Smyrna times., 1886-04-21

crossing of the Delaware Railroad is
rapidly approaching completion.
William L. Walker and Miss S. jamie
Leatherberry, both of Middletown, will
be married at the NJ. E. Chnrch, in that
place to-day.
VIM. Ellison, of Camden, is erecting
a fine residence on the site of his former
house, which was destroyed by fire a
year or so ago.
A new combination has been started
by the Administration Party-E. r.
Cochran, for Governor, and John Pawn
ter, for Congress.
1. G. LOfand, of Dover, has butcher
ed his famous Chester White Hog, that
was on exhibition at the State Fair.
His weight was over 1000 pounds.
Cards are out for the marriage of N.
J. Williams, formerly of KentOn, to
Miss Fannie Clayton, at the residence
of the brides father, Middletown Oh
Wednesday the 2Sth inst.
Jacob Shortlidge, cousin of DR..
Shortlidge, of Wilmington, was killed.
and another cousin, William Shortlidge,
lost both legs at St. Cloud, Mimi, dur
ing the recent terrible cyclone.
Large quantities of young dogwood
are shipped from Milford to New York
where the gnarled roots and tough
stems are worked into umbrella han
dies. The business is only moderately
profitable.
The old Cowgirl store-house, on State
Street below North, Dover, was sold at
Sheriff's sale last week, to NJ. Hayes,
Esq, for S2,661. Mr.. Hayes is said to
have bought the building with view
OF the Dover Library wanting increas-
ed facilities.
All of the DR.. Ridgeley's orchards on
his Neck farms have a good showing
for crop of peaches. One of his or
chards has but few early peaches alive,
while just over the road on another
farm the early fruit is plenty and the
late is mostly killed.
Ship carpenters are leaving Milford
and Milton for other points where there
is demand for their services. Con-
tracts for furnishing large quantities of
ship timber to Wilmington are also
being made, there being no vessel
building at present going on in Sussex
county.
If Sheriff Ford has not already done
so he should at once ask for the resign
alton of Warden James Nedery, who
made such a disgraceful spectacle of
himself at the New Castle Jail Friday.
A man who will get drunk upon such
an occasion as that of hanging a man
is not fit person for the responsible
position he has occupied. Since the
above was put in the Sheriff Ford has
bounced him.
1t is impossible to estimate the finan-
cial loss sustained by Wilmington since
the first of the year, directly the result
of the labor agitation. With the refu-
sal of contracts, the unWillingness of
large establishments to receive orders,
the scarcity of soft coal, the strike of
the morocco men and the general feel
ing of uncertainty, it is safe to say that
at least one million dollars has been
diverted from circulation within the
past four mODths.-MOrningsNelUs.
The United States Fish Commission
put l4,o00,0O0 young shad in the river
opposite Gloucester last year, and this
year they intend to double the number
One shad caught at Eagle Point had
10000 eggs in the roes. Shad roes
average from 10000 to 100000 eggs.
By the patent Matching process about
95 per cent. of the eggs produce shad,
but by the natural way only about II
per cent. of the eggs are hatched. A
shad arrives at maturity at the age of
three years.
On Wednesday last a dead rock fish
flOated on the dam of T. B. Coursey's
mill, feet inches long, 27 inches in
circumference and weighing 283 pounds.
Mr.. COursey put some young rock in
his pond twenty-five years ago; and
the mill men have put a few in several
times since. At the time of the break
ing of the BOnwill mill-dam, years ago,
a man by the name of Baker caught
one weighing sixty pounds or more.
This proves the possibility of this spe-
cies of salt water fish living in fresh
water and at the same time the prOba-
bility that they do not propagate ex-
cept in their native element.
The following from the DeLdUaredn
shows what treasurers were found in a
Dover lady's hair after letting it 60 un-
coined two weeks: Zone of DoVer's
milliners, about two weeks ago lost a
lead pencil that she highly priced.
Diligent and faithful search failed to
reveal the where abOuts of the pencil
until a day or two ago, when the lady
concluded to comb her hair. To her
astonishment she found, not only her
much priced pencil, but two other pen
ellis, paper of pins, a needle case and
sundry other articles imbedded in heI
hair She has q valuable and beauti'
ful suit of hair that she should highly
prize"
PLENTY OF PEACHEs.-Scarcely q
day passes that we do not receive some
inquiry, either verbal or written, says
the MiddletOwn Transcript, concerning
the probable size of this years peach
crop. We have taken pains however
to get from best judges an estimate and
give it herewith. The prospect for &
good crop in this vicinity this season
at present writing is excellent. There
are reliable indications that four time:
as many peaches will be shipped from
MiddletOwn station as there were las
year. 1t is estimated that this section
will produce in the neighbOrhOOd o
10000 baskets. The production o
peaches here last year was so small
that it amounted to almost a total fail
ure.
WIN. +. SMITH ACQUITTED.-Willian
+. Smith, who shot Henry l.. Hopkins
Of SeafOrd, Sussex county, Frida!
week, for betTaying his half-sister, Mis-
Estella Muse, girl II years Of age
was acquitted of the charge Of assault
with intent to kill by the Court 0
Oyer and Terminer of Sussex county
In session last week Smith, who is al
employee in Dulany's bookstore, il
Baltimore, went to SeafOrd on Apr
9th with the avOWed intention Of com
pelling Hopkins to marry Miss Mus
or to shoot him. He called on Hop
kin's parents at Seaford, who agrees
that the reparation asked for ought t
De granted, but young Hopkins, VIII
Is only is years Of age, and his siste
ndlculed the proposition, Whereupol
smith opened fire on the young mar
lie put three bullets into HOpkin'
oreast. Strange to say, every bulle
that struck the young man passe
around the body, between the ski
ana MS ribs, burying isSelf in bis back
lie is recovering and ia said Ia he read