Smyrna times., 1891-05-27

o,.. \ 49, WhO hdu edcn Deen sem |
19nced 10 six months Imprisonment for
chlcKen stealing at Middletown, were
respectively sentenced to one years
imprisonment, $3.50 fine and one hour
n Ihe plllory, and two years, $500 fine
ana one hour in the pillory for ASSAULT
ing Gustavus Gibbs and Issac Gibbs.
FIRE AT MILLsBoRO.-The store.
dwelling and all the outbuildinps of
william d. Belts of Millsboro were
destroyed by fire on Thursday. A
corn crib belonging to the deputy col
rector OF Internal Revenue Daniel Bur
ton was also destroyed. The Rev.
Lewis Wells, pastor of the Episcopal
Ohurch, and William E. Burton, of j..
were severely burned while fghtin9
the hre. Mr.. Burton was badly
burned about the face.
A slngularly sad experience has be.
fallen the Board of Trustees of Kenton
cnurch. ln January, John N. Clark
VINO mad been trustee for many years
died, and on the 25th of March the
BOARD and the entire church sustained
another loss in the death of DR.. J. A.
Goodwin. Rev. d. S. Clark has been
Ill for three weeks Mrs. Mary Hutch
lnson, wife of one of the trustees and
mother of Mrs. Rev. w. B. Gregg. of
our conference, is dangerously iii and
Miss Mary, daughter of the Remaining
trustee David S. Wilds, has been very
III for several weeks.-COnfer
Chronicle.
n. T. Cannon, of Bridgeville has
just had erected a pea huller at his
factory which is the only one of it's
kind in the State. The vines when
mOwn and brought to the factory are
put in the machine where they are
picked, hulled and assorted. This
machine will be quite a saving both in
labor and capital to the farmer as he
experiences much difficulty in getting
persons to pick peas besides having to
pay considerable for having it done.
Mr.. Cannon has also enlarged his fac
tory in order to increase the pack of
peas and tomatoes this season.
DELAWARE & CHESAPEAKE RAIL
wAY.-The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Delaware & Chesa-
! peake railway was held Thursday at
EastOn. For the ensuing year the fol-
lowing officers were elected: President,
G. B. Roberts, of Philadelphia Secre-
tary, Robert H. Croft of Philadelphia
Treasurer, Robert w. Smith, of Phila-
delphia; Directors, G. B. Roberts,
Henry d. Welsh, ]. N. DuBarry, John
P. Green and d. S. Newhall, of Phila.
delphia, Hon. James B. Groome, oil
Baltimore, David J. Cummins, oi
Smyrna; George V. Massey, Esq, o.
Dover, and Colonel Oswald Tilghman
of Easton. OF 1900 shares of stock
%, ,952 votes were cast.
A Wilmington writer says: The frs
fruit of the Five Commissioner bill
promises to be a loss in the taxes t
New Castle county of about $50, 900
This of course was not intended, bu
the loss to the county will be the same
Had the Legislature passed an act tt
90 into effect after the next election
this enormous financial loss might haV
been avoided. The Levy Court ha
., expected with the aid of the $500
coming from the State to the county
pay for the Delaware Insane Hospita
to come within $4,000 of paying off tn
floating debt of $4,000 which wOul
, have enabled the Levy Court to &c
, | along without increasing the taXrat
to more than forty-iive cents on th
> one hundred dollars. But the count
is all at sea again. There is TO none.
in the Treasury, Ofany account.
!; At the agricultural experiment sti
+ ton at Newark there will be plante
l. this year 12O varieties of dOmest
grapes. 80 varieties Of wild grapes,
varieties of strawberries 800 plant
J. As of plums, 8 of ounces, so of p
l. tatoes, 80 of tomatoes, 80 of peache
~ OF the latter six varieties will be frOI
Tasmania, an island lying south
d Australia. Five hundred young peaC
trees have been imported by the st
tion from this island because of the
G, freedom from the yellOws diseas
"a The freight and express charges
10 the same being $500. These trees W
he he distributed among the followi
OF responsible fruit growers OF the Stat
Charles Wright, Seaford, 200 trees;
n Messick. Bridgeville, 100 trees, a
IS Daniel w. Corbit, Odessa, 70 trees.
SYPHERD - DOklONs Ne
" Wednesday evening Clarence u. SyI
re erd aud Miss Minnie Burton W,
united in the bonds of matrimony,
Rev. o. D. Sypherd, father OF
on groom. officiating. The ushers w
n William Hines, Of Baltimore and ~
ng ert j. Burton, of Philadelphia. hen
ds d lump of Baltimore acted as ,
p. man. The bridesmaids were NJ
81 Meeks. of Bellefonte, Pa, Miss Cas-
of Woodbury., N. J. They were
II. t;rad IN mink China silk and chill
av The maid of honor was Miss Em
he Jumn- OF Dover. The bride was
,og tired In beautiful costume OF 9ea
of white satin. en- train, trimmed in Du
nd ess lace. with long veil and ora
blossoms. After the ceremony rec
tion was held from $50 to II o'clo
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