Smyrna times., 1892-05-18

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will cost $3.50.
The farmers living between FELTON,
and COursey's Spring Mills on Wed.
nesday evening, were visited bv a
severe hail storm that literally tore
Ihelr crops in pieces. Peaches as
well as other fruit were beaten from
Cne trees, berries were entirely ruined,
while the wheat fields were cut up in
sueh manner as to entirely ruin the
crop. Some of the farmers, we are
informed, are now plOughing up their
ruined wheat and are going to plant it
in corn. On Thursday morning hail
stones as. big as hickory nuts covered
the ground and could be raked up bv
the bushel.
In conversation with members of the
Delaware Exchange, which met here
on Wednesday, says the Delawarean.
ABOUT the fruit prospects in the state.
we found considerable diversity of
opinion. AS for peaches, the general
opinion v as that there would be about
One-fourth of q crop, chiefly confined
to early varieties. Reeves Favorite.
Crawtord's Early, and Late and Old
Nixon, will be exceedingly scarce.
While of such early varieties as Hales'
Early, TrOths EARLY, Early Alexander
and SmOck, IA late variety, there will
be fair crop. Pears are thought to
be hurt on heavy soil.
WILMINGTON MURDER TRIALs.-In
the Court of Oyer aud Terminer. Law
renee, alias Schooner" Long. was
acquitted of the murder of Antonio
BassO in November, 1889. He was
indicted for murder in the first degree.
but the state asked for a verdict of
murder in the second degree. The
jury was out about As minutes. The
Grand Jury returned true bill against
Daniel Miller, George Henry HUT.
Julia HUT and James johnson. ali
colored, for tie murder of Noah Ben
son at Delaware City, in November,
1891
Walter Smith, who pleaded guilty to
manslaughter in causing the death of
John E. Mcbride, was sentenced to
pay $500 fine and be imprisoned for
eighteen months.
DISEASED PEACH TREEs.-The COM
missiOners appointed by the governor
for the purpose of examining the peach
orchards of Milford hundred, to dis
cover trees infected with the yellows,
have been at work the past week. ].
J. Rosa, one of the commissioners. in
forms us that in one orchard in the !
northwestern part of the hundred, 45O |
diseased trees were found, while in |
another there were Ala. He is of the |
opinion that the diseases is spreading |
southwark, and if the farmers and |
peach growers of Sussex county want |
to save their orchards, now is the time |
to do it. They should be carefully |
examined and every tree found to be |
diseased should be dug up and burned. |
All efforts to cure this disease are so |
far futile, and Mr.. Rosa is of the Opin-
ion that it will only be destruction to |
the entire orchard to leave a single |
tree in the ground to experiment on. |
Sussex farmers can save their trees |
now, but it will be dangerous to delay. !
Milford NelUs.
The SHERIFF OF NEW CASTLE
COUNTY Has A LAsHING BEE.-Sheriff
Simmons lashed eight cOnvicts Satur-
day at IL O'Clock. James Wiley, col
Ored, convicted of burglary, was put
i'll the pillOry for an hour, and subse-
quently received 20 lashes, we'll laid.
The others whipped were Charles !
Thompson, cOlOred, stealing chickens, !
10 lashes; Edward Cooper, larceny of !
shoes, 10 lashes; Joseph Hickey, a
white man who stole coat in order to
obtain money to quench his thirst for |
IInnnr oriU h alr
his quivering flesh; Edward Townsend. |
cOlored, larceny, five lashes Henry |
HestOn, young white man, bore his |
i've lashes with cOmposure, but each |
stroke left nine red welts on his back |
John Conway, a crippled white man,
who acknowledged stealing a velOci-
pede, was given two cuts with the cat,
the least punishment ever inflicted on
a prisoner in the old Jail yard.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY COMMITTEE
MAKING ARRANGEMENTS s.-The Re-
publican County Committee of New
Castle county met on Saturday in the
rooms of the Young Mems Republican
Club, Wilmington. The election of
officers resulted in the reelection by
acclamation of George L. Townsend,
chairman; EdmuHd Mitchell, Jr., sec
retary; Seth H. Feaster, treasurer.
1t was decided that at the sheriffalty
nomination on Saturday, May 28th,
the polls will be open from 2 tot
o'clock in the city and from to- in
the country
The old rule of the party that the
candidates for sheriff and coroner shall
be consulted in respect to the election
officers, was readOpted. The eandi-
dates have been invited to attend a
meeting of the First District Commit
tee on Friday night, when they will
make their recommendations.
Unusual efforts will be made to put
the resolution of the county committee
into effect, and give each candidate an
equal opportunity at the polls. The
elections will be held in the usual
places.
DELAWARE FRUIT EXCHANGE.-A
meeting of the Delaware Fruit Ex-
change was held at Dover Wednesday,
to elect directors for the coming year.
The following were elected Z. II.
Bancroft, A. L. Hudson, ]. w. Taylor,
S. H. Derby, L. A. Lothrop. E. l..
Martin, DIR. F. p. Herr, Samuel Arm
strong, William PhlugOr, J. G.. Brown,
J. J. Rosa, Geo. II. Gildersleeve, A. N.
Brown, Delaware Clark, H. r. Hig-
gins.
The stockholders meeting then ad-
jOurned and the newly elected direc-
tors proceeded to organize as follows:
f. l.. Martin, president; s. H. Derby,
secretary, and E. H. Bancroft, treas
ureF.
WAYS and means of handling this
years crop of scarlet clover seed to the
satisfaction of buyer and seller and of
keeping the growing reputation of this
crop of clover seed Of the Delaware
Peninsula before the people, was dis
cussed. The meeting then adjourned
until Friday, May 18th, when the
above question will be taken up by
those best posted, and a plan agreed
upon.
Politics In KENT CoUNTY.-The
delegates to the Democratic State Con-
veption we're elected throughout the
county on Saturday. The Dover cor
respondent of a Wilmington paper
says:
The list OF East Dover's delegates
shows that the old Salisbury element
took no interest 10 to-day's primaries.
n n a noInt worth noting also that,