Smyrna times., 1889-07-03

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CELEBRATION AT DovER.-Great
preparations are being made for the
celebration of Fourth Of July at Dover.
The programme of the day will COM
mence at 10 A. NJ. A stand will be
erected at the corner of Bradford and
Reed streets, for the speakers. The
morning exercises will consist of speak
ing and singing and will last until noon.
AT one o'clock the procession will form
as follows and parade the streets: The
governors staff, Fife aud Drum corps.
Company &. d. N. G. Wilmington
Company II, New CASTLE Company +,
Wyoming; Company G, Georgetown;
Company ID, Dover Grand Army Vet
Grams, Hyatt's Band of twenty pieces,
from. Wilmington, Citizens Hose Com
pany Company, Smyrna, Rescue
Hook and Ladder Company. Camden;
Smyrna cornet band Robins Hose
Company and Dover Hose Company of
Dover, so costumed hOrsemen, Excelci-
or cOrnet band, Dover; Pioneer Corps,
Dover, industrial floats, and Organiza-
tiOns.
SUSSEX COUNTY.
Blackberries in Sussex county are
prolific.
The Grst shipment of Delaware
peaches was made from Laurel last |
week.
owing to lack of funds work on
the Delaware and ChincOteague Canal |
will shortly be suspended.
Forty-fve thousand tons of stone
will be used in filing in the gapway |
between the Delaware BreakWater |
proper and the icebreaker.
THE PARTRIDGEs SAFE.-Consider-
able fear was entertained by our sports
men lest the recent heavy rains had
drowned off all the young partrige5. A
report from the lower section Of the
Peninsula states that the birds remain
ed in aocks until very lately and if the
eggs were ruined by the heavy rains
the birds will lay q second hatching.-
SUSSEX Journal.
GENERAL STATE.
The High License law went into ef-
feet Monday throughout the State.
Continuous rains are damaging wheat
that has been cut and left standing in
the fields.
The employees of the Delaware
Division have contributed $3.50 to the
Johnstown sufferers.
: The annual meeting of the Peninsu-
! lar Editorial Association will be. held
? at Deer Park, Nd, on July Is.
The High License law went into eff
feet Monday and all the saloons through
> out the State were compelled to re-
move their screens and conduct busi-
: ness in full public view.
1 Dickinson College has conferred the
honorary degree of master of arts upon
!. the Revs. Ralph T. Coursey, S. NJ
Morgan and Isaac L. Wood, of Will
mingtou NJ E. Conference.
FIRST New WHEAT FROM DELLA
% wARE.-E. L. Rogers & Co. of Phila
" delphia, exhibited sample of new
a. wheat on Change Friday. The 10
!. consisted of 100 bushels grown in Della
! aware and inspected No. red winter
- The Franklin Baker Milling company
- purchased the consignment at $l.05 pc
bushel.
PENINSULA RIvERs.-UpOn tn,
% recommendations in the last report o
:, - the United States Agent w. f. Smith
=, of the United States engineers Otiic
~ in Wilmington, the chief engineer {
20 the Engineering Department of tn
bo United States Army, has ordered surV
- evs to be made of the following river
~ on the Peninsula, with a view to i'm
provements in their navigation Che
nd Ter. WicomicO, ChincOteague inlet, fo
nd the purpose Of a breakwater, Ell
sr- and North East rivers of Maryland
~, Appoquinimink, Del. Onancock ha
les Dor, Va.
ed In general Smiths last report, I'll
he result of preliminary examinations {
Do- twenty-one rivers of the Peninsula VIZ
er- given,
DELAWARE STATE LEAGUE.-Tl
= Delaware State League held meetir
Aac at Hotel Richardson Friday night. III
oTn clubs from Dover, Smyrna, Camde
+. Wilmington and Milford were repI
ny sented.
'ur, The general council arranged to pc
alu feet the schedule and the first game W
'te be played in Wilmington on MOnda
rre' July 8, between Dover and Wilmir
can ton. William Day and Joseph MEGA
MA. ertv will be the battery for WilmingtC
! III Hodson and Magee will be Dove
battery.
It was decided that the visiting cit
ave should receive $40 guarantee, and Il
;,o- the winning club should receive go I
'Ne cent and the loser 20 per cent of
remaining receipts. Fines of from
hops to S15 were adopted.
YOUNG REPUBLICAN LEAGUE
Renublican League of Delaware I
had Thursday in the Court House II
" The purpose of the meeting was
keep up the organization Of the pa
the for the fight Of next year. The le
, w ers present were Fredrick b. Be
n. G. Conrad. Horace G.. Know
Eli r. Sharp, Dr. G.. w. Marshall,
reek, Whitaker, Henry w. Cannon and
high ers. The officers were chosen
ating follows
President-George w. Marshall.
sa1lie Vice-presid dents-First district, Th
tbis as Bird Second district, Henry
Col Conrad Third district, the Rev.
10 of Willis: Fourth district, Eli r. Shar
Secretary-John ]. Plunkett.
RECOMMENDATION II. PiersOn.
ar are Executive committee--First dist
Court John p. Edwards, Jr., ]. EldI
dis, Pierce, Thomas S. Anderson Se'
hip OF district. George B. Money, E. II. M
Martin B. Burris Third district, ]
lon at Richardson, A.. u. Jardine, joshua
Dover, ker; Fourth district, Eli II. q
sistant Benjamin Collins, I. b Norman
d. c., a resolution was adopted asse
each club s. for the expenses Oi
league during the year. Dover
ace az selected as the place for holding
len, on ''.t s,,n,,al session and then the
ous ~ vention adjourned
A xvoman's Discovery.