Smyrna times., 1881-01-19
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

Drs. Ogle and Cooper, of Wilmington,
have been elected City Vaccine physicians
for 1881.
The State Temperance Alliance was in
session at Dover yesterday, to perfect the
Local Option bill.
Cakes of ice ten inches.and.a half in thick.
ness were thrown upon the wharf at Port
Penn, last Sunday.
Elk Representative and Elk. Recorder An.
drew j. Wright, of FELTON,, died on Wednes.
day, aged 81 years.
ssaford owing to the freeze, has been
enjoying the luxury of paying one dollar
per gallon for oysters.
Washington Janvier, of Delaware City,
fatally shot himself about six o'clock Friday
morning, while temporarily insane.
Register Biggs has granted letters of ad.
ministration upon the estate of Jacob Green,
late of st. Georges hundred, deceased, unto
Leonard 6. Vandegrift.
James DeKnight, the switch tender at
Lamokin, Pa, who is responsible for the
accident and loss of life Their last week, has
been committed to Jail to await trial.
Capt. E. II. DeakyHe, of Chester, Pa, is
in Lewis soliciting subscriptions for steam.
boat line between there and Philadelphia.
Half of the stock has been subscribed.
According to the report of Engineer
! Conweil, four hundred and fifty-six dwell
ings were erected in Wilmington. in the
year 1880, greater number than in any one
previous year.
The Democrats of the Legislature have
nominated Robert J. Reynolds, of Kent
county, for State treasurer; John F. Stats,
of New Castle county, for State auditor, and
R. R. Kenney, of Kent county, for State
librarian.
On Tuesday, in Milford, small boy was
arrested for carrying fire arms, and fined
$l.00. 1t was shown at the trial that boys
from ten to fifteen years of age were accus
toned to carry pistols. 1t is a bad habit
for men, and more so for boys, who are less
discretionary than their elders.
William Hazard, Of Seaford, aged about
49, was struck by an engine on the Della
ware railroad, on Thursday, and instantly
:. killed. He was Gubiect to apoplectic fits
and it is supposed he was suffering from
one Of these and had uncensciously strayed
upon the track when he was killed.
The United States grand jury Of the Will
mington district has found true bills against
Thomas Reynolds, Thomas Bridgeman
James Cambell, John B. Pinklem, Patrick
d. Il L IL n
for illegal acts on election day last Novem
Der. In the District Court, Thomas John
son, of Sussex, was fined 500 and sentenced
to thirty days imprisonment for peddlins
whisky without license.
Sixteen election cases growing out of al
legged illegal voting and interference with
; United States deputy marshals on the day
OF the general election, the trial of which
was to have been begun in the United Dis
trict Court at Wilmington, were continued
until the April term on application o.
counsel for the defense. Several of the
defendants in the cases for interference
were special sherffs or policemen.
} LIQUOR MEN IN CouNCIL.-An effort wa
made to secure full attendance Of liquo
dealers at Dover on Thursday to protes
against the proposed local option bill anG
: also ask for certain liberal notifications OIL
the liquor law. Many dealers did not pu
: in an appearance, they thinking it tim
? enough to oppose local option when tn
bill is actually before the Legislature, ant
believing it policy to let well enough alone
The stockholders of the Delaware Rail
, road Company held their 90 annual meet
ing at Wilmington, Thursday and re elected
Samuel NJ. FELTON, president, and the ole
: board of directors. The presidents roper
l shows the net earnings for the year were
{ $l27,S79. gain of 5000 was made il
the passenger receipts, and the loss b!
freight was $4,000. The cause of the los
on freights is attributable to the scanty crol
J. Of peaches down the Peninsula last season
Q thus making the hsul a shart one. Chris
. tian Fsbiger was chosen to fill the vacanc
caused by the death OF Joseph Bringhurst
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