Smyrna times., 1879-01-29
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.


Rev. w. q. w. Lewis, who was recently cal.
led to Cincinnati to attend at the death of
his mother, has returned to Middletown.
Bishop Nicholson confirmed twenty.one
persons in the new Reformed EPISCOPAL
Church in Wilmington on Thursday night
last
Representative Dean, of New Castle CO.,
was hurt by sleighing accident the other
day, SO that he is unable to occupy his seat
at Dover.
The Legislature has appointed a com
mittee to consider the advisability Of
making the office of Coroner of New Castle
county salaried one.
Daniel c. Hoflecker, well.known citizen
of Dover, retired merchant and farmer,
died at his residence in Dover on Tuesday
in the 9th year of his age.
Clement C. ITearn, member of the House
Of Representatives from Sussex, has not
been in his seat this session. He'is at
home, sick with pneumonia.
Forty.three thousand heavy spokes were
shipped by the Philadelphia Coach Mate.
rial Company from Harrington direct for
Liverpool, England, Saturday.
James Lord, of Greenwood, who put five
| charges OF powder i'll an old gun barrel and
touched 1T OFT with match, lost one eye
and is in danger of losing the other.
An old gentleman who lived in the house
of his son.in.law, jaime McGrury, at New
Castle, was so badly hurt by falling down
stairs OH Saturday that he died on Sunday
The Rev. |. NJ. Haldeman, pastor of the
Delaware Avenue Baptist Church, Viii
mington, devoted his Sunday morning ser
mon to answering charges against himsel
in the Talmage style.
DEATH OF Col. RICHARD FRAxCE.-Col
Richard France, who was formerly widely
known in Baltimore and this State in con
nection with legalized lotteries, died OF
Tuesday, in st. Louis, in his 74th year.
1t is said that Clark and King, the pugil
lists, have drawn up articles. of agreement
in Wilmington and will fight on the
Cleary-Weeden ground, near Newark, ir
the corner of the State, some time th
week.
A son of DR.. Vaughn, of Wilmington
and a student at Princeton College, wa
instantly killed Saturday. He was passing
through the cars and was blown from the
platform by the strong wind while return
ing home on the Philadelphia, Wilmington
& Baltimore Railroad.
Milford will petition the Legislature
against the present system OF levylng the
school district taxes upon real estate
assessing the rental value instead of the
actual value. The petitioners ask that The
law be SO amended that taxes shall bt
levied upon the same basis as the State anC
county taxes are levied.
Charles B. Weggeman, a shoedealer liv
ing in New Castle, jumped into the Brandy
wine race, near the Wilmington City Mills
on Monday afternoon. He was rescued
Immediately and taken to the City Hall
where. after lying unconscious about tw,
hours, he died. He was about forty-fv
years old and leaves wife and family
Weggeman was subject to fits.
In all social or moral reforms there is al
ways q reactionary as an offset to q radica
reform, and the former is just so many de
grees in the rear of the latter. The posi-
tons are always relative. In the presen
effort for more positive legislation, there
class who, while not favoring local optiol
say something should be done, and Will
faVoring license law, want enacted with
certain restrictions as recommended by tn
Dcla,Oaredn, viz; Separating entirely iron
hotels or places where liquors are sold
billiard tables and other games, or .impos
tax on every table of $500 to $500. TIL
Delaware&n says that such places are ore
, cruiting stations for the whisky bar and tn
training school for the gamblers hell " an,
il those favoring such legislation instead O
local option law shall succeed, the youn
, men in any event will have beneficial legi,
latioD.