Smyrna times., 1897-09-01
County and State Items.

lreOf EttOhh hiSbAAACAAcS are DuS
making apple jack.
Black rot is damaging tomato vine
in lower Sussex county.
Forty persons were converted at th
recent ZOar campmeeting.
Mrs. Mary Ann Simmons, aged 8.
Years. died on Friday in Dover.
A building boom has struck Lincoln
and all the masOns and carpenters ar,
busy.
Sussex county farmers held an in.
stitute on Sand Hill camp grounds Sat.
urday.
Issae 5. JOslin has purchased the
Thomas farm, West Dover hundred.
The State Fair office, which is in the
court house building, is a very busy
plaee at present.
The Delaware Glue Company, at
Newport, will resume operations. en-
Moving 40 persons.
During the past 10 days $40 carloads
Of peaches have been shipped from the
peninsula over the Delaware Railroad
The marriage of Miss Alice E. Hut
ton, Of Dover, to Jacob B. FELTON,, of
Philadelphia, will take place to-day at
the home of the brides parents.
Deputy Internal Revenue Collector
Sayton is looking out for merchants
in this district who are doing business
without having renewed their licenses.
The ticket Office recently DESTROYED
st the State Fair grounds at Dover has
been rebuilt, and a large force of men
are preparing the ground and building
for the coming fair.
Hog cholera is ON the increase in the
section about Dover, and several farm
ers have lost swine through its ravages |
recently. One man, near Cheswold.
has lost seven head.
MahOns Landing is a busy place |
Just now. The oystermen are there in
force to commence Oystering to-day.
The ''Old vets say the bivalves willbe
Of excellent quality this season.
Some superstitiOus people of Middle
town are murmuring against permit
ting fall term of the Middletown High
School and Academy to begin on Sep
iember 18th. They say 13 is an un-
lucky number
The Star Publishing Company, of
Wilmington, has bought the building
No. SO9 Shipley street, and the news
Iaper plant will be removed there dur
ing the autumn.
Two Georgetown picknickers at Oak
Orchard last week made away with %
iAir-sized pan-fish at one sitting. And
yet they said before leaving town,
hat they weren't very fond of fish
anyway.
Secretary Frazer has caused warn
ing notices to be posted in Greenwood.
Urging the people to improve their
drainage by cleaning out the bitches
sltaln the town, and to remove all
hl'h and waste within fifteen days.
Ihe nrst passenger train from Mil
'oa TO Queenstown over the Oueen ,
Annes K. R. was run on Wednesday ]
'la carried as passengers Ex-Governor '
SD Mrs. Ponder and Miss Ida Ponder. '
HE Sussex County Teachers Insti- ,
ne will be held in Armory Hall, Mil
i''l' The trst week in December. Su- :
,slin'endent Tammany it is reported t
-A secured distinguished lecturers i
lO1 various parts of the country for c
'le instruction aud entertainment of b
he teachers. f
'eHerson B. Foard, Clerk of Peace. n
-s purchased of the Equitable Guar v
! ,l'se and Trust Co., of Wilmington. v
'-s cochran farm, containing 416 acres, Z
-''ul $50 acres tillable land. The price I
-''sa was $4,000 but it is said it was II
.-'HAsed Tor something less than that "
IAe campmeeting at Rehobotb. t
.'su Thursday night. All the SER
y, - were we'll attended, and on spe-
= uays the tabernacle would not ae- i
s 'lnodate the people. Thursday was =
: ,'Ot'n League Day, and the excur- a
- Haln from Wilmington brought I
''En 100 persons. \
although the peach crop inDelaware
,i...., : snort one this year, peaches are
{. .-,''al IN the markets and are bring
y iaH prices. The Delaware Rail- +
/. mas not been pushed this season
-. 'ne crop to market end the rev. v
y. irOm this important product has Y
{. y halt this season. Still there are y
~. -. enough and to spare in the
'Or all who can pay the price.
''AS WILL SERVE AS MARSHAL.
A.. .'ause Of the failure of the Presi- p'
49,, |" appoint a successor to United n'
4, MARSHALL Lannan whose term u
..;,.s ss-piied' Nj. Lannan Monday, re-
~; commission from Justice
n ! Oi the Supreme Court, to fill az
,.tioRS mace e., until the President takes &C
knSs Inc marshall renewed his al
,,.a scott N. E. Church. Wilmington lG S
RsP.O OHsnges pastors. The health of OF
,.,-; - NJ l.. Hutton is poor and after ~ ~
i. ','e Of fifteen months he thinks II O.
.s..,.s . return to Minnesota. He has q
H.,,;a an exchange with Rev. LIP.
IA y. oi Anoka, Mimi, who is s5 n,
IL, -.''' from New England. He de-
lsgpls 'One east to be nearer his
iileep W., pJ.Sed on good authority that
hls ealthy Baltimoreans intend IN
Isss. .Oiages at Rehoboth for oceu- at
laes,. At season. When the Oueen ~
4. Railroad IL cor,,l.t.5 M