Smyrna times., 1881-03-16
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

D"aware's militia propose to attend the
Yorktown celebration, going by sea to the
old Virginia village.
Some kindly soul, with a keen apprecia
tion of what the legislature most needed, |
sent them Il bundle of little primers.
p Isaac N. Fooks wants to be the railroad
commissioner, in the event of the passage
Of the bill providing for such an officer.
Owing to the low price offered ($380) the
Newark Ledger did not sell on Wednesday
last. Two newspaper men frnN distance
propose to start II newspaper at that place
at an early day.
The New York Tribune says: Jones, Of
Delaware, who introduced the f"and res0lu
ton into tho Legislature Of that State.
ought to have been "a member OF the last
Congress instead of hiding his light under
the Delaware peck measure.
| The attempt on the part of the Legisla-
ture to do away with the office of State
| Superintendent Oc Public Schools, and sub
<titutp Superintendent for each county.
has the appearance of heinG very unwise
Mtdiletown Transcript.
Members of the Legislature nov receive
! So a day or S2l a week, the Speakers
getting 81 A hii that has passed second
| reading in the Senate provides that the
members shall receive s. day, the com
pensation to apply only to the time OF
session.
At the annual commencement OF the
Jefferson Medical College, Philhd~l pilIa,
Saturday, the degree of NJ. d. was conferred
on pos men. There We're two irom Della
ware, JoShua A. EtleGood, Jefferson NJ
Lutf. A prize of $50 for the best essay on
a subject pertaining to surgery was awarded
to Joshua Ellegood, of Delaware.
The third story ceiling in the house ol
Mr., Hall, in Milford, fell with IA crash one
night last week, and Mr.. Hall bounced out
of bed, threw up the window and ha"le'i
murder, at the top Of his voice. rPiI"l
party, armed and equipped in various styles
soon gathered, hut upon investigation. re
turned home and left the valorous Mr.
Hall to his thoughts.
In an item on Conference notes last week
We smoke of the WILMINGTON Conference
Academy a. likely to he sold and run IA
private Methodi.t school. What we sair
wa intended to apUly to the Wesleyan
Female College of Wilmington, and not t.
the Conference Academy, the names having
been changed in thu item without Su
, being aware of it.-M!ford Ne'c&,
ELECTED ASSISTANT PRINCIPALLY Mrs. Ann
, | F. Groves, sister in law oi State SuptrInten
dent Groves, has been elected assi~tnn
;, principal Of the High Schno, AT Harrisburg
/, Pa. She has taught, during the last f"u
, years, in the public school at CentrrvlIle
Del She will assume control Of the Harri:
nurg school OH the first OF April. Mr'
:, Groves is a lady of high culture and literar
n attanmentS.
= Representative +. y. Williams has i
: his uaper, the Index. expressed at len.tI
" his views on the Local Option till, no.
. pending in the Senate. He favorS tn
, principle of leaving to the people the que
!. tion of whether or not they desire, the sal
a of liquor, but objects to the present hlll
- that it leaves the power to sell in the hana
4 of druggists. He hopes that the bill wi
- be so amended that he can endorse it.
!" Samuel Townsend intimates that shoul
y the Legislature pass the L@cal Option hIl
and through it liquor selling he prOhihlte'
- the taking out o: license from thS Chlte
p" States to sell liquor would give the prrSo
taking it right to engag~ in the tratfi
- the State law to the contrary nntwithstan
8 ing. That course says the Pen,nSuIar Ne'
~ has been tried in hundreds of localities
'V9 \ doz4n different States, and the perSol
trying it have invariably been worsted.
n3 SHERIFF's SALEs-rhO following props
'13 ties are advartl,ed for sale on March 20,
~ Peacocks Hotel, in MiddletOwn:
ZOO frame store belonging to John
l25 Roberts. in MlddletOwn.
100 Real estate, in Penca'ler hundred, |
go longing to Annie NJ. Finrgan.
GSY '0S Real estate, in Odessa belonging to WI
B. Craft.
100 Property Of Archibald Fiemming
Port Penn.
ny PrnpJrty of Rachel A. Whitock in NJ
'eS dlptOwn.
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