Smyrna times., 1888-10-17
county and State Items.

ouinimink circuit
Charles w. Cullen, of Georgetown,
.os last week admitted to practice in
tbe courts of Delaware.
The Seaford Town Council has invit-
=, b;ds for the supplying of 5000 bush
ois of oyster shells for the streets of
that town.
Charles L. Moore and Miss Ilena
Renson of Georgetown will be married
IN 81. Pauls Episcopal Church on
Thursday next.
The Delaware Bay oysters are as
,,snal finely Favored, but for some
oouse thev are not as fat as usual at |
tbis season of the year.
william Sawdon, colored, had his
hand badly cut by the splitter at Nc
C5Ilum's woodward one day last week,
and Friday he died from lock-jaw.
Cards are out for the marriage of
Fred Burgess formerly merchant in |
hover. now of Bridgeton, N. j., to Miss |
Mary ]. Van Dyke, of Odessa, on Oct. |
oath.
&c. Maginnis, who for several years
has been principal of the cOlored |
schools of Dover, has resigned to accept
more lucrative position in New York
State.
The Rev. William F. SwartZ, the
newlv-elected pastor of Central Pres
bvterian Church Wilmington, preached
his first sermon in that church Sunday
morning.
Mrs. Preston Lea, died Monday
morning in Wilmington, after a linger-
inc illness. Mrs. Lea was q daughter
of James V. Moore of Appoquinimink
hundred.
William Gray, an aged citizen of
Milford, died very suddenly of heart
disease on Thursday. He was one of
the original TippecanOe voters for Har-
rison in 1916.
Cards are out for the wedding of
Thomas 7. Kellum and Miss A. E.
Morrow, both of Wilmington, Del,
Oct. 10th. He is the son of VIM. I.
Kelum of Dover.
Rev. F. NJ. Morgan, formerly pastor
of the NJ. ?. Church at Greenwood has
resigned the pastOrate and cOntem-
plates moving to Georgetown, where
he intends to read law.
Samuel G.. Fisher of Glendale has
filed his contract for pine piling for
Spreckle's sugar refinery and is now
about to close another contract for 27,-
900, which will keep him busy another
year.
Frank G. Robb, son of Charles S.
Robb, superintendent of the Jackson
& Sharp Company, and Miss Lizzie b.
Moore, daughter of Enoch Moore, will
be married in Grace NJ. E. Church this
evening in Wilmington.
Burton & Carey have commenced
the manufacture of mattresses from
their factory near MillsborO. This is
a new business for that locality and en-
ables farmers to turn their clean husks
to cash accounts. - Georgetown Journal
Lady Mitt, owned by w. B. Brins
field, Lincoln, Del, while on the road
to the fair in charge of Raughley 8
DuttOn. her trainers, dropped dead just
before reaching ChestertOwn. She il
thought to have died from heart dis
ease.
Commencing on Tuesday, 23d, thu
Diocesan Synod Of the Roman Catholic
Church of Delaware will hold a three
days session. The Rt. Rev. Bishop Al
fred A. Curtis will preside and the ses
siOns will be held in St. Peters Pro
Cathedral.
The Thursday Club" of Odessa ha
reorganized and elected the following
officers for the ensuing year. Mrs
Daniel w. Corbit, President; Mis-
Belle James Appleton and Mrs. GeOrg
W. Polk, Vice Presidents Mr.. jaime
Hume, secretary.
battle of Gettysburg" or FroI
Culp's Hill to round Top" is the sui
ject of lecture in the Town Hall, {
Townsend, on Tuesday evening mex
by Rev. R. G. Jones, of Odessa. Th
lecture is for the benefit of the NJ.
Sunday school, of Townsend.
The conservation of the Rev. d
Coleman, as Bishop of Delaware, wi
take place in st Johns Church, Wi
mington, tomorrow, the 18th ins
Several Bishops and large number
Clergy are expected to be present
we'll as representative laymen fro
the various Parishes in the Diocese.
Miss Emma Lore, daughter of Il
Hon. Charles b. Lore, was formal
presented in society at her fathers re
idence Monday night. The occasi'
was made one of the early socle
events Ofthe season. A large numb
OfinvitatiOns were issued and abo
200 guests were present at the rece
tion.
This year the railroad has carri
5000 carloads of peaches at an avera
freight Of over 500 per car. $6OO,O
is no insignificant amount for sing
track road to earn in two months
carrying peaches only. The Delawa
RAJ road, however, has to pay 9th
roads something for transportation
yOnd its line.-MilfOrd Nel0s.
President Lobdell of the WiImingt
Fair entered such a determined prot
against the gamblers that they all l'
He also vigorously fought every
pearance of liquor on the gr0un
Thursday he took a flask of liqI
from a man and emptied it upon
ground. His motto IS: If there CT
not be fair without liquor and ga
bling there will be no fair.
DEATH IN MIDDLETOwN.-Geol
W. Wilson, the only undertaken
MiddletOwn died Thursday night.
Saturday two weeks he was stricl
with apoplexy and gradually 81
worse until his death. He was alb
60 years of age and was resident
that place for many years. He 81
up in Smyrna, and left there wheI
young man. He was brother OF Al
II. Wilson.
Negotiations are in progress for
sale of Rehoboth city, the tract at
hOboth beach lying between the Bri
House and the Douglass House, owi
for many years by Captain Lewis II
enick. Brinard Worner, a real es
broker Of Washington, is the prosl
tive purchaser, who will when the
is concluded erect buildings and N
it a cunning resort. The price pai'
about $4,000.
We heard incidentally last "
that coal was being delivered in Sn
ma, at $5.23 per ton. The best we
do in Middletown is S5.S5 of the
To anyone who would otherwise
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