Smyrna times., 1888-06-06

County and State Items.
Tbore was over ten car loads of
A.rries shipped from Laurel Friday.
Asbnrv Hastings, a farmer living
roar Laurel, fell dead Monday morning
while picking strawberries.
The State Board of Health and the
Medical Society of Delaware will meet
at Georgetown on June 18th.
The Kent county rifle team held a
yerv successful festival in Camden on
Friday and Saturday evenings.
The trotting at Hazel Deli Park, Will
roington. Wednesday was successful.
The 3 minute class, that day, had seven
starters.
The kennel of e. w. Jester, of St.
Georges, carried away a number of the
Washington, D. c., bench show prizes
last week.
CHARLES Marvel's house in Seaford,
ioclnding furniture and clothes, was
bnrned Wednesday. \ cracked chin
nav was the cause. No insurance.
Hearn. Adkins & Powell of Milford,
whose mill was burned last week, will
Immediately begin the erection of an
other and larger one, on the same site
of the burned one.
Mrs.Anna Comegys Gassner, wife of
Rev. G. S. Gassner, died at St John
land, N. Y, last week, having been ill
with typhoid fever for week. Inter
ment at st. JOhnland on Thursday.
The applications for liquor licenses of
New Castle Co. will be taken up by the
court upon the termination of the
Graham trial, either on Thursday or
Friday. There are nearly fifty remOn-
strances on file.
The Delaware Base Ball League has
been formed, consisting of the Seaford
club, and the Americas, Quickstep and
Wilmington clubs of Wilmington. 1t
isdesired that at least six clubs shall
enter the league.
Sassafras bushes put in the chicken
house will free it from chicken lice,
and green elder bushes will destroy
cOckroaches. Try these simple rem
edies, says an exchange, and they will
be found very effective.
The season for shad fishing in the
Delaware river and bay will close on
June 10th. During the early part o.
the season shad were plentiful. This
season has not been so successful finan
elally as last season was.
Sussex county's oldest citizen. Smitt
Kitchens, who would have been a
centenarian had he lived few months
longer, died at his residence near Laur
e, Thursday. The deceased cut a SCI
Ofteeth few weeks prior to his death
John Doughten, of Wilmington, anC
Miss Laura Montgomery were married
in the NJ. E. Church at New Castle OF
Thursday evening by the Rev. r. /
Hubbard. The church was crowded ol
the occasion, it being the first wedding
that ever took place therein.
The managers of the camp-meetini
grounds at Persons Corner-the oil,
MOdOc camp-wll meet on Saturda
next to award the privileges. Thi
camp will be held early-opening th
latter part of June-sO that it will nc
conflict with the peach harvest.
The MiddletOwn creamery, made 4C
pounds of butter on Tuesday. In
few days says the Transcript there wi
be about Is more farmers to bring Inil
TO the creamery, as soon as cans can
furnished them. This will bring IL
average supply per day up to nearI
1000 gallons.
In the same prohibition conventiC
at Indianapolis which nominated eli
ton B. Fiske of New Jersey for Pres
dent and John A. Brooks, of Nilsson
for Vice President, two Delawarea
we're chosen as members Ofthe nation
committee. They are w. N. Brown,
Wyoming and J. J. Boyce of Laurel.
The executive committee of the Sta
Teachers Association met in Dover
Wednesday and decided to have t
assOciatiOn's annual meeting at Rel
both, commencing Monday, July
and continuing during the week. 1
usual arrangement will be made w
the railroad and the hotels. The co
mlttee will meet again to-day.
Colonel James r. Hofecker,
recent candidate for Governor on
temperance ticket, was in the city
week. HOffecker thought that tn
would be no necessity this year tol
state temperance ticket, since the
republican convention had declared
hrmly aud unequivOcally for temp
ance reform. Morning NeiCs.
Rev. T. f. Terry, of Dover, preac
atemperance sermon to an audie
which packed the large auditorium
MS church Sunday morning. He +
very strong grounds against h
Incense Of any kind, and held tina
was the duty of every christian to J
50 as to bring about total prOhibi
Olthe liquor traffic in state and nat
MayOr-elect Harrington, of Wilm
'on, will assume the duties of his o
On July Ist. Meanwhile he will
alrly overwhelmed with applicat
IOr positions on the police force.
postmaster William Y. Swigget
named for chief Of police. All
llens, save the FOUNDERS and hee
are delighted with the operation oi
new registration law.
This is the solid argument which
milford Chronicle uses to convince
voters Oftheir indifference and stI
i.y on the question Of water works
lIe precautiOn: The loss in wage
1qe town Of Milford by the burnin
nearn, Atkins & Powell's mill "
nave paid the interest on twice
amount of bonds necessary to
water works, which would have s
Aalt Of the mill anyway.
PREsIDING ELDERS TERMS
~. E. General Conference exts
sne presiding elders terms two .
sslaklng a term six years inste
,oar years, as at present. In the
Mlngton Conferences this law vii
tome effective next March. tn
sSnslon is good thing for those
il'eady are presiding elders and
= such for others when they b'
presiding elders. but it viii lesse
opportunities of some ministe
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