Smyrna times., 1889-10-23
county and State Items

County and State Items.
Ev.Congressman j. B. LoAand is con-
God TO his home in Milford from
illness.
Prof Wyatt, of Esther Beautiful
oueen fame, is now in Laurel arrang-
ing for a class.
The next meeting of the Kent County
pomona Grange will be held in Milford
on October 3lst'
The cat-tail season has begun at
Dalavare CITY and the marshes are full
ofmen and women gathering them.
r Cochran & Co., nurserymen,
loaded A car with 10000 peach trees of
,Se standard varieties, which were con-
signed to parties in Missouri.
The land damages in full of the pro-
Dosed Odessa and MiddletOwn railroad
PiiII amount to S8,71O, as assessed by a
committee appointed for that purpose.
The Methodist Church at Dover was
filed to overiOwing on Sunday even
ING to hear the temperance address OF
GsH. Niyer, of New York. 1t was u
union service.
The 2O.vear-old daughter of Daniel
Meredith, a farmer residing at Peters
bnrg in Kent county, shot and killed
herself while in fit of dependency
Wednesday night.
Gsor..a Carter, foreman of the Dover
Iader. has purchased part interest in
The Frrm and Home Wilmington, and
will become its local editor and mana
ger about November lst.
Milford Grange on last Saturday
considered the merits of the Erie black
berry. Members having experience
with the same, deemed it so near like
the Lawton as to be valueless in this
section.
Dr.LN. Slaughter, the homeopathic
nbvsician Of Frederick, has skipped
out for parts unknown. leaving board
hin of $i2O. aud sundry little bills in
both Milford and Frederica amounting
to about $3.50.
A uowerful religious revival under
the auspices Of the NJ E. Church has
be,.u m progress for about two weeks
At CowsIlI- Corner. Up TO Thursday
evening over thirty penitents had pro-
fessed conviction.
The eighteen tramps who escaped
from New Castle Jail Ou Sunday were
guarded by Lewis Davis. who is serv-
ing life sentence for numbering
Policeman Peterson in Wilmington
severel years ago.
john W. Fenimore, sheriff Of thi'
county. has sold out his store in LeipsiC
tow. ). Harper and David 5. BoyCe
They took possession on Thursday and
will conduct BUSINESS under the firm
name Of Harper & Boyce.
Albert Constable, Esq, counsel fO
the plaintiff, has filed with ProthOnO
tary Maxwell Of New Castle county
reasons for q new trial in the case o
Mrs. Henrietta V. Parvis vs.. the r, w
and B. Railroad Company.
A football game was played on tn
Elkton fair grounds Saturday afternooI
by the Elkton team and an clever
composed of members of the Delawar
Field Club, Of Wilmington, the latte
winning by a score of 80 TO 0.
The canning establishment of Messr;
Richardson & Robbins is now exteu
siyely engaged in putting up larg
quantities OF plum pudding, and thi
will be good season for poultry 70
they propose to commence buying tw
weeks early this year.
On the same night that w. S. Lethel
bury's store was robbed in Middleton
the thieves attempted to get into >. N
Reynolds & Co. S by means of cuttin
the heavy plate glass at Que of tn
front doors. They. however, left befOr
they succeeded in their work.
The sale of Holstein cattle whic
took place Wednesday at Odessa, W.
not a success. Z. Z. Marsh, wh
owned the cattle, did not realize sue
prices as would justify completion
the sale. Only eight were sold
prices ranging from $25 to $45.
The dwelling house of Edward Goo:
en- on his farm, near Thomas Chape
was totally destroyed by fire late Frida
afternoon. Only a few of the hOus,
bold goods could be removed, as NJ
GoOden was away from home. III
loss is about $500; no Insurance..
Richardson & Robbins have col
meneed picking and seeding raisins {
thelrcelebrated plum pudding. SOcie
iaaies OF the. town are employed al
earn from $3.50 to 81 per day. 1t
sald that the Grm has paid out $50
IN one season for seeding Taisins alOn
Col. Geo. W. Marshall has appoint
Captain BOyce, of Georgetown, adj
ant OF the First Regiment, n. G.
Oaptain Boyce was formerly the col
ncander Of Company G, located
SeoFgetOwn. He is a rising you
BOyce.
ffoi. Lee Cannon, Of Dover will apr
w admission to the bar at the cOmi
Sln Of the superior court in Dow
elaiies Der =, Jr., and William P'
lS"hi are hergoing the necessa
sA4ulnallO before the law commit
ss,epaia10Fy b being entered as s
AleHfEEN PRISONERS EsCAPE-Eil
prisoners escaped from the n
ebo-. yal saturday nlgnt. Incy w
s Crll Term meu, serving time in
eN ~ oi payment Of fines for mil
glsusea. gea. They crawled down a sew
Isues under the floor Of their cell a
'H Jug hole under the Jail wall.
hon. J. f. Richards, a son of the
,'.ll Sasa Richards, thirty years age
Mels Of Smyrna, and a brother
~ ~ stewart Carlisle, Of Wilmingt
efM peeN Nelected Lieutenant Cover
i,s;e O na By a majority Of about s
~ ecleyed some / 800 votes N
es. 1 ? Republican candidate
d. Holland & Son, Of Milford,
nSeF license than any other firm
Ps, 'sahIs IN either Kent or Sus
Ei. as past year their sales we
Sooodaa ex ,ess Of the round sum
IN NJ firm south Of Wilm
~ Iellas'goOds equal to this amo
lsuiN'oi this is wholesale trade
'0s and groceries.
e- nv hll session for Kent cot
hs vii begin on Monday. the
aad Aent county Jail has 81 col,
tai 'Srse T, white prisoners awai
tfn ne lader says that the cor
sss S. court promises to be an il
d, k,s ,vs1' one' as the trial list is the Ion