Smyrna times., 1890-12-17
,1onntv and State Items.

County and 0taCe ACelhs'
REYNOLDS, near Odessa, has
F,.s,ed + g 500 bushels of shelled corn
flam nor' forty acres OF land
From 20 to % persons have been
,srted during the revival IN the NJ.
GgD = Church OF Dover
,,,e,rd merchants have organized
NlltO Ih of the Merchants Retail Com
or"utal o1srrial Agency Of Philadelphia.
delaware College Newark students
~ netitioned the Boa rd OF Trustees
in'sc6re ua,e competent pm ysical trainer.
,,Hs. NIessiek and wife celebrated
ff,ieth anniversary of their mar
Ile .tna a'l an the 81 of December, at their
bo@e '%9 near Bridgeville
wm A Gum. Of Frankford, has
" WI The I9rninq Ne,Cs for libel A. P.
iIJG pobinson and Charles F. Richards,
F.os are his attorneys.
cold watch belonging to Miss Ida
1inrd Of odessa, stolen from her one
Ivy ago was returned last week by
w. coHscience-stricken thief
Mrs. Elizabeth Powell, of South Will
nington. will be 99 years old on Feb
nnyi ~ She Is the oldest lady in Will
nino ton and has good health.
Rsnre,eutattve Lemuel w. Wa
- oi i,pwes. is an applicant for Au-
3,5, 3i,ar Of Accounts. Mr. NAPLES is
"'.E o"sIr. known representative of the par
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sunday freight train has been put
v rae Delaware Division which leaves
Wilmington ID ,ut 5 so in the morning
and delivers the daily papers to all
points south.
On Monday last, Mrs Susan David
ocsd about - Yeas, residing near,
TSnton had the misfortune to fall
t.om Inc porch Of her residence and by
,be f,lI sustained fracture of the hlp-
Joint.
Shaving Geers IS a sport that is no
ottainable in this section of country
Iut w. know of several men who got
tbare on "sleighing the dears, and it
Jon't take many spits of whiteness for
them to attempt i either.
soon there will be no disease which
wiU have terrors for humanity. DIR.
Koch has discovered a cure for con-
nmption, and now another foreign
musician has discovered cure for
cancer.
Charles Crouch at Schuyler, Neb.,
died on SATURDAY. Mr. Crouch was
a son of The late Rev Elijah Crouch, of
Dover. and his mother and sister still
reside there. He lett there for Neb-
raska some five years ago. He was 5l
years Old.
The barn of Constable Walter Tor
bert situated in Georgetown, Sussex
county. took fire from some unknown
cause on Wednesday morning, and
was entirely destroyed, with one horse
and a quantity of hay, corn and other
articles. No insurance.
William Hendricks. aged five years,
week ago playfully placed some
cheesein the right ear of Howard o.
Davis. aged years, and physicians
have been unable to remove it. The
victim suffers greatly. The boys live
in South Wilmington.
The people Of this Peninsula have the
hest railroad facilities at this time that
they ever had. The trains are so ar
ranged that even those who reside
along the branch roads can come and
20 from the cities in one day, while
the main line has an exceptionally hne
train service.
Ars. Alice smith, of Wilmington,
gave birth to tripets, Friday, all OF
them proving to be healthy and nor
may developed females. The father
Of tue children was one OF pair OF
twins and there have been four pairs
Of twins in he family.
The wedding of Miss Bessie Thaw,
Of Milford, and Mr. Frank McClOskey
ofPhadelphia. in Milford TO day will
be followed by a society wedding to-
morrow in the Episcopal church, when
Miss Margaret Pratt, daughter OF DR.
n Pratt, will be joined in marriage tC
Mr. Alfred Arnold.
Wilmington Knights of the Colder
Eagle have bought the Lewis building
southeast corner of Seventh and Mar
ket streets, for $25 900 and will erect a
$1,000 hall on the site.
Ex-Tax Collector, John T. Dickey
also Of Wilmington. has bought th'
Lleberman building, southeast cornel
Of Fifth and Market streets, for $50, ,OOl
and will build a new store on this site
Solomon Hersey, editor of the Viii
mingtOn Daily Republican, has beei
appointed clerk Of the Constructor
Department of WilmingtOn's prospect
i've pOst-office. The appOintee is fol
lower Of Senator Higgins and the ap
Poin'ment is a political recognition
The clerkship will probably cOntinu
ior two years at $3.50 per day.
Aosut 70 guests were present at To
Delaware Society's dinner i'll Ne
lork City on Tuesday evening of la
week, and the affair was eminent
successful in every way. At the clos
constitution was adopted and tt
following officers elected Presiden
4 W. Todd vice presidents, +.
eharper and F. d. CahOon executi'
onmttee, Reed Gordon, w. T. Ton
Hnson, w. H. Hazard.
William Mcpherson, a blacksmiL
was arrested Friday morning by dete
uye Jones, charged with setting fire
,ae large warehouse and coal sheds
Ueorge W. Bush & Sons, in Wilmin
wn' Detective Jones alleges that
saw MCPHERSON enter the sheds al
u'op some innammable material in
S'ge coal oil tank. Immediately I.
nSaeds broke out into a blaze and NJ
lnerson was taken into custody.
UREAT INDUCEMENT.-If your ey
are falling do not neglect them b
.aH at once ou Prof. We'll, 305 Mark
sIeet, Wilmington, Del, and ha
uen examined free If you wish
purchase Gold Spectacles or eye gla
IIGr holiday gifts, exam inc our stoC
~e largest aud cheapest line of optic
9,ols on the Peninsula, prices reduc
;S I the holidays. Glasses exchange
"uot suitable, free of charge.
,IHE OLD ELM.-The old state hot
sa u Tree in Dover, which has stood t
to'ns OF nearly century is amo