Smyrna times., 1893-09-27
closing of Mails.
county and State Items.

III. Presbvtery Of New Castle will t
aer in salisbury, Md, on the third of c
October.
Henry Pratt, a farmer, near Dover
.iaared $500 on one small peaeh orch-
ard this season.
Harry A. Richardson will build a
lime block of stores in Dover,
u,,er which will be an opera house.
The Rev. H. 5. Dulaney has been in
,,;ted 10 become pastor of Asbury M. !
Church, Wilmington, next year.
The canning establishment OF the
11ossrs Richardson commenced work
On meats and plum pudding Monday.
Knowles Wooden Mills, at New Cas-
ue Del. which have been closed for
seyeral weeks will start on full time
on October 2.
William Collins, colored, who COM
D,;,ted several daring burglaries some
time ago and fled, was captured IN
Wilmington Wednesday.
While working at Davis Drying Fac
tory at Milford, Lemuel Shockley was
strnck in the head by rapidly revolv-
ing crank and narrowly missed death.
After a Joint spree George Hobbs of
Milford, lay down on the railroad track
aud was almost run over, while Harry
Belts stole a team and Is In Dover jail.
DIR. H. V. 5. Stout, of Dover, will
locate in Templeville, Md, where ne
will practice his profession. de ex'
poets to move his family there this
week.
Barrett's Chapel, near Frederick,
where Bishops Cole aud Asbury met in
the early days of MethOdism. will have
an anniversary celebration Sunday, Oc- |
tOber l.
"Bucky" McGinnis, who he'd served |
90 months of a two years sentence for
burglary, has been pardoned out OF |
New Castle Jail by Governor Reynolds,
as he was very i'll.
H. A. Richardson has bought the two
store houses of David Harrington, on
Looekerman street, Dover. Mr.. Rich
erdsOn now owns large block, coner-
ing on State and Lockerman streets.
Prof. Arthur w. Wiley, of the library
of Columbia College, New York, has
beeu elected librarian of Wilmington
Institute library, TO take charge jan
uary l, when 1t becomes free to the
public
Cards are out announcing the we'd
ding of Miss Sara Belle, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. James H. Todd. to Rev.
Theodore Gustavis Eiswald ,at the ME-.
Church. in Dover, on October the fourth
at 8 o'clock, P. N.
The new Silverbrook NJ. E. Church,
Wilmington, was dedicated with all
day services Sunday. The sermons
were delivered by Presiding Elder l..
E Barrett, Bishop John P. Newman
and Rev. w. l. ). Murray.
The preparations of the Wilmington
City Railroad Company to build a troll
ley line to New Castle, five miles dis
tant. betoken a new birth for that town
while denoting that Delaware will not
play the laggard's part in the march of
the trolley.
On Tuesday Baker Bros. Odessa, fin
ished canning corn for this season.
This has been the most successful sea-
con they have had since their location
at Odessa, having packed about l 1,060,-
600 cans, which is an average of about
10000 day.
Henry R. johnson, of Dover, has
been appointed Chancellor ad litem, to
hear the Injunction case of the city of
Wilmington against J. Edward Addicks
Chancellor Wocott being disqualified
to decide the case, because he was for
msrly counsel for Addicks.
Paul earn, assistant at the State In
sane Asylum at FarnhuTst, who was
married to Miss Lizzie Laird Wednes-
day, served in the German army in the
Franco Prussian war, and also ninC
years in our regular army, being at the
Custer massacre.
Miss Mary Chance of Magnolia, ont
Ofthe contestants for the Hires World
Fair prize, will visit the Nv hite City,
although she was fourth in the contest
The citizens of Magnolia have cOntri
buted enough money to defray her ex
penses while on the trip.
Thomas F. Bayard, Jr., James W
Ponder, Christopher L. Ward, A. ]
Lynch and Artemus Smith, of Kansas
were admitted to practice in the court
Of this State upon the recommendation
Of the Examining Committee of tn
New Castle Bar at Wilmington.
Mrs. George Churchman, lady mar
sger of the Delaware Building at th
Worlds Fair is making an effort t
have the building moved to Lewe
says the Pilot, after the close of tn
Fair TO be maintained as a home fC
the aged and in6rm women Of th
State.
An exchange says: John Bartholt
new, an eccentric farmer of State Roa'
Del, ineensed at some fancied grie'
anee, has gone to bed, and declares
will not leave it for seven years. ON
in bis early life he did the same thin
aud kept his vow, spending seven fu
years In bed.
The muni6cent gift of $4,000
Joseph Pyle to SilverbrOOk Method
Episcopal Church Wilmington,
Sunday evening, making, as it does,
tOtal gift Of S12, 600 to the church bull
Ing fund. is the largest gift for siT
AZ purpose since the building of Gra
Church. - =
A THIEF WITH A CHARMED LIFE.
4 burglar was found in the store of
\. Culver & Co., Bacons, Sussex Coun
friday. -Four men tried to captg
the fellow, who jumped out of a W
dow and escaped. A. NJ. Rhodes 81
the fellows hat off, but failed to bri
the thief down.
About $500 carloads of peaches ha
oeen shipped over the Delaware II
s9se 1se % enis year, which at an average
D1oVO per carload, yielded to
sern seSrsnusSIVanla eSd railroad the large sum
soo0OOO. The net income from pe,
,ramc TO the railroad must be close
nall million dollars.
William Findlay Brown. formerl,
Dover and for time residept of
nn' Sown' olt pow 2 praltIcing lawyer
philadelphia, was nominated 40 I'M
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