Smyrna times., 1889-06-19

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Meets first wednesday evening ol ever! M.N'h
ISInN CASTLE No. II, *. g. E--Mcets every Nom
day evening in O1d Fellows Ham, ats O'Clock.
County and State Items.
General Henry Dupont is danger
Ousiy i'll.
Augustine Pier was opened for the
season on Saturday.
(S;he,p=head are a.Sino;ng to bite at
IlV)elaWa.e Breakwater.
Clifford has contributed 5000 to the
:. Johnstown sufferers; Dover $500.
Some OF the DrlaNa-. towns viii
assist Dover in celebrating the Fourth
of July.
\ new bell, which cost 5000 has been
pus in the tower of s.. Aune's Church,
MiddletOwr.
\ general service corps is being or
gauized in Wilmington in conjunction
with the q. A. H..
4 swarm Of bees is comfortably
domiciled over the door Of the NJ. L.
Ch4r,h at Odessa.
The Milford Ne,cs and 4drcrtiser
freair's 81 large but not full crop Of
peaches d0Au there.
Folty-lve new bath. houses enhance
the attlactivene.s of Augustine Pier as
Delaware bay resort.
The Delaware College cadets will
have q competitive drill for money
prizes at Newark to-day.
Caleb Boggs has been appointed
postma+te at CheswOld, in place Of Mr
Preston. The salary last year was
$52O28.
A Milford girl objects to seeing base
ball games in That town because the
lumber Of which tine grand stand is
made is uAdressed.
Mrs. S. a. Davidson has been ap-
pointed post mistress at Slaughter,
Del, to succeed Z. A. Davidson. The
salary last year was S74.79.
Robert J. Reynolds, living near
Petersburg, this county, is named as a
prominent Democratic candidate for
the Gubernatorial nomination.
Il is said to be am omen Of i'll luck to
larly true If all are hungry, and prepai-
ations Eaye been made for only five.
Strawberry season on the peninsula
ended Saturday. The shipments have
amounted to 1856 carloads, or about
two-thirds OF what WAS shipped last
year
Z. William Puriee. Of PArSonsburg,
l. I nj n.afa
Georgetown on the charge Of forging
two notes for $500 aud S40O respec-
lively.
Catharine Houston. colored. aged 1O2
years, lives near Milford Her mind
Is clear and her memory unimpaired
but she is confined to her bed by sheer
weakness.
Morris Cohen, an itinerant peddler
was held in $500 bail in the Whining
ton municipal court for violating the
new license law. This is the first ease
under the enactment.
John p Hudson of Snl rna is quoted
by the MorRiag Ne'CS a- saving he
does not thiuk there viii he over one
million baskets of peaches raised oI
the peninsula this year.
Olo RICHTER. "a German iai of i
years, is dying in Wilmineltn from
being kicked in the abdomen lw,
weeks ago by John Fay, companion
with whom he was playing.
Samuel D. Gorden. who has been
connected with the Laurel Gasdt
since its inception, has resigned III,
position as publisher to accept ;
more lucrative one in Chicago.
Edward McInalI, of Philadelphia. i
is alleged. will apply for a divorce from
his wife, Laura l. r. McInal. at tn,
New Castle County Superior Court, il
Wilmington, on September 10Th.
The Scientific american reports tha
Edison has now in contemplation
among other inventions, an instru
ment which he calls star seer" Per
sonsa hundred miles distant may o.
recognized.
Rev. VIM. DuHamel. son of Rev
John p. Duhamel. graduated last weel
from the Pennsylvania Uuiversit,
with the degree Of Bachelor Of art:
Mr.. Duhamel is also "A graduate OF Del
aware College.
Samuel Hill, colored. who was acci
dentally shot by Luke Elliott, ais
cOIOred, on "a sand boat IN Wilmingto
eq Saturday. died ut the HOmeopathi
ital in that city Sunday. Elliot
- ! exonerated.
In the Wilmington street riot cas-
Geo. II. Williams was held for erin
the fatal shot that killed Wrigh
Sewell Hall for shooting Joseph Lawle
and Robert Cooper for carrying con
cealed deadly weapons.
Although Luke Elliott, colored. wh
died in Wilmington on Sunday frOl
the effects Of being accidentally sh,
by Samuel Hall, also cOlOred, made a
ante-mOrtem statement exOneratin
Hall, there is a probability Of the latte
being held for manslaughler.
Rev Edwin Henry Eckel, who W,
ordained at Old Swedes' Church SUI
day morning. preached his FIRST sermo
at Trinity Church, Wilmington. j
has finely cultivated voice and
powerful and impressive delivery, an
preached for fifteen minutes.
Geo w Ernest, Esq, has been a
pointed Meteorological Observer by q
Agricultural Station Of Delaware 90
iege. He has received all the nece
sary machinery and can tell the publ
exactly all about the velocity Of q
WIND, number Of inches Of rain fal
temperature Of the weather, etc.
It seems that Sheriff Allen is pc
lectly satisfied with Mr.. James
Toner as warden Of New Castle coun
Jail, and he fas been retained in %
posllon, Notwithstanding the fact th
ne ana prisoner sentenced for murd
y out together through the city a.
~ on a general jamboree' z BY yisitii
the saloons.
Mf. Higgins has committed anotn
~ ssh in Democratic eyes, by securi
E NC appointment of Judge George
nisher as FIRST auditor Of the Ireasu
apartment, and because Q safe o'
sly was committed 10 Washinet
Daay Years ago while Mr. Fisher "
hD.s'l'ct Judge Of the District Of Colu
,,. o'a, ana the burglars escaped punis