Smyrna times., 1890-09-03

Closing of Mails.
Going North, $50, $50 A. NJ, $50. 7.2OPM.
Going South, $50 A. NJ, 7.2OP.M.
Opening of Mails.
From the North, HOO A. NJ, 900, 145P. NJ.
From the South. 735, 11.S0 A. NJ.
County and State Items.
Fodder Saving will be general this
week down the Peninsula.
Wilmington's 5000 public school
children resumed their studies Monday
last.
The Milford canneries are pac king
together about 100 tons of tomatoes
per day.
The expenses of the military encamp-
ment this year, according to General
KeDney's own estimate, is $12,5OO.
About 500 cOlOred visitors attended
religious services in Wilmington Sun.
day in celebration of "Big Quarterly" >"
Wood carving, sewing and cooking
will be introduced in the girls depart
ment IN the Wilmington Public School.
Purnell J. Lynch, of Mt. Pleasant,
candidate for sheriff, has recovered
sufficiently from his recent sickness to
take short rides.
The Houston cannery at Houston,
has seventy-fve Bohemians working.
These people were brought from Bal
timore by way of Denton, Md.
The Rev. Charles w. Green and fam
lily, formerly of Dover, but for the last
eight years stationed at Hakadata,
Japan, as missionary, returned to
Dover, Monday.
Governor Biggs has been quite indis-
posed for the past two weeks. He is
looking bad and the strain he has un-
dergOne the past two weeks over the
Sussex judge has had its bad effects.
The Sussex county Democratic Con-
ventiOn for the nomination of a county
ticket, will be held at Georgetown, on
Tuesday. September 16. The delegate
election will take place on Saturday
the 13.
The State Legislature, after the Ben
net-May fasco, passed a severe and i'm
perative law regarding duelling, and
the Tenth Ward Councilman finds a
term of Imprisonment staring him in
the face.
During a fight at Slaughter's Beach
on Friday night, Charles Johnson, col
Ored, was shot in the leg, after which
the wounded man stabbed George
Lewis, also colored, in the abdomen
Lewis is seriously hurt.
Presiding Elders, J. A. B. Wilson, oi
Dover, and w. l.. S. Murray of Viii.
mingtOn are having very compliment
tary things said of them, the first fOI
temperance addresses in Maryland and
the latter for a sermon at Ocean
Grove.
The law permits the shooting of rail
and reed birds ON the first of Septem.
ber. Detective Hutchins, of the Game
Association, caught two Italians shoot
ing reed birds near Wilmington last
week aud arrested them. They were
fined $9O-$5 for each bird killed
E. w. Jester has eleven dogs entered
at the bench show of the viii
mingtOn Fair, among which is his Bas
sett hound "Babette," winner of min,
first prizes, one third and specia
prize within the past two years. Ba
bette now has family of nine littl
Bassets.
The only two evapOratOrs in servic
in Delaware are those of D. Refs ant
RObt. H. Davis at Milford. They ar
evapOrating the cores and skins of ap
Piles sent there from Baltimore, an
returned to that city after drying
T5ey are finally used in the manu-
facture of jelly.
The price of evapOrated apples
now up to fourteen and sixteen cents
according to quantity. Even core
and skins bring five cents per pounC
Apples sell from SO to So in the cit
markets. It looks now as if all sort
of canned fruits would be out of th
reach of ordinary pocketbOOks thi
winter.
Delaware College under the MOrri
bill, which recently passed Congress
has now an annual endowment frol
the Government Of$35 900. Under IL
operation of the bill the sum will il
crease annually until it amounts t
$4,000 dollars. What is to hinder
from fourishing too?
Several or more farmers in st. JOne
Neck have each ten or more acres
potatoes, all now promising a lari
yield. Mr.. Geo. w. Collins plant'
his crop with a potato planter th
marked the rows, sOwed the phospha
and dropped the potatoes ten inch
apart, covering the whole. He has
field of as handsome potatoes as can
found, the vines standing regular wit
out break.
The apple crop of Mr.. William Sha
cross, living near Odessa, is the en-
Of all who have seen it, being in fa
the best he has ever had, amounting
some 5000 baskets of fine perf'
fruit. Mr.. s. has dozens of offers
his crop, but as yet has not sold.
will realize something in the neighb'
hood of $1,000 from his apple CT
alone.