Smyrna times., 1898-07-13
DELAWARE ITEMS.

The peach shipments from Bridge
vile reach six baskets a day.
Rev. W. NJ. Green has opened a
grocery store in the Mifflin building
in Camden.
Rehoboth's new NJ. E. Church will
be dedicated on July 81. The build
ing cost S14OO.
Wheat about Laurel has been a fail |
ure. The average yield will not ex-
ceed nine bushels to the acre.
Thirty-one bushels of red Taspber-
ries were shipped from Milford on
Thursday by Mr.. John J. Rosa.
R. K. Jones, of Harrington, while
attempting to shoot dog shot himself
in the hand, making a dangerous
wound.
Sussex farmers are threshing wheat
and the yield is poor. Several growers
were interviewed and they stated that
they would not have over One-third of
a crop.
While Recorder of Deeds James
Lord and Harry Johnson, Esq, law
yer, of Dover, were driving to Cam
den on Wednesday, the horse kicked
the carriage to pieces, severely iniur-
ing the occupants.
The citizens of Thoroughfare Neck
held picnic and fag-raising Wednes-
day afternoon. A train of four wagons
drawn by a traction engine, carrying
about eighty people, was conducted by
Alvan Beck, Jr. A speech was made
by the Rev. F. G. Lusby.
, Cosrs MORE TO GET MARRIED. -
: Under the war revenue law, 50-cent
: stamp must be placed upon the mar
? riage license bonds issued from the
: clerk of the peaces Office. The bonds
/, are for 5000 each. The war tax brings
: the cost of the license to SO. 10. Clerk
d of the Peace Dickson is required tC
3 place a so cent Internal Revenue
Stamp on each marriage license now
which is really bond.
The following is the average yield o.
some well-known farmers in thi
county: Joseph P. Moore, 124 bushels
= to the acre: J. M. Hope, 10; H. d
Leonard, 10; G. G. Wright, 8; A. g
Massey, q; Henry Pratt, q; John B
u Conner, 8; Deets& Darling, Z; Ed
! ward Clark, 2; Elisha Massey, 81
?, Charles A. Carton, 3; Riley Melvin
:, 10; G. S. Pennewill, -, and Samue
u Hufnal, 81.
p Governor Tunnel, the Philadelphi
N Press holds, has been given too muc
credit for his refusal to approve tn
le Ballot law passed by the last Legisla
~ ture. 1t claims that he does not lov
es the Australian ballot system, but n
jected the bill because the Legislature
&c. in making the change, went back
.S5 the old method of putting the prepari
70 70 ton of the ballots in the hands of ii
10 different parties, instead of retainin
'OS it in the hands of the officials.
W ANOTHER POSSIBLE TRANsFER.-Tf
ate Rev. Charles 1. Stengle, late chaplai
an of the lower branch of the Delawal
SS .So General Assembly, contemplate
100 ,SsOo accepting a pastorate in the Virgin
LOO Conference of the Methodist Episcop
rs rs Church South. Mr.. Stengle. who
-... nastor of the church in Leipsic, b.
... - been granted three-months' vacatio
'~''' and he and Mrs. Stengle are spendir
J to the summer in Virginia. -EOeTy Ere
o755 ing.
% FARNHURsT VIsIT.-The trustees
30 the insane Thursday gave recepti'
90 TO Governor Tunnel, the members
p the Legislature, the State Board
Health and trustees of the poor, at t
ge, hospital office, Farnhurst. The Wis
ors took dinner at the hospital, a
made an inspection of the building
after which several addresses We
ohs IS made by the guests. AS result
of the affair it is evident that at LEI
lily there will be one great benefits
rem rem equipment of a pathological and b
mae THEOLOGICAL department at the n
uy. srs pital. Such was recommended by !