Smyrna times., 1886-12-22

WOou, aged 6U.
Reese Taylor formerly a resident of
this town moved from Leipsic to Mid.
dletown on Friday.
The State Institute of the colored
teachers of Delaware will convene at
Dover in February next.
GOldshen, Levine & Co.. of Dover.
dealers in shoes and clothing, failed
last week. The stores are still run
ming.
Cards are out for the marriage of
William G. Pennington, of Middletown,
TO Miss Ella HOffecker, of near Balti-
more.
Delaware City is luxuriating in the
expectation of having a creamery and
two canneries established there next
spring.
Both the passenger and express traffic
on the p, w. & b. railroad has been
increasing nOticeably during last week
and this.
Richardson & Robbins, one day last
week received 10000 pounds of OfpOultrv.
They paid one farmer $75 u few days
uS" for his load.
ID. NJ. Clouds and wife living near
MOortOn will celebrate the thirtieth
anniversary of their wedding-to-lno
row-Thursday evening.
There win be Christmas tree in the
M. h. Church of Leipsic on Christmas
night for the benefit of the little ones.
Monday and Tuesday following there
will be given an entertainment in the
same church.
T. B. COursey, of Spring Mills, cele-
brated his SOth birthday ON Tuesday,
the l4th. He was in good health and
excellent spirits and the guests had an
enjoyable time. Invitations were linn
tied to relatives.
J. Thomas Budd, of Middletowm,
was on December disappointed Travel
ing Agent of the Freight Department
of the new Philadelphia Division of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Mr.. Budd
will have his headquarters at Wilmig-
ton.
The Sunday and day school of
BlacSbird, will unite and give Il Christ
mas concert in the school-house on
Thursday evening, December 23d.
new organ for the first time, on that
occasion.
On Tuesday morning of last, week
Miss Annie, youngest daughter of Will
liam COard Burton, was united in mar
riage to Randolph Graham, prOmis-
ing young educator, of Milford. The
ceremony was performed at St. Georges
Chapel, Sussex county.
On Wednesday u coIOred man named
Elijah Minor, who lived with +. G.
Reese, near Harrington, prepared to
go hunting In passing out the door
the gun was accidently discharged, the
load from which entered the unfortu-
nate mans stomach killing him.
Mrs. Julianna S. S. Adkins, the
widow of Colonel George S. Adkins, of
Milford, died at her home in that town
on December 11th, aged 70 years. She
left four children and six grandchil-
dren. She was born at Milford and
was daughter of DR.. Joseph r. Sudler,
a noted physician at the beginning of
the century.
The Washington Correspondent of
the Philadelphia Press says THAT
Secretary Lamar was not the only
member of the Cabinet who was con-
templating making an addition to its
circle. In point of fact, Secretary Bay
ard was paying marked attention to d
Lady we'll known in Washington, Miss
Sophie MarkOe." Why will newspa-
pers thus gossip?
The Delaware State Grange, at its
session in Wilmington last week,
adopted resolutions declaring that the
p, w. & B. Railroad is discriminating
in its freight charges in favor of lOcali-
ties far southeast and south of Della
ware, and running the States most
profitable industries, and that its pres
ent policy merits the uncOmprOmising
Indignation and hostility of the pro-
ducers of Delaware.
Major Holt, a 13 year-old boy oi
Dover, who owns a goat, was so much
sinitten with "Peck's Bad Boy" that
he tried to join the company under
Charles Guinness, which played there
on December 10th. Mr.. Guinness
agreed and offered to pay him SO q
week, but the boys mother objected,
and Major remained behind. But
only for day or two, for last week he
Joined the company at Salisbury. He
was well liked, but Mr.. Guinness sus.
pected that he had run away from
home and telegraphed to Dover to fine
out. Major is at home again.
The latest bit of journalistic news oi
interest in Wilmington is the an
nouncement that William T. CrOasdal'
late editor of EUery Erening, late editor
of the Baltimore Day and late editor Ol
the New York Star, is to be one of The
editorial staff of Henry Georges new
weekly paper, which will make its ap
pearance in January. Mr.. CrOasdale Is
nothing if not versatile in his opinions
and we trust that he has at last found +;
comfortable berth that will permit hin
to give free vent to his remarkable anC
always entertaining ideas of peOpl
and current events.
A big real estate deal was concludes
a few days ago in Wilmington. Alval
Allen. the brick manufacturer, trade'
nine properties in that city for farm
of 300 acres within the city limits o
New Castle. The farm in New Castl
was the property of Elmer Clark,
brotEer-in-law of Stephen p. TaskeT
It fronts on the Delaware river, adjOin
the city of New Castle and the Taske
iron works, containing $50 acres of fin
farming land, IS acres of good bricl
clay and the remainder is marsh o
good quality. The value of the prop
critics exchanged is put at $4,000 each
JACOB MOORE's FUNERAL.-Ihe fur
eral of jacob Moore took place q
Georgetown, on Thursday the after
dance from all over Sussex county b'
ing very large, and from Kent and Me-
Castle counties large delegations wer
present. The funeral services, whic
were very solemn and impressive, wer
conducted by Rev. J. G. Kerr in tn
Episcopal church, and the remains wei
inferred in the cemetery adjoining.
The following persons acted as pal
bearers: Judge Wales, Gov. Stockle.
George v. Massey, w. c. Spruanc
Anthony Higgins, Charles M. Guile
James r. Lofland, Eli r. Sharp, }. !
Honecker, Jr., James Pennewill, u.
Cannon, H. w. Cannon, w. w. Ray
Inns, L. T. Salisbury, John M. llOu
ton and Beniah W. Truitt.
An EXHIBITION BY THE HORrlcu
TURAL SOCIETY TO BE HELD IN WI
MINGToN.-The committee, consislII
of John p K. Polk. of WilmingtO