Smyrna times., 1890-12-24

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wednesday Afternoon Dec. 2 1890
.myrna Branch Trains
1-..,h 715. s.2S. 1885. A. NJ, S.42, 4.4O P M
Goln 4Sb Soutb. $50 I157 A. NJ, 4.4O, 555 1852. NJ
county and State Items.
average man, when he has on an
lno carries nineteen pockets.
lar houses at SeafOrd are runn-
Oys.Tn and night to fill their orders.
A.. Joshua McGOnigal's crop of
Mrs., ,,. netted her $l6O this year. She
.ud s.uised over 100.
An oyster famine this winter looks
An Certainty. Prices are now the
hiGbest IiS ever known
w;,,;om P. Slaughter, a prominent
Wf mi St. Jones' Neck, near Dover,
is y lead. aged "a years
u.nv tong of poultry have been for
nlSo5 nd5 from this country to the city
w.artets during the past week.
MI. sheriff closed 1. J. Brittenham's
Tourel. Del, Friday, making
sso'S Sonrtb T store closed by him there,
this season. v,.u. mL
.hn died suddenly Friday near Ken
wa SnO we're UsT Inferred in Odd Fellows GEM
stery r Camden, Sunday
p;ov Melvin, residing near FELTON,
,nnS,ered Nh on the 18th inst, four hogs
SsuH a;lbing 400. 4O5, AIS and 555 pounds.
TSSy we're IA months old.
There's enough money spent in Snow
uiIl saws the Messenger. for cigars and
Tobacco. % to run the churches, pave the
street aud light the town.
The directors of the Delaware rail.
: ,oad have declared the usual semi-an-
n"sI dividend of three per cent, paya-
he M on and after January I'd, 1891.
The Genuine Santa Claus is to be
tonnd in the heart of every cheerful
Tiver There are a great many imita-
sstions of the old man generous.
If is computed that during the past
few wears Sussex county's charcoal in
dustTv has brought more money into
tbe county than has the corn crops.
Rev William II. Motiit, rector of
CIaymont parish, died suddenly on
Friday evening, while escOrting his
wife to train at ClaymOnt station.
Vesta Culveyhouse, Of Dover, started
down his cellar To shout rats, but. his
gnn exploded, and the bullet lodged in
His thigh. He is painfully injured.
Josepb Hamilton and Nathaniel Tin
ole inmates of Sussex county Jail, es-
saped last week. Hamilton has been
recaptured but Tingle cannot be found.
OUR coats, clothing, underwear fur
pshing goods, hats, etc, the best goods
for the least money at Edward u.
Walls. = i
Miss Kate Denney died at the resi-
dence of her sister Mrs. Thomas J.
Lowe. in Little Creek, Wednesday.
Miss Denney was the daughter ef the
late Thomas II. Denuey.
CIV. Kenney, editor of the Sussex
Countian, IS an applicant for the posi-
ton of State Librarian. Mr.. Kenney
made strong fight, through his paper
for the Democratic ticket.
George F. Brady has purchased the
two farms near MiddletOwn owned by
ME- r. Cochran. One of them Is
known As the Reading place and the
other is the one on which Mr.. Cochran
resides.
GOVERNOR BIGGs SERIOUSLY ILL
Governor Biggs, who has been ailing
for some weeks had a relapse Friday
and is now seriously i'll at his home II
Middletown. He was somewhat bet
ter yesterday.
The Kent county Farmers Institute
will meet ut FELTON,. ON Friday, the 2
inst, at l o'clock. DIR. Neale, directO
Of the Experiment Station, and one o
more of the professors are expected Il
lecture on subjects of interest to far
mers.
In the superior court of Wilmington
last week, the case of Daniel Quigl.
vs.. the mayor aud city council of vii
mingtOn, for $4,000 damage for inJu
ries alleged to have been caused b,
falling into water pipe trench, rem
dered a verdict for the defendent.
The State Capitol Republican lClut
Of Dover, has elected these officers
President, John w. CassOn Vice Pres
idents, James Peunewill, r. A. Black
Captain joseph Bonsall Secretary
George NJ. Jones aud Treasurer, A. N
Danner.
Governor elect Reynolds and Coll
mel E. +. Cooper were in Wilmingto
few days ago, and called to see tn
working OF the Myers voting machln
1t is said that they both thought it ju
the thing needed, and that Govern
Reynolds aud Zeke will recommend l
adoption la his inaugural address.
Wednesday evening Edward DeaI
yne and Miss Flavlla Ridings we
married at the home of the brides p
rents. by the Rev. E. l.. Hubbar
Miss Rulings is a daughter of Jol
Ridings, chief engineer of the New "a
tie WOoen Mills. The groom IS m
ehinist in the Delaware Iron Works.
A large three -masted schooner
washed ashore at ReybOld's stO
wharf, about four miles below Ne
Castle, Del She was beached We
nesday, during the gale, and efo
are now being made to float her. 1
crew have left to spend their Christn
vacation. Many small boats at N
Castle are swamped.
The women of this broad land a
credited with being the means of ms
ing the wonderful change in the me
oership Of the next Congress, and
TINS be true, we may expect to see
lorms in our prison system of Delaw
as the WOmen's Christian TSmperaI
Union has interested itself in th
moral aud sanitary condition.
Jesse B. Stevenson, a well knO
and prominent Democrat, died at
residence about q miles from Milf