Smyrna times., 1886-05-19

The Dover Town Council has very
wisely reduced the taxation nearly
half on water, and four cents on the
dollar for town purposes.
The Hotel Henlopen with it's CON
tents, at RehOboth, is advertised for
sale by Sheriff Short, on Saturday.
June 5th, at o'clock, P. N.
A large number of Georgetown Dem
ocrats, pursuant to a call, met at
Georgetown on Saturday to organize a
Democratic Constitutional Reform
Club.
The Delaware Baptist Union held
two days session on Tuesday and
Wednesday of last week at Dover.
about 100 delegates and visitors being
present.
Mrs. Mary A. Stewart the woman's
rights champion, is now a resident of
Dover, having removed from her farm
near Greenwood. She has rooms at
the Capital Hotel.
Abbott & Co., of Milford, will soon
Law the keel of a steamer that thev
have contracted to build for Captain e.
II. Williams of Frankford, and others.
She will be $50 feet keel.
Hugh N. Harrington, son of ex-
Sheriff Harrington, of Dover, has been
appointed mail agent on the Delaware
Railroad in place of D. A. Deweese.
He goes on duty this week.
Fried bananas with a sauce of Cataw-
.ba wine are said to be delicious. ~
Transcript.
We do not know many editors who
can indulge in such dish. Il is too
rich for our blood.-NelUark Ledger.
The cOnvicts sentenced to the pillorv
and post at the May term were u in
number; 10 negroes and two whites.
They took their punishment at New
Castle Saturday morning. ONLY one of
the number, Henry Anderson, seemed
to care much for the lash.
John G. Pennewill was appointed
postmaster at Dover Friday in place Of
Andrew Smithers, whose term Of office
had expired. Mr.. Pennewill is about
60 years of age, and IS one of the prom
inent Democrats Of Kent county. He
was once sheriff of the county, twice
clerk of the State senate, and recently
held the Office of register of wills.
Mrs. Sarah Cosden, daughter of the
late Rev. w. d. Mackey, of Delaware
College, Newark, and wife of George
COsden, statiOn-master at the North
East station, P, w. & B.Railroad, died
on Sunday morning. She was a lady
of fine literary attainments, q graduate
Of Delaware College, and before her
marriage, not year ago, was principal
of North East Classical Academy.
The first number of The Delacare
Good TempLdr is on our table. 1t will
be a monthly journal devoted to the in
terests of Good Templarism in Della
ware. Frederick z. McKinsey is the
editor and he proposes to WELD the
pen unfalteringly for the right, regard
less of ideas either entertained or ex-
pressed by our bitter Opposers." The
paper is issued from the Ledger Office,
Newark.
The produce dealers of Wilmington
met in the Office of Spicer & Little last
Thursday and organized a produce
protective association. Officers were
elected as follows: President. c. W.
.Spicer; Vice President, J. w. Goodwin {;
Treasurer, Thomas Harper; Secretary
II. L. White. The attendance was
large, and all present became member,
of the organization without hesitancy
and with a determination to make the
association permanent.
SHAD FOR DELAWARE WATERS
Fish Commissioner Moore is in receip
of l. 100000 young shad for distribution
in this State. Thursday $4,000 wer,
placed in the Brandywine, and the
same was placed in the Nantieoke, a
SeafOrd, Friday The former strean
will receive 100000 more. SUSSEX
county will receive !, 900, 900 of the lit
lie fish for deposit in Indian river, a
that additional number is to be gOttel
by the commissioner next week.
Edward Wilson has eight acres il
potatoes, which are up and growing
but the bugs were on hand waiting 70
them. Finding hand dusting witt
Paris green was too much of a job, b
has had a small wagon built. A whee
either side of the row; the Paris gree
is in a perforated cylinder, and the me
tiOn of the wheels scatter it on tn
plants. The whole thing is light, sen
:sible and cheap, and boy can dust a
many acres a day as a man can harrow
--StGte Sentinel.
The New Castle Democratic count
meeting, the initial point of Democrat
campaigns will be held in New Cast
.On the last Saturday in May, Dot
inst, at l o'clock, P. N. FOrmerl
these meetings were held in the cOuTi
house, but two years ago the count
meeting was held in the auditorium (
the Masonic Temple and Odd Fellow
Hall. The main purpose of this NEE
Tag is to appoint a county executlV
committee, by whom the future oper
tiOns Ofthe cam paign will be conduete
THE THIRD PARTY.-Joshua
Marvel, the temperance organizer +
Little Greek hundred, Sussex count
met number OF citizens Mt Laurel Fl
day night in Smiths Hall and Orga
lied for the coming campaign. Benz
min Hitch was elected perma nent pre-
ident; w. B. Records, vice-presiden
the Rev. +. L. Wolf, secretary, al
Joshua III. Marvel, treasurer. II
gentlemen present were made up of q
best citizens of both parties, and eve
man who enrolled his name is a work
in the good cause.
At the recent session Of the Philad
phia NJ. +. Conference, cOlored, the
port of the committee on temperan
work caused lively breeze. The
port recommended that cOlOred vote
belonging to the Methodist EpiscOI
Church should in the future suppC
candidates for Office who favor the te
.perance cause, irrespective Of polite
parties. After a heated argument, q
portion of the report was lost. L
question of camp-meetings was dlscu
eed aud, after considerable debate, t
conference voted to do everything p'
sible to prevent cOlored cOngregatio
from holding camp-meetings.
THE TEMPERANCE ALLIANCE
SUSSEX. Forty delegates Representa-
the temperance alliance of Suss
county met in Georgetown, May III
Miles Messick, Esq, of Nanticoke hI
hundred, in the chair, and IL. VI
Lewis, Of Broad Creek hundred, Sec
dary.
The following committee for org'
izing the work in each hundred v
announced:
Benton II. johnson, Milton; SAM
w. Kinder, Bridgeville; w. S. MEGA
aSelbyVille; w. o. Short, ShOrtle