Smyrna times., 1888-04-11
Closing of Mails.

North. liuu -
gVn t53e so1th. s. and ll'SO A. M
unity and State Items.
Oou ,.ax county court began on Mon
day. lid 70 no endemic
stLaurel' o,o;, of w;lmino.
the t.l Dsd selected John c. Farra to hli
ton nas ncaHcy caused by the death OF
i4C President Eckel'
I,.sDh stevens, Of sgafoEd' "a :, y a bag bag
Jo'spu Jiasrer m on the D. M. 4 '. ralI-
gngee -mao' 'ns married on last Wednesday
road. a.i.S %I' IG'ordelia, daughter OF Thomas
e,oom, y m of Lewes.
O'' u,os killed at the Kent county
los NO. @ on Feb. Dist, that weighed
ansnouaJis at fifteen months old. An
$40 P0guIIlpod on April 4th, weighed 900
S5aSl SS5oDnds, full weight
r ,r.. Edith W. Hamlin, assistant
MISS cher cher at the Conference Acad-
music - t"s resigned because OF poor
emy, H'1 Miss Alma McMath, of SYRIA
hea,'TT, University, is her successor.
w. far the benefit of the Delaware
a A:.ol a,, w will be opened in the lnsti-
HOsplSI9a Ian w. Wilmington, on Friday
tale ;nr m Nav 4, with a promenade
s'ocsS ooocert by Hassler's orchestra 'icA-
es,S
f..I'ania fres.IIUi Railroad, has been cleo
l5T'TI ~ President of the Phlladelphla,
ISG Tilmington and Baltimore railroad
Slwu G,mna1y' to succeed the late Isaac
HnCkley.
p-anarations are being made at the
e,b hatchery at the city mill, Whining
l'u 1"'i 20 distribute 10000 trout at vari-
ona ,ou' suitable points in the vicinity prin-
Gus n,Tr along the streams in the upper
mrt Of the State
Tho voters of South Milford on
rL5oy afternoon held a school cleo
ilrl IL" They raised $1,000 for the con-
5vc 3Uct Of the school, and elected Joseph
1 n Davis. William V. Sipple and James
Pierce. commissioners.
The Hotel Henlopen and Bright
uonso at Rehoboth have been leased
~ ,bs canning seusOn, DR.. J. I. ThOm-
Dson will again have charge OF the
HenIopen. while DR.. Hiram Burton
and Henry P. Wolfe will assume the
Management fthe Bright.
MrC w. Hawkins, a member of
he Conference Academy Faculty OF
last last wear. has been selected to fill for
The remainder of the year, the vacan-
cv caused by the election of Prof. c. 5.
fonwell. to the chair of Latin and
Greek in Delaware College.
Among the 1888 graduates of Jeffer
son Medical College in Philadelphia
on Wednesday, were the following
from this State: J. Cannon Ellis, VIII
Iam Fisher Haines, Albert Beechel
4 Harris. Samuel Carlisle Meredith, Phil
iO Monroe Money, Horace Vaughan.
Tomorrow. the Catholic Nationa
Total Abstinence Association will Gel
ebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Fa
ber Matthew's signing the pledge
The St. Mary's T. A. B. Society will
have grand celebration in St. Mary
Church, Wilmington, in the evening
There is but one boat Oystering 70
market on the western shore of tn
Delaware Bay. The law was out fo
dredging on the natural rocks in tn
Delaware Bay and for planting the fir.
Of April, and good use is being made {
the time. Planting is reported yer
good.
PRISONERS ESCAPE FROM JAIL
-Four prisoners escaped from Jail {
New Castle on Friday night. The
climbed to the roof of the Jail, an
sealed the wall by means of a TOp
made of strips of bed-quilts. The
we're all tramps and imprisoned
what is known as the " bumn cell
the north end of the Jail, on the fir
AOOr
COULD Nor GET QUAIL.-GeOrl
ChuFChmsn, the secretary of the DE-
aware Game Protective Associatio
says that he has been unable to pr
cure the quail ordered by the associ
ton last fall. The association appT
prated $500 for that purpose, but N
Churchman says that he was only at
NprOcure 100 quail, which were Sc
to President |. n. Mills tor Distribute
The Conference Board of Chur
Extension met in Dover last week a
after considering the various appliI
tons that were before them for a
recommended the following to t
Parent Board which meets in Philad
phia next weak, viz: EastOn Distri
900 for use of Clayton M. E. Chur
now being built; Dover District, 81
Salisbury District, $295; Virginia I
tict, $500.
The Wilmington Correspondent
t1e Philadelphia Times, in speaking
me probable Republican Mayors
candidate said:
Samuel H. Baynard is a prOminer
mentioned candidate. Possessing
st1orough knowledge of city affa
asls also closely connected with
oSt business interests Of the city
axes an active part in religious
social matters.
Dr.. Henry Ridgely, NJ. Hayes,
4lex, Fulton, esq, A. L. Hundson
~ Rosa, Of Kent county, tUgel
with DR.. Black of New Castle and
Congressman E. i. Martin of Sus
uet IN Dover last week and addre
letter to Congressman Pening
sSlllng his attention to the need
Ms irult growers in this State,
aAng him to use his endeavOrs to
SuEe the necessary appropriation
%a1lnue the Investigations in rela
"peach yellows.
Joseph R. Whitaker drilled in a