Smyrna times., 1894-01-31

eoipg North, 7l9 s42' s-57'A NJ S40' 6'lo P M
,.,,g south, s.25 11.5e A. NJ, S4s 5.2S, 1853 Pm
Closing of Mails.
e.,nq North, ESQ. 9.25 a. m, $50, 4.55p.m.
ing SOUTH 800 a. m, and 4.55 p. m.
80 for Delaware & Chesapeake road and
,,i-,ore & Delaware Bay Will close at $40 a, m
Opening of Mails.
ron, North. : 40, 1000 a. m, $50 and s25 p. m
vilmington only
rrom south. 74O, 1880 A. NJ. 4.SOP.M.
County and State Items.
Tbursdav Commander Booth, of the
salvation Army will invade Whining
tor.
The WILMINGTON Electric Carpet
Cleaning Company, with capital of
$4,000. has been chartered.
In its % years of existence, Central
Lodge. Knights of Pythias, of Dover,
has paid out S5lG0 and now has a fund
Of SS4S7 40
In order to close out all their Ladies'
Goats before Spring, Jos. Levi & Co.,
Dover, are now selling them at almost
half See them.
Governor Reynolds has appointed
Harry A. Nowland, of Middletown, a
trustee of Delaware College, vice B. T.
Biggs, deceased.
Sheriff Gould on Thursday sold the
brick mill property near MiddletOwn,
belonging to Jacob Deakyne, to
Thomas Williams for $4,000.
John G.. Graham, of Camden, who is
visiting his son Samuel, at Tyrone,
Pa, has become quite helpless at that
place by paralytic stroke.
Sussex County Farmers Institute is
arranging for Typographical survey
Of the county, with a view TO adopting
ageneral and uniform system of drain
age by bitches.
The clay model of the statue of
President Garfield to be erected in Will
mingtOn has been completed, and has
been approved by Mrs. Garfield, who
was informed of its details.
On wednesday evening, at the resi-
dence of w. H. Pretty in Wilm-
ington, by the Rev. J. D c. Hanna,
Mr. Lionel 5. Waller of of Laurel, and
Miss Ida V. Wallace, were united in
marriage.
Quite fashionable assemblage
gathered at the Prospect NJ. f. Church
near Harrington, on Wednesday even
ing, when Mr.. John w. DOwnham and
Miss Graham were united in the holy
bonds of matrimony.
Eli F. Hammond, of Milford, Del.
aged Sc years, died Friday. He haC
been blind for several years, but coult
make his way all over the town with
out trouble, and knew all the leading
citizens by their voices.
Joseph Hurd died at the home of hi:
son, VIM Hurd, near Cheswold, Mon
day week the immediate cause of hi!
death being dropsy. Mr.. Hurd haC
been in very bad health for a year
The remains were inferred in Asbury
cemetery on Wednesday.
HIS OLD OvE-JOhn G. Jackson, ,
former Delawarean, whose residence
has been moved over into Pennsylvania
by the new survey of the boundary
lines. has taken an appeal aud has
employed lawyer Charles H. Penny
packer to help him back into Delaware
again.
Mark A. Johnson, of Philadelphia
formerly of Pennington, was stricken
with paralysis last week. He died OIL
Thursday and the remains brought L
Milford Saturday and inferred in tht
Odd Fellows Cemetery. Mr.. johnson
was a brother of Mrs. Richard NJ
Johnson, aged about 80 years.
A shooting match was held in Leip
sic Thursday afternoon. The contes
was between some of the best marks
men in this county. Live pigeons wer,
used and each man was allowed fv
shots Following is the result: r
c. Holmes killed 5 G. L. Terry, 5
Wesley Johnson, 4; John Scott, 3; c
HOke. ,; John Evans, 2; J. c. Free
man, l John Cleaver, l.
The KENT IRON AND HARDwAR
COMPANY.-MOnday the sheriff sol
the stock and fixtures of the Kent Iro
and Hardware Company for the SUI
Of 500 600. The purchaser was Thigh
man Johnson, attorney. The affair
Of the company are now settled salts
faetOrilv and business will go on as b'
fore. II is understood that it will tax
anew name and that additional cap
tai has been placed in the concern.
Orator Jimmy" Norton is OIL
authority for the statement that tb
bore fish have left Delaware water
aad that the oyster dredgers will r
sume york at Bowers and MahOn'
about February 1. During the wee
several prominent oyster dealers frol
Philadelphia visited the beds, and b.
fore returning home they agreed thi
the bOrers were fast disappearing
DeldWGreqn.
A GREAT REVIVAL AT MADELEY
For three weeks past one of the gres
est revivals in the history af Madel,
NJ. Z. Church Wilmington, has be-
going on. The pastor, the Rev. d.
Waddell, d. D., thoroughly organize
his forces for the work, and on Ne
Years night the meetings began. whi
have been running since. There b
been more than a hundred persons W
have made start to lead new Ii