Smyrna times., 1894-08-08
Closing of Mails.
County and State Items.

Joseph d. Truxton, of Lewes, is a
candidate for the Republic nomination
for Sheriff of Sussex County.
The overflow of our marshes last
spring, it is said, killed up the frogs so
that few are to be had now.
The marriage has been announced at
Bridgeyille of Joseph Todd, aged 80
years, and Miss Josephine Twigg, aged
10 years.
William H. Trusty and wife, colored,
of Wilmington, who brutally beat their
tz-year-Oid daughter, were fined $50
each in Municipal Court.
George w. Macklin, OF Bridgeville,
lost 60 bushels of clover seed and a
quantity of hay by fire started Ly a
spark from threshing engine.
Ripe tomatoes will remove ink stain
and iron rust from white clothes.
Never apply to colOred goods for they
will extract all the color as well.
P. H. Cortin, of Amsterdam, N. Y,
tried to jump on a moving freight train
in Wilmington Thursday afternoon,
and had his right foot crushed and his
face cut.
Miss Lizzie Lawson, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. d. A. Lawson, and H. Ell
wood BrocksOn, OF Dover, will be mar
ried August 14th, at the home of the
brides parents.
A great temperance rally will be
held at BrAndywine Summit camp
meeting tomorrow, with addresses by
Martin Van Bennett, the Kansas
Cyclone" and local speakers.
The trustees of the State Hospital
met at Farnhurst on Thursday. The
present number in the hospital is 236
white males l05, colored males 81,
white females IS, colored females 16.
John w. Voshell is candidate for
the Democratic nomination for Road
Commissioner for the Northern district
of St. Georges Hundred, as is also
John W. Carlow, the present incum-
bent.
Kept County Pomona Grange will
hold "a picnic at Spring Branch Camp
ground August 10Th. Geo. A. Bowen.
of Connecticut and other prominent
speakers are expected to deliver ad-
dresses.
Miss S. Emma Hawkins, of Philadel-
phia, has been engaged as teacher in
the intermediate department of the
North Milford public schools. Miss
Hawkins is a graduate of the Dover
Conference Academy.
The camp-meeting at Brandywine
Summit vas formally opened on Mon
day by Rev. J. d. G. Hanna, minister
in charge. A great many tents are
now occupied, and the attendance
promises to be unusually large.
There is not says a political econo.
mist, a loaf of bread. nor piece OF
cloth nor a comfortable dwelling in the
land, for which there would not be an
immediate demand, if the money spent
for rum were not diverted from its
proper channels.
Charles S. johnson, 12-year-old
colored boy died at MiddletOwn on
Saturday from the effects of pistol
shot wound received at the hands of
James Jones another cOlored boy, while
they were playing together on Satur-
day. The shooting was accidental.
General Order No. 5 has been
issued by Department Commando
Joseph S. Valentine of the local G. A. h
1t announced that the annual encamp-
ment will be held at Pittsburg Septem-
ber II. 1t is expected that fully 100
member will attend from Delaware.
The Philadelphia Record wants all
dreams of canals to the ocean abandon
ed, and united effort made to have
navigation of the Delaware made per-
feet. The new cruisers "COlumbi ia'i
and Minneapolis" were both damaged
by running on mud banks and shoals
in the river.
PFNsIoNs FOR DELAWAREANs.-
following Delawareans have been
granted pensions as follows: Sarah
E. Glenn of Smyrna and Cecilia Jones
of COoch's Bridge, original widows
William Fox of Leipsic, increase
James L. Crozier of Wilmington
original.
MELONS BY THE CARLOAD.-In the
absence of fruit the melon grower!
will reap harvest this season. Many
carloads pass over the Delaware Rail
road daily. The melon growers in the
section between Houston and FELTON,
expect to begin shipping by the car.
load in a few days.
Col. NJ. H. Davis, of Milford, shipped
1872 baskets of Mountain Rose peaches
to Philadelphia and New York OF
Wednesday. Shipments of peache
from the Milford station on THURSDAY
made up about 300 packages. Crate
containing 6 gallon carriers of fnt
fruit have sold at So per carrier in thu
cities this week k.-NeWs.
PENINSULA BASE BALL FEVER
The local base ball fever is more preva
lent on the Peninsula than ever before
Wilmington has it and so have Milford
Smyrna, Bridgeville, Dover, Camden
Sudlersville, Clayton and New Castle
not to mention a number of little place
which have clubs. New Castle ha
just completed one of the fines
athletic grounds in the State.
Sowing scarlet clover seed has com
menced in earnest, and hundreds {
acres will have been seeded befor
this month closes. The low price {
seed this year will cause many acres t
be sOwn TO scarlet clover which hav
never been so used before, and OF
farmers will use this splendid grass 70
the purpose of turning down an
enriching the soil, which is not Onl
quicker than phOspate but one hundre
fold cheaper.
At a special meeting of the StaI
Board of Education, held in the Co
errors Office Tuesday, the new grade
course Of study was adopted for th
schools throughout the State, with th
request to the teachers that they col
form to its suggestions as nearly ;
possible, in order to make their II
struction more uniform and more ,sy
tematic. 1t was also resolved tn
the questions on theory and praeti'
and on methods of teaching should,
future examinations, be taken chief
from this course.
CHANGE IN SUSSEX PAPERs.-MT
n W.Clark has sold the SUSSEX JOurn
TO Andrew ]. Lynch and Frank \
Jones, Of Georgetown, for $2,750. MI
GiarK mas been running the pap
aOout two years. since her husband
death. Mr.. Lynch is a LAWYER and M
Jones a clerk in one of the coun
offices. It will be continued Dem
cratic. The Laurel Gazette. which h
for come time been the propertv
George i. Smith, has been sold tn
ID. Weeks and Paul Orth, both recent
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