Smyrna times., 1886-09-08

The Fall Term of the Conference
Academy at Dover, began Monday
The prospects of the school never were
brighter.
Jehu M. Reed is i'll with typhoid
fever in his cottage at BOwers's Beach
unable to be moved to his home near
Frederick.
Several of the bricklayers of New
Castle are talking of going to Charles
ton to assist in rebuilding the houses
shaken down by the earthquake.
Allen Joyce and Myers BOyce, both
cOlOred, of SeafOrd, have been arrested
and locked UP at Georgetown for shoot.
ing at the conductor of one of the
trains recently.
After surveying the land and meas
uring the wheat Mr.. Jas. II. Shallcross.
of McDOnOgh, Del, finds the yield 35j
bushels per acre where he used Dia-
mOnd State Fertilizer.
The boring for water close to the
tracks of the B. & p. railroad at
Newark resulted in reaching water,
1t is l63 feet deep. Forty feet of rock
was cut through at one point.
The canning company at Houston
lost several hundred dollars worth of
canned corn last week, because of in
sufficient heat in processing, which was
caused by broken thermometer.
Samuel Austin, Jr., of FieIdsbor-
Ough, Del, states My crop of wheat
this year was the largest I ever raised
and was produced by the use of Dia-
mond State Fertilizer" T
The Houston Farm" located near
Lincoln, sold at public sale by the
heirs, was purchased by Mr.. White
head, Of Florida, for $40 per acre. The
farm contains about 800 acres, and is in
fair state of cultivation.
Sussex county leads'in the distillery
business having twenty-five distilleries
in bond. Kent county only has nine
working, while New Castle has none.
The output this year will be larger
than usual, as the apple crop is good.
The people of this State, for the first
time, see a candidate for the United
States Senate canvassing the State like
sherifalty candidate Mr. Lore is
buttOn-hOling every Democrat who
can give him any help at all to beat
Gray.
At Reis' cannery in Milford, there
is a driven, or bored we'll that has been
flowing for four years at the rate of
ten gallons per minute, and which
reaches a height of seven feet. It is
used to fill the large boiler and supply
water for the factory.
Three men living in Milford Neck
John Maloney, Andrew Maloney
and Jehu Davis-have all raised large
families and they all reside in one
school district. At one time, says the
Chronicle, these gentlemen sent to
their district school thirty-twO children;
all of their own too.
Rev. Jacob Todd, of Grace NJ. E.
Church, Wilmington, left Monday
morning on a visit to Charleston, S. c.,
in order that he may see for himself
and be prepared to speak authorativcly
of the havoc and ruin wrought by the
recent subterranean visitation. He is
to report to Mayor RhOads by tele-
graph.
Billy Dean through a Wilmington
paper is after certain political candi-
dates with a sharp stick. He denOun-
ces one as a salary grabber, and ac-
cuses the other from his personal
knowledge of coming staggering and
sinking drunk into the Grand Jnry
room, and making drunken exhibi-
ton of himself in the presence of the
court.
$4,000 will be spent in improving
navigation in the Delaware River this
year. $4,000 will be spent in deepen
ing the channel between Philadelphia
and Camden 5000 will be spent on Il
dyke below Reedy Island for imprOv-
ing Dan Baker bar; new ice pier is
to be built at Marcus Hook, at u cost
Of $4,000, and 500, $50 will be spent in
throwing $4,000 tons Of stone in the
gap at the breakwater.
At the next session of the Whining
ton Conference a fifth district to be
known as the Georgetown district, will
probably be formed, consisting of the
following appointments: Fredcrica,
Milford, Houston, Lincoln, Glendale,
Georgetown, Milton, Nassau, Lewis,
MillsbOrO, Stockton, GumbOrO, Frank
ford, Berlin, ChincOteagUe, Newark,
Girdletree, ROxanna, Selbyville, Snow
Hill, Stockley, Parsonburg, Powells-
vile, making in all twenty-three ap-
pOintments.
Phamie Frame, colOred, notorious
throughout the country and a part of
Maryland as fOreteller of future
events and what is commonly called Il
fortune teller" died last Monday at
DagsborO, aged 81 years. She made a
living by working upon the eredulity
Of the public, protesting to take of
spells" by means of roots and drcJc
tiOns of her own manufacture, curing
diseases of those who put faith in her
and doing all the uncanny things such
persons are supposed to accomplish
GeOrgetOlUn Democrat.
The season at RehOboth just closing
while it has not been successful cannot
be called a failure. The hotel pro-
prietOrs have not made enough to re-
tire from business and will all probably
retain the same places next year, but
they have lost nothing, and hope for
better success next season. The mana
gers Of the RehobOth Beach Associa-
ton have made an offer to the Penn
sylvania railroad company, to give
them all the lots belonging to the asso-
clatiOn If the company will pay the
Indebtedness, about $1,000.
In Wilmington there is a nice young
lady who was engaged to be married
to young man of good parts, and per
haps through a misunderstanding a cry
Of quits has been made by both parties.
The young man has a beautiful, white,
Intelligent pointer dog quite valuable.
The girl has for two years petted and
tretted him, besides dividing her dinner
with him, and now the dog will not
leave her and is as discOnsOlate as he
can be. He comes to her store with
her and sees her home The owner is
Obliged to come after him and take him
away, but his reluctant looks after his
friend is pitiable. He-seems to know
they have quarreled and wants to
bring about a reconciliation.
U. 5. COURT JURORs,- Last Saturday
the following grand and petit jurors
We're drawn to serve at the session of
United States District Court which con-
venes on Tuesday, September 14th
FOR the two lower Hundreds in New
Castle and Kent.
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