Smyrna times., 1889-10-16


The New Castle County Levy Court
appointed the following as Jail Com
missioners to succeed the officials who
recently resigned: Julian d. JanVier,
William J. Ferris and John E. Connel-
ly. The Court refused to allow Sher-
iff Allen to use the county's coal for
cooking food for the prisoners.
w. CT. U. CoNvENTIoN.-The State
Convention of the WOman's Christian
Temperance Union will meet in Milford
on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
of this week. The meetings will be
held in the Avenue M. E. Church.
Mrs. Woodbridge, of Cleveland, Ohio,
one of the most talented and devoted
supporters of the temperance cause,
will lecture on Thursday evening, and
Rev. Mr.. Harris on Friday evening
The residence of John Warrington.
situated near Laurel was DESTROYED by
fire Thursday. Loss, $1,000; insurance
$4,000 1t is supposed to be the work
of an incendiary. This is the fourth fire
IN this vicinity during the past four
weeks. 1t Is feared that an organized
band of firebugs are operating similar
ly to the band that worked such das-
tardly vengeance on the farmers of
Western Maryland and Peninsula last
year. The total loss of fires within ra-
dius Of six miles of Laurel and in the
past month will aggregate $4,000.
The work of repairing the Avenue
M. r. Church, Milford, has been COM
meneed. E. Mitchell, of Wilmington,
was awarded the contract of stating
the steeple and went to Milford Thurs.
day accompanied by a gang of work
! men for that purpose. About six years
! ago the steeple was struck by lightning
owing to a disconnected rod and has
never been fixed. At last the trustees
have decided to have it repaired. A
new heater will be put in by Pierce &
| Carmean, of Milford, and Mr.. Goldberg
of Wilmington, will do the frescoing in
the body of the church.
The friends of L. w. Allbone, of the
! Delaware Railroad, entertained him
with banquet at the Capital Hotel on
Wednesday night. The menu wa.
elaborate and the service excellent
After the banquet, George V. Massey
Esq, on behalf of the employees of the
road, in his happy manner presented
Mr.. AllibOne with a handsome GOLD
watch and chain. Mr.. Allibone, il
accepting the present, spoke of The
kindly relations existing between them
and said he would ever cherish them
Mr.. Allibone goes to the Tyrone Divi
sion of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
SWEET POTATOES. The sweet potatt
crop about Milford is lighter than anti
cipated, the average not being abOv,
100 bushels per acre, if even that much
Prices have fallen off. too, and so cent
per 100 pounds, or 40 cents per bushel
is the price at the Milford depot an
at the stores. Farmers say that tn
weather was too wet for a good yielC
The falling oil in prices is due to tn
fact that New Jersey is now putin
large quantities Oh the market. ThOs
who used fertilizers alone on the
sweet potatoes report a fair crop. Som
say the fertilizers yielded better result
than barnyard manure and othel
report the contrary .-Nei0s.
A COSTLY DoG.-J. J. Shannon,
Middletown, had stolen from him
valuable dog several days ago. and
, inquiring around found that the anim
was in the possession Of a cOlored ma
by the name Of William Polk, and
resident of Bridgeville. On Saturda
night a warrant was issued for IL
r arrest Of the negro, and Detective J
: B. Hutchius brought him to Middl
) town on Tuesday, where he was give
a hearing before the Squire, and cou
mit;ed TO New Castle Jail, in default
; $l00 bail, to await his appearance
d Court On Tuesday morning Mr.. Sha
u non went down to Bridgeville to 2
J his dog. and the farmer who had be,
keeping it for the last three days, d
7 manded $500 board. This was pa
:. and the dog was brought back to Mi
:, dletowD Mr.. Shannon is of the OPT
, ion that to board dog in Sussex CO;
money, and is an extravaganza th
should be avoided if possible.-1rd
IF script.
u CENTENNIAL EXERCIsE5.-The CT
tennial exercises at Asbury NJ.
y Church, Wilmington, commenced ST
% day morning. The church was dec
ated with red, white and blue Dunti
II stretched around the gallery, and
ie pulpit was almost hidden with
ld pOtted plants. In front of the pul
ct were the words: "First the grain, ii
~ the ear, then the full harvest"
The Rev ]. d. G. Hanna in a f
words announced the reason for hO
I'd ing these centennial exercises was ii
n 100 wears ago next Wednesday BisE
e Asbury dedicated Asbury NJ. E. Chur
g, the frst Methodist Episcopal Chu
as in that city, and the mother Of
others since established. He expect
p, he said, that Bishop Hurst wo
' preach, but the bishop had not
NJ cepted the invitation. J..A. Roche,
.Ie D., had consented to preach both mo
~ ing and evening.
Ill DR.. Roche took as his text the
chapter, 10th verse of Nehemiah: -
ad ioy Of the Lord is your strength"
he doctor spoke for one aad three-quaI
;as hours. and held the attention of
on audience of about 1000 persons "
81 The afternoon services were
Quoted by the Sunday School and
Young Peoples Christian Endea
are Society. The Rev. Mr.. Swindell,
ut. the Philadelphia Conference, made
wo excellent address and the services v
us concluded with singing by the COM
in cation.
Meetings will be held all this "
preaching by the different past
in Rev. f. Stubbs will preach next Sur
ge- morning and evening.
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