Smyrna times., 1891-07-01

George u. Kerr, farmer near new
ark, will realize $500 from seven acres
of scarlet clover seed, a new crop.
A number of the Sunday Schools OF
Kent county will picnic in the camp
meeting grove near Camden, July 4.
Last week Sheriff Cole sold the farm
of Isaac Pearson, in West Dover hun
dred, to Mrs. G. ). Pennewlli, Tor
$2,S75.
Delaware will send birch wood from
New Castle county, white oak from
Kent, and cypress or red cedar from
Sussex to the Worlds Fair.
William Rothwell of MiddletOwn,
has associated himself with G. V. Will
hanson & Co, commission merchants
Of 30S Washington ST., New York.
Jacob G. Brown, of Wyoming, esti-
mates his crop of apples at 10000 bas-
kets. He has begun shipping the
early varieties, of which he will have
$500 baskets.
Frank Dukes and Max Dukes are
under $500 and $1,000 bail respectively
in Georgetown for the County Court,
for assaulting Elijah Ellis. Frank
Dukes stabbed Ellis in the back.
The MiddletOwn papers claim that
the peach convention has done much
To give To Middletown that prominence
among PeninSular towns TO which her
geographical position entities her.
Notwithstanding that his cOngrega-
lion asked him to remain Rev. W. p.
Patterson has resigned his pagtOrate of
the New Castle Presbyterian Church,
and he may 20 to Il West Philadelphia
Church.
July Fourth will be celebrated in
Middletown by a big street parade and
fireworks in the evening. In the
afternoon an interesting program will
be gone through with on the Acad-
omy grounds.
Five hundred feet wide, thirty-four
feet deep at high water, and twenty
four feet at low water, will be the di
mensiOns of the Eastern Channel iE the
Delaware River at the bulkhea bar be-
low New Castle, when the dredgers
complete their work.
INCREASE IN POsTMAsTERs' SALA-
RIEs.-The following Peninsular post
masters have had their salaries in
creased ChestertOwn, from 81 400 to
81 500; EastOn, 81 200 to 81 800 POGO
mOke City, 81 100 TO 81 200; Salisbury,
$1,000 to Sl,700.
NJ ID
sou, a niece and namesake of Mrs. A.
B. Richardson, died at her home Cam
den, Saturday morning, after a brief
illness. Mrs. Taylor was about so
years of age, and besides her husband,
II. E. Taylor, leaves four small chill
dren.
The fruit farmers have never real
lied better prices for their fruit than
they have so far this year, and they
have every prospect now of getting
COED prices for the maturing fruit, pro-
viding they can get the fruit to the To-
calities where the operators of the fac
tories can procure
DELAWARE PENsIoNs.-Original
pensions have been issued to the fol-
lowing named residents of this state
Michrei Slattery, Isaac Daniels, Hiram
ID. Jenness, Andrew J. Taylor, Ed
ward II. Boys, Charles Zerby, James
I. Jones, George w. Baker, John B.
Hail, Joseph P. West, Bartine Turner
The third annual commencement
exercises of the MiddletOwn Academy
were held Friday. The graduating
class was composed of five young men
Samuel Kelley, Thomas Kibler, Sam
uel ROthwell, W. Reese Parker and
Harry Tatman. Last year the class
comprised four young ladies and one
young gentleman.
HOMICIDE AT WILMINGTON.-Jame
McElhenny and William ]. Dunseith,
had quarrel Friday at Van Buren,
and Linden streets, during which Dun
seth shot McElhenny inficting a
wound of which McElhenny died in a
few minutes. The cOmbatants were
neighbOrs and had been on bad terms
fOI long time. Dunseith has been
arrested.
WIN. r. Cochran, Esq. residing near
MiddletOwn, lost two valuable thor
Oughbred heilers by poison last week,
and three more are very i'll from the
same cause. The poison used was
paris green, and was administered by
some miscreant who desired to be
Tevenged, evidently for some fanciful
injury, as the empty can was found in
the pasture.
The Government has appropriated
SLY 300 for work on the Assawoman
Canal The waterway now extends
from ChincOteague Bay to Indian river
-hitY.three miles II will be extend
ed through RehOboth bay and Lewes
Greek to the Delaware Bay above the
Breakwater, aud will then be cOntin-
uous waterway OF 73 miles. The
canal is 20 feet wide.
The body Of Count Reinhold Abram
LeWenhaupt, has been disinterred
from the Bsyard family vault in Old
Swede's burial ground and sent to the
relatives of the deceased near Stock
hOlm, Sweden, for final interment in
charge otfhe countess, nee Ellen Bay
ard, youngest daughter Of ex-secretary
OF state, Thomas +. Bayard, and her
brother, Thomas F. Bayard, Jr.
Joseph Bartlett, the father of 15-
year-Old Anna Bartlett, who elOped
with married John Reed, aged 80
years, has recovered from his serious
attack of prOstratiOn Nothing Is
known Of the elOpers' whereabouts
N. B.-Anna Bartlett turned up AT
ChestertOwn, where a sister resides, on
Saturday, hearty and well. She will
return to New Castle. Nothing is
known of Reed.
DELAWARE CITY's DoCK.-The dry
dock, which J. f. Simpson & Co., o
Brooklyn, propose to build on the
Simpson farm which bOrdered on the
Delaware river and the Delaware ane
Chesapeake canal, will cost $225l lQV
and will dock vessels of 1000 tous ca
pacity. The people Of Delaware Cts
are asked to contribute 100000 To ths
scheme. 1t is not thought likely thal
they can raise this sum although tht
project will not be retarded.
BIG FIRE IN WILMINGTON The