Smyrna times., 1888-05-02

e-o1l tne Ionin 50 and ll.5O A. NJ
fNn the 'O''''' -..-.---..a
ntv and State Items.
Oou Timer Whitehead, of New Jer;
d iIecturing before the farmers OF
NJ, :o!.sex county
'O' cossex county Bible Society will
Ias - FFrankfOrd, on Thursday, the
TsS' IS.S day ia Of May
wv ..oet has been purchased by the
6 GOiTub0 Tbnreh in Milton to add to the
y. Lie f. Of the organ and choir
most Office has been estab-
A nc" Pear's station on the Della
Bhea a5iyision. ~ Pennsylvania railroad.
'a, .,,n Of $1,000 was realized from
Ils I.ture sarl by Rev. J. 5. willis, in the
The ecSu'SV n F. Church. Wednesday
Sello'Ef f,r the Prof. Tarr fund.
w. is Tambson sold farm of 100
snei.Ii haionoing to Isaac w. Vandegrift
scFes Ss,O Georges hundred, Friday morn
ID 81. Edward Bringhurst, Jr., for
$3.50.
~ ~. Arms Of Morris Tasker & Co. of
Ing !nn5dInbia I, and the Delaware Iron
PnllaGWy ns Wilmington have been cOnsOli-
70. S..J u and will be known hereafter as
Torris Tl,rd Tasker & Co., Incorporated.
r.o Rrandvwine Granite Company,
,WiImington, vi has received the con
ol ., "''o' 70 furnish stone and brick for the
LTa'y It, ~ y, he built by the Federal Gov
usnO s1.ont at Reedy Island, Delaware
sll"'T' sDn The contract price is $4,000.
D. unanimous vote the quarterly
;.reuce Dl of the NJ. E. Church of
SgIto,J SIiie,rJ last week raised the pastors
nI,'C, lI,rr from 81 900 to 81 200 per annum,
"a. sai'i3 iorgest amount ever raised by the
n NJ F church of the town for its pastor.
Governor Biggs last week appointed
~, ;nstices of the Peace in Kent COun-
:" wv Moses 5. VanburkalOw at MagnO-
\. in place of E. Stout, whose term
Ia, Iaa . eTnired. and Walter E. Killen, of
TsIton Ta in lieu of Peter Creadick,
resigned.
The tug George w. Pride made
,.arcb last week for anchors and chains
iost bv vessels at the Delaware Break
n,atqr NAT during the recent blizzard, and
f,nnd lime anchors aud ten chains
amounting in value to several thou
sand dollars.
Alb. Groves, who has had charge o.
tbe public school at Newark for over
two wears. has accepted a position il
be Office of the kiamensi WOOler
Companv's mills, Stanton. Frank Col
Inns. of Smyrna, will take Professor
Groyess place in the school.
David S. Clark, of Kenton Hundred
had valuable horse which he drove
to Church Hill, Nd, on Friday, anC
nut in stable. While in the stabl,
he fractured his leg, and it is though
that be will be of no service in the fut
ure. Mr.. Clark had been offered 500
for bis horse.
SUICIDE AT HARTLEY. EliZabetl
Ford. daughter of the late Moses K
Ford, committed suicide by hanging
Saturday night, at her home near Hart
lev. The family were awakened b,
smoke and found her room on fire ant
discovered her body, Miss Ford is 4
years old. She had been mentally Un
balanced since her fathers death.
The delegates from the Wilmingto
NJ E. Conference to the General Con
ference, which began its Quadrennia
session in the Metropolitan Oper
Opera House, New York city, yesteI
day, started for New York on Monday
They will be absent a.month. Th
delegates are, Presiding Elder J. A.
Wilson, Revs. Jacob TOOd, d. D., an
N N. Browne.
Auditor BOyce says that at leai
$4,000 Of the States funds are hel
annually by the clerks of the differer
districts, that ought to be expended fC
the schools. He has settled with sel
eral clerks this week who carried owe
balances of over 5000; yet the schOo
have been closed for weeks. This
all wrong and ought to be stOppe'
The money ought to be put to the US
for which it was dOnated-educatin
the children of the districts.-SentiRe
The Delaware Republicans will sen
unlnstructed delegates to Chicag
The old and worthy affection for Blair
sstill foremost in their hearts, but b
Florence letter has been accepted
conclusive that he will not again tai
the nomination for the Presidenc
Alter Blaine, the local sentiment a
pears to be about evenly divided b
tween Ben. Harrison and Chauncey !
Depew. Harrison will probably g
The first vote of the Delaware deleg
lion.
The LOwery brothers of Milford, t
granting of whose license by Judg
drubb and Paynter last autumn CT
aled so much unfaVOrable CONNER
nave been indicted by the grand ju
oi Kent county for selling liquor
sunday and to minors. If the 90
temperance folk, who are at the bOttC
Of the charge, prove their case, t
Probabilities are that the Lowe
brothers will go out of the liquor bu
ness IN this State next autumn wh
Aelr license expires.-MOrajag Ne
Harry Faulkner, an 18-years-old s
d dFrancis Faulkner, a prominent fan
efnear Magnolia, had a thrilling
perlence on Thursday. He was b
rowing field with a pair of you
nurses, when one of the animals
@me entangled in a section of n
oarOed wire fence which was lying
Ine ground. The boy in his efforts
release the animal was thrown do
ana dragged a considerable distar
Geeoming himself entangled in
snarp-pOinted wires. When rescu
every stitch Of his clothing had b
Sut into shreds, and the leather of
oOos cut through. Though sever
SuI and scratched, he fortunately
'Sped without any broken bones.