Smyrna times., 1895-05-01
County and State Items

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Blackfsh are now biting brisklv O
the Delaware Breakwater, and tror
are becoming plentiful.
The Attorney General wants l.;
salary increased, even in these times .
pairing down expenses.
The Legislature will appronria,o
$4,000 towards Farnhurst. RonJ,
will be issued to meet the expense.
Greensbury Davis has been an
pointed bailltf, lamlighter and rosI
supervisor for the town of Lewes
Ofthe total population of Wilmino
ton, as ascertaned by the police cans,S.
there are 57,92l whites, S222 coIored
people and 20 Chinese. ''Oieu
W. H. Spanswck, of Cohoes. Nv
has been in Milford this " eek looi,in,
the ground over for the location Of as
underwear knitting factory. >"
The Episcopal Convention of .. =
Diocese oi Delaware will be held at ~
Peters ChuFch Lewes, on the third
day u June, That being the first
Wednesday OF the month.
The ladies' library Club of Dorar
cleared $50 6O from the Ball of tho
Books" at tae Hotel Richardson F..
day evening, the 10Th inst, and bave
presented 1t to the library.
The Hotel Henlopen of Rahohou
viii DC kept sy Ezekiel Graham of |
Dover tliS season, He was formerly
proprietor OF the Bright House aud Is
well known by visitors to Rehobotb
Thousands of dollars worth of
sturgeon roe Is being shipped from
Milford 10 Germany, there to he nro-
eessed and returned as caviare the
luxury which trickles the epicnrean
palate.
Ihe divorce case of Mrs. Rosalie r
AddickS VS. ). Edward Adlcks is down
on tne argument list for the Nav term
o. tue superior Court of New Castle ,
eOmp Omise. ~
Inc mousse Of Levin u. Lynch. on
the beach at Lewes, was entirely da- r
srOyed by fire on Friday, and bHrnad i
50 rapiaiy that the family were com
Pelled to flee in their night clotbes
Loss, $500; insurance, 500. g
Flames communicated by burning t,
DluSu destroyed the barn and outDuilde t,
anss oI Charies Howard, OF near Omar
GUS sussex ',ouhty, together with a vaIu.
SO'o ''Dloer tract owned by William A y
Oum' causing loss of over $4,000. a. a.
toroert Conoway, of Nanticoke ca
hundred, fell from his wagon Will it
urlHng through Georgetown N. OIL
%neels passing over his BODY. and th
.Houga the wagon Was loaded with
Ton oi phosphate, he escaped win a.
scarcely Il bruse. "a "a
Isaac W. Belts. Of Frederick il m
operating at the month of the MisniI. an
,On Plaut Tor extracting oil from The WI
ne Teaas and other refuse of sturgeon pa
= ue asa Is cooked, and the oil pressed tn
rOm the mass. The fish scrap finds a sl1
ready sale to dealers in fertilizers. Nj
Sheriff {. Luther Shaw, of Kent W
county, Saturday, whipped tbree
nen IN the Jail yard at Dover A the
Arge crowd was present desnite a Ca
IIeaVy downpoar of rain. EIwood oe'
Jury colored, for attempted felonions sin
'Saui', "as whipped with 30 Iasbes mo
uu J"nn Bailey, for burglary. re. RAJ
elved 80 lashes. William Ke1nedv Cal
y " burglary, received 20 lashes. Each no'
u, /: tue three men stood an hour in the De-
''lory before being whipped. be
FoR COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT op anC C
S,Tno9YLs.-Willard no. T. Smith, principal the
=, DeIa ware City public schools, is an at
'Phc4ht Tor the position of COuntv
iperintendent of Schools. Mr.. Smith F.
d graduate of Delaware COLLEGE Cou
neFe ne was first in his class. He free
= also winner of the $50 chemistry Gus
re- he has the Unanimous endorse. sstL sn.L
cut Oi Tue Trustees of Delaware Col for
e 4 ana also of the directors of the Del.
IRE City. ''a -
RAILROAD SMASH UP.-Tbe first
SSuuP y that has taken place on
=, w. q b. Railroad for several
us OacK took place Thursday on the
Oastle cut off. Sixteen freigbt
: Win their contents were piled up
confused mass, the cars being re-
'eu 10 klndling wood. Nobody was
Gu out Conductor E. NJ. Dunn was
IVY injured, although his escape
= oeath was miraculous. The
uent was caused by one of the cars
ping the track.
ne Union Temperance Mass Meet
neid at the Avenue NJ. E. Church.
ora was attended by over six hum
people. Speeches were made
sew Mr.. Carpenter, Of Dover. Mrs.
llkSinson, y OF Houston, and joseph
holland, Esq, of Milford. The
ihg was called for the purpose of
wing the feeling in this town in re-
ice to the "WilsOn Bill" now
llng before the Delaware Legisla.
II was the cOncensus of opinion
'ne bill was a perfectly fair one.
'thaniel w. Davis, a well-kpow
CT OF Wilmington, died at Mil
az tue mouse OF his father, Satur-
Oi consumption. He was SO vears
se' son OF ex-State Treasurer
~ n DaVls, aud came of one of
o1 known families in the State.
deceased was educated at Della
Soilege and, after graduation.
eu the law office Of Chief Justico
ieS D. Lore, and was admitted to
Al several years ago. He was
,"enJ member Of Grace Metho-
Episcopal Church Of Wilmington,
tntll his health failed he was
intendent of the sunday-schooI.
predictions made several davs
lat Delaware would have good
crop this year seem more than
) 70 o the verified. Reports received
inherent points on the Peninsula
'.e mat this years crop will al
equal that Of 1893, which was
,Igest for several years. As in
ue points from which the largest
ehts will be made will be from
ing, FELTON, and Milford. The
1rees never looked better than
y AZ present. One Of the pref
ghts that can be found are the
oIcnards along the line of the
are railroad.
'Is are being made TO turn the
hosiery factory into a shirt
and something may come Of
AtLter. If the hosiery company,
mas now given up the manu-
VI stockings, will invest $1,000
ing machines, they are guar
enough shirt work TO pay for
'estment. MiddIetown already
Ea snlrt factory which il paying
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