Smyrna times., 1890-05-07

County and State Items.
Drum.fsh are plentiful in the Della
ware bay.
Bshop Coleman of Delaware is
working prelate.
The witness fees in a Sussex horse
stealing case were $61993.
Considerable asparagus has been
sbinned from Milford. 1t has sold
from $4 to S. per dozen in New York.
Rev. S. Willis will give his an
rual farm dinner at his farm near
Frederica on Thursday, the 10Th inst.
The semi-aunual meeting of the Del
aware Baptist Union will be held in Ii
on Church, Harrington, on May 13 and
II.
Friday evening Mr.. N. H. Hutchins
and wife of Dover celebrated the
95th anniversary of their wedding
day.
Robt. w. Reynolds, of Frederica,
has purchased of Martin Harrington
his farm of 13l acres, near Laws Chapel
for $1,000 cash.
The books of the home circulating
library in MiddletOwn are being sold
This does not sound we'll for such
thriving town.
Mrs. Joshua McGonigal in 1883 sold
butter. eggs, and poultry amounting to
s4l6, and in 1889 S422, from the farm
of16O acres near Little Creek.
Pensions were granted in Washing
ton Thursday as follows Mexican
survivor, Henry B. Judd, Wilmington;
original, Robert H. Neal, Harring-
ton.
The Wilmington fair will be held on
September l to 6, inclusive. The
speed purses aggregate 81 POO. The
total premiums amount to over $50
900.
George w. Spicer, who has lived
most of his life in our State has gone
to settle in Wheeling, West Virginia.
He is connected with the Excelsior Oil
Company.
Six persons recently met in Freder
lea Del. hy mere chance, and with
out any previous understanding, whose
ages aggregated 447 years-an aver
age age of "A years and six months
each.
Wm Marshall, who lives on the w
B. Wilson farm, near Green Spring,
has received $500 back pay and pen.
sion of $40 a month from the Govern
ment for injuries received in the late
war.
Mr.. William T. Johnson, manager OF
the electric light plant at Middletown,
will leave for Piedmont, Alabama, this
this week, to superintend the putting
10 of an electric light plant in that
thriving town.
The Levy Court of New Castle coun.
ty has at length heard the voice of the
people, and has cut down the sheriff's
feed bill from SIS, 600 to $14,142,90 or
nearly 25 per cent, and will fix this
rate for the current year at 20 cents
per day.
On account of i'll health, Rev. Mr.
Gibson, rector of Christ Church Dover
has been obliged to withdraw from
active parish work for a few weeks
In his absence, Rev. DR.. DuHameI
has been invited to officiate at the
Sunday services.
The Philadelphia Record of Monday
has the following item
A rumOr is current that Chancellor
Salisbury is 5000 to resign his office
that Attorney General John Biggs is tt
take his place, and that Willard Sauls.
bury, Jr., will be appointed Attorney
General
Norfolk strawberries are now gOinl
into market in considerable quantitie
and are commanding good prices
Very few berries will be shipped frOn
the Peninsula before the twentieth o
this month. By that time the bulk o
the Norfolk crop will be shipped
which will undoubtedly cause our Der
ries to sell for better prices.
Mr.. Cove Wilson's return shot 70
the Indictment found against him fO
assaulting Recorder Bewley says tn
Morning Ne,Us strikes us as interesting
He accuses Recorder Bewley of hay
ing charged illegal fees. Mr.. Bewle
has been in the Office only few week
and if he has been charging illegal fee
the probabilities are, we should say
that he has simply followed the usuag
of the office
Tue Board of Directors of the PieC
mont Land aud Improvement Compan
will have another sale on their land
that town on May 2lst. The fir
have also made agreements to run
private excursion from Wilmington
Piedmont on May 10Th, the party
return the following Saturday. tt
fare for the round trip including full u
Of the Pullman car for sleeping pu
poses will be $25.
DELAwAREANs IN GOTHAM.
% Delawareans met Wednesday mig
at the Hoffman House New York al
organized Delaware Society with ii
following officers
President, w. T. Croasdale Vic
Presidents, r. w, Todd, w. r. w
kins Secretary, William g. Kerbir
Treasurer, NJ. w. Jones Executi
Committee, E. n. Vallandigham,
Alloway, t. K. Reynolds.
DELAWARE GRADUATEs.-The lie
annual commencement of the depa
ment of Medicine of the University
Pennsylvania was help in the Aca
emy of Music, Philadelphia, Thursd
morning. Sheriden P Manship of NJ
Ton, J. Riddle Sharp of Harrington a
george A. Steinicken of WilmiDgt
mad the degree Of NJ. ID. cOnferr
upon them. The 112 graduates we
gwen given a dinner in the hatatOriI
nall Of the alumni and faculty.
Mr. L. Courtney Enos, and M
Mary f. Jones, daughter of Rev. r.
Jones, Of Odessa, were married W.
nesday evening at o'clock at the
Z. Parsonage in that place. The W
was quiet one, only about 30 que
being present, mostly the immedi
relatives of the contracting part
me ceremony was performed by
brides father, after which receipt
was held, the young couple imne
steiy thereafter repairing to their nc
Aear Odessa.
ltis something unusual for the N
ars. Richardson of Dover to be pa
poultry this time of the year, but 81
= the case. They secured a la
quantity Of poultry in Philadelp
isst week, which had been shipped
she city for Thanksgiving market,
mas been packed away in a refrigt
Nr ever since, nearly six months.
poultry is perfectly good and may
sefVe for the future ThanksglV