georges WhittOck, Will
liam G. Janvier, James S. McMullen.
Observation-Disclosures J. Beck
Robert ID. Ratledge.
lackbird--Thomas Middleton,
Grandon Reed.
The second panel is as follows:
st. Georges. Fletcher Deakyne,
Jacob Foster, Wilson f. Vandegrift.
Appoquinimink--Israel PritcharG,
Samuel G. Thomas, Duval Gibbs.
Blackbird-William l.. Collins, Ana
Mas Ennis, William L. Collins.
The list of petit jurors for the Court
of Oyer and Terminer is as follows:
St. GeOrges-FraDk p. Padley and
Ephiram Beaston.
Appoquinimink-Harry Lee, James
f. Moore.
Blackbird-Joseph VanPelt, Vincent
s. Belts.