Smyrna times., 1889-07-17

dwelling st Doc Run on the Newark
and Pomeroy railroad was almost de-
molished.
irwin, son of Register Charles H.
NEW horter, is confined to his home in
wilmington, with a malady affecting
MS tongue and throat brought on by
Ine excessive use of cigarettes. Young
McW horter is l6 years of ace and has
Oeen IN the habit for some time past of
smoking between fifty and sixty cigar
cites a day.
,Ihlrty vessel and barge loads of pine
plllngs have been sent from Milford
since navigation opened, and probably
as many more will go before the winter
season closes up the WATERWAYS again.
flne and oak timber have brought q
good round sum of money into Della
ware this season, and it has gone into
direct circulation.
Commenting on the stolen "error
list" the Sunday Star saws. Had it
Deen the theft Of anything else than
that which pertains to the enfranchise-
mehC OF the yeomanry of New Castle
county, detectives would have been
put upon the track of the thieves and
a reward would have been offered for
Their arrest and conviction.
a number of farmers about Odessa
nave finished threshing their wheat
with moderate results. A few of the
average yields obtained are about as
follows: {. Watkins, average Weld per
acre ~ bushels; w. s. Vandyke, 20 A:
l. +. Perry, 25; Mrs. Walker. on the
); l.. Gibson farm, from Is to 20 bush
els. The yield of straw is prolific.
The outlook for the peninsula is not
orlght. The prospective peach crop is
becoming less day by day, and the
smaller fruits were hardly worth ship
ping on account of simultaneous ripen-
ing both here and in New Jersey At
the same time the returns of last wear
Will see most of the growers safely over
the present rough places.-Moraiag
NeCs
IHE MILITARY AT BRANDYwINE
SPRINGS. - The Delaware National
Guard will encamp at Brandvwine
Springs from July 18th to 9th. inclu-
SIVe. Every afternoon there will be a
dress parade, and during the day vari-
GUS military manOeuvers. The B. 4 0.
railroad will sell excursion tickets,
good on all trains from 18th to 9th,
inclusive, at the low rate of % cents.
Milford hOrse-dealers have a novel
way of advantageously disposing of
poor stock. When they want to sell
an inferior animal they drive on the
streets, whip the beast into a run and
are finally arrested by the town balif
Tor fast driving. The baililT is into the
scheme, and after nominal fine has
been imposed the owners publicly offer
the horse for safe on the ground that it
Is too fast for their use.
Rev Duncan MacGregor, of Brook
lyn, n. y, preached in Grace Church
and lectured at Hanover PRESBYTERIAN
church, Wilmington, on Sunday. AL
though the atmosphere was close, a
large audience was present. DR.. Mac
Gregor was introduced by DR.. Marks.
lie spoke wsthOut notes and completely
fascinated the auditors by his powerful
eloquence and brilliant logic His sub
iect, 'Intemperance: How oVerthrown. ."
was treated in a careful, forcible man.
ner. He iikened the storm of intem-
perance to that of nature; both are
formed by vacuums.
Rev. Henry Il. Galloway died at his
home, ZIG Pine street, Philadelphia.
last week. He was horn near Laurel.
Hel., May 4th, 1920, and i'm 1913 was
admitted to the Philadelphia Confer
ence Of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
in whose bounds he passed his whole
ministerial life. For a year past he
had been suffering from the effects OF Il
fall which injured his spine. He leaves
a wife, sou and daughter. He was
appointed to Smyrna in 1862 to succeed
DR. Bishop, but through Col. Wilmer
and others the appointment was re-
vOked and DR. Bishop remained a
second year.
What the n. y. World calls Governor
Biggs' balderbash before the Tammany
Association of New York on the Fourth
of July, has been freely commented
upon even by Democratic papers. The
Governor was either grossly ignorant
Of the operations Of the whipping post,
an institution in which be glOried, or
he wilfully misrepresented the facts as
they exist upon the criminal docket.
There was no danger of the criminal
being whipped IA second time" says
the Governor, while if he had searched
the records at New Castle he would
have found that many persons, white
and black, have been whipped five and
six times, and may be whipped that
many more times before they totter on
down to the grave with all the man.
hood whipped out of them. -Er.
CLAFLIN WILL BUY.-The George
| town correspondent of the EUenjag
1 Journal says: Every street corner, in
in every public place, and by every
one the c. H. Treat failure has been
/ discussed for the past few days, to the
/ exclusion of every thing else. 1t is ru-
/ mOred that II. B. Clafin & Co. of New
| York, are to buy the factory and will
run it in the. future, with Mr.. Treat as
manager Mr.. Claliin is in town and
our people are rejoicing at the prospects
of still having our factory run and il
the future, it is said, on a cash basis
/ Mr.. Treat has done all in his power
since his failure to supply the wants o
his employees, and on Saturday crowds
with large, wcll-flled baskets on their
arms, could be seen leaving the store
of ;. +. Polk, where arrangements had
previously been made to supply then
with all the necessities of life in pay
ment for their last week, s work.
The removal of Mr. Treat from
GEORGETOWN would be great drawbacl
to its business interests, and it is i'm
possible to find any one who will no
say that be has helped largely in max
it the metropolis of Sussex.