Smyrna times., 1875-04-28
For tie Smyrna TtimeS.
DOvor Items.
DOVER, April %, 1879,

For the Smyrna TtiD,es
DOvor Items.
DovER, April %, lS1j.
On Monday, by the meeting Of Court and
by the odd Fellows celebration of their 56th
anniversary, Dover assumed position of
activity and life. Philodcmic Lodge, No. :,
|. q. O. f.. of Dover, and members of other
lodges of the county, met in the Lodge
room, in Dyer's building, Mt o'clock, on
Monday, and at + o'clock, headed by the
Dover Silver Cornet Band paraded all the
principal streets, and, dressed in their uni
forms, made an imposing appearance. In
the evening public meeting was held i'll
the NJ l.. Church and addressed by Past |
Gramd Master Edward James, of Whining |
ton, Representative lIyland, of Wilmington, |
and Rev J. II. Caldwell, of Dover, after |
which the members Of the Lodges present
again retired to the Lodge room where a
bonntiiul supply of good things was placed
before them and pcrtakcn Of with great
relish
| ThcColut of fGrncral Sessions of the Peace
and Jail Delivery met in the new Court
/ House at ; o'clock on Monday, Chief Justice
/ Gillin, Judges Wales and Wooten on the
/ bench. Hon. Joseph +. Comcgys made a
| few remarks concerning the new Court
House and presented, from the bar of Kent
1 County, 4 series Of appropriate resolutions
concerning the same. chief Justice Gilpin,
Judges Woutrn Wales and Houston made
few remarks thanking the Levy Court
and congratulating the people of Kent
county upon the erection of 20 fine a build
ing, which was the cheapest and best pub
lie building in the State and one that would
compare favorabIy to any in the country.
The first ease tried before the Court was
the State v. Jeremiah Collins. for stealing
pair Of ovcrsho,s of Fanny McFaddcn. Of
FELTON,. Verdict guilty, and sentenced to
brwhipIrd with 20 lathr,, to pay restitution
, money Of $50 and costs and To be i'm
prieonrd ,ix months and ware convict ;
jacket s:Xm months thcrraftrr, which was the
only case tried on Monday.
=. Yesterday morning the application of
Isaac X. Shortman, Of the German Hotel.
: smyrna. TO keep a hotel with the right to
> sell Intoxicating liquors was considered and
i, there being nothing against him he again
, received license which very much pleased
t. the little Dutchmun, the chief Justice re-
=. marking that if he would alway. keep a
:, good house and keep good things in it h,
0 would keep his license great many years
h Grorgc D,horty, Of FELTON,, also received
l.. license.
l. Thos. r. Boyer, of Lcipsic, charged witt
O selling liquor without Hccn,,. in nine cases
c plead guilty in one case. and fined 500 ant
is costs in all the case
Pat Mellon and Thoma. b. jackson. o
l. Kcnton, also charged with selling liquo
II without license pleaded guilty in two case
N and find 500
The remaining six cases were continued
Jas. Corlcy, of Lebanon, charged in fv
cases for selling liquor without license, plcao
re- guilty in one case and fined $lOO and cost
Rest continued
u The next case was the State vs.. William
Schunn, VIM. McMurry, John y. Paynte
u and Charles Magee, charged with trc.passin
upon the oyster bed of stephen T. Heam
- Verdict, not guilty.
III State vs.. John Ram, negro, indicted fo
= receiving stolen property. Not guilty
!! True bills were found 10y the Grand ,Jur
~ against Rev. John Downham. Samuel Il
- Murphey, Mashall |. Newton, James l
= Barker, William II. Murphey and John "
Bateman for riot near Canterbury. A
six o'clock the Court adjourned until !
o'clock this morning.
- The Grand Jury case above mentioned
that wherein two parties named Stever
y and Whtby, near Canterbury. said to |
~ illicit whisky sellers and receivers of stole
- goods, We're set upon and cleaned out
: on the night of March the Sth by tho.
named in the Indictment. They tore dow
- Whitby's house
Last evening Edward johnson was arrestc
for fighting by Town Police Cashwcll an
, - bound over for his appearace at Court {.