Smyrna times., 1886-11-03

County and State Items.
Wilmington built SO new buildings
HuTing 1o the October just past, as against
70 for October of last year.
+. A: Hyatt, of Odessa died suddenly
on Friday morning, aged 81 years. Mr..
t1yatt was q member of the nursery
firm of Polk & Hyatt.
Messrs. J. w. Adkins and William
Hopkins, of Milford. caught 11O pike.
aC Waples Mills, near Milford. The
nsh were very large averaging two
pounds each.
Inc Delaware railroad is not remark
aOie IOr Its crOokedness but the sum
shlnes on both sides of the noon train.
shifting from side to side all the wav
from Philadelphia to Middletown.
Mrs. Phillips, widow of the late post
master of SeafOrd, is running the office
and she will continue to do so. thinks
the Laurel Gazette, until the depart-
ment hnds out which set Of politicians
to Oplease."
Messrs. Richardson & Robbins are
running heavier on plum-puddinp than
ever before, their orders being extra
large. They received few daVs ago a
carload of raisins direct from Southern
California.
1t is almost an impOssibilitv TO sell
sweet potatoes in this market. Ten to
twenty cents per bushel is the best Gp-
ure offered. Some growers are storing
with the hope of better prices in Win
yer, whlle others are feeding to stock
Milford NeaCs.
Three licenses for the sale of oleo-
margarine were issued OH Saturday bv
Collector Causey, and it is expected
JhaI twenty-five more will be issued
Chls week. After this date all oleomar-
garine found on the market not stamp
ed will be liable to seizure.
The two men who through a bunco
game feeced Thomas d. Gibson of
Wilmington, out of s., 500 Il few weeks
ago were arrested in Wilkesbarre. Pa.
on Friday, for attempting to work
queer" game upon a wealthy mer-
chant named Rutter, of that city.
Mrs. Ruth Anna Harrington gave a
very pleasant reception to George p.
Fisher, Jr., Esq, and his bride at her
residence on State Street, on Thursday
evening. Mr.. Fisher is a resident of
Chicago, and is a son of ex-Judge
George p. Fisher of Dover.-Deid-
1UGreaR.
Ship-building down the State has
been dull for some time past but is
again picking up. Ex-Governor James
Ponder is having a schooner built at
Milton, and James B. Dorman, is hav-
ing schooner built ut Drawbridge
Sussex county. William l. Simpson is
building a small steamer at Milford.
The State grange will hold fruit
and flower exhibition in Wilmington.
from December 14th to 18th inclusive.
Good premiums have been offered and
small admission fee will be charged
to meet the amount of the premiums.
The exhibition will be in the hall of the |
Wilmington board of trade. Premium
lists may be had by application to Farm
and Home, Dover, Del.
Charles Culbreth of Dover has bought
the handsome property, THE Plains" |
situated in Caroline county and former
ly belonging to Allen ThOrndike Rice.
the owner of the North american Re- |
UtelU. The place contains 76O acres.
and its buildings are said to have cost |
100000. 1t is reported that Mr.. Gull |
breth means to convert the handsome |
family mansion into a boarding school. |
Talk about a protective tariff! BY |
the uniform ballot law the State set the |
county clerks up in the paper business |
and specified that no ballot could be |
legal unless the paper on which it is |
printed was purchased of one of the |
three county clerks of the State. As a |
result the blank paper sold by the |
clerk of the peace for Sussex county |
cost 35 cents a pound, while the same |
quality could be purchased elsewhere |
ut less than half so much.-MlfOrd |
NeiUs.
Prof. D. P. Wyatt will produce
Queen Esther" in MiddletOwn, under |
the auspices of the NJ. F. Church, at an |
early day. The principal characters |
have nearly all been assigned, and will |
be taken by the following persons
King Ahasuerus, Joseph l.. Gibson;
Queen Esther, Miss V. Lynch; Haman,
George G. Rowe; Zerish. Mrs. H. NJ. |
@AeS ANSA1Ssebig A9tAAAuGA n AANC 44OA-
deeais Sister, Mrs. U. w. Weber;
PrOphetness, Mrs. Richard Price
Scribe, DIR. w. F. Kennedy; Harbonah, |
Jas. Mitchell The performance will |
come off on the evenings of the 9th and
10th inst.
Says Wilmington paper: "Upon a
full assessment and full vote there
would not be less than $4,000 votes
pOlled in Delaware. But it is extreme
ly doubtful if the total vote will reach
$4,000. There are known to be 5000
disfranchised Republicans alone in
New Castle county, and there are prob
ably 1000 more in the two lower coun-
ties. 1t is reasonable to suppose that
there are 1000 mere so Indifferent about
the election as not vote at ALL Four
years ago the total vote of the State
WIS 81 ,178, the largest ever cast in the
State. When the assessment laws of
the State decrease the vote below the
honest proportion there is something
wrong about them.