Smyrna times., 1896-03-18
County and State Items.

a special Conference number.
The Town Council of Milford has
laid the tax rate at A cents per 800.
Niddletown's Oldest citizen, John
Whitlock, is dead, at the age of IS |
years.
RehOboth is expecting a building
boom this season. There are aready |
indications of it.
The consideration of the DUPONT |
case in the Senate has been tempOr-
arily postponed.
The congregation of the MiddletOwn
NJ. f. Church has invited the pastor, |
Rev. l. L. Wood, returned for another |
year.
DIR. W. L. Gooding, principal of the
Conference Academy, is prominently |
spoken of as a delegate to the General |
Conference.
Benjamin Hitch. well known citi-
zen of Laurel, died on Thursday and |
was 81 years old. He leaves eleven |
children, all grown.
A number of prominent farmers
about FELTON, have leased a cannery |
and will can their own produce. They |
are tired of selling to other Gamers.
William c. Brown, ex-county treas |
urer. died in Frederica, on Thursday |
last. He was in his 18th year. Inter |
ment was made at Barratt's Chapel on
Sunday.
The real estate and personal prop
erty of the ST. Georges Fruit Packing
Company has been sold dby the receiver
to Thomas Roberts Il Co., of Phlladel-
phia, for $4,000.
It is expected that the new telephone
line from Dover TO Georgetown will be
in operation by April /. The tele-
phones for the Georgetown system
have now been put up.
Everybody is looking for crop of !
peaches this year. The trees and buds !
SO far are simply in perfect condition. |
Two weeks more OF cool weather Will !
insure a crop of peaches.
Shad and sturgeon fisherman are per-
fecting arrangements for the coming
seasons catch. The sturgeon bUsl-
ness will employ more men andrequire
more boats this year than ever before.
The railroad company has forbidden
the stringing of telephone wires across
its tracks. AS the latter were raised at
least y feet above the telegraph wires,
the question is asked how high up the
railroad owns privileges
The telephone line from Sharptown,
Md, via Bethel has been completed
and tested. The length of the line is
u miles. 1t IS now proposed to eX-
tend it to Georgetown, which will give
connection through to Wilmington.
Whilst driving a well in the rear of
Jumps block, ON Walnut Street, North
Milford, flow of water was struck at
a depth Of 40 feet, which is very
strongly impregnated with iron. The
water Is now running from timed
spout at p gallons per minute.
Lewis is trying to secure funds to
mark the grave of Major Henry Fisher,
pilot who lived during the Revolu-
tiOn War and is buried there. During
the great struggle he rendered valu-
able service by plotting American yes
sells up the bay out of the reach of the
British.
Daniel w. Taylor and Edwin H.
Gayley, who formerly traded under
the name of Heald & Co., and who
were charged with the embezzlement
of S1400 by Frank DilwOrth, were
given a hearing Monday afternoon be-
fore Magistrate Daley and acquitted.
Notice. Before placing your order
with a stranger, drop me a card for
catalogue and price-list, or call and get
prices. Closer to cost of production
on all kinds and varieties of nursery
stock. It will save you hundreds of
dollars unnecessarily paid out each
year. p. EMERSON, Wyoming,
1t is said that out of "a, 900 farms and
homes only 5000 odd, are owned by
the occupants and are free of mortgage
in Delaware. There are hundreds of
acres Of idle ground in Delaware,
which the Single Takers can get for a
mere song that they might purchase
and get pratical demonstration of the
Single Tax theory.
1t seems that a 25-cent piece is about
the most unlucky article man can
carry. On the American quarterdOl-
lar there are 13 stars, 13 letters in the
scroll held in the eagles beak, 19
marginal feathers in each wing, 13 tail
feathers, 13 PARALLEL lines in the shield,
13 horizontal bars, - arrow heads, and
13 letters in the words quarter-dOllar.
The Election at Georgetown resulted
in the choice of ]. l. Smith, Alderman
Commissioners, w. H. Boyce, DR.. o.
ID. Robinson, Robert G.. Houston
Joseph S. Wilson and William d. Ad-
ans; Treasurer, W. J. McNatt; Asses
sOr, Charles r. Jones. The BOARD
elected W. H. BOyce, president; W.
ID. Adams, secretary, and George Ham
mond, bailiff.
A number of people in Dover want
new hall, in which entertainments cal
be given. At present the third-stor!
of the court house is used for such pur
poses. 1t is a good room, but it is 81
situated that in case of fire few peO
pie would escape with their lives
Recently some one has twice cried fir
while the room was crowded and
panic was each time narrowly averted
DEFENDANT CONSENTS TO JUDGMENT
The case of Francis Dugan VS.
George Maull was heard by Magis
trate Ferguson at Middletown Ol
Saturday. Martin b. Burris repre-
sented the plaintiff and Artemas Smit
the defendant. The amount involve,
was S79.80 The defendant consente,
TO give judgement for 81 80, which wa
entered.
Chancellor Nicholson on Saturda
rendered his decision in the Iiebi
Manufacturing Company case. He d,
clded against the Lleblg Company, dC
claring 1t a nuisance, and ordered IN
company to abate it at once The d,
cisiOn will no doubt shut the factor
up, without they erect chimney hie
enough TO carry off the fumes. 1t CO
be DONE Wilmington Republican.
From piece of ground 6Ox12O fe
Geo. H. Prettyman last year sold s,
worth of onions, beets and boans. II
planted last week two bushels Of onio
sets, and hopes to sell over 800 wori
from the same piece of ground tn
year. From the same sized lot of grou1
VIM. G. Humphreys sold over 8
worth of vegetables in one season. al
this shows how intensive farming ev,
in Milford pays Chronicle.
NEw CASTLE County DrLrNouEl
TAXES. = The PHILADELPHIA Reco,
says that Col. Dupont not HAVING an
pled the means and the time orou,i,
snort, that j. Edward Adlicka \
hnally determined to contribnte 4
necessary money for the payment
the taxes of delinquent Repu5licans