Smyrna times., 1890-04-23

(iOu1lON
u. through the Chesapeake and
,IasSre ilSS Canal is unusually good.
un.G A. R. post of Milford will
..aar"oriately anS celebrate the Memorial
Day.
m Odessa creamery is making be-
Luz lno 600 and 700 pounds of bntter a
week.
u-.v Richardson has moved into
-. nSn sDs new State street residence in
Dover.
n, W spry Hurlock, of Snow Hill
"a has opened an Office as dentist, in
Milford.
Protbouotary Henry Long, of
Sa..sT S county, has died at Georgetown,
sgsd 81 years
s,od are being caught in the bay
ain the MispilliOn riverin quantities
nsver before known of.
A Iodpe of Good Templars was or
..n;1ed az Cowgill's Corner last week
,S;tb 90 charter members.
The college building at Wyoming is
N he converted into an armOry, Co. +.
Soving become the lessee.
An effort is being made to have the
delaware National Guards encamp-
nept this year held at Slaughter
Beach.
The Local Preachers Association
mssts in Middlet0wn on Friday, May
16rb The session will end the follow
ing Monday
Camden has just completed new
nnbhc school building. 1t is built in
he Queen Anne style, two stories high
and is 65x45 in dimensions.
The store of John II. McCaulley at
Iewes was burglarized Friday night
and meat and meat and cash to the
amount of about $50 stolen.
The town commissioners of Lewes
have decided to purchase a lot on
on which they will erect a school
builiing for colbred children.
A colored child was found dead under
one of the OutbuildingS of the farm of
DR.. Stout in the tenure of Edward
PleasantOn near Dover Friday morn
ing.
The muddle among WilmingtOu's
volunteer fireman over the election Oi
chief engineer may end in the estab-
lishment of paid fire department in
that city.
The Levy Court will meet to-mOr-
row whom the ERIK of the Peace will
have the tax duplicates ready for de-
livery to the collectors of the several
hundreds.
We are in receipt of a copy of the
Hon. Anthony Higgins speech on Ed
ueatiOn before the United States Sen
ate, Monday March 10, 1850 1t is al
able, argument.
Cards are out announcing the wed
ding of Mr.. L. Courtenay EnOs anC
Miss Mary E. Jones both Of Odessa, in
the NJ. E. Parsonage at that place on
Wednesday evening, April 30th.
Clement White, aged y years, 0
Smyrna, walked from that place t,
Marydel distance of thirty-six miles
last week, to notify q son of the death
Of another member Of the family.
The Fireman of the city of Whining
ton have carried their fight for a Chic
to the Superior Cour,, a writ of manda
mus being granted upon the City COun
CilOfWilmingtOn, returnable at George
town yesterday.
The Kent County Mutual Insuranc
Company fnd their losses up to thi
time are less than they were last veal
During the month of March double tn
number of policies were issued as wer
issued in March 1889
The State Board of Education held
session in Dover Friday at which the
gave hearing to representatives
the leading school book publishin
houses Of the country. No action wi
be taken by the Board until July.
Farmers in blowing their land th
Spring find that the land is heavy
there being an absence of the porous
ness usually found in the soil in th
Spring Of the year. 1t makes a heay
dead pull for the horses all the wbil
Mr.. Smith, from the Agricultur
Department in Washington, is in tn
county at this time, continuing h
tests upon trees diseased with the ye
lows. He says he will be ready to r
port the best treatment for the diseal
this fall.
The Rev. R. Irving Watkins
townsend and Miss Grace StOrr Of '
enna, Md, were married on Wedne
aay morning last at the home of II
brides parents, the Rev. Alfred Smit
assisted by the Rev. Frank Fletche
ohciating.
Tue house Committee Oh Rivers al
harbors Thursday completed the Ri
er and Harbor Appropriation ri
Among the list were Smyrna Rive
3,UOO Delaware Breakwater, $50, ,0C
wilmington, $4,000 !; ice harbor, Ne
Castle, 5000.
The Sussex County Superior Cot
~ tGeorgetOwn has decided that /
ancient Order Of United Workman
aot an Insurance concern. The ca
brought against the Order by the
sufanee Commissioner to collect inst
ance taxes was ignored.
Mayor Harrington, Judge Ball,
.ue Municipal Court, and the pol
committee of City Councils. of W
ml9gton, will go to New York tod
auu inspect electric patrol bo
with a view to recommending tn
aooptiOn in the former city.
Frank P. Hayes, son of John
hayes, OF Milford, was killed at r
~ Fark, Pa, on Wednesday last
selng struck by the engine Of an
'ess train. Mr.. Hayes has been
.ue employ of the Pennsylvania RI
years. w. - :" 'O' ~
DIED READING A NEwsPAPER.-
a., collier, an aged and promine
IM,f.1ea Mas OF Sussex county, died suddeI
s.s Ssuuay while reading a newspa
Sga ws., while in apparent hea
h"nn MS paper he walked to a nei
Dis.s n. and began reading, when he
delaware College Review for Al
sse most interesting number yet
u' Il contains an article on N
s signaling by Lieutenant Bro
~ smother one of Delaware's plac'
" revolution by S. S. Herring.