Smyrna times., 1893-06-28
County and State Items.

County and State Items.
Frederick has four large canning fac
tories.
Thieves are causing Milford officers
much trouble. -
A vicious horse snapped off finger
for William Simmons of Dover.
There are over a dozen vessels at
the Breakwater loaded with sugar.
Milford MethOdists have raised the
salary of their pastor to $1,000 year.
John L. Peck and Robert Peck, of
FELTON,, are graduates from Lafayette
College.
The Silcox will case, will be heard
before the register of wills on Tuesday,
July 11tb. --
DIR. Horace Vaughn of Middletown
has a cross eyed dog, freak of nature
seldom seen.
Basket manufactures have put up
che price of baskets from four cents
apiece to five cents.
Fruit growers around Frederick
expect their orchards to yield 100000
baskets of peaches.
Governor John E. Richards. of Mon
tana, made brief visit to his old home
MiddletOwn last week.
Lawyer Hugh c. Browne of Will
mingtOn will make a Fourth of July
GRAFTON at Greenwood.
Edward L. Stats and Miss Sadie NJ
Mercer were married last Tuesday
evening in Wilmington.
Judge Grubb sailed Saturday by the
Etruria for Liverpool and will return
August 18th by the Campania.
Dr. d. L. Mustard succeeds Consul
Whitley as editor of the DeLa,Uare Pilot.
He promises to make things hot.
MiddletOwn's artesian we'll has reach
ed depth of 500 feet without yielding
a supply of water, and has cost $4,000.
A saw mill near Colts Station be-
longing TO Thomas LattOmus was
burned on Friday night week. Loss
about $500. No insurance.
Col c.. S. Watson of Milford started
on his fifty fourth annual pilgrimage to
Saratoga on Wednesday last, where he
will remain during the summer.
). w. Darby, of Frederick, has pur-
chased 10000 peach baskets which he
confidently expects to fill from 10000
trees which he has in bearing.
The first huckleberries of the season
made their appearance in Sussex We'd
nesday; they brought ten cents per
quart. The indications are for a yer Y
large crop.
Saladin with a record of 2.092 over a
half mile track will pace with Mascot
with u record of 2,04 at the Kite track
at Kirkwood on the fourth of July, for
purse of $1,000.
A farm in Thoroughfare Neck be-
longing to E. Il. Candy and others of
Wilmington, containing rs acres, has
been bought by George w. Bowers of
New Jersey for $1,000.
The citizens of FELTON, are making ex.
tensive arrangements to celebrate the
Fourth. 10 the afternoon L. Irving
Handy and Rev S. r. Maxwell Will
deliver patriotic addresses.
Frederica will be represented this
week at the Worlds Fair by DR.. and
Mrs. Thomas Cahall, Mrs. r. W. Rev
nOlds, Miss Helen Smithers, DR.. w. F.
HOey and John G. Hopkins.
formal banquet was given at the
Virden House, Lewes, Tuesday eve-
ming to COnul Charles w. Whitley, Jr.,
Esq, who sailed Saturday for his post
of duty at St. Etteinne, France.
The school dividends have been very
materially reduced, nearly a hundred
dollars in each district for Kent county,
and taxation must be resorted to or
the school term must be shortened.
The property of the KnaUff Organ
Company in Newark, Del, was sold at
public sale on Saturday last by the re-
ceivers, for $27, 700. The mortgage on
the property amounted to $25 600.
The Commencement exercises of the
Academy of Newark and Delaware
Normal School was pleasing evidence
of the high grade of school work done
By DR.. Shanks, principal of that insti-
tuition.
DR.. Henry r. Spruance has purchased
the drug store at Fifth and Poplar
streets Wilmington, of Edgar Fell. Mr..
Fell has engaged in the -four business
with his father, of the firm of Fell &
Josaph.
Gle shirt factory in Milford has
closed for the summer vacation. Work
will be resumed the first of September
and possibly little before that date,
if the season does not prove to be a
very hot one.
Joseph Campbell, living near Red
den, Sussex county, has a calf, now
over a week old that has no eyes, and
only a slight mark where the eyes
ought to be. 1t is a nice, thrifty calf
and is doing we'll
The Hotels at RehobOth are all
opened for the season and a prosper
Gus summer is expected. The railroad
authorities will soon put on an early
morning express to Philadelphia and
also another evening train.
julius IA AAA ANNoyCf bnD VI
WILMINGTON. who, iJ is alleged, sold
young Homer Brennan the pistol which
accidentally exploded, causing the
death Of Charles Crosby, aged 8, was
held in $500 bail for County Court.
Prof. J. E. Carroll, Principal of Dover
public schools, in connection with Su-
perintendent @. G. Tindal, will conduct
Summer Training School for teach
ers at Dover again this year, beginning
Monday, July 2nd, and continue five
weeks.
A reception was given by Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Cam, at their beautiful
country residence, near Kirkwood, on
Tuesday evening, in honor of their
guest Mrs. Jack Pearce, of Albuaueque,
New Mexico, better known to Middle.
town people as Miss Eva Lockwood.
John j. Rosa near Milford, Is trying
the experiment of thinning out the
peaches on his trees. He has a num-
Der OF men going through his orchard
picking oil the smallest fruit and leay.
ing upon the limbs only such quantity