Smyrna times., 1897-10-13

It is estimated that twenty million
cans of tomatoes were put up on the
Peninsula this season.
x-ProthonOtary Joshua Marvel,
father of ex-Judge David t. Marvel,
died at Georgetown Friday.
Both the Methodist Episcopal and
Methodist Protestant churches in Sea-
ford are nearing completion.
Wheelmen in the lower part of the
State are now taking an active interest
in the subject of goods roads.
William S. Cleaver who for years
has resided ON the Brady farm near Mt.
Pleasant, died on Thursday, aged 81
years.
The Eighth Annual Convention of
Dover District Epworth League will
be held st Milton, Del, October Goth
and 21st.
The Townsend baseball team will
challenge the Laurel club to play
series of games for the State cham
piOnship.
The funeral of Mrs. Adra A. Pratt
took place Saturday. Interment at
Kenton. Mrs. Pratt was a sister of
John d. Hawkins
Milford Council, Jr., o. U. A. NJ,
voted against the project of providing
a National Orphans Home for the
order. The Frederick Mechanics
voted for it.
The Georgetown authorities intend
to break up lOafng on sidewalks, and
the bailiff will, if necessary, arrest
anybody who does not ''mOve on
when ordered
The butter tray mandatory at
Frankford is next to the largest in the
world, their daily output being about
1UO,O 900, the largest output for one day
being 1OS, 900.
Rumor has it that W. G. F. Waller
of the DcldWdrcdH has been left
legacy by a relative in Virginia. This
sort of thing is getting uncomfOrtably
close when it begins striking the news
paper offices.
SILVER SET FOR THE WILNuNGTON.-
The Board of Trade appointed ten ad-
ditional members of the committee to
secure a silver service for the gunboat
Wilmington, the committee being in
structed to raise $500 within ten days.
The new criminal court to meet at
Dover on the 2jth of this month, is
styled simply the Court of General
Sessions, and ''of the Peace and Jail
Delivery" are omitted, but the de-
livery will probably be there just the
same.
During the past week Thomas Viii.
son of Prime Hook Neck, near Milford,
lost five horses, three of which dropped
dead on Saturday and the two Others
on Sunday; his other horses are not
expected to recover. 1t is believe tC
be meningitis.
The "King's Daughters "of Milford
met on Wednesday with Miss Jennie
Causey and decided to send for fifty
pictures, by the leading artists of thu
day, to be put on exhibition. Th'
proceeds will be for the benefit of th'
Daughters work.
The bay fish are having a banani
feast now. The entire cargo on thu
steamer John Wilson was thrown over
board on Tuesday and Wednesday
The chief engineer of the Wilson die'
of yellow fever, and as health pre-
caution the fruit was thrown over
board.
The Board of Trade of Wilmington
refused to ask for the removal of Gen
eral William F. Smith, engineer i
charge of the government work in thi
state. It would have been unfair an
unreasonable, in view of the repol
submitted to the board, to have don
otherwise.
LOOKING FOR FIRE BUGS. -PeOpl
near Newark are looking for the me
suspected of setting FIRE to sewers
properties a short distance away. Th
last fire was on Thursday night, whe
the house of W. Fell was burned an
Mr.. and Mrs. Fell with their childre
had a narrow escape from being burned
Sheriff S. L. Shaw on Tuesday, sol
the 142 acre farm of the Laubach heil
with farm buildings, situated in We
Dover hundred, near Dover, to Thomi
f. Laubach for $4,000. Also the 1.
acre farm of ArnOtha Curlet, with far
buildings, situated in West Dow
hundred, to NJ. B. Burris, for $125
Also the 1853 acre farm of Henry Bea
man, near Dinah's Corner, toJames
Hughes for 1880.
MARsHALsHIP OF DELAwARE.-J oi
Cannon Short, of Nanticoke Hundre'
has been appointed United Stat
Marshall for the district of Delawar
Mr.. Short is a Regular Republican al
prominent in politics. He was a ca
didate for State Senator on the Reg
lar Republican ticket at the last ele
tion. He has announced that he W
appoint James Clark, of Delawa
City, Deputy Marshal. The Off
pays about S25OO a year, and is foi
term Of four years.
FARMERS IN Coop SHAPE. .-Deiawa
farmers are seeding more wheat tn
ever. With the exception of the pea
crop, which was a failure, this has be
very prosperous year for the farm'
The yield of wheat was larger than ev
before. Corn, oats and hay yield
largely. Small fruits brought good
turns, and the demand for produce,
pecially potatoes and tomatoes, W
never better. Dealers in Drills, plov
harrows and phosphate have been Z
ing large business and the acreage
wheat will be larger than it has in Il
a..