Smyrna times., 1889-08-28


he can have a Deputy Collectorship of
customs but he prefers to continue in
the fight for postmaster.
STATE LICENSE FoRFE1rURE.-The
state license taxes due June 1st must
De paid to the clerk of the peace on or
before August 29th, otherwise the pen
atty of 20 per cent demanded by the
law will be exacted. The law gives
W days grace before the fine is impos-
ed, and that period will have lapsed on
Thursday next. There are many licen-
ses for the present year left unpaid.
DR.. Blocksom, senior member of the
nrm Ir OF Blocksom & Spear, druggists in
wilmington, J. Harvey Spruance,
clerk in their store, and J. T. Mont
gomery, jeweler, are all suffering
severely from the effects of the Brown
Sequard elixir, administered a week
ago by DIR. BlOcksom as an experiment,
montgomery is in critical condition
and none of them wants to experiment
any further with the fluid.
SHERIFF's SALEs.-At the court
house, Friday afternoon, Sheriff Allen
sold two farms of Theodore B. Rogers.
in Red Lion hundred, as follows: One
OF $50 acres to Charles NJ. Curtis, Esq,
Tor $4,000; one of 131 acres to H. w.
Winter of Philadelphia, for $780,
These farms are two of the finest in
the county and the prices obtained are
not much more than half what was
paid for them 20 years ago.
Prof. Erwin F. Smith is again in
Delaware looking after his experiments
to test the efficacy of different chemi-
cal manures as a preventive or cure
Tor peachyellows. His method of exam
nation is to 90 from tree to tree and ex-
anime each one carefully for any ofthe
disease and to note on his map of the
orchard the condition of every tree.
The orchard of Mr.. Green at Magnolia
mas been examined and so far no gen
eral conclusions can be drawn as to
results.
Alexander Boyd, milkman, who
lives on farm at Green Hill near Will
mingtOn, early Thursday morning at
tempted to investigate the cause of a
noise he heard in the barn of T. C..
Hooten, near neighbor, when he was
fired upon and filled with shot by an
unknown thief, who made his escape.
Boyd was removed to a Wilmington
hospital, where his injuries were de-
elared not necessarily fatal. Two of
Mr.. Hooten's horses had been harness
ed by the thief ready for removal.
Mrs. Mary Palmer, living near New
ark, is lying at the point of death,
suffering from injuries inflicted by a
terocious cow. She was crossing field
on her husbands farm in which were
grazing a COW and its young calf, when
the COW attacked her, tossing her in the
air and then gOring her. She was res
cued by her husband and the farms
hands, who had to kill the COW to save
Mrs. Palmer. The COW made repeated
efforts to get at her, and turned upon
her rescurers again andIagain until she
was killed.
The case of William E. Riley, VS..
Isaac Truax, which has been pending
before Justice w. n. Wilson, for the
past two weeks was ended on Saturday
/ afternoon last. The plaintiff demanded
| $l20 at the hands of Mr.. Truax for
/ lumber, shingles, etc. When Mr..
Riley sold his farm to Mr.. Truax he
claimed that there ,were $500 shingles
and 2O00 feet of lumber left on the
farm. but after a lapse of time they
/ could not be found, hence suit was
entered for their recovery. L. P. Nc
Dowell, w. y. Cochran and J. B.
Deakyne were selected as referees, and
after hearing the case on August 10th
a commission was appointed, consist
ing of Granson Reed and George
Truax, to visit the premises and ascer-
tain whether the defendants property
had been utilized. The referees again
met on August 18th to hear the repOr
of the commission, and after a shOr
consultation rendered a verdict il
favor of the plaintiff for S45.94-Md
dietOiOn NelU Era.
COLORED FOLKS DAY.-A big black
cloud of humanity enshrOuded Viii
mingtOn, Del, Sunday with Egyptian
darkness. 1t was the day of the famou:
Big Quarterly" when every livinj
son and daughter of Ham has a stand
ing invitation to come and have gooC
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the bretherin and sisters. They cam
from the north, the east, the south an,
the west. They came in every con
ceivable manner, too some by trains
some by steamboat, some in vehicle
that resem bled NOah's ark, and still
others travelled many weary miles ol
foot rather than miss that days pleas
ure. There were delegations Of 'cul
led" people from Philadelphia, Bait
more, Washington, Chester. Salen
Elkton, West Chester and all the town
on the Peninsula, until their numbe
were estimated at 5000. AS early 6
Saturday evening the devOtees of tn
: Big Quarterly began to pour in tn
City, when Washington, Baltimore an
Philadelphia dropped the major part (
, their cOntingents.