Smyrna times., 1881-03-09

Mr. Cornelius j. Hall, of Milford, is or
VIII he an applicant fer the office of Clerk
OF the Peace for Kent county. The term
o! the present incumbent expires one year
from September next.
The following c~nstables were appointed
he the Levy Court on Thursday: Duck
Creek. B. V. Weldon; Kenton, N. II.
Grtfin; Little Creek. (laid over for one
wr"k); East Dover, c F. Hawkins; North
Muri"rkiIi. ChaS. w. Saith, (other con
tnu"6); South Murlerkill, J. +. FARRELL.
! VIM. Whitaker; MispillOn. Jos. X. Van.
g"s~l, VIM. j. Staplpfoid; Milford, John
! SaPP. The Jail Commissioners and Physi.
! Claus were continued
A PICKPnCKET GOES FOR A Country
! EDIToR's WATcH-.Dr. Knowles. the un.
sophisticated ~ editor OF the Break.o0te,.
| L.ght, met with an adventure on his way to
| the inaugural, on the 3D. The train had
! reached the Relay House when he missed
| his watch. Fortunately he was accompan
| Ied by W. 5. Pride, of the GEORGETOWN
I"qu'rer, whose reportorial experiences IN
metropolitan journalism have sharppned
his natural detective abilities. He soou
spotted" a brace of suspicious indIvidual>
| ana they were promptly accused of The
Ihrcency and forced to di+gorge. Whether
they were arrested. informant dnes not
state. The L1gh editor thinks he IL go
smart that n0bn'ly can play trick on him.
| ami his spirit was sOrelV " rilsd' when h.
made the discovery that his watch wa
gone.
The LOCAL OPTION BrLL.-The above hill
viii 1t Is Sall c0n,+ up in the Senate to day
n'r It's thlrd reading. A Dover c0rrrspon
dent says:
ne sali local option bill has been read
twice IN the Senate and ordered to hr
printed. What lis fate will be time will
show. The House astonished i1self hy
passing 1t, and the members that voted
against it have since taken great comfor,
IN reading the editorial comments of the
WILMINGTON dailes on the subject. Payntrr
Jones feels 20 good over these comment,
that he offers TO treat the Senate with a luy
"I domestic wine from the cellar of the
'hth+r nf the till, and foot the hlli himself
As Tar as the ultimate fate of the till
can no" hr fOrrShadOwrl. il is as follow
h+ i"us" having passed the bill the SSnAt,.
VIII VIII "VcIlne |" assume the responsibility OF
killing 1t. 1t will. however tack some
amendments to it and send it hack To th..
House, and thus give that hody another
whack ut it. Then, if the House c0ncurs
IN the amendments the liqour men NAV a.
well pay Oft their lobbyists at once and take
the first train for home"
wilmington NJ. Z. CoNFERENcE.-At the
coming session of Conference at Lewe..
commencing Mnrch 10th, Bishop Bowman
Will preside. Rev. +. f.. Martin,lale. who
has been Secretary of the Conference eyer
since It's organization, eleven years ayo.
ana who was el' cted Presiding Elder A
Year since, Will he succeeded by some one.
here Is no em"lument attached to thr
othce yet the prestige given the occupant
makes 1t very desirable. There will be
some rivalry for the position. The vii.
mlngton Conference Academy, which has
had heavy debt upon it's hands for several
Years, on which it is now unable to paw the
interest. will likely he allowed by the CON
ference to be sold. For several wears The
influence OF the Conference has prevented
ITS sale, and II Is considered no longer ex.
pedlent to do No. In event Of it's sale. !,
VIII probably he purchased hy private mar
ties, yet run as a Methodist school The
reports OF the various committees will he
the principal feature of the meeting. except
the appointments, concerning which it is
evident church politics bear IL relative pro.
portion to State affairs. in the interest mani.
Test and sometimes in the means employed.