Smyrna times., 1884-04-02
and. State Items.

County and State Items.
solomon Hersey, editor of the Will
m;ngton Republican has been elected to
CIV Council, to succeed Levi Garret,
o,awber from the Seventh Ward, re-
signed.
l.. Wolcott, Esq, of Dover, has
secured the plan and specifications for
6ne dwelling house to cost not less
.ban 81. 900 on his lot on State street,
and Daniel Cowgirl contemplates buid-
;ng during this season, one or two
ha1dsome residences on his lots on
State street.
# is said that the canning firm of
Ravnolds & POstles, at Frederick, are
contracting for tomatoes on sliding
SCale. about as follows: To pay 81 per
ton If canned tomatoes sell mt so cents
nor dozen: So per ton at 80 cents per
dozen: Sc per ton at 81 per dozen and
e. per ton at $1.1O per dozen.-Penin-
sular Ners.
The Chairman of the Republican
Conntv Committee has issued his call
for electing delegates to the State Con
vention. The election will be held at
the usual voting places on Saturday
afternoon, April 10Th next, between the
bours Of > and 4P.M The proportion
nfdelegates is given as follows: Duck
creek. 5: KentOn, 3; Little Creek, 3
East Dover, t ; West Dover, 3 North
Wurderkill, 5; South Murlcrk );
Mspillion, s; Milford, 6.
GRADUATES IN MEDICINE.-At the
annual commencement of the Jefferson
Medical College, held at the Academy
Of Music, Philadelphia, the degree of
NJ D. was conferred upon six Della
wareans. George H. Cantwell, Luther
Swiggett Conwell, Charles Harm0nson,
Frederick Hertel, Horace l. Jones,
Beniamin B. Peters. A prize of IL gold
medal, offered by DR.. Thomas G..
Morton for the best report of his surgi-
cal clinics at the Pennsylvania Hospit-
al was awarded to Frederick Hertel, of
Wilmington. Degrees were conferred
on 2l5 graduates representing % States
Ofthe Union, England, Italy, Armenia
and other foreign countries.
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
Frank Wilds, Register of Wills of this
county, has granted the following let
tiers:
On March 26th, letters of admins
tration upon the estate of Hosea Har-
rig. deceased, late of North Murderkill
hundred, to n. p. Inf, of FELTON,: also,
on same day, upon the estate of Thos.
Clements deceased, late of West Dover
hundred, to Rebecca Clements: on the
9th upon the estate af Lewis Cannon,
deceased. late of Milford hundred, tu
John B. Cannon April 1st, letters OF
administration c. T. \. ID. B. n, upon
the estate of George Moore, deceased
late of South Murderkill hundred, to
Dr. John A. Moore, also upon The es-
tate of Daniel Clifton, deceased, late OF
Milford hundred, to John c. Clifton.
US. COURT JURoRs.-The following
are the Kent county jurors drawn fol
the District Court which meets in Will
mington April Sth:
GRAND JURORS.
MispiliOn hundred-AmOs Cole.
Duck Creek John B. Cooper
Milford -Sias Todd Jenkins, Vii
liam p Beswick
North Observation-Disclosures Sarde
Edward O. Raymond
East Invertebrates Denney, Fran.
els NJ Dana, Robert Jump.
Little Creek-Elias COnaway.
PETIT JURORS.
Milford hundred-W William Lowery
John n Cahall
North Murderkili-Jabez Jenkins
Jacob q. Brown
East DOver-John S. Jester.
Little Creek-Thomas H. Taylor.
West DOver-James Clark.
Duck Creek-John II. Bewley, JohI
Mustard
An EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE.-La
Il mott Dupont and Sir Men Killed.-Tht
nitrO-glycerine house of the Repaun'
Il Chemical Works at Thompson's Point
Il Nj, across the river from Chester
4 exploded at 1870 o'clock Saturda
morning. The RepaunO works arr
among the largest dynamite iRanufaC
turing houses in the country, and ar
operated largely by the DupOnts of thi
State The explosion was supposed t
have been caused by too much hea
being generated by the nitric aciG
This suPpoSition is based on the fac
that the six occupants Of the buidin
were seen to rush for the door, an
We're jam ned in the passage when tn
explosion occurred. They were in
aahliy killed. their bones being broke
and twisted and their heads crushe
IN irighliul manner. Their name
us FOL L NJ
\. Hill, Edward Norrr0ss, Georg
Norton, Lewis Lay aud A. s. AckersOI
Nothing remains of the building, whic
was tWO-story frame structure. A
excavation sufficient TO bury gOOC
szed house was made in the grOHn
where the building stood, and hOus'
ior a half mile around were badly sha
s# tered.
SENATOR COOPER DEAD.-Speak'
samuel CIIp>T of the State Senat
Uedof typhoid fever near Camden ear
On Saturday morning. The deceast
had been i'll about two weeks. He WI
aSOn OF Semuel b. Cooper, ST., once
member Of the State Legislature, al
was was born in Kent county, August
IoZo. Having been educated in q
public schools he taught school for Sc
elal years and then engaged in bu
ness as Il farmer and fruit grow
"I,cn he continued throughout life.
politically he was Democrat, al
". appointment Of Governor Causey
20 ,oS he served one term as justice
Ie peace. He was member of I
lower yer House of the State IIegislatu
la Iood iol and was elected Senator
' At the opening of the last 81
Ia ,Iua ,Sa nc was elected speaker. A wide
~ tSo ee sons and daughter survive hi
~ 'ast being Miss fourteen ye;
~ age and the sons are J. W.
upper, Of Camden, f. T. Cooper Es
D0ver, and +. A. Cooper, in bnsin
NJ. Philadelphia. The funeral to
slpce ~ Monday and was largely after
ali Among those present were nea
she lne members of the Legislatu
c're'ary Of State Causey and 1
ange OF which he was the preside
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