Smyrna times., 1878-04-17

The Dover Sentinel thinks the reduction
OF taxes by the Levy Court was done with
a view to this falls election.
c. J. Fell & Bro, Brandywine, have made
an assignment to Rene Guillou, Esq Their
Liabilities amount to $l90,000.
NJ. F. Challahan, a harness maker, who
has been employed by Justus NJ Lowery,
OF Milford, for five years, ran away with
S55O, which had been put into his hands by
Mr.. Lowery to buy fur with.
Warner & Co., of Wilmington, are ahead
IN the telephone business, their lines have
fifteen stations on them. You can talk all
over Wilmington now by going to the
central station of these line, Smith g.
Painters at Seventh and Market streets.
DEATH OF DIR. Gro. w. CnAYToR.-.Dr.
George w. Chaytor one of the leading
physicians of Wilmington, and one of the
most experienced and advanced medical
men in the State, died ut his residence las
Sunday of pneumonia, in the 6jth year of
his age.
Noyes Spicer, Esq, formerly of Rhode
Island. but more recently from Emporia,
Kansas, where he was Vice President OF
bhO llIob -NdIlOIdl btilIN Ol llldI cllV. ana
with which institution he is still connected,
has located in Milford to pursue the bust
ness OF Real Estate Agent.
The ATTORNEY GENERALS Coon LUCK
Attorney General Pennington has had a re.
markable streak Of good luck in securing
from the General government claim OF
$2S,000, for which the Legislature of Della.
ware was SO liberal as to allow hIm one
fourth, or % per cent, making $1,000
The last two campaigns in Delaware
would have been quite as certain in favor OF
the Democratic party if no stump speech
had been made and we believe the pres,
ent campaign had as well be left to the
newspapers. No new arguments were
raised and no vote was made by the stumn
orators, so far as we could see-Gazetc.
At Wilmington, on Friday, Mrs. VIM.
Harvy, who was alone in her house, found
herself confronted by man, who placing
pistol at her head, demanded money.
She handed him s., and in doing so drop.
ped the key to her dressing case. Hctheu
| made Mrs. Harry unlock the dressing case
and gave him all the money contained
therein, amounting to $50. This appeared
! to satisfy the robber, who quietly locke
Mrs. Harry in the house and took hi
departure.
Says the Escly E1to12: "If the RcpubIi
cans should conclude not to run ticket il
New Castle county it would be a good thin,
to put two Democratic tickets in the field
one pledged to county division and one Oh
posed to it. This would show whether O
not our people are really anxious to hav,
! the representation to which they ar,
entitled. We believe that their representa-
ton can be doubled in this way Will,
1t cannot be increased to any extent in am,
other way"
HE LICENSE APPLICATIONs.--lt is intima
ted and rumOrcd that the Court will refus
to grant liquor licenses to those whose an
pIlcations were printed in the SuHday DH
Pdtch, OF this city, on the ground, that Tia
law requires the applications to be put
llshed IN two newspapers, and that the d..
patch Is not Il newspaper in the general an,
legal acception of the term; also, on tn
ground that the Dispatch, being issued o.
Sunday, is not a legal publication unde
the laws of this State.-Delq4carc Gazette.
a SAD AccIDENr.-T,co Dorcr Bo,
Dr0Wned Whle on a Sailing Erc,rSon.-O
Saturday afternoon last two young men @
Dover, named Marion Green and William
ii. Wheeler were drowned in Shake.
peares Mill Pond near that place. 1t an
pears that party OF young men, number
ing eight altogether borrowed sail boa
owned by some gentlemen Of that towr
and started up the pond, the breeze bein
pretty stiff and fawy, with the sail reefed
after they had reached the head of tn
pond the breeze having to some exten
| GIQ6 tba
the sail and threw overheard their movabl
ballast, against the wishes of the more ey
perlenced of the party. The boat mad
good sailing under the light breeze. an
when the dam was reached, it was deeme
prefectly safe to veer the boat in place {
going about, but while performing tn
manOuvre, a flaw struck the boat causin
her to jibe suddenly, and take in COZ
siderable water.
This frightened the occupants, mostl
greenhorns, and they at once sprang al
causing the boat to lurch and fill to til
gunwale, and founder Immediately. A
the party were thrown into the water, an
tour of-them, Edalbert Stockwell, Clayto
Fisher, Green and Wheeler, started ;
once to swim for shore about one hundre
yards of; the other four clinging to I'll
boat which was up. Stockwell was til
hrst to strike the shore, followed closely
Fisher some distance Off Wheeler WI
then about twenty yards from shore swim
ming easily apparently all right, and Gree
had disappeared. Stockwell at once starte
for boat to take off those who were elm
ing to the bottom of the overturned boa
supposing Wheeler to be all right, an
Fisher laid down on the beach exhauste,
A moment after Stockwell had LEI
! Fisher saw Wheeler sink scarcely ten yarj
from shore. One of the young men wi
had clung to the boat, saw Green sink iu
r before Stockwell struck the shore, abou
l 30 yards from it. Stockwell proceeded
r the boat he had seen, and took off Il
four, Walter S. Butler, Robert Van Dyk
Alexander Miller, and Noble Rolfe, wi
had clung to the boat. The party il
mediately started for the town sending Il
alarm ahead of them.
A crowd was soon collected on the banl
r OF the pond, but nothing could I've don
8 until graphing irons could be forged by
, blacksmith. The boat upset about ha
D past three o'clock. but it was at least tv
hours before anything was done toward r
! covering the bodies, and it was six ocloc
a before the first body, that of Green, W
), found. The graphing was continued, b
. it was nine o'clock, before Wheeler's boz
was found. The affair cast gloom ov
| the antipa both haiD,