Smyrna times., 1888-08-15
-,,,ntv and State Items.

county and State Items. n
O.,rosentative Rust will very likely h
hePifC'th 10 the House from Northwest 2
Fork hundred p
n ceorue Comegys, of Cincinnati, a
D. - tbe guest of his brother, Chief d
T., Io.tice Joseph P. Comegys. q
,..;ob p Marvel, of Knowles Cross
n''Ss 1uS,'N Nanticoke hundred, is a pro-
l"octiye nOI senator from Sussex.
c,lonel Everett Hickman is men
III OO, as Sneaker McCabe's successor
uOIS .Lo House from Baltimore hundred,
Sussex county.
Mrs. Hattie Giles, wife of ex-State
r.aasnrer sa'g, Thomas B. Giles. died at her
Il.dence near Seaford Monday morn
iDr after lingering illness.
Formers around Middletown are con-
rnoed there is more money IN selllng
t5eir milk direct to the creamery than
Sg making their own butter.
the first issue Of the Republican Ad-
.,acs an eight column newspaper,
'ril anDear in Middletown to-day |
""nJarttbe editorship of Charles ID.
Santman. formerly of Wilmington.
The New York Tribune says that the
Dor Jacob Todd, the distinguished
Wotbodist preacher of Wilmington, IS
LIED Of "a the probable next presi-
Ssnt dent Of Dickinson College at Carlisle,
Penn.
Seventeen carloads of watermelons
we're taken over the New York, Phlla-
deInhia and Norfolk railroad one day
recaPntIv and it is in order to remark
that # wasn't big day for melons
either.
Dr G. D. Johnson, the well-known
nonltrv fancier of Laurel, has leased
p pOe Of the largest egg farms in the
country at Hammonton, n. - anu
win remove to that place with his lam
lily in few days.
The following pensions were ISSUED
Friday for Delaware Original Invalid,
Iobn Rennett. of GumbOrOugh IN
crease George w. Wilkins, of Will
minpton and original widows, Eliza,
widow of Thomas S. Biddle, Clayton.
Thursday, on the occasion of " Big
Tbnrsdav'j crowds visited Bowers and
Cedar beaches. The former IS the IA
vorite of Frederick people and the laC
fer of Milford citizens. Tomorrow
win be " Big Thursday" at Slaugntel
Reach. Immense crowds are expected
Williamsville, Kent county, is in
ferment because of the cowardly as
sanIt of some vicious rascal upon Mrs
Scott in her residence. This Is Tn
tbiri time she has suffered in this wa.
and if the identity of the ruttian can D
established the neighbors threaten I
lynch him.
Hiram McCauley a we'll known bus
mess man and land owner OF MlilOr
died at his home in that town WeuneS
dav at the age of 73 years. he wa
the oldest son of the late Rev. 1rusCe
P. McCauley, and was a 0rotner-ll
law DR.. VIM. Marshall of MiltOr'
and of Judge Geo. P. Fisher OF wy
Oming.
Editor NiHiin of the Middleton
TrapscriDt counts on himself big, as
base bali plaver, as the following Sc
forth There is a reason in all thinl
and the reason why the 1OWnSsI 81
Base Ball Club, defeated the MloGl
town Base Ball Club, to z, was D
cause the editor of The Transcript we
to picnic that day"
THE De BRAAK ABANDONED
special despatch to the Baltimore .
from Lewes on Monday sald 1
Pancoast expedition in search OF
wrecked treasure ship DE Bra'
which has been operating oil "a
Henlopen for two weeks, left here 81
denly about 9 A. NJ, and headed up
bay. presumably for philadelphia.
THE New FAIR.-The new Wilml
ton fair continues to boom uhln
ruptedly. The board ofdirectors NJ
day opened number OF BIDS lot
erection of the main building, WI
will he a one story structure 4O by
feet with anneXes covering 81
equal to 40 by so feet. The gr
stand will be an ornamental struc
40 bv 200 feet and will seat
people.
That was a preposterous asser
which the Chicago Tribune maoe @
Delaware to the effect that TINS
sent from 5000 to 10000 men lnUO
rebel armies. 1t is doubtful tnat'
withstanding the natural sympa
and relationships of people IN TINS
with the rebel cause, even 9OO J
wareans entered the rebel ar
Delaware did its full duty in the
war. and it did it on the right 81
EUening Journal.
A BRAKEMAN KECOAP =,
From the August number OF the
road Brakemans' Journal, puoilsn
Galesburg, H., it is learneu
Brakeman William J. Wilson,
was knocked from a train at Cla
Del. February 8, 1888, has been
$1,000 under the disability clau
the orders laws. Mr.. Wilson IS
residing at Georgetown, Del, anc
onlv been a member of Wllml
Lodge. No. 1913, four days at the
that the accident occurred
A great many lotus flowers arc
on our streets now. These Z
grow in st. Jones' River ana az
genuine lotus flower of the River
in Egypt, and only grow IN Two
places in the United States. In
his books Bayard Taylor des
them and makes special ment
the fact that they are grown IN
Creek, Delaware, he being also
ity for the statement that they
grow in two other places in the
States. They are very large an'
rant and are in cast Of color o.
a rich cream and yellow.-DoCe'
THE NEW FISH COMMISSION
the appointment Of Charles ,
the adopted son Of the late =. <
nv, to the Office Of fish commi
lately held by Mr.. Norny hsmse
ernor Biggs has surprised even
terest enemies by q reasonaDl
appointment. Shubert is you
who has had excellent training
position under the late comml
to whom he rendered valus
in the investigation Of the hsn I
The pay Of the position Is o.