Smyrna times., 1886-04-28

WIN. "A. HUTCHINSON mas taken charge
of the school at Deakyneville, and re-
ports the school as being we'll advanced.
The convention of the Diocese Of
Delaware, of the P. E. Church, meets
in Seaford the first Wednesday of June.
DR.. J. w. Sharp, of Camden, is strick-
en- down with "Aphasia," breaking
down of the brain power, the loss of
speech and use of muscles.
w. H. Crow, of New Castle, brother
in-law of William II. Herbert, ESQ,
has been appointed to position in one
of the departments at Washington.
The committee appointed to have
printed and bound the minutes of coun-
Gil from 1776 to 1892 awarded the print
ing to James Kirk s. Son, of Dover.
Mrs. Clara A. f. Huntington has
sold her farm, situated about two miles
west of Dover, and containing about
one hundred and ten acres, to Mr..
Aurand, for $4,000.
John Humphreys barn, in Chrstiana
Hundred, was burned Thursday even
ing. Two horses and three. cows were
burned, besides considerable machin-
cry. Loss about $2,500; insurance
slight.
The Milford Chronicle says: The
bugs that did SO much damaged to the
pear and cherry blossoms last year, arc
again making their appearance. In size
they approximate the potato bug, but
their color is little darker.
jacob Cuykendall of Milford, who
went to Kansas City recently, says that
he met Collingwood F. Hallett, the
murderer, in that city. Hallett was
permitted to escape from the George
town Jail about three years ago.
Governor Stockley has granted a
pardon to Alfred Boice, cOlOred man,
who has been confined in New Castle
Jail for Is years for a murder of white
man named John Mawheney, on Au-
gust 9th, 1871, between Middletown
and Armstrong; Corner.
Jacob G. Brown, of Wyoming, says
that any man who plOws his peach or
chard in March ought not to have
peaches. He never commences to till
his peach orchard until after corn
planting. Then he keeps up the tillage
until it is time to gather the fruit. He
rarely misses crop.
At the quarterly meeting of the
Directors of the Kent County Mutual
Insurance Company held last week
the interest OF the deposit notes was
placed at 8 per cent. after January lst,
instead of per cent. Jas. J. Ross, of
SeafOrd, was elected Director, in place
of Mr.. Williams, deceased.
David Hitch and Peter Smith, of
Bloomington, Illinois, have been in
Milford for about two weeks, says tho
NelCs, looking after the claim of the
. Hitch family to a considerable part of
the town of Bridgeville. For a second
time the trial of this case has been
postponed by the Sussex Court, much
TO the disgust of several western claim
ants.
The Monuments erected at Gettys-
burg to commemorate the Delaware regi
ments that took part in that battle. will
be dedicated on the 10th of June. The
State officers will all be invited to at
tend, and ample Accommodations for
them will be made The Grand Army
boys will run an excursion on that day
from Wilmington. George V. Massey
will deliver the Grafton.
Presbytery of New Castle met i'm
New Castle, last week. Rev. II. A.
Mclean preached the opening sermon.
Rev. Geo. A. PAUL of Delaware City
was elected moderator. Rev. DIR. j. 4.
Umsted, Rev. Irwin l.. Cation and elders
L. B. Frazer, of Port Deposit, and A.
G. Toadvine, of Salisbury were elected
commissioners to the General Assembly
to meet in Minneapolis, Mimi,
May Goth.
The Laurel Gazette says that the
temperance folk of Sussex county are
we'll organized and determined to run
full county ticket next fall The
Gazette has come out openly for the
temperance cause, having joined hands
with the Harrington Enterprise. 1t
says. Let us not stop until the damna-
bls curse is wiped from our statute
books, and local option made to prevail
throughout the State.
In the light of the fact that rum i:
playing havoc with numbers of young
men in Dover-and that even boy:
may be seen reeling on the street
drunk-it certainly looks little off tC
see the name of the editor of the DetG
lUdredn on a rum application. No won
der the thinking men of Kent county
are beginning to observe that a " Mora
leader" of that sort isn't a safe man tC
follow.-HarringtOn Enterprise.
The board oewater ercommissioners Fri
day summarily dismissed II. B. Mcln
tire, the chief engineer of the water de
partment, and John Dougherty, super
r. IL 4 nh.
specific charge was the building an'
use of an ice-house by the two men a
the expense Of the city, but, 1t IS alleged
there were a number of cases OF a siml
lar nature extending through thre
years. The places we're temporaril
filled.
The administration wing of the Dem
ocratic party of this State are yer
seriously considering the advisabilit
of running +. r. Cochran of Middle
town as their candidate for gOverno
next Fall. Mr.. Cochran is known as
shrewd pOlitician-one who can bea
Benny Biggs in his own homeland h
has stuck as closely by Governor STOCK
lev as his shadow, a fact indicated b
the reappointment of Cochran as cler
Of the peace for New Castle county,
Milford NeUs
LYCOMING INSURANCE COMPAN
SUITs.-The LycOming Fire InsuranC
Company, now defunct, was few yea
since doing a large business in tn
county through Mr.. Minick, local ager
at Seaford. The head quarters weT
at Muncy, Pa. 1t lost heavily in l8I
in the Chicago fire and in other conhi
grations, and was not able to meet i
insurance. Assessments have bee
made on the policy holders which the
have refused to pay Suits have bee
instituted in both New Castle and Kel
counties, and a few weeks since
Alex. Fulton, Esq, Of Dover filed l.
claims with John i. Thompson, Est
against parties in this county. II
claims average over thirty dollars eac
and are scattered over the entire cou
ty.-SHsse1 journal.
WHERE WILL THE EDToRs PIoNI'
Members of the executive cOmmitt
of the Peninsular Press Association m
in Middetown on Saturday. Ihe pu
pose of the meeting was to fix the tln
and place Of the next annual meetil
of the Association. IL was decided
meet about the middle Of Augu
The selection of the place was leit