Smyrna times., 1886-08-18


John B. Stradley wants to be asses
sOr of Appoquinimink hundred.
st. Georges Hundred, first in politics,
last in paying Wilmington Re
publican.
H. L. Hynson & Brother of Milford
will run six evaporatOrs at Still Pond,
Maryland, this season, in evaporating
peaches.
1t has been stated by those that pro-
fess to know that there will not be
more than half crop OF corn this year
in Sussex county.
Eliza, wife of Benjamin F. Binns,
died at their residence, near Milford,
on Monday, August 9th, 1885, in the
I'D year Of her age.
The survivors Of the Fourth Regi-
ment Delaware Volunteers, with their
families, will hold reunion at Brandy
wine Springs, tomorrow.
The four days session Of the State
Teachers Association at BehObOth
August 23rd will afford opportunity for
consideration of important topics.
n. B. Smithers, Esq, of Dover, is
building handsome house on State
street in that town for his son, N. B.
Smithers, Jr., who was recently married.
r. NJ. Jones, of Dover, Del, used
Diamond State Fertilizer on his wheat
crop. Result 444 bushels to the acre.
He prefers it to any fertilizer he has
yet used.
Mrs. Amelia Laws Hill, widow of
Jacob M. Hill, died in Wilmington on
Thursday at the advanced age 81 years.
Mrs. Hill was the sister Of the late
SAKE Gothic Laws, Esq, Of Dover. I'm
til a few years ago Mrs. Hill resided at
or near Dover.
The election in Wilmington on Sat
urday for delegates to the Democratic
State Convention was one of the hot
test political contests says the Morning
NSWs, that ever occurred in this COM
mOnwealth. There was great deal
of drunkenness, even among election
officers, but considering the warmth of
the struggle there were few fights.
Last Thursday was Big Thursday at
BOwers's BeaclI, and big it was. The
An old citizen told the writer that he
never saw SO many people there at one
time and that he saw more drunken
ness than he had seen altogether in the
last five years. The two rings Of the
Kent County Democracy gathered
there in force and the fight was at the
swords points all day and was not til
after nightfall that the forces scattered
without declaration of victory.
SAD EXPERIENCE BRINGS WISDOM
The necessity for u constitutional
convention is every day more apparent
The offices should all be filled by the
direct vote of the peOple--with few
eXceptions-and the coming Legisla
ture should at the very first opportuni
ty take steps toward that end. While
the appOintees of the governors hav'
been good and worthy ones as a rul,
that is no argument against giving
the offices into the keeping of the peO
pie and having them filled at the gen
eral elections. .-MiddLetOWn transcript
(Dem.)
The eight annual meeting of tn
Delaware State Teachers Association
will be held at RehOboth, beginnin;
Monday. August 23rd, and lastin.
five days. The programme embrace
lectures by the Rev. L. w. Gibson
Dover; Professor Thomas NJ. Ballie
superintendent of the Reading schools
the Rev. Jehu Dewitt Miller, Philadel
.phia and DIR. Caldwell, president {
Delaware College. Papers will be rea
by Professor d. B. Jones, Dover; d
A. n. Raub, Newark; E. d. Heal
Esq, Georgetown; w. A. ReynOld
and DR.. S. w. Murphy, of Wilmington
A special from Georgetown, says
&C. H. Treat & Co., of Georgetown
confessed judgment Wednesday
favor of the Farmers Bank for S25, 90
The action was called for by the failu
of New York and Eastern partners, {
whose paper they were indOrsers for
similar amount. 1t in no way affec
the business of the Charles H. Ire
Manufacturing Company or the SUISSE
Manufacturing Company. 1t was dol
for the protection of Treat & Co.'s il
mediate creditors" Charles H. Ire
has for long time been the leadiI
spirit in all the leading enterprises
Georgetown.
The Milford Chronicle says: "La
Saturday the steamer j. +. Holt W
locked to her wharf in this town
Sheriff Robinson on behalf of John
APPEL and J. Torbert Belts, who held
chattel mortgage against her for 81, ,OC
When this became known the loo
creditors entered their claims, whi
amounted to about 5000 more. T.
captain desires every person having
claim to bring it forward at once,
the boat will be sold by the Unit
States marshal for this district abe
the middle of September. Capta
Holt has been the soul of honor in q
transaction, and is doing all in his po
,er to have each creditor get his mon,
The boat cost about 1000 when ne
and if the times were better it wOl
sell we'll"
PENINsULAR PRESS MEETING.-I
Secretary of the Peninsular Press As
citation has completed arrangeme
for the annual meeting of the Assoc
tiOn, to be held at Atlantic City, Aug
2Sth to 31st inclusive. The attendai
is expected to be much larger than
annual meeting, upward of forty me
bers having notified the Secretary
their intensiOn to be present. Nea
all will be accompanied by lad
Many friends of the newspaper n
have declared their intention to I
down to Atlantic City during the w
Of the press meeting. The headqu
ters of the Association will be at
Ashland House, whose proprietor
promised the newspaper folks ev
care and attention. AS thieves b
been operating to a notable degree
Atlantic City during the present sea-
the editors are advised to not CO
more than two or three hundred
lars with them, as no more than
will be needed for expenses, and t
ladies may do well to leave their n
valuable diamonds at hOme.-Mid
tOOn Transcript.
Camden Camp Meeting closed
Friday morning 18th, after hol'
nine days, in which it surpassed
hopes of its most sanguine friends
supporters. Over one hundred
twenty tents had been erected, and
were occupied during the entire
gress of the meeting. The attends
OF visitors was large, and the con
cations were full at all the serv
while on several occasions the grol
were crowded, yet at no time was
any disorder worthy of mention.
though the rules for the governme
the oaunn ware uuffa strict fhpV