Smyrna times., 1895-07-31
Opening of Mails
County and State Items

The surplus and profit of the Securet,
Trust and Safe Deposit company n
Wilmington is now Sll97S2.
Seven persons, bitten by mad do,
at Wilmington, are to be sent to NM
Fasteur Institute for treatment.
c. Orau Cooper of Laurel. a recon
graduate of Delaware College vii
soon begin law cOure in Baltimore
ID. B. Jones, formerly of Georga,o,,,
aud New Castle, has been elocted - =
clpal OF the Bridgeville public school
FIsH.-There are more front in Dol.
aware Bay this Summer than there
nave oeen Tor years, aud they are bit
Prof. Roman Tammany has been
elected Principal of the Public Schools
al Georgetown and Prof. D. r Jones
at Brldgeville. '0'-0'
During the past week hundreds of
'o''o' Tor commission houses have
oeeh securing the Peninsula. The
prospect is poor for selling peacbes NJ
the stHjIOns. 80
Robert p. Small, of Lincoln. and
MSS Jniia Cannon, of Milford. were
married on Monday week at the resi-
dence oi the brides parents, by Rev
Robert Watt.
a new Jewelry store has been opened
o. Ar. ID. Stewart in The Town Hail
0didins, Middletown. Mr.. Stewart is
nephew ot ex-pOstmaster Stewart ~
Wilmington. y "
FiFv destroyed a hay house and q
large quantity of hay on the farm, of
DR. Charles II. Richards. OF Georec.
town, Saturday night entailinp a ioss
OF 5000; uninsured
10 morrow will be the Women,s
Onii>'lau Temperance Union dov at
t'ih zen camp meeting, and the exer. /
G.ses VIII include au address by Mrs
Ellen Boole, OF New YORK.
Charles W. Lord, Of Camden. has
exchange biz store, stock ut hard. !
ware and adjoining blacksmith and /
WoeeiuShj shop, Tor the farm OF sam
uti Armstrong near Cedar Groy. school
mouse. SIR. Armstrong took charge of
the store ON Monday and will mere
aite. conduct tHe business.
New SACRED SONGs.-Rev. f q
snort, pastor oi Harrison Street n =
Ohurea, j. getting TO be very pouular
writer oi sacred music. 4 lumber of
MS compositions arc published in the
new Oook OF songs Of Love and /
Irai--. Hhica VIII b.. used in tha |
loung Peoples meetings at the various
camp meeting..
A gang of trAmDs tool, nossas-ion os I
last freight train from PbilgdaInbia
70 Wilmington Friday evening. Tho 8
brakeman We-t4 frft.., :
the train ny the "hCboes." who came I
al them viii coupling pins in hand '
ne men numbering some t,yepty-threa G
were arrested 1t Laudiith. station and l
brought 10 Wilmington.
TIE STATE LIBRARY.-The Sentinel n
mas the following about the new Lib 8
Fary building: The projectors and adj i(
NocAtes oI placing The library extension .
80 unwisely and incopsideratelv arc y
now engaged III labored effort to de- .
'eiu their lli-con~idered action. It a
would be wise If Ihey held their neaca. Il
10 deieLce can be offered. The whole o
thiag l. au eytsOre and a disproce
ani NJ one in the town of Dover or L
vicinity can be- found who favors the l
location BY the way, it is hinted that D.
a very sinister motive IS at the bottom a.
o. the thing.
The basket factories are all stored o'
iuil OF baskets ard some are still heinz "a
made. The canuers are also pettinn d
ready TO can some Of the fruit and i O'
looks a. u within two weeks in Della CT
ware and some Of the counties of Pi
maryland there will be busy scenes sc
ne good crop Of peaches will also CT
mean brisk business for the hanks on pc
tne Fehlnsula. Nearly all of the money Iu
transactions mean brisk business for eV
the banks on the Peninsula. Tbev are au
also compelled to look out during the oV
season for bad paper, for plenty of il
hnd7 its way to Delaware during the IS
peach season IL
Ecery ECening makes this discovery da
W hen you get at the bottom of the ST
single tax proposition, il is scheme OIL
10 take away the property which land no
owners have IN their land. Assuming
nat the men who own the land in this m;
state have an honest right to own If n
me proposition made by the single Dc
-axers Is cool proposition that tba coI
state of Delaware shall. bv sta,nIo g.
ind under the guise of a tax. steal il Do
H. Not only would all the value of a :
he landowners, but the security nm r.s
which all mortgages rest would be ab- he
iOrbed by the State. STo
Receipts of Georgia and other &c
southern peaches were never before so gan
ieaVy as Tor the past week in New
ork and Philadelphia. In two days !
ast week New York received loo car wa
Dads Of sOuthern peaches, which sold pal
{ % cents to 81 per basket. Those IN.
nat brought the lower figure did not Der
Of oIs "a
ednesday several car lOads were. so tha
We are informed. sold to paw freight bot
narges. Rains have beea heavy in anC
ne south and the fruit, while large dos
M hne-iOOking, carries poorly. nei
outheFn peaches will be nearly gone wee
y August 10th. for
Hon. GEORGE V. MAssEY.-Hon. seH osi
ieorge V. Massey, who has been for o., - -
sserai years district solicitor of the L.
,as on Wedne.da,. .V'''o .'.e. .! DeiaWare, Sidl
osition OF Assistant GaOn-oI OmoieG 70 the Ray
succeed Judge James A Iooen'
no was promoted to be Gene~ai
olicitor upon the retirement of Mr.
cott- The salary is said to he s15 900
nd Slr. Massey Is in the line of nror1o
on 10 General Solicitor upon The re- whC
I Iement OF Judge Logan, who ie az VIII,
% man. We understand that his en-. VIII,
rrged duties require that he shall 70. ~,
De IN Philadelphia, where he will re-. "he
owe during October. Mr.. Massey
Is oeen one of US since early bOvbood
ID he has many friends who will re-
ct his departure from our communitv -
Sentinel.
DOVER AND ITS BURGLARs.-Tbe
opie IN Dover are still in a state of
rror over the fact that the town js
lested with a gang of burglars whom ~
authorities seem unable to catch l.
irlhg the past week there have
en several attempts made TO enter
uses and in one case Z. Wesley IN nj
1nson entrance was effected and sI75
len' belonging to Mrs. +. Dill. No a,
me oi the people are asking why the quaint
.e uesectlVes are not put on the case o.g and \
'ne onncers Of the town seem unable S''"'
get any information which will