Smyrna times., 1895-09-04

FARM SALES BECOME ACTIvE.-As q |
result of the money put into circula- |
tion by the peach crop real estate |
transactions in this neighborhond are
becoming active. The following sales
were reported last week: Samuel
Raughley's 55 acre farm, 81 miles west
of Milford, to John Craig, for $4,000: s.
w. Darby's farm of 16 acres. near
Ellendale, to Peter l.. LOhand. of Mil
ford, for $4,000. The Albert Harring-
ton, to Philadelphia party, for $4,000.
Sheriff Shaw, of Kent County, has sold
the 1lO-acre farm of w. A. Griffith,
three miles west of Milford to George
Handy, of Milford, for $11OO.
A DANGEROUS TRAMP.-A half
drunken tramp entered the home of
Benjamin Start on Commerce street in
Townsend last Thursday and asked
Mrs. Start, who happened to be the
only person about the premises at the
time, for something to eat. On being
refused the beggar became angry and
very abusive and declared he would do
the lone woman bodily harm if she did
not aceede to bis demands Mrs. Start
still refusing, the tramp made a desperate
effort to cut her with knife. Forum
ately the nervous and terribly excited
woman at this juncture rushed out of
the house and sought refuge IN a
neighbor's house. The tramp left for
parts unknown, and is still at large.
The Secretary Of the Navy having
decided to name one of the new United
States gunboats now building at New
port News after the city of Whining
ton, the people of this place are taking
au active interest in the matter. A
subscription list has been started in
the papers for the purchase of a silver
service for the gunboat when com
pleted and ready for sea. An effort
will also be made to have the boat
christened by one of the young society
f women of Wilmington. The members
of the Historical Society, Sons of the
American Revolution, the Delaware
Cincinnati, the New Century Club and
the Grand Army posts will take an
active Tart in the matter.
BLACK SATURDAY AT SLAUGHTER
Hundreds of colored people from all
over the lower portion ofthe Peninsula
gathered at Slaughter Beach Saturday
/ the occasion being "Black Saturday, ,
q holiday peculiar to that section
Every cOlOred person who could posi-
: bly, get off was there and many Il
D weeks wages were spent by the crowd
On the beach. The movement toward
the beach began Friday night anC
scoreslOf teams of all kinds and size,
D, passed through Milford Friday night
i There were few OK teams, more mule
: teams and several wagons which re
a sembled the old California wagons O
years ago. In the wagons were cOloreC
n people who had made preparations t
i spend the night on the road. Many o
: them stopped in Milford to get whiskey
+. The festivities on the beach commenced
Friday night and the entire night wa
spent in singing and dancing. Banjo
! and fddles in the hands of old fashioned
q darkies were brought to the beach b,
n others.
:, All day the beach was crowded with
the colored people. There were hun
q dreds of them there and they all haC
a an enjoyable time. They bathed ant
q fshed, drank and quarreled, as bes
y suited them. The crowd was more
orderly than it was last year, when on
or two men were badly cut. Th
q beach was entirely given up to tn
II colOred visitors for the entire day an,
t no one interfered with them in thei
a pleasures. They remained until lat
in the evening, the roads were tillet
m with team loads of them returning
# home. The day even surpasses bi
Il quarterly in interest among the cOlOre
10 people of this section.