Smyrna times., 1886-08-04

John b. Moore, Esq, son of DIR. John
A. Moore, of FELTON,, former resident
of Smyrna, who has been a clerk in the
State Department, was on Wednesday
nominated by the President to be |
Third Assistant Secretary of State.
Mr.. Moore is a worthy young man of /
high character, strict integrity and fine |
abilities as lawyer and scholar is we'll |
deserving the high honor conferred |
upon him.
The corn crop of the Peninsula will |
be poor one this year. Many fields |
have been abandoned to the grass and |
weeds; while in others the hot suns i
after so much rain has burned or scald- |
ed the corn and the stalks are yellow |
and unhealthy. On the low lands west |
of Harrington some farmers have dis |
charged their help because they will |
not raise enough corn to pay for it.
PeninsuIdr NeWs.
On the other hand the DeLdlUdrean
says the corn prospect never looked
better in the vicinity of Dover.
Elijah Lynch, of Frankford, was
thrown from his dearborn by the upset
ting of barrel of -four on which he
was setting on Tuesday of last week
and sustained a fracture of his collar
bone. He was also considerably bruis-
ed about the body. Mr.. Lynch is 80
years old and he will recover slowly if
at all.-SUsSer Journal.
Mr.. Lynch has since died, expiring
on Sunday evening. He was the step
father of Mrs Sallie +. Richards of this
town. He was estimated to be worth
$4,000.
WEALTH OF PENINSULA EDITORs.--
There are about seventy editors OK this
Peninsula, and the amount of money
they are worth is estimated at over
SIS, 8,000,0 ,000.-CmOline Democrat. The
Democrat should be more careful in its
statements. Above all things they
should not underrate the wealth of
Peninsular editors. 1t is of course a
well known fact that Peninsular editors
will average $2,000,0O0 each all around.
We are at loss to understand why
| the Democrat should make so under
rating a statement, unless it be that
the proprietor is trying to persuade
| the Caroline commissioners to tax him
| only one million. ChestertOUn Tran
script.
These are indeed hard times, when a
| shrinkage in investments is quite
naturally to be expected when sub
| scriptions are paid in corn cObs, cab
bage and hound pups, but principally
in promises but for all this we cannot
! see why the wealth of our editors
! should be estimated so low. 1t is true
| that the owners of one or two new pa
! pers do not reach a million each but
the average is far above these figures.
| -PeninsULGr NelUs.
! BY the way, when editors become so
rich as our contemporaries above say
they are, isn't, itabOut time to quit TAX
ing turnips, pumpkins and corn cObs for
subscriptions? Next thing they will be
for issuing shin-plasters.
A DELAWARE POSTMASTER IN TROU-
BLE.-Henry F. Mullen, druggist of
Delaware city, New Castle county was
appointed postmaster at that place
about year ago. He gave as bonds
men his father, his father-in-law, and
two other citizens there, in the sum of
$4,000. On Wednesday last post Of
flee inspector visited the office and
found a defalcation of $2,171.53. Null
len, who is only tWenty-six years of
age, admitted his guilt, explaining that
he had speculated and lost, but said
that he had still 81 $50 invested with
SChlice & Co., of Wilmington, and Mer-
ritt & Smith, of Philadelphia, brokers,
which he thought would be recovered.
A few years ago young Mullen allowed
81, 100 worth of Of notes to be protested
on account Of another unfortunate ven
ture in stocks, and his father, taking
up the note acquired the whole interest
of the drug store. He was arraigned
before United States Commissioner
Smith, at 10 o'clock Saturday morning,
on charge made against him by United
States Post Office Inspector Harrison.
The privilege being granted, the pris-
Oner decided to waive the hearing and
entered a plea of not guilty. He was
released on furnishing $2,500 bail, for
his appearance at the September term
of the United States, District Court.
With the exception of his father, Null
lens bOndsmen are Republicans.