Smyrna times., 1895-07-10
County and State Items.

ware ROAD yesterday.
a new paper called the Atro-Ameri
can Citizen will be published in Will
mingtOn.
William G. Powers, of Milford, ha.
been fined $40 and costs for failing tc
report death.
The travel over the Pennsylvania
railroad during the past week has beer
extremely heavy.
John Ward, formerly patrolman in
Philadelphia, has been elected Chief OF
Police by the Milford Town Council.
The lO2-acre farm of Captain James
A. Hall, near Lincoln, has been sold to
ID. r. Wilt. of Pittsburg, Pa, for $1,000.
Professor f. E. Cross, of the Con-
ference Academy, Dover, has accepted
the prlncipalship OF the High School at
Flushing, l.. |.
Isaac Cowdright has moved his
family frOin Clayton to Leipsic, and
John :. Hotecker has moved from
Clayton to Wilmington.
+. A. Whitehead, of Lincoln, will be
away IN the lead of Delaware shippers
OF peaches this season, with 10000 to
2j,OO0 baskets 10 ship.
An additional telegraph wire for
railroad purposes has been strung
along the Delaware Railroad, from
Wilmington to Harrington.
Five cows on the farm of Elias
Shockley, near Cedar Beach. were
Killed by single bolt OF lightning
while standing in pasture.
The Kent aud Sussex Counties sun
day School Convention of the Metho-
dist Protestant Church will be held in
Georgetown on July Is and II.
Tny Baltimore Sun advocates the
nomination Of Secretary Carlisle for
President and Senator George GRAY
for Nlce-Prea,deut hy the Democrats in
1896.
Professor A. c. Brewer has been
elected principal of the Seafurd public
school, with Miss Willie Pepper. Miss
Ida Kay, Miss Annie Shipley, Miss
Lenme Ellis. Miss Frunie Tull and
Mrs. Anne Elliott assistants.
Sheriff shaw, of Kent County, has
sold the 7S-acre farm of George {. Mil
Ter, near Chappeltown, to Samuel G.
Hall, tor $3.50; also the l20 acre farm
OF Rhoda Duuniug, in Mispllan Hun
dred, to John II. Bullock, for $SOS.45
At the annual meeting of the school
Board of the Odessa schools George
l.. Townsend vas elected president
and jos. l.. Gibson clerk. The board
will meet on July 10 Tor the purpose of
electlng a principal Tor the schools.
The pay IS Sl30 L quarter.
onerih GilHs sold the following
properties Monday: The Capelle
farm at ST, Georges owned by Maggie
JAmlson, was sold to George Ashbridge
Tor $500. 1t contains PIP acres. The
drug store OF f. w. Justice at St. |
Georges was sold to James w. Ponder
for Sl1O0
The Pennsylvania Freight Agent of
of Milford, Mr. w. f. Vaules. estimates
the crop OF peaches from that station
to be 22O, ,OOO, baskets. The estimate.
according TO our own rough one, is
rather low. There will be at least 275.-
900 baskets from this station if not a
little more even than this.
Peninsula peach growers are con
sidering the advisnbHty OF forming an
organization and doing their own
shipping this season. II is believed
that ia this way only the good fruit
would be secured than Oy selling to |
middlemen. The peach crop in the |
vicinity OF Georgetown is the best in /!
the history of the peach business.
OFF FOR BOsToN About I6O mem
Ders Of the Christian EndeavoT Socie- |
ties OF Delaware left Wilmington at
noon for Boston yesterday The ex-
curslonlsts occupied three special cars. |
attached TO the Washington and New |
York express. About l2O were from |
Wilmington and the others from down |
the state. All three of the cars were |
filled
Friday night Charles Baldwin and |
Alexander Smith, young colored men,
attended a festival at the colored |
chapel III HOcKessin. Both were pav. |
ing attention 10 The same girl. and |
soon became engaged III "a fight over |
her. Baldwin drew revolver and |
shot smith, the bail penetrating the
breast bone and causing a dangerous ,
wOuud. BlldwinAed.
The Corouer's jury 10 the Price
lynchlng case adjourned Friday after
noon until the 18th instant, after ex-
aiming several witnesses. No eVi.
dence was produced, it Is understood.
tnat IN any way goes TO prove who the
lynchers are. The adjournment was
effected in order that fuller investi-
cation may be made before the iurv
renders its verdict.
Sussex County has more peaches
this year than for decade past. Sh.
actually has more peaches than two
years ago. Some sections, notably |
Milford and Bridgeviile, have not as |
many as two years ago put Ellendale, |
Georgetown, and other points in the |
southern part of the comfy, have big
crops this year while two years ago
they had scarcely any. Taken as a
whole Sussex has the largest crop for
ten years
The people of Dover seem determined
to light the building Of the new State
Library building in the rear of the
STATE House, because they claim that it
Will block street. The legislative
committee having the matter in charge
nave had the architect 90 to Dover
ana see II there can be any change
made which will satisfy the Dover
people. The building IS needed and
the present difficulty may result in
some Of ths valuable books and n,ner.
of the state being lost by a lack of
room to properly store them in the old
building. ''' O'u
Mallery Foulk, of Milford. and q
tirosvernOr Dave, of New York. bave
concluded three weeks trip that thew
have been taking together. Tbey
walked from Baltimore to GettvsburG.
then through the Blue Ridge Nom.
tains to Harper's Ferry, and then bv
canal tow path to Washington. Some
portion Of the canal journey was made
oy canal boat. Rough fare and
rougher sleeping accommodations.
were their lot for two days. From
Washington they took train to Balti-
more and thence hy boat to Occahan-
mock Neck Va, and making a rapid
Journey up the peninsula ended their
tramp at Milford. They are both very
about their antediIuvian
mode Of travel.
PEACH GROWERS ORGANIZE. - A
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