Smyrna times., 1889-08-21
County and State Items.

Seaford will donate a site to an in
du.try that will locate there.
Wilmington tax collectors bills are
cut down by the City Council.
Wm. c. Jump. former merchant o
Kenton. is on from the west visiting
b.. friends.
The Delaware Iron Works, at New
Castle. are increasing the number O.
ther employees.
A Government bonded warehouse
for the storage Of fruit brandy will be
built al Newark
Delaware City residents are trying Ia
induce a Philadelphia shoe manufactur.
er 10 locate there.
Dover policemen are making indis-
rrin.lna,r arrests on the inference that
the sirtim> are tramps
Growers are receiving as much for
twelve baskets of peaches as they can
get for 100 bushels of oats.
Cards are out for the marriage of
s4ufri Rowan and Miss Caddie Ker-
bin Of Dover on the 9th prOx.
FELTON, has "a new postmaster in the
person Of Mr. Jacob Friedel. Mr.. Erie
Del is a weil-known citizen Of the
place.
r. Thomas Cochran has bought the
share Of ". \. Willis in the Eagle
creamery Of Middletown, Mr. w. retir-
ing because Of III health.
Robert Milburn and Richard Willing.
Of Washington. d. C., caught a l5O-
pound shark while fishing at RehOboth h
On last Monday with haul seine.
William J. Elliott, of Wilmington.
rescued l6-year-old girl from drown
lng after she had gone down for the
third time, al Augustine Pier on Thurs
day.
Next Sunday will be Big Quarterly
10 Wilmington and the city will be in
possession Of the cOlOred people. Biz
Quarterly is the annual conference
gathering.
George Spath. aged 20 years, of
wilmington, swan from Pennsgrove, y.
J., 10 New Castle ia the Delaware River.
adistanee Of about eight miles, in two
hosrs On Sunday.
While on a fishing excursion on Sun.
uaN and 4 mEr .hs IL
foH Delaware. Frank Mittengrr. aged
. years, Of New Castle, fell overheard
and vas drowned
Al me late Camden camp-meeting
Oas Of the Sunday preachers preached
one hour and thirty five minutes, and
!s ga not equal Paul in one of his
notable discOurses.
Inc laying Of the cornerstone of the
gsaEsre Hospital, Fourteenth and
n@aingtOn streets Wilmington, Satur.
l4! afternoon, was witnessed bv a
Aige eoncOurse of people.
Inc average shipment so far from
a!oning have ben about five cars per
since the season opened and as
t.-el men only claim 30 days for the
-ipplng season, it is half over.
-nnSVtHEk ~ DELAWARE POSTMASTER.
me Fostmaster-General has appoin-
". :. LattOmus postmaster at
Tro1usend to succeed w. A. Scott.
ils salary last year was S35O.21.
"A 4I'. Mary Caleb, wife of Josepb F.
T-.eD' oi Newark, died at that place on
--sslay 18th. The cause of death was
s.uIonia. Ammonia. The deceased was
J. Jsl'eT Of the late State Senator
A,i,-na i-,ss me 100 striking weavers at the
rs,ns ~-s'on Cotton-Mills, in Wilmington,
ri.-.It.oo, .-.h 70 work this week the entire
"a ~. -, VIII De compelled to shut down,
ofs.-I ..Is throw about $50 others out
v,r. "lli1m Armstrong, near Magnolia.
Se;ssty t oay party on Tuesday for his
Fos -1Sls n and party Of young folks
si1e smyrna. There were twenty
90 ~ persons in the party, and an en-
"'Aoie day was spent.
a.. ~; ~ Leah Hays, colored, who claims
81 10 years Of age, lives in Dover.
goo5 Practically helpless, but has a
~ ~ oPlPsshte. Until two years ago
aD5 oi9 oa,9 sew without using glasses
- could walk unsupported.
hsn, nave lase interviewed several promi.
a. ra,5..i .lloerats Of Sussex county as co
HsIf fGf-iloillty ~ Of the candidacy Of the
no. Sol9 /. Moore. They we're unani-
lsoiios y the opinion that better Sc
III eahhot be made.-LaureL Ga
Hs,,;.ofn yarn on the farm Of Jeremiah
ssrvias near HOckessen, who is now
IA i,s 2 Term in New Castle Jail for
a ~. 0tng Of Dennis Shea. was burn.
horn;1.'a al US contents, early Saturday
h09 g. entailing a loss of nearly
e. rsoa.., .ss Of Dir Howell. "A Dover mill
b1t ~ ~ lost an ear in an accident.
Hbasa b.s ald not depreciate its value.
n h1erprising owner at once cut
lloee..f'Iiln Gtn an old buffalo robe and
bsrs5 asaly grated it to the dismem-
hovs. as oank statements show that there
M ta1ll : million Of dollars on deposit
9t4nks Of Kent county. subject
ai5sS with the peach crop to be
o. -. a county must be very well
moving.
49,
klssor d -. Higgins has gone to Saratoga
sa1ea.. Ne needs respite from bis
psg political duties and the only
gfpss.SsO SsOula get It was to pack his
asbossH. and wildly rush away from
~ eosa. es O hungry office seekers who
lsaslos-;..iaee1ly besieging him for his
hsi.. 11fassees 1sees Of the State Hospital
.nsane. met at the hospital on
1as y and selected DR.. d. d. Rich
Of Philadelphia for saperinten.
sne department. DR.. Rich
= a graduate Of the University
Atnnsylvania. He gets $500 ner
'qm. Hewiil take charge septem-
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