Smyrna times., 1891-09-16

Opening of Malls.
From North. lO.Ola. m, 1870 and $50 p.
SIS p. IN. Wilmington only. =
County and State Item
The Wilmington Fair last we
cleared $1,000.
The Sussex county Sunday-scho
convention will be held at GeorgetoV
on Sept. % and 80.
From being thrown from his %
rage while racing in Wilmington, JOB
Law, of Brandywine hundred, is dea
The trustees of Kenton church al
making strong effort to pay off a del
OF Sl4OO which rests on the parsonage
For endeavOring to secure a pensio
by fraud. Moses Frisby, cOlored, ha
been taken to Wilmington from Phila
delphia for trial.
The Odessa and MiddletOwn railroad
1t Is now stated, will be in operation il
two months. Dummy engines will b,
the motive power.
Supervising Inspector Walker of the
Treasury Department, fayorablv in
sprcied Wilmington's prospective
100000 post Office.
Mrs. Wiley. the mother of Mavor
Wiley, of Wilmington, fell down a
Hight of stairs at her home in Newark
aud is seriously hurt.
The Dover Inder says the autumn
girl will don epaulettes. But what is
an autumn girl? A maiden in the
scar and yellow leaf?
Delaware peach growers comprise
two classes this year-those WHOSE
peach crop failed, aud those who had a
big crop and lost money.
Mr.. w. R. Phillips, of Milford. has
pairing machine with which he has
pared l25 baskets of apples in ten
NOUS It's average is l12 baskets.
Bishop Curtis, of the Wilmington
Catholic Diocese, has bought a 3OOx
800 tract at Kentmere, near Wilming-
ton, for $14, 100. A monastery will be
erected.
summer cottages will be built along
tue Delaware Bay Shore opposite
Lewis, by George w. Malloy and
Robert Murray, of Philadelphia.
and others.
+. j. Morris & Sons canning factory
at Lewes, is now running on about
malt time on tomatoes. The crop IS
said to be light on account of the |
wet weather.
No cause can be assigned for Ella
Hamilton, colOred, jumping under the
tender of shifting locomotive No. 323
at Wilmington, Sunday morning. She
was cut to pieces.
10 the United States District Court
10 Wilmington, Captain Frank II.
walker, of the steamer Ella Grimm.
vas hned 80 and costs, for assaulting
Engineer Jos. A. Moore.
For the murder of her infant. Kate
alahoney and her sisters. Ella and
josephine, are held without bail in
wilmington, for the September term of
he Court of General Sessions.
For attempting to pass counterfeit
money at the Wilmington Fair, Rob
,rL Cassidy and John Harkins are un-
Ter S2,OOO and $500 bail respectively
or appearance at the United District
'ourt on October 20.
sturgeon Fisherman Anderson and
on, OF Delaware City, want :
10 ages from the Steamboat !
Richard Stockton, for running into
ne o. their boats, and United States :
iarshal Mahafy has libelled the
teamer. g
Inc pleasure of a watermelon party.
wen by Miss Lulu Vickers, in Frank \
'fd' was marred by the attendance of a
llitetn guests. Miss Bernie Vickers :,
i'h"rew from the table, and the re- 4
raining dozen ate easier. They didn't 4
ant bad luck. -
wilmington Is to have a regular set III
weather forecast and observation a,
80 Instruments for measuring the o,
Mount 81 rain fall, humidity of the at Re
ospneFe, together with all else con- N
1c'eu with the weather except the At
aklng the weather itself. =
delaware can now boast of a State Js
Alliance. It was formed ~
nesday at Harrington. Kent and ~ =,
Essex counties were represented -,
nile New Castle was perbans too K
ueh occupied in politics There was ~
IhVeress apparently, outside of those r,
.'' started the machine. As yet it Sc
One of our ladies canned sevaral iors M ~
peaches, says an exchange, and bv 10
TINE she counted up the expense, a
ey cost 81 cents per quart without m
. labor. She has concluded that it is Tn
eaper to buy, where you can pur- Ar
ase them for 25 cents per quart. he
ie Gamers, it is believed, missed il kn
not working this year. Fl
= gentleman Of MiddletOwn re. an
Ved his account of sales of double In
IRA peaches, 1900 baskets. with a ~,
Eek for SlOS. After paying for the iet
skets be had SIS, or / cent per bias. o,I
Tor picking, hauling, etc. Now sb AZ,
ne received the 20 per cent reduc. fbs
IA freight which the Interstate err
mmeree Commission awarded him. a.,
would have $50 additional to his SIs ~
go which this year would have see
u large sum Of money. TFanscript M
wharf Is being built at Carnev's
nj below Pennsville, N. j.. on the u
q recently purchased by the Du- the
Us OF Wilmington. There is 7 feet m,
waller at the point, at high water mi
PIE Tor boats Of moderate draught e~t
mont dredging. Arrangements are n !
~ made to erect six large buildings wa
the property and a railroad. II Re- c,t
rentiy reported that the manufac- n ro
OF smokeless powder will be car "a
on at tho Point. - !
IIss BAYARD ENGAGED.-The en-
agement OF Miss Louise Bayard.
ghter Of ex-secretary Of state, Bay. -
, and DIR. Frank Angel, Of New 4
n / nee