Smyrna times., 1894-07-11
Closing of Mails.
Opening of Malls.
County and State Items.

County and State Items.
Died, at Little Creek, July, 6, Miss
Harriet f. Woodley, aged 76 years.
The Dover Baptist Sunday-school
went to Woodland in hacks yester-
day.
John Gallagher, of Middletown, and
Miss Cora Bostic of Dover, were mar
ried Sunday week by Rev.G. w. Hast
iDgs.
Robert Robinson and Miss Annie
Cannon of Dover were married in
Camden June %, by Rev. 1. G. Fos-
nOcht.
After a long and useful life of
nearly four score years, Mrs. A.
Crouch, died Wednesday at the home
of Mr.. J. II. EnOs, in Odessa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. V. Massey and
and their daughters Helen and Mabel
sailed from New York last week on
the City of Paris for Europe.
The official board of New Castle NJ.
E. Church has decided to make vigOr-
GUS move against the keeping open on
Sundays of stores and saloons.
Describing one of her pupils the
other day teacher said, "If there is
anything you don't want him to do, he
will make first rate job of it,"
The President Monday nominated
Thomas II. Gooden to be postmaster at
Dover, and the Senate confirmed EnOch
Moore as postmaster at Wilmington,
Del.
The property of S. T. Jones, contain
ing two story dwelling and one acre
of land. situated on King street, Dover
was sold to Lewis r. Schabinger of
Dover for S3175.
Nicholas Stayton has seventy five
acres of tomatoes growing on his farm
FIVE miles south of Milford. He will
pack the product in his own canning
hOuse.-NelCs.
Edward Robinson, an employe of
Coles basket factory, Dover, swallowed
a nail while at work and had to 60 to
the Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadel-
phia, to have it removed.
Night Watchman Baker, of Dover,
caught burglar in J. d. Deans cigar
store aud covered lin with his reVol-
yer, but as he entered the store the
burglar escaped through a back door.
Franklin Brothers, of Harrington,
bought on Saturday last tract of lie
acres of woodland in the southern
part of Mispillion at $685. per acre
1t was the property of the late Reu'
ben Ross.
Many of the citizens of Dover are
tenting at kits Hammock. Others
have gone to Ocean City and RehObott
and large number will start this week
for Asbnry Park, n. j., where they
will spend several weeks by the sea.
The crop of ckberries about Mil
ford is IA heavy one, and prices rule very
low in the cities, netting the grower
all the way from nothing to four cents
per quart. D. Refs is canning large
quantities as a result of the low prices.
At a meeting of the citizens of the
town of Dover on Friday evening to
effect the organization of a cavalry
troop of the National Guard it was de-
cided to take no further action until
the first of August, when without doubt
The dead body found floating in the
Delaware River at ClaymOnt has been
identified as that of Adam A. Catanach,
a salesman, of Twenty-frst and TiOga
street, Philadelphia. He fell from the
yawl of the steam yacht Walker, while
on an excursion last Thursday.
The Dover Hosiery Company has
shut down its mills. About two weeks
ago the German employees engaged in
a fight which resulted in the discharge
of all OF them except one. They will
start up again as soon as they find
skilful persons to run the machines.
By the premature discharge of g
cannon which was used as signal for
the starting of the Snnday-SchoO
parade in Wilmington, last week
Jacob B. Slifer had his right wris
fractured and his right hand so badly
maugled that the third finger had t.
be amputated.
Mr.. Whittock, on the farm of Jane
P. HOfiecker, near Odessa had a yielC
of % bushels of wheat per acre. Las
year it was Sc bushels, and has no
averaged below 313 bushels per acr
for the past ten years. 1t was sold yes
terday in MiddletOwn for 80 cts. pc
bushel.
Joseph A. Bond has been re-electe'
chief engineer of the Wilmington
Water Department; John s. GrOhe
register George H. p. Simmons. col
lector; Thomas NJ. Culbert, W. {
Mcdowell and ]. R. Geeu, inspectors
A. K. Robinson and F. H. Day, clerks
James G. Van Trump, plumber.
While viewing the firemen.s parad
at Newark on the fourth, Mrs. job
NJ. Bowen, wife of the senior editor o
the DeLdWare Ledger, was stricken wit
paralysis at the residence of Mrs. Pax
son. Ever since then she has bee
lying in an unconscious state and ther
is but little prospect of her recovery
Later intelligence says she died o
Sunday.
Sheriff Gould has sold James TIuax
1S0-acre farm in Blackbird Hundre
to John H. HOffecker, of Smyrna, TO
$500; two lots of the late James \
Cox, in MiddletOwn, to Edward
Jones and H. A. NOwland, for S5OC
and $4,000, respectively, also the Bartl
oIomew farm of % acres near Sta
Road TO II. G. Conrad for SlO5O.
STRICKEN WHILE IN A GRAVE
Christian E. E.Griffenberg,o one of Odessa
oldest citizens, died Thursday of hea
disease. He was engaged in digging
grave when stricken. Some frien'
assisted him from the hole and carrie
him to his house. but before medic
aid arrived he was dead. Mr.. Grille
berg was at one time postmaster
Odessa
Peter Matthews, of Wilmington,
carpenter, living at Front and Was
ingtOn streets, walked in his sic
early Wednesday morning and fell o
Of second story window to the pay
ment. The fall fractured his SKI
over the left eye and broke his left i
He was taken to the Homepatl
Hospital, and is in a critical conditic
Wilmington politicians have ava
ened to the fact that large number
negroes in that city have this year De
assessed for $500, instead Of Sl5O
formerly, and they did not disco'
the fact in time to appeal, the tax
the high assessment will have to
paid. Heretofore a colored mans p
and school taxes have amounted