Smyrna times., 1897-08-11
County and State Items.

County and State Items.
Milford people complain of the mos
quitOes.
About $50 baskets of peaches are
shipped from Harrington daily.
A tax of 81 year has been levied ON
telegraph poles in Newark streets.
The Board of Education, of Lewes
has made tax rate of 40 cents on the
$780,
The members of the Constitutional
convention will hold a reunion at Re-
roboth on September 8.
A pig owned by Samuel Wilson, near
Blackbird. had eight legs, four ears.
two tongues and two tails. The freak
died
The Governor has appointed Willard
H. Handy Levy Court Commissioner
to succeed John W. Green, from Sea-
ford Hundred.
The Delaware Iron Works. at New
Castle, resumed almost full operations
Monday, after being closed down for
nearly two months.
The wheat crop which is being
threshed in the neighbOrhOod of Della
ware CITY is said to be Welding RI
bushels TO the acre.
Clerk Of the Peace Foard, of Will
mington. sent State Treasurer Ross
slO,OO3.6g the receipts of his office for
the past two months.
Patrick Brewer, of LewIsburg, n. j.,
vas killed while experimenting the |
unloading of stone barges at the Bran
DIVINE Lighthouse, in the lower part
1f Delaware Bay, on Saturday.
In the weather line August seems to
be doing its level best to make amends
for the miserable and depressing con-
ditions that prevailed during July.
that is, excepting this week.
Seaford is delighted over the new
building boom which has struck the
town. The new NJ E. Church is near
ing completion, work on the new MP.
Church is about to begin. Several
other building have also been con.
tracted for.
Wilmington is beginning to return to
Der old position among the prosperous
cities Of the country. Business is bet
ter in Wilmington than it has been for
several years, and the march of i'm
movement is sure
BRANDYwINE SUMMIT CAMP GROUNDS.
Was big day Sunday in the tented
village Great enthusiasm prevailed at
altheservices. Sermons were preached
during the day by the Rev. L. E. Bar
Fett, the Rev, F. C. McSOrley of New
ark, and the Rev G. w. Townsend. of I
Delmar
RENoDELING OF DOvER's CAPIToL.-
Ihe legislative committee in charge of 1
fenodeling the State House at Dover. v
net Monday and gave the contract to L
William Fisher, of Dover, who was I
the second lowest bidder, J. W. Rat '
eliH, Of Milford, the lowest bidder hav- C
ing failed to comply. The contract /
Fiee will be $3.50. I. X. Jones & /
Bro, Of Dover, were given the contract t
iof the plumbing at $3.50. {
RehOboth people are confident that
iAe boom which struck the'tOwn some
nme ago will continue. Despite the ):
net that the season is more than half
o'eI the building of cottages still con-
hnnes aud the hotels are doing a bet t.
VI business than they have for several L
seasons Next year the new railroad c
VII be completed and will bring manv ii
nofe visitors to the resort. J
LOCAL OPTION CRUsADE.-The Rev. :
snaii has gone to Nebraska, but the a a
-eai option campaign will be resumed :
y his return. A local option league n
20 members has been temporarily
1slnized by electing L. W. Brosius "
resident and George W. Todd secre- u
Ay' and a Women's Auxiliary of 100
-snbers with Mrs. Eliza w. Emerson 81
resident and Miss Carrie Hance secre- -
n.y. to assist in the work. a
me excursion to RehobOth on Thurs Il
!! vas the largest Of the season, con- NJ
sung Of ten heavily loaded cars. It b.
'A IRON Delmar and intermediate te
.--'s' all towns on the line being well
RESENTED. The Episcopal Sunday
-'Oi from Georgetown, the Presby- u
~lAl Schools from there and Cool IN IL
r.Ds and Sunday School from Del u
~ Took advantage of the regular ex- W
'''ion to visit Rehoboth. al
le people Of Milford are again agi- Al
! :, the matter Of improving the ii
pNioh river. There is a had bar at h,
mouth Of the stream, and this NJ
- impossible to run a steam er
Hne between Milford and other ID
- II Is claimed that a dixie is the 70
=! remedy to prevent the bar re- q
Z. -g each time the sand is dredged or
-. government engineers have tb
~ much time and member Of an o.
-'lons - in trying to remedy mat ac
=, ev
y -. - often been said that there was sh
sh,.os sholsn voltage in the trolley wires CO
L., anybody. Sunday evening as la
49, Jackson, accompanied By IN
1 - vas driving in Wilmington, a
/ '-o1e ~. wire which had fallen across
! ,'-oiiey wire at the bridge over the
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