Smyrna times., 1890-01-29

ponse of every true Virginian."
Grace NJ. E. Church CONGREGATION
Wilmington commenced Sunday and
VIII be engaged all the week in cele-
Dratlng the twenty-ffth anniversary
OF the dedication of their beautiful edi.
nee. With wonderful appropriateness
the last dollar of the debt on this beau.
tltnl edllce was paid off before the sill
yer anniversary commenced, which we
nope Will be happy time in its his
tory. Bishop FOss preached on Sun
day.
The boom that Dover enjoyed for
the last ten years, appears to have
reached its zenith, and under the
reaction Sheriff's sales are common.
About 100000 worth of her real
estate changed owners in this way last
week, and 1t is supposed that many are
IN precautions condition financially.
a rapid growth is a period that is fol-
lowed by period of low prices during
the reaction which is sure to come
Milford Chronicle.
The annual meeting Of the Will
mingtOn Agricultural and Industrial
Association was held in Wilmington
on Saturday. The associations plant
Is now one of the best in the Middle
| States, 1t being valued at about $4,000
The following managers were elected
George B. LObdell, Preston Lea, F. B.
Cotton, d. w. Taylor, F. n. Buck.
William Dupont, H. H. McMullen.
Thomas S. Robinson, Thomas c. vii,
cox, NJ. F. Hayden, and William Law
| ton.
Editor Townsend of the Milford
| Chronicle got some oysters that came
from Slaughter's Beach, plump, solid
| and half as big he saws as a ladies'
hand and his wife so delighted his pal
ate with the nice way she cooked pan
| full of them on Saturday evening
that the first thing he did on Monday
morning was to 90 and buy her a new
dress. This was literal verifcation
of modern female philosopher who
declared that the way to a mans heart
was through his stomach
STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL CoNvEN-
| TION.-The executive committee of the
| Sunday School Association Ofthe State
of Delaware met at St. Paul NJ. E.
Church, Wilmington. Saturday after
noon, and arranged for committees to
make arrangements for the next an
nual Sunday School Convention of the
State, which is to be held at Dover
April 1lth and 18th, 1890. Messrs. J.
E. Carroll and George NJ. Jones, O.
Dover, and W. o. Hoffecker, of Smyr.
ma, were appointed a committee on
preparing entertainment for dele
gates.
The Legis lative committee examined
the accounts of State Treasurer Her
bert last week and found them all cor
rect.
They showed that the receipts, inclu
ding S64, ,94S1S balance from the pre-
vious year were 307 ,S766O. The dis
bursements have been $254, 260. 80
leaving a balance of $53,6l9.05 in tn,
treasury.
The balance from last year in tn
school fund department was $14,768,
27 receipts, $S6,786.74; total, $lOI, ,555
Oh. Disbursements, $S6, ,09S.31 bal
ance, $15, ,456.7O.
The Rev J. A. B. Wilson says tn
paragraph in our State items last weel
and which first appeared in the Laurc
correspondence in the Ererv Erenin
cOncering himself and Rev. Mr.. Stray
er, is wholly false. He says, the Rev
, Mr.. Green who was a valuable ministe
| to the NJ. p Church, unsolicited sougt
: to change his church relations. Afte
, he had applied 20 him as Presidin
Elder for work and be had conclude
to take him, he then wrote to him t
consider carefully the fact ofthe highC
: standard intellectually, morally an
spiritually of the NJ. Z. Church, an
f whether he was prepared to NEE
n them. He came with his eyes open.
RIOT AT LAUREL.-A dispatch frOl
e Laurel states that riot occurred o
l. Saturday between the members of Il
q Wieomico County, Md, and Laur
: base ball clubs over a decision of Il
n umpire, Samual J. Covington on
. foul tip. The opposition was chan
pioned and led by Geo. w. Walker
SharptOwn, Md, and he was prompt
< knocked down and murderously a:
v saulted by COvington. During Il
d fracas the excitement was intense, I'll
= two clubs arrayed themselves in syn
i pathy with the two principals. Clul
= and bats were in great demand. IT
riOting factions were with much diff
cultv pacified and dispersed. Walk
l. was so roughly handled that his IA
> was almost beaten to a jelly, one e
was torn into threads and scarce
e hung to his head. His condition
-
= as the friends of the principles mali
tain threatening attitude. Those
, Walker demand revenge.
re AN ASCENDING PosTMAsTER.-T
Postmaster at Dinah's Corner, Ke
; County is vacant Henry Riehl
n Cleveland Democrat, lit out fe
II weeks ago. taking with him hOr
r carriage, blankets, whip, etc, all t
property of some one else, and he b
80 not been heard of since. His wife "
n left behind and she has given up
- office. The only other citizen in
- place is not able to read and write a
- hence could not be appointed to
a Office. 1t is said that on March /,
responsible person will occupy
house recently held by Riehl and th'
if the neighbors want it the Office c
IL be re-opened. Some say that au Otl
ty is needed there, as the point is oI
Di- about three miles from Cheswold
IL Kenton. Pearson's Corner is less th
,ss three miles south of it. The mail
Of been carried from Wyoming to H
is lettville, TO Pearson's and then to
az nah's Corner, distance of more tn
ten miles, while it ought to be carr
from Cheswold. If the Office is op
IT ed again, the effort will be made
rs carry the mail to it from Cheswold.
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iv- Maryland Items.
for A party of Ohio farmers Will loC