Smyrna times., 1888-04-18

A-m N of an energe'lc III "A0' W
FELTON,. ,;.oa 1o..
VI UI' $4,000 muskrat SKINS besides
Eesr 5s1 coon, fox and opossum mdes'
plants can be protected from the
Pau.7 Of cut worms by wrapping
Is.% fs.nS in paper when set III the ground
'D, p.osbvterv of New Castle met
Il,aTday Inr evening at Milford opened
ye'teluacyr scrmon by Rev. Thomas h. Nc
gglarsl, WIN Of Greenville, Del.
Thomas B. Killiam, formerly
rev Wilmington, but now OF the
Of Ine s.ota conference, died on Thurs
4iun 1r If rheumatism Of the heart
willard salisbury, Jr., Esq, deliv-
gil' 9a highly spoken of address on
eFgu T',n q before the students of the
c.f"rence IL" Academy on Saturday
evening.
MI Damocratic county executive
Iu9 I,ittee will meet at Dover this af-
c'uol, luoon TO name the day for electing
isiuOot, ,lilOotes TO the State convention on
Nay Sth.
r.o distance across the mill-pOnd
:. ~ The proposed route of the new
S-idue III and causeway at Dover is 1000
s5t7 @ot and the distance saved by the
.5o1t i5[,, cut is seven-eighths of mile,
Tbare is a club of men in Milford
ubo have invested in the Louisiana
S,ate S, Lottery to the extent of one hun
5.a j.aJ chances. This is exclusive of the
inSiyidual buyers of lottery tickets.
Tho 95th session Of the Delaware
o,nFsrence of the NJ. f. Church will
ovnir o,mmenee at the WhatcOat NJ. E.
Gbnrch in Dover to-day, the 18th inst.
Rev 6. D. Foss, D. d., l.. l.. d., will
preside.
train of 25 cars Of spinach from
vorfnlk Va. passes over The Delaware
p,ilroad eyery day. Some days there
are several car loads of cabbages from
Florida for New York. A train for
sbad is also run daily.
Wellington Pattin, of Bridgeville,
has invented new basket THAT will
t,Ee tbe place of all other baskets now
made" Mr.. Pattin expects to begin
to make them next week and will
manufacture 10000 a week.
Congressman Pennington was among
the Hlibusters in the House and voted
a5aiDst Delaware receiving her share
If the direct tax collected in 1868
amounting to over $4,000. Mr.. Pen
rgton wanted by his vote to pay the
South S6S,OOO,OOO for the cotton tax.
The Union Republican Club, of Mil
ford. held special meeting at Low
ervs hotel Friday evening to consider
the advisability Of presenting the name
fthe Rev. Jonathan S. Willis to the
Republican convention of the State
for the nomination for representative
10 Congress.
The Conference of the M. p. Church
closed last week with the FOLLOWING
appointments for Delaware: Clayton
c. B. Blades; Concord, ]. w. Grant
FELTON,, W. w. White; Harrington
CM. Thompson; Laurel, J. Q. Bac
chus: Leipsic, H, w. d. Johnson
Milton, F. H. Mullinneaux SeafOrd
DIV. Anstine; Sussex, H. G.. COwen
A new afternoon paper, to be callet
The Journal, will be issued about tn,
first of May, in Wilmington. 1t viii
BEL one cent sheet, and it is said, will
be independent in politics, although
F. E. Bach, political editor of thu
Morning NelUs, is to be the editOr-in
chief and prominent Republicans ar
backing it. A charter for the Jour
nal Publishing Company, will be ap
Piled for, this month, by ARthon,
Higgins, Esq. The paper will make
speciality of local news.
The latest craze with the Dover girl
says the Sentinel is to wear many llttl
achet-bags fastened to ribbons of va
rOus eOlOrs hanging from their thrOat'
The bags are not much larger than a
ordinary thimble, and are suspende
by narrow ribbons, cut at diherer
lengths and bowed, with many loos
ends just under the chin. 1t is prOpt
that they should be made from bits {
silk and satin taken from young men
ties. Each bag is supposed to repr'
sent one admirer, and, like scalp
numbers count to build up the pride I
The wearer.
Frederick is excited over the SUI
den disappearance of the wife of Be
amin LOWber, a colored man living
Ihe suburbs of the town, last wee
LOWber's tale is that she disappeart
about dark. She, according to h
yarn, went to the well and got a buc
ct Of water and sat it into the doc
saying she would be in in a few mi
utss. Search has been made for Z
woman, but up to Thursday she h
not been found. LOwber and his Wi
We understand, are both over 80 yea
OI age, and were considered very go
cOlored peOple.-DelGUdredn.
=, Rev. H. W. Ewing, of Madely NJ.
SSlurch, Wilmington, at the Sund
echool Convention last week, read
carefully prepared paper on the subj
Vi tae Sunday School World"
which he made emphatic condemn
HOh In regard to certain abuses exi
ng such as the nefariOus practice
.uls1flOutlng certain obscene cards
Goaceonists to the young purchas
u cigarettes. He thought they shO
aave dozen Anthony COmstOcks
sua' city to apprehend and punish
', meh who are assailing the morals
!1uhg people by the agency of
'OOmlna6le things referred to.
Inc Sentinel is responsible for
following news:
me family are expecting to ca
LUCK Creek Hundred at the primal
Vl uncle Ellis return to the u. s.
eve eve 1t is claimed by some of Il
16SllGwers that the Mustards, John
uaSEen, VIM. Z. Hall, James Starl
auu robert Denney, all of whom (
PIryeI Gray in 1886, will support
TIE Eli this year as against WolC
u North Murderkill the Senate
oO.snaidacy of Mr.. Peter Meredith
started the friends of Mr.. George
S;erSleeve !" at work. The Family friC
A. North Murderkill allege that
tSi tSSsirsleeye must go to the State Sc
NE 5i BEER-DRINKING PoLICE.-A
~ Os nn0ads Saturday evening held
;ucai investigation of the beer-dI
nI ,ug episode in police quarters on
tL tLsusy night, 7th inst. Every Office
oue lorce was examined under ,
Sau S the fact that the city property
Seen transformed into a free beer
zen was fully established. The b
4Of bringing the haar into the !