Smyrna times., 1886-09-15

1HC StCoAlOA htpU0ttc ana John 4
Waner made their last trip for tn,
season Sunday.
The Laurel Hotel, recently burned
will be rebnilt at once. John Torho,
is the contractor.
G. S. Grier & Son are operating fou,
evapOrators at Frederica, four at Cbns
tertown, Md, and three at Milford
eleven in all
The Democratic central committee
Of Sussex county has fixed upon Tues
day, September 28th, as the time for
holding the county convention.
The Temperance -Reformers held a
meeting at Peter r. BurtOn's store
Angola, Indian River hundred. on
Saturday evening and organized a club
Hiram A. Davis. formerly owner of
the Capitol Roller Skating Rink OF
Dover died ut Georgetown, August
3lst OF consumption, aged about 2S
years
Il. G. Knowles, late editor of the
BredkUGter Light and law student of
II. Z. Conard, Esq, is stumping Sus-
sex county in the interest of Temper-
ance and Reform.
Samuel Austin, Jr., of Fieldsbor-
ough, Del, states my crop of wheat
this year was the largest ever raised
and was produced by the use of Dia.
mOnd State Fertilizer"
Curtis B. Ellison, one of the best
farmers in the State, died at his resi-
dence on the State road between Glas-
gov and Summit Bridge, on Thursday
IN the 77th year of his age.
Rev. DR.. Hayward has resigned rs
pastor of the Baptist Church Of Milford
and mas accepted call from newly
organized congregation in Wilmington.
lie VIII leave Milford October 18th.
About 4.45 o'clock Friday afternoon
two of the powder mills in the dupont
works, exploded. The two mills con
tanned about l 200 pounds of powder
and the explosions followed in rapid
succession.
We live under a government bv as
SCISSORS and collectors" )" said Mr.. Hip-
gins IN his famous speech of 1880. True
1t Is ana now we must add after the
word collectors 'aud inspectors. -
Morning Nc1rs
The Harlan & Hollingsworth Com
pany mas received an order from the
windsor Steamship Company for the
construction of an iron screw steamship
to run on the line between PhiladeI-
phla and Boston. The new vessel will
be 227 feet long.
a temperance reform convention for
New Castle county will be held in VIII
mlngton on Saturday, September 25th.
ior the purpose of nominating full
temperance county ticket. The clec-
ton of delegates will be held on Thurs
day, September 23rd
The plant Of the Arnoux Electric
Light Company, of Wilmington. has
been purchased by the Wilmington
City Electric Light Company which
mas 100000 capital. The new com
pany will operate the old light station
and Will build two new stations.
Louis w. Thillson, a carriage painter
at Dover, committed suicide on We'd |
nesday evening by taking laudanum.
lie was intemperate and had been on |
protracted spree. His habits caused |
MS wife much unhappiness. He was
about 42 years old and had no children.
Superintendents Williams and Car.
penter will hold the usual fall quar- |
terly examination at Wilmington. |
Dover and Georgetown on the 24th /
ana 10Th instant. The examination |
lOr this county will be held in George
town on Friday, September oath -,Sns-
see Journal.
- Charles Black Evans, only son of
Geo. G.. Evans, Esq, of Newark. has |
entered the law Office of Senator GRAY. |
at Wilmington, Del, where he will |
study under the preceptOrship of that
gentleman. Mr.. Evans graduated
from Delaware College in the class of
So with high honOrs.
Harry Sharpley, Esq, prominent
lawyer of Wilmington, died Saturday
morning. Five weeks ago the deceased
was stricken with typhoid fever, in its
most appalling form. A robust consti-
tuition fought vigorously the treacher-
Gus disease, but its hold was too firmly
established to be shaken off He was
40 years old.
SALES BY THE SHERIFF.-SheriT
Ford Thursday, sold the following
properties at public sale at MaxweIs
Hotel, MiddletOwn: Farms of 264
acres and 151 acres of land with %
acres of meadow in St. Georges hun
dred, properties of James Gordon. TO
Edward Bringhurst, Jr., for 81, 800 and
81, $50 respectively farm of William
4. Cleaver in st. Georges hundred in
two tracts to James NJ. Cloud for $3. 800.
The 6-year old girl of Joseph Garbit
of Cedar Grove, Kent county, fell into
q twenty-one foot we'll one day recent
Iy, but managed to catch hold of the
tin dipping bucket. Her little brother
and sister tried to draw her out. On
the second attempt the rope broke, hut
each time she sturdily caught herself
by means of an old pump stock aid
the curbing of the well. Her little
brother, 7 years Of age, then ran for
their parents who were two miles off.
but meanwhile neighbOrs came there
and brought up the brave little crea-
ture by means of long ladder.
SEEKING SUNKEN GOLD.-An at
tempt is to be made by Il party of
Philadelphians to locate the English
man-of-war De Brddk, which sunk of
HenlOpen in 1898, having a large
amount of treasure on board, which
has been estimated as high as S1O,OO0,-
700. The tug Sartle is engaged in the
work, having force of divers on board,
supplied with deep water armOr, and
iunds sufficient have been provided by
Dr. Zeth PancOst, of 917 Arch street, to
continue the work for several months.
The De BrGak was returning from a
West Indian cruise at the time she
sunk and had obtained the treasure
from captured Spanish galleons.
Evaporated peaches have been sold
IN the New York market this season at
twenty-five cents for choice white
peeled fruit, and twelve and a-half
cents for red center unDeeled. This
Goes not indicate a strong market for
IhIs particular article The outlook
lor evaporated apples is more oncour-
aging. Sales have been made Of this
years pack at nine and nine and a-half
cents per pound. For some reason the
markets of both the United States and
Europe will take and use the eVapOra-
!ed apple stock far more rapidly than
u u! will the peach; probably because of