Smyrna times., 1888-05-23
-.nntv and State Items

,pere never so plenty diOHS Jul
Fish weiS as thew are this Spring. All
boy s. snOtC trout. nj drum, rock and shad.
kinaS and grass have had a fine
,dn for the past two weeks, "A tl cool
;aa,Vi ,lar is said to insure a g0Ou "nea'
crop Clifton & Co. have leased their
PeeA, ,Nnerv U at FELTON, to Reed &
large eannf .,6c will run" on tomatoes
4 AlISpir lSe full capacity of the factory
70 wv fishermen at Port Penn
Sturgeon rood thing of it. Two of
are mah'"I h Monday morning made S4S
them On oIn.oatflst. Other boats during
sSlo5S lse day made from s25 to $40
us Willis gave his annual
Rev, ,ortv o Friday at his Glendale
ilos arm p near Magnolia. Threatening
faIu1, IsDt away number of guests, yet
Isn ram AST company numbered nearly 4o
persons h,ou m
h1%IS !r,oJ Sealer of Weights and Meas
PolnIse~r Kent County, and DR.. Robert
qre' ~ Of Milford, similar official for
Eralm, y Conntv. by Governor Biggs.
Tbo Sq', term is four years.
Tho wheat crop in New Castle cOun-
IIT ILiTl he short this year, while in
y WV WI # will hardly reach the average
AeI. inner - wears. Unless something
olna"aI o. iv happens the crop of Sussex
ulI'1 niT he somewhat larger than in years
past.
IN Thursday afternoon the boiler of
~ agricultural engine exploded on a
sr% a. four miles below Port Pen, Del.
Tour "a, \ nersons were injured, and Benz.
poa.anton pT was blown 90 feet and in
itantIy killed. The others are not seri-
ously hurt.
David H. Atkins, of Milton, has ac-
,eDted the position of superintendent
If Moore's ship yard, Wilmington,
made N vacant by the resignation OF
Z George o. Sauerhoff. Mr.. Atkins was q
member of the house in the Delaware
legislature of 1885.
The citizens of Georgetown are NOV
ing with hearty good will to procure
sT their protection from fire the ne
cessarv apparatus. We hope they
NAV succeed and have a trst-clas;
equipment and company. Every tOwl
should be thus protected.
An extra freight train has been pu
on the D. NJ. & V. Railroad between
Georgetown and Harrington, maxim!
close connection with the freight trail
from Franklin City and with tn
through Jersey City freight on tn
main line, at Harrington.
Ererq Egeaing, the only Democrat
daily in the State, will support MI
Harrington, for Mayor who is a Law
Dartner ofGeorge H. Bates, chief stock
holder in the paper. 1t is said tina
the influence of Senator Gray and Sec
retary Bayard will be brought to bea
in favor of Mr.. Harrington.
There are two things that the P. W
&B. railroad ought to do: make a
regular excursion tickets from point
on the Peninsula to Philadelphia goo
to stop off at Wilmington and
make all Peninsula trains through, {
express trains from Wilmington
Philadelphia and Home
Charles Davis, residing in West D
yer hundred, had an alteration with
cOOred man named Miller, in his eu
plOy, and pounded him severely with
singe-tree Squire Jester took his de
OstiOn and held Davis to bail to a
pear before him when Miller will
able to attend, in the sum of $500.
CHARLES TURNER FLEMING DEA
Charles T. Fleming, brother-in-la Ia
Ofthe late Governor Causey, died
bis residence in Milford Sunday NOR
ing, aged SO years. He was an en-
nent surveyor and probably the oldt
in the State. He was appointed trust
Of the well-knOwn Potter estate
Chancellor Johns and held the positi
for forty years. He was also NOta
Public for many years.
APPOINTED VICE-REGENT FOR II
STATE.-Miss Harriet Clayton Con
gys, daughter of the Chief Justice, h
been unanimously chosen by the rege
and vice-regents of the Ladies' MOU
Vernon Association, Vice-regent for
State Of Delaware, to fill the vacan
IN the board Occasioned by the dece'
Of her mother, who held the place fir
the organization of the ASSOCIATE
until her decease last month.
Drs. Richards and Layton, of Geor
town, extracted ball from the arm
the eight-year.Old son of James p
ker, of MillsbOrO, last Tuesday. I
boy was accidentally shot by his bro
erin August, 1885, but the wound
not until recently given him {
trouble. Some time ago it cOmmen
running and his parents were persu
ed to have the bullet taken out.
operation was quite a severe one,
at lVst accounts the little sufferer '
doing we'll.
A government hospital is be
erected near the Delaware Breakwi
at Lewes to receive any persons f
foreign ports who are afflicted '
any contagious diseases. This is
the protection of the towns along
oay and river, which have hereto
oeen exposed to considerable dal
rOm incoming vessels. No quaran
station has ever been established
low Chester and this one is for
protection of the river and harbO
well as Philadelphia.
A BIG MAJORITY FOR WATERING
IN NEwARK.-The election on 81
Gay to decide whether or not the C
Gil should have the privilege of b
ing the town for $25, 900 and estat
ing water works and a sewerage
TEN has definitely settled the ma
tne majority of the free-hOlders vO
while a few remained away beC
tney did not understand the que
at issue. Nearly 1000 votes were
and out of this number a majOrit
900 was for a water supply.
New FIELDS OF LABOR FOR
BRowNs.-A. N. Brown, master G
delaware State Grange and ex-s
tary of the Delaware Fruit Exch
mas accepted the position of &c
manager Of the Fruit and Produce
ehange Of Baltimore and will
upon his new duties on June Is.
position is a lucrative one.
W. N. Brown, secretary of the
aware Fruit Exchange, has bee
pointed freight solicitor for the
sylvania railroad. He will tray
the Eastern, Northern and w
states in the interest of the
Exchange.
VIM. J. Hickman, of Bayard,
lound the badly decompOsed bod
man 4 = 4 4