Smyrna times., 1886-10-06
Opening OF Mails.
County and State Items

County and State Items.
Thomas F. Bayard, Jr., a son of the
Secretary of State, is a freshman at
Yale College.
The Democrats of the second New
Jersey district, Thursday nominated
Elias s. Reed for Congress.
The new Church of the Independent
Methodist, near Townsend, was dedi-
Gated on Sunday, the 10th ult.
There have been a number of deaths
in FELTON, lately, among them Mrs.
Evans, wife of J. II. Evans, and Noah
Holden, proprietor of FELTON, hotel.
The Brandywine Granite COMPANY
of Wilmington on Saturday received
from the national government, the con
tract for furnishing $4,000 tons of stone
for the Delaware Breakwater at S2.1O
per ton.
Rosa, the 1S-year-old daughter of
James GuessfOrd near Downs Chanel
died September 30th. She was the
fourth in the family of Mr.. Guessford
that has died within the last two wears.
All of them were grown up.
The number of pretty girls in atten-
dance at the fair was a matter of gem
eral remark. A glance up and down
the grand stand on any day of the fair
showed that they were out in force.
AS a matter Of fact, pretty girls are
among the conspicuous products of this
county.
1t has been many years since the salt
marshes along the Delaware bay were
SO much frequented by game of the
water fowl class. Snipe, wild ducks,
geese, etc, are unusually early and in
large numbers. Sportsmen think that
the cause for this is because the
marshes have been covered more or
less with water, which has caused wild
celery and other feed to grow unusually
rank
The Republican State Committee on
Wednesday of last week at Dover reaf-
frmed the ground they took last
December, namely, that it was not
worth while to kick against the pricks
in the laws for assessing and not collect
ing the taxes. The Republican county
committee of New Castle county Satur-
day, practically took the same view, de-
Claring in favor only of Levy Court
ticket for the county. There are never
fewer than 5000 of their voters off the
assessment list in this county.
The railroad transportation on
Thursday was very unsatisfactory. 1t
is possible that the authorities did the
best they could considering the crowds
e lo Ho1 20, l.,A
one evidently blundered when the late
train down, regular, arrived with only
two cars to carry 500 or more people.
Such jam was never seen at Dover
before. 1t reminded one looking on
the street cars during the Centennial.
A locomotive was dispatched to Clay
ton for more cars and the disgusted
crowd was delayed about two hours.
1t reached Georgetown at u M.-Susser
Journal.
Secretary of State w. F. Causey's
Senatorial boom, as successor to Eli
Salisbury in 1889, is fairly launched.
The two State Senators nominated in
Sussex on Tuesday are his, while Wal
colt has but one in Kent that he can
depend upon. Ex-Representative
James Williams of West Dover they
say, has a mortgage on the other who
halls from Duck Creek-COr. Sunday
Star.
The writer of the above is wrong in
locating Mr.. Williams in West Dover
Hundred; he resides near the town of
KentOn and consequently belongs to
KentOn Hundred.
PRENTr4rArs ron nDrSs,r,1r,,l,
Messrs. Strawbridge & ClOthier, the
great dry goods merchants of Philadel-
phia, offered at the Delaware State fair,
held at Dover, last week, $50 worth of
premiums for the best homemade
dresses. The awards became known
on Friday, October lst, the last day of
the fair. They were as follows: First
premium, S25, to Miss Bessie Finley,
Dover; second premium, SIS, to Miss
Maggie Lewes, Forrest third pre-
MUM, $40, to Miss Maggie J. BastOn,
Dover. The conditions were that no
professional dressmakerc could compete
that the competitor must reside on the
Delaware and Maryland Peninsula
and that the dress must be Of silk or
wool made since January, 1886.
BIRDS The late flight Of grass plov.
er was unprecedently large in thi:
county, and more of these deliciOu:
birds have gone to the various markets
from New Jersey and Pennsylvania
than ever before known. Heretofore
these birds restored during their au
tumnal migration to the fields alOnl
the coast, but owing to the immens
amount of building of summer resort
of late, the wary plOver has been driv
en- inland. The reed bird shooting ha
been excellent along the Delaware TO
some time past, and the reeds are nov
full of these delicious tid-bits. A larg
flight of blue and green-winged teal
now scattered along the Delaware be
low Philadelphia, and large numbers G
these delicate little wild fowl are bein
shot at Bombay Hook Salem Sunbeam
A local news correspondent of tn
Milford NeWs, in writing from Ellen
dale, Sussex county, on last Thursday
makes the following comment on tn
result of the Causeys redeeming Ceda
Creek hundred "The Democrats {
Cedar Creek hundred are hOpelessl
divided. Nothing can bring them tc
gether again, and even now rumO
says Lnefe Will De All independent UlCNe
in the field; if so, it will sweep SUISSE
county like an avalanche, burying j
its course those politicians whose Onl
desire is to advance themselves, an
who care nothing whatever for the we
fare of the people The time has com
for the people to do n little more il
dependent voting and to say to thOs
political bosses that we have no furthG
use for them, and to retire them to tt
shades of private life."
The Rev. John Rodney, RectC
Emeritus of st. Luke's church, died {
Germantown, Philadelphia, on Tue
day of last week, in his 9lst year. II
was the oldest in orders in the Episct
pal church in America, and the olde
living graduate of Princeton Colleg
John Rodney was the son Of DaV
Rodney, of Lewes, this State. He WI
born August Goth, 1896, served as
private in the war of 1912 under b
uncle, Thomas Rodney, and enter'
Princeton College in 1914, his faith
being then governor of Delaware. /
went to Philadelphia and studi'
divinity under Bishop White, was 9
dained by him deacon in 1919. III
death of the Rev. DIR. Rodney leav
the Rev. John B. Clemson, d. D.,