Smyrna times., 1892-08-10

John C. Price of Maryland received
2.765 bushels of wheat this year from
120 acres.
Next Saturday, Aug 1S,will be the
cOlored peoples Big Saturday ut the
Hammock.
A ten-inch drive-well is being! sunk
at Middletown to increase the supply
of the water works.
The Eagle creamery of Middletown
paid its patrons 6S cents per hundred
pounds for milk for June.
Rev. H. S. Thompson of Odessa
has been confined to his home the past
week with severe sickness.
During a storm last week the M. E.
Church at Townsend was struck by
lightning and slightly damaged.
Wilmington police authorities are
looking for Bail-jumper Edward Glib
bons, who is wanted for larceny.
The first annual meeting of the
Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union
OF Delaware was held aC Harrington
yesterday.
A parasitical fungus Whic h developed
during the recent hot and murky
weather, has materially damaged the
Peninsula pear crop.
Next Saturday Democrats of Sussex
County will elect delegates to the
State Convention which will be held at
Dover on August l6.
The Edge Moor Bridge and Iron
Works are full of work, which is being
turned out Us rapidly as the large
force of men can do so.
There are 81 cottages at Rehoboth,
and all but one occupied. Many
guests at Hotel HenlOpen are from
WashintOn and Baltimore
A trip by way of New York and
Boston to Montreal, taking in Saratoga
and the White Mountains, is in pros
pect for the Peninsula Press Association.
Proposals for WilmingtOn's new pub
lie building were not opened, bidders
auense of the new eight-hOur law, this
building being the first affected.
J.C. Mccoy has so men and 20 teams
at work widening his track at Kirk
wood and hopes TO have it in order by
the 10Th of this month. He proposes
making it 25 feet wider on the stretches.
Sheriff Simmons began Monday the
distribution in the various registration
places in New Castle county of all
books stamped iOr the purpose and to
be used in the registration of voters.
Perry Demby, cOlOred, who has been
before the Wilmington courts number
of times for stealing and who was also
accused at one time of arson, was sem
to Farnhurst Monday. He is insane.
Col. E. T. Cooper, Register of wills
on Wednesday rendered a decision ir
the James Francis will case. The de
oisiOn sustained the will. Ridgely ant
Pennewill for will and Day in OppOs
itiOn.
The Milford Chronicle says: III
WV0kOOU
have now FIVE acres of Connection
seed leaf tobacco which looks wei!
They purpose to loft, dry aud cure
and then, if it proves profitable, plan
largely the eominglseasOn.
Chester Evening NelOs says: "Th
Rev. John d. Rieg, who was stunne
by lightning at Brandywine Summit
is recovering. He says. however, that b
is afraid that the drum of one ear ha
been impaired by the shock"
The PrOhibitionists of New CAST
county propose to contest for politics
honors with their Republican an
Democratic brethren, and will place
full local ticket in the field at the con
ing election.
The Odessa Herald ceased to exi.
with Saturdays issue. The plant an
fixtures will be moved to New CAST
this week, where the owner and Ed
tor, C. H. Sentman, will publish th
County Herald. 1t will be Republica
in politics.
Ex-AttOrney General John Biggs {
Wilmington let the contract yesterda
for the erection of a very handsom
house to be erected on FOurteent
street opposite the Soldiers mOnumeI
and between George G. LObdell's res
dence and the residence of the lat
Colonel H. B. Judd.
Two cOlored men were killed b
lightning in Dorchester county an
their bodies burned up with the DIVE
ing house.
Capt. James +. Scott, owner Of Il
SCOTS Beach property, WOrcest
county is dead.
State Senator Ross of Seaford sa
that peaches were practical failure
SeaEord. but an occasional car load "
shipped from Bridgeville. He So
baskets Of peaches sold there yestt
dav for 81 so a basket. He did n
think there would be 100000 baskG
in the State compared to four milli'
. year ago.
Gunners are fixing up their biiI
aud getting ready for reed-bird sno
ing. A few Of the butterOalls ha
been seen. For awhile it looked as
tucfe WOulu DC no ltou tOi ehS W.
but the showers of the past we
changed that and with reasona
good weather there will be no lack
food
In New Castle county the candida
for County Commissioners are u
Tightening the lines on both sides, {
in some Of the districts, where th
are 80 many rival aspirants, the d
will be an interesting one. The fen
are being built, wires pulled throI
buttonhole's aud every candidate thi
he has his friends on q string.
Alfred Nivin Crockett, son Of A..
Crockett, died at his fathers resideI
near Middletown Wednesday, Aue
Sd. He was in the oath year of his
and up to a twelve months since,
every prospect of most successful
useful manhood. He was a most c.
petent and thorough business yo
man and was employed in the otiic'
1T. Elliott, broker of Philadelp
until his declining health compel
him to give up.
SHIPMENTS Of PEACHES. BridgeN
shipped five cars of peaches Mono
six Tuesday, four Thursday. The
weather Of the past few weeks
been very favorable to early fruit, |
venting it from rotting, and with
yood oolon onI fall n,afurffv has Z