Smyrna times., 1890-06-25
County and State Items.

County and State Items
There Will be a colored camp in Dan
al R.dgely's woods near Dover, be
ginning July 8.
The ice combination is said to hav,
been broken and prices i'll the city ar
an the decline.
The Rev. w. l.. 5. Murray, of Viii
minrton, received the degree of D. d
from Dickinson College.
Miss sallie G.. Truitt died at he
home in Milford on June 18th of heart
trouble IN her seth year.
Thomas Hastings, aged five years
was killed recently near SeafOrd by q
window falling on his head.
Pevs. W. l.. >. Murray, D. D.. anC
n r. Terry are invited to preach al
ocean Grove Camp this summer.
The trustees Of the Conference Acad.
emy have decided to proceed at once
with the building Of the Ladies Hall
The scheme of the Delaware and
MARYLAND snip canal is progressing
Nodetails are yet ready tor publish
ing.
One farmer west OF Dover received
$500 from two acres in strawberries
0tner small places have paid $500 and
500.
t,.a. Rothwell thanks his friends
or their support and will put forth his
hest efforts 10 elect the successful NOM
ipee. Hewlil be a candidate in 1892.
Cards aavo been issued for the wed
ding Of j. 4. l.. Cough, railroad agent
agent AT Beag station, and Miss Mar
tia j. Thomas of Kent county, on
July ID.
The array worm worked so disas-
uou,Iy on the corn field of James
Slaughter IN 81. Jones' Neck, that he
pousued up and replanted about five
acres Of his field.
Governor Bisss has pardoned Will
liam j. Rathol Of Camden, who had
served eighteen months Of three
years sentence Tor an aggravated as
sauIt
Iue committee OH Agriculture of
Delaware tOuc5c, al Newark, will pro-
cure live acres "a land near Dover, and
i've acres near Georgetown, for exper-
meniaI stations.
Alter Juiy / the Wilmington City
Council w.H be CONFUSED OF thirteen
memDtrs-tWeiVe COuncllmen and "a
PRESIDENT POLITICALLY II Will contain
eIgat Democrats. aud live Republicans.
Ii. c. Carpenter. chairman of the
Peninsula Press Association executive
committee, is arranging to have the an
nudl mceuusot juaC body at SaratO-
"a springs, \. T., about the middle of
July.
David tocu's store at Laurel, was
entered on Iuur7day night by burg
lars Who blew open the sale, contain
IN The day receipts for berry ship
meuls. j. is SAID the burglars secured
nearly $1,000.
When the silver kings can get Uncle
Sam to s.le luem gold dollar for
about seyenty-iive cents worth of sill
Yer the average business man Is apt to
tMuk tla, Inc silver men nave Il good
tl.u5 ID tae.r possession.
The .oJ.th annual encampment of
the Delaware National Guard will be
heId al BraAdyWIne springs, beginning
on July - and continuing one week
II has been e-lsuJted Camp Benia-
D. r,ff n m,
Prot + D. Chester, botanist at Del
aware college, is thoroughly iuvesti-
eating the oats blight. The present
outlook for even Il small yield of oats
IN this section Is very gloomy. Many
farmers have piOughed the crop under
and devoted tne ground to other GER
eas.
The discussion of the Silver bill says
the Morning Ne'cs has aroused gene
raj Interest throughout the country, as
upon the disposition that is finally
made oi ]. may depend the political re-
suits 0, the future. The question is
one OF Elldi ImpJr,auce-and it is full
otp0.itc>
BARN AND CARRIAGE HOUSE BURNED
-Ihe barn and carriage house owned
bY David W. Mills, in Cedar Neck
were destroyed sunday night. The
OuldIng- are supposed to have been
struck by lightning. The loss on bull
dlu-s aud contents will amount to
aOoa, $500; partially insured.
AZ recent meeting of the stewards
Of Dover district Of Wilmington NJ. E.
Conference the salary of Presiding
Elder Wilson was fixed at $1,000 per
an11m, au increase of 500. The sum
oisl0o wa5 voted for improvements in
tle district parsonage and the presid-
ing elder was granted a months vaca-
ton.
Supervisor Wiley announces as a
rough estimate, ttat WilmiDgtOn's pop
ulatiou j., IN round numbers, about g.
VD. The population of Wilmington
by the census of 1850 was 42.478. and
tle increase of the past decade there
i0Ie, Is nearly 5000 or about AZ per
cent. Some Ofthis is due to the annex
alton OF new territory since the last
Census, BrowntOwn and Silverbrook.
The Milford clnneries received thou
sands OF bushels Of peas last week. d.
hes took in 600 bushels on Monday
aad James c. Reed nearly as many
al his caunery the next day. Shelling
yne peas gives employment to several
Tl TTuhdred hands-women and children.
Ihe pea crop is not heavy one this
year but fair
The Fourth Of July celebration at
IarLa'ngton this year is going to be
maae the most gloriously Jolly affair
,Hat good management and earnest
"ofkers can make it, John r. NichOl-
sCl' Esq. Of Dover, Rev. J. ). Willis,
VI il.ord 8ud J.. T. Powell, of Balti
more, have been secured as speakers
lOf lhe occasion. Arrangements have
''en made for two games of base ball.
n DELAWAREANs DROwNED.-J. w.
Deaplalne, with his son, daughter
alu uepnew, who formerly resided
a. Laurel, Del, but who removed to
a., npt,on, Va. some time ago, went
~ sailing a, Fort Monroe on Sunday,
"uea their boat collided with a sailing
oasel and Mr.. D's son was knocked
;S,sfooard. The father and nephew
iiLLulp9d INTO the water aud the whole
NJ ~ We're drowned. The daughter,
"uo remained in the boat, was saved,
vt"e told Levy Courtman ROthwell
S;5s- Sea ne first announced himself can.
faSe TOT the Democratic nomination
na-ailh s1ierlh that he would find out how