Smyrna times., 1895-08-07
County and State Items.

Vandykes schoool house, Friday aged
90 years.
Rev Frank HOwes, for several years
pastor of the Baptist Church at Har-
riuston. has resigned.
Burglars blew open the safe in the
office of J. G. Rodney, at Laurel, but
secured only about 81 80.
A farmers wife near Milford, on
visiting "a turkeys nest, found a huge
black snake coiled up on the eggs.
There are more trout in Delaware
Bay this summer than there have been
for years, and they are biting well.
Thomas Perry died at his home near
Deuney'a Corner on Tuesday, aged S3
years. Interment at Lakeside Gene
terry, Dover.
rne lype-se,ting on the Erery Eren
ing l. now done by the use af IhOrne
type setting machines instead of by
hand as heretofore.
Work has commenced on the con-
tract for deepening the channel at the
mouth OF the Mispiilion River, and
wili be completed in 40 days.
n a ~
80 wears II the position, John +. Jakes,
ut Wyoming. has resigned as a director
fihe First National Bank of Dover.
The foundations have been laid for
the new Bethel African NJ. +. Church
al Milford, Rev. Joseph Stiles, pastor.
II will he 30 by 80 feet, with u tower.
HAIRY {. Pennington OF Seaford has
f,f
Wat-un'- staff. quartvrmaSter for Sus-
sex county, with the rank of Colonel.
Mr. /. &. scott. Of Midjetowu and
little daughter Ada. are making two
weeks visit Wits friends al Smyrna,
kcuton aud other places III Kent
county.
Donald Whitney, young man from
Philadelphia who - visiting below
Newark, accidentally shot himself pain
fully ia the right arm while handling
rife.
T. T. Neasey is preparing to manu-
facture apple brandy at his place at
Kitt~' Hammock He ha. erected u
di-tiii,ry and purchased 6,00O baskets
Of apples.
The trustees of the State Insane
II ,-ptal at Faruhurst have accepted
the p,aus for the two-StOry addition to
the huHdiug prepared by Architect H.
~ Dickinson, Of Philadelphia.
The will of the late Dr. J. V. Craw-
ford was admitted to probate on Thurs-
day George W. lockwood is named
as executor and the estate is variously
estimated at from sixty to seventy
thousand dollars.
Rev. W. c. Jason, the new president
of the Sta. e College tor COiored stud
cuts al Dover, is making a tour of the
State in the interest of the college, and
reports its prospects as very good.
Mr. MASSEY Down TO WORK
George V. Massey, the new assistant
general solicitor Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad entered upon his new duties
Thursday With uIS induction into Of
flee, Judge Logan. the general solicitor
who has been rather closely confined
lately, L. enabled TO get some reiie
aud has gone to Cape May for much
needed rest.
The Wilmington EreniAg Journa
saws: BY the passage Of aw at tht
last General Assembly about fifty
NOuuE DuN=lttduS Will lOtdkF Oulslut VI
Delaware Ii was the intention O
these young men to practice in thi.
State, because the laws did not require
an examination. Now that the law
requires his tn young men have stayed
away and will seek other fields.
Travel to Reboboth and Ocean CITY
over the Delaware railroad is iucreas
ing, and o0 Saturday the train connect
ing at Harrington with the Delaware
division main line for RehObOth haC
three cara instead of one as usual
The season at Rehoboth is better thai
for some wears.
The ten. .perauce meeting in White
mans grove, near Newark, Thursday
was the largest gathering OF peOpl
that has been in that neighbOrhOOd TO
many years The crowd was estimate
to be nearly 5000 people One hun
dred and fifty gallons Of ice creaI
were consumed. and 500 took dinner
The great mass Of people crowded az,
jostled each other to get close enoug
20 hear the speakers.
The camp meeting at Rehobotl
under the direction of Presiding Eide
Adams, promises TO be one Of unusui
interest II begins Aug. II aud col
tinues twelve days. Cheap excursiC
rates. very reasonable board with con
Portable lodging, will probably draw
large attendance There Is not a supe
Tor beach on the Atla,ic coast, and it
time that the natural advantages
RehOboth should make it a pOpul
seaside resort
The six victims Of a supposed mi
the Pasteur Institute for treatment
Wednesday. the ECery EUening havil
guaranteed the necessary fund to me
the expense. The p. w & B. K.
furnished transportation, and the u
fortunate people, five children and Ol
man, were very grateful for the oppO
tunity OF hydrOphObia treatment. I'll
humane people Of Wilmington are sen
ing liberal contributions to the fund.
Thomas Z. COursey Of near Frederi
no~ 10 his eighty ninth year. has 10
completed handsome cffice des
made and Ornamented in the beat sty
Oi the eabinent makers pigeon hol,
etc, all neatly dOve-tailed tOgeth
aud nicely finished SO as to bring O
the full grain OF the wood; the who
cf the work wrought by his own hanC
anu lom Whtuuts CHESTNUT ana pOplf
wood, the seeds of which were plant
by bis own hands on the farm whe
he now lives and has lived for me
than half century. A part of {
time he has wrought at his labor Ov
ten hours a day.
DELAwARE's OLD PENN SCHOOL.
While digging a cellar on his far
near Lewes, Thomas Pritchett fou
well preserved seal of a school th
was conducted in Lewes many yea
ago. Il bore this inscription: "TrI
tees Of Penn's School Charter,
Lewes." The Quaker settleme
known as QuakertowD, is close by
Prltchelts farm. The seal is suppos
10 be that of a somewhat famous scht
10 Lewes conducted up to about III
OF which Watson, in his "Annal
makes this note: "At this cal
period oftime, so much had the lit
AleWlStOWu Al ottr o. .