Smyrna times., 1886-07-28

VIM: H. Torbert, of Georgetown last
week had his monthly pension raised
from Sc to $50 month.
VIM. r. Phillips, of Milford is put
ting up several of his evaporators in
the Shenandoah Valley Va.
George Porter, brakeman, fell be-
tween the cars at Lincoln, on Thurs
day, and was injured so that he may
die.
Jacob H. Sharp of Sussex last week
exhibited u stool of oats containing
seventy-six blades, which carried 5000
grains.
Tillie Reed, colored, was drowned
on July 10Th in St. JOnes's creek, near
Dover, by falling out of row boat.
She was II years of age.
The citizens of Milton now have BIZ
weekly communication with Philadel-
phia by the steam propeller j. j. Van
DOren, lately purchased in Syracuse,
NY.
The Newark Ledger in thinking of
Messrs COoch and Cochran is constrain-
cd to sigh: How happy 1 could be
with either, were t'Other dear charmer
away"
Scott Way advises every man who
sets ON trans-continental trip to pro-
vide himself with "a small bottle of
snake-bite antidote and pocket cork
screw"
Sheep worth nearly 5000 in the
aggregate, were killed by dogs in
Slaughter Neck last week. Four of
the dogs were caught and await their
owners.
VIM H. Anderson, of Harrington,
raised over 900 bushels of wheat on
his farm this season, and had an aver
age of thirty-One and a-quarter bushels
per acre.
The excursions to RehOboth this sea
sOn have not been we'll patrOnized and
thO impression prevails that it has been
chiefly because they have been poorly
advertised
The Oratorio of Queen Esther will
be rendered at College Hall, Wyoming,
tonight and tomorrow night. Home
talent will furnish the characters, and
Prof. Wyatt will direct.
The political cauldron in little Della
ware is up to the boiling point. The
trouble is, that there are too many big
(?) statesmen for so small state to
hOld.-CentreUiile (Md.) Observer.
Mayor Rhoads has the policy men of
Wilmington, on the run and he prom
ises to keep them there. The fight he
has inaugurated is q good one, and he
deserves the cordial support of the
public,
Senator Gray favored the Oleomar-
garine manufacturers, and refused to
vote to tax the bogus butter out of ex-
istence, and thus help the farmer.
Senator salisbury did not vote-he
was paired,
The Kent county Democrats will
present the names of ]. Il. Nicholson
and ]. b. Pennington, Esqs., of Dover
and DIR. BENJAMIN Whiteley, of Fred
erica as candidates for Representative
in Congress.
DIR. J. II. Caldwell, president of Del.
aware College, was suddenly seized
with violent illness on the Chester
Heights camp ground on Sunday
Yesterday he was slightly better, bu
still very sick.
Corporation and Salary Grab candi
date" is the way the WO,cOt
tribe now salute Biggs' candidacy
Ring-Deal and Reappointment can
didate," is the way the Family trib
salute Cochran's candidacy.
The official call for the Democrat
State Convention has been issued, an
the convention will be held in Dove
on Tuesday, August 18th. The eleC
ton for delegates will be held on tn
previous Saturday, August 14th.
On one hundred and seventy peac
trees, six years old and owned by Wa
ter Daniel, the entire crop has alread
been gathered. 1t consisted OF thre
peaches, one of which graced th
Milford Chronicles editorial desk.
Frank Hayes, brakeman on the D
NJ. & V. railroad, who resides at Mi
ford, fell from train or Tuesday la
at Ellendale and broke his right Il
below the knee. The accident w
caused by the brake-chain giving wa
If the Railroad Company charge s4C
to pull six emigTant cars from Dow
to Perpyville and return, what wou
be the charge to pull the lelawa
Legislature from Dover to Washin
ton and return, in parlOr cars, wi
supplies thrown in?-SentineJ.
George H. Bates, Esq, left Thursd'
evening for San Francisco, where
will sail on a Pacific mail steamer
the Samoan Islands. Mr.. Bates go
there as a commissioner of this COUNT
and will meet similar representiN
from England, France and German
At the real estate sale Of Jo
Quillen, deceased of Milford HundrC
the old homestead, which contain
about 100 acres, brought $lO,3OO, a
the small farm adjoining, cOntaini
about 70 acres, brought $500. Th'
farms are handsomely located and 81
at fair prices.
A camp meeting will commence
Jones's woods, near GumbOro, Aug
18th. COlored camps will be held
the county, as follows: Milton, j.
23rd; Middleford, August 9Th Lodg
woods, near Lewes, August 7th; Betl
August 18th; Woods meeting ut
old field" near MillsborO, July 81
Georgetown Democrat
Julius Hawkins, young lad OF
town, last Wednesday evening spri
ed his wrist while eating a piece
beefsteak. lie found it too tough
cut so he took it in his hands and te,
but the steak got the better of it.
hand has gathered and is now a
painful. This is rough on MiddletC
steak, but true, nevertheless.-Mid
tom Transcript.
PENINsULAR PRESS Association
Scott Way, Secretary of the PeninsI
Press Association has made arraI
ments for holding the next am
meeting of the Association at the A
land House Atlantic City, on Aul
2Sth, Goth and 31st. The meeting
expected to be one of the largest in
history Of the Association and a
lightful time is anticipated.
Nor YET REcOvERED.-The SCI
for the body of John p. Almond,
of Wilmington, still continues, bu
yet it has been fruitless. a numb'
theories have been advanced as "a
cause of its not having risen TO
surface before this time. 1t is
that there is an old wreck lying in
9ott9m Of the river near where
drowning occurred, and many bel
the body may have gotten entan
In the PiGOinO