Smyrna times., 1893-08-09

- p. III. Wilmington only.
County and State Items.
Watermelons are plentiful in George
town.
Wilmington collected $4,000 in
taxes last week.
Delaware has 27OO pensioners, lOoO
being in Wilmington.
John C. Hopkins, practical surveyor
has settled in Dover.
Highwaymen have made their ap-
pearance in Bridgeville.
A post office has been opened at
Bacon's, Sussex County.
Corn and wheat sold at the same
price in Dover last week.
Wilmington will build new garbage
crematOry at a cost of $4,000.
Thomas Cochran near Middletown
raised tomato weighing "a ounces.
Squire Ferguson has been chosen
collector of town taxes of Middletown.
A new post Office known as Atlanta
has been established in Sussex County.
MiddletOwn has a parrot which
alarms folks by crying Fire " fire.
quently.
Middetown lads are stealing peaches
from the trains passing through that
town. =
The old-fashioned striped potato bug
is playing havoc with potato crops
near Lewes.
Plans for a new NJ. P. Church at
Dover have been prepared and bids
are being asked.
The Delaware City National Bank
stock was sold to James H. Clark for
$162 so a share
The new quarantine station on Reedy
Island. Delaware river, is being pre-
pared 1Or service.
Baker Bros. are in Odessa, preparing
for their seasons work. which will be-
gin about August 18th.
For trying to pass a forged check
Frank Ross was held in $500 bail for
Court at Wilmington Friday.
Thev have converted the old camp
ground at RehobOth into a kind of
pleasure park for guests at the hotels.
The bark Augustus Kobbe, with q
load of junk from Cuba, is at the Reedy
Island disinfecting station and is the
first vessel to be disinfected there.
The Dover stocking factory has shut
down for two or three weeks. Some
of the German hands wanted to visit
the Fatherland, and number of Others
desired vacation.
H.C. Carpenter. United States Com
mercial Agent at Fuerth, Germany, set
sail for Antwerp on Wednesday, on
the steamer Friesland. He was ae
companied by his family.
The clerks of the railroad Office at
CLAYTON will be included in an eXcur-
sion to the Worlds Fair given by the
Penna. r. R. Co., to a number of it'
employees sometime next month.
PASTORAL CALL To GRACE NJ. f
CHURCH.-Rev Merritt Hulburt, pas
tor of Spring Garden NJ. E. Church, il
Philadelphia, has accepted call from
Grace in Wilmington to succeed DR.. J
Y. Dobbins, resigned, to take efec
next March.
John NJ Rawlins, a prominent citizer
of Georgetown, for years the teller o
of Rev. Phillip H. Rawlins, died Sun
day week. He was 20 years old, and
leaves a wife, children and grapdchil
dren to mourn his loss.
Governor Reynolds favors the un
conditional repeal of the silver-pu
chasing clause of the act of 1890. Tn
The governor is sound on that point
The details of what is to follow can b
considered afterward.
The Rev. J. Hudson Riddick, d. D
at one time the pastor of EziOn NJ. /
Church in Wilmington, and one Of tn
most prominent members of the Dela
ware NJ. Z. Conference, died at Chestt
Heights on Saturday. He was 45 yeal
old and his death was due to cOnsumI
tion.
The Rev. E. l.. Hubbard, pastor
Union NJ. E. Church, has received
call to become pastor of the Madiso
Square Centenary NJ. Z. Church
Baltimore. He will probably be tran
ferred to the Baltimore Conference
the meeting of the Wilmington Col
ference next March. The salary is $
600 year. He has referred the call
Bishop Hurst.
Three valuable diamonds and abo
$75 in money have been recovered fro
the ruins of Isaac Giles fine TesidenC
near Seaford, which was recently d
stroyed by fire. The diamonds, whi'
had not lost any Of their briliianc
were found by COverdale ReynolC
who received S25 reward.
Even the undertakers of Wilmingt
are complaining of a dearth of busiDe
One of them remarked that the heal
of the city was better in July than
has been for five years. He did n
have one funeral from the first TO
last Of the month, an experience u
he never has had since his first gol
into business some years ago.
BIG GATHERING OF Tramp FRI
no,,a. n Uoodside a distance of sew