Smyrna times., 1894-07-04
County and State Items.

IOlu Wills, dReu dDOuJ 40 years,
was drowned at Port Penn, Sunday,
bv being upset from a sail boat.
The hot weather has had a good
o6eet upon the corn, and Sussex
County farmers expect large crops.
spripg oats are general failure in
Delaware, but winter oats, which have
inst been harvested, turned out we'll.
William Lea & Sons Company are
huilding a three-stOry brick stOrehOuse
5Ox67 feet, at their New Castle flour
mills.
Why is it that the desperate fly al
Usys chooses the creOm pitcher when
he wants to end his miserable exist
ence?
A diving dog is one of the curiosit;es
of Milford. He will bring up stone
from the bottom of the river and seems
to relish the sport.
w. B. Lowery and Captain Evans of
Milford caught four bushels of hard
and soft shell crabs on Tuesday last at
one drift of a net.
Some very large trout caught off Re
hoboth and some fine speciments of
hard head are offered daily in Milford |
at six cents per pound.
Charles Jones formerly of Middle |
town and Miss Gertrude Baldwin, of |
Wilmington, were married Wednesday |
evening at the home of the bride.
John H. DOdney, executor. sold last
Friday the farm of the late William T.
Stoops, near New Castle, containing
1873 acres, to Hugh G. Brown, attOrnep
for $4,000
Some one has computed that there are
nearly 10000 dogs in the United
States. If this is so, it is within bounds
TO say that half the number of dogs
could do the work.
George W. Bush & Sons Company
have been awarded the contract for
furnishing the Wilmington public
schools with about 1000 tons of of coal
next year at S4.23 per ton for broken
coal and $3.50 for egg and pea.
The following are the figures furnished
as being paid for milk at the different
creameries, per hundred pounds for
the past month: Odessa, 65 cents;
MiddletOwn, SO cents; Sassafras, So
Smyrna, 53 cents; Townsend, go cents.
Mr.. William Henry Evans, son of
Mr.. Henry Evans of Barksdale, Nd,
and Miss Emma Downing daughter of
MIR. and Mrs. George A. Downing,
were married on Thursday evening at
the home of the brides parents, Will
mingtOn.
Inquiring of a number of our farmers
who have harvested their wheat, all
pronounce crop in good condition
with liCtle or no signs of the rust or
scab The yield is beyond the average
IN this heighbOrhOOd." - MjddtetOtOn
New Era.
Representative Causey of Delaware
has settled the contest for the post
mastership at Dover, so far as he is
concerned, by recommending the ap-
pointment of Thomas c. GoOden. The
term of the present postmaster will
expire July oath.
Superintendent Robert Holiday, of
the Delaware division of the P, w. &
B. Railroad, estimates that the Pen
insula of Maryland and Delaware will
show up this year with one fifth ofa
crop of peaches. found principally on
the water courses.
Governor Reynolds has appointed
Henry CleaVer, of Delaware City, rail
road commissioner to succeed George
C. TybOut, deceased. The duty of the
different railroad commissioners is to
assess damages on land throughout the
state required for railroad purposes.
The nominationation of Colonel
Enoch Moore to be postmaster of Will
mington was sent 10 the Senate by
President Cleveland Tuesday. Col
Onel Moore will take charge of the
office on July /. Thomas Mullen, Jr.,
will be assistant postmaster under
Colonel Moore.
Peter Pepper, of Georgetown, stuck
some splinters in his hand while al
work on Mr.. Henry RaynOr's store
about two years ago. He thought that
he had them all removed at the time
but Lass week the back of his hand be
gan to itch and tester, and spiinte
about J inches long, aud the size OF
match, came out.
For the past two years George Gilt
ton has been living with his brother
He came from Clayton and is stroni
smart looking boy of II years. Som
trouble arose between him and hl
sister-iu-law, and George is now unde
the care of Mr.. Stout awaiting home
Daily Republican.
There appears to be an epidemi
among the horses in Newark. Tw
died this week Dr. Henry lost va
liable Young horse early in the weel
and Mr.. Lovett lost his horse Thurs
day morning. Only a few days ag
one of Mr.. John Frick's black horse
died. No one seems 10 be able to nam
the disease.
There are plenty of peaches in th
market and they are the DelawaI
variety, being from Sussex county
The shipment numbered about y
crates and these were almost drul
people not wanting the fruit this earl
When opened they sold for Sl.25 tn
package, but in the evening they So
for SO cents. The crop will be POI
One.-DaiIy Republican.
Fruit growers on the Peninsula a
eOmpainiuing that not only ls u
peach crop a failure, but that Il
''blight," as it is called has attacks
and injured a number of other tru
trees. The apple trees have suffer-
considerably, il is said, and the crop
apples this year will not be near so lar
as it was last year. The fruit grove
and farmers on the Peninsula seem
be an unfortunate set of people so
as crops are connected.
With its number, Saturday, June
thePeniRsulG Methodist completed
hrst ten years under the present ma
agement. It first appeared Feorua
Q. 1876, under the name Of the Suno
School. As MethOdism has grown
the peninsula the paper has gro'
with it, until nov it is the recognlz
publication of Wilmington NJ. II. CC
ference. Editors Thomas have o
congratulations.
AN EDITOR RESIGNS. - Theod'
stuart. for four years editor OF I
Ecening Journal, has sold his stock
tnat paper, resigned his position
eaitor.in-chief and severed his G.
eeetlon with it on Saturday mig
ar Stuart has not yet decided up
rls loture arrangements. He succee.
=. +; Bach as editor of the EDenl
Soarna when it became a Democri
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