Smyrna times., 1891-08-19
CIos,nn of Mails.

= Closing of Mails.
Going North, $50 q m, $50 p. m, 5.S5 p. m.
Going South, 9.O5 a. m, and 50 p. m.
Mail for delaware & Chesapeake road and
,aItimore & Delaware Bay will close al 9.Uo T. III
Opening of Mails
From North. IONA. m. 1890 and $50 p. NJ
p p. m. Wilmington only.
county and State Items.
Kent county distillers pay but cents
'er basket for apples.
Peach pilferers from Delaware Rail
DAD cars are being arrested.
The Government is building a new
ife-saving station at Fenwick's Island.
Dover's Town Commissioners offer
S25 reward for the arrest of property |
lefacers.
A class of fifteen prObatiOners were
received into full membership at the |
NJ. f. Church at Dover Sunday.
John G.. Jermon has leased the VIII
lnington Academy of Music from T.
d. r. Sutton for five years at S3,O'V
year. - d.,
Railroad is extending its telegraph
line from Nicholson to Woo"lanu
Beach.
While making an excursion to the
Break water on Wednesday the steam
er Republic encountered waterspout'
She escaped damage.
The cornerstone of the new Metho-
list Episcopal church in Leipsic, Will
be aid with appropriate religious ex'
ercises on Sunday, Aug. 3oth.
Because of alleged completely IN a
highway robbery, joseph
Dugan and John Gardner, small boys, |
are languishing in New Castle jail
There is a man in Lewes so fond oil
fish that he gets up at ? o'clock every
morning and goes fishing. and lnVarla-
hly succeeds in hooking one Tor MS
breakfast.
Mavor Wiley declares that bicycle
riders i'm Wilmington must Keep OH
the movements. aud the Wilmington
Wheel Club is aiding him in carrying
out the order.
The Official Board of the Dover NJ.
F. Church. decided to ask Rev. w. l..
:. Mnrray, presiding Elder of Whining
ton district, to be their pastor for the
next Conference year.
Rev. McEwen Bell, who is about to
sever his pastoral relations with the
PRESBYTERIAN Church in Delaware City,
will return to Belfast, Ireland. his ma
tive place on September 10th.
TIE Joint meeting of the Grange,
nimer~' Institute and Farmers All
anr.. of Keut county, which Was To-
,,r held at Spring Branch Camp ground
near FELTON,, on Aug 10, has been post
poned to Aug. 20.
Hnupv Bee won the $4,000 stakes
in line race at Rochester, N Y, last
Tuesday, August IL, in 22l, 2lSi, aud
22O!. Little Albert made the first
h+.,, in 2lSf." George A. MillingtOn
i, the owuer of Beeswing the mother
of Happy Bee.
Middletown's Board of Trade is
scourlng nearby towns for $50 Women
Ia y ork in a proposed shirt factory
Ouiy fifty eau be secured IN Middle
town. Young, smith, Field q Com
pany, of Philadelphia, are named as
the manufacturers.
Il is estimated that at least 100000
baskets of apples and as many fine
large pears, within radius OF hive
miles of MiddletOwn, will rot GU the
ground or because OF the low prices bt
wasted. and because of the lack o
means to utilize them at profit.
Miss Carrie H. Lister, daughter o
Charles C. Lister, well-knOwn Phila
delphia lawyer, died suddenly ola rup
tured blood vessel at the home of heI
grandfather, Ex-Governor John w
Hall. in Frederick on Thursday even
ing. She was about Is years of age.
A WIFE BEATER PARDONED. -Franl
w. Jones, sent to Jail two months az
by Judge Ball after being convicted Q
beating his wife, was pardOned Frida
by Governor Reynolds. 1t is said tha
his pardon was strongly renOmmende
as he has very respectable connection
Edward Reynolds, of MiddletOwI
picked from his orchard near KentOl
! 264 baskets of peaches, and but tw
baskets of this number were pTemi
tune. This is an average of seven ba
kets to each tree but some contained {
high as nine, while others were col
siderably less.
Horace SilcOx, a young man abOr
20 years of age, residing on the far
of his father, Edward SilcOx, WI
drowned 10 the creek near Blackbir
on Monday afternoon. He had take
his carriage down to the strea
to wash and after doing this start
in to take a bath.
Miss Tillie f. German, the IA yes
old daughter Of NJ. II. German, of d
mar, elOped last week with Lewis Re
bins. They went to Elizabeth CT
NC. and were married. Mr.. RObb
is an emplOye of the n Y. p. & n.
Railroad, at Cape Charles, and is
industrious young man.
They CAST OUT THE Music
FAKIR because a travelling ia
tried to dispose of various musical
struments at New Castle, he was 81
a White Cap notice to leave the city
once, under a penalty of severe punt
ment il be refused TO do so. He b
tily packed his music producing inv
tions aud fed.
I'D. Simpson & Co., of Philadelp
are building an immense dry dock
Delaware City. The total expendit
for this Improvement will be Fl
100000 to 100000. Nearly l,
hands will be employed. The !
will be of the most modern charaC
and will permit Of the building as
as the repairing of ships.
THE EVIL OF RICHEs.-Hans GG
the German labOrer at New Ca
who has fallen heir to $4,000, is
enjoying q peaceable existence. TIL
ing that the treasure was stored il
house. thieves have made several
tempts to gain an entrance, but
ALWAYS been frightened of.
money is all in the bank however,
the contents Of the residence are
tically valueless.
PREPARING HER OWN GRAVE
Mary Crouch, q widow Of 80 years