Smyrna times., 1884-12-24
County and State Items
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The State Grange is agitating the
question of establishing in Delaware a
State Board of Agriculture.
The DelGUare College Review announ-
ces that Shakesperean Club" has
been organized among the students,
and wants to know who will make
move towards the $4,000 appropriation
for the re6tting of Delaware College"
We ars indebted to the editors of the
Milford Chronicle foran advance sheet Of
Resolutions Seeking Legislation,
passed by the State Grange of Della
ware" The resolutions and repOrtare
very interesting, and our limited space
only prevents our publishing them in
full.
President VIM. II. Purnell, of Della
ware College, Principal l.. Irving
Handy, of Smyrna, and McKendree
Downham, the committee appointed
at the State Teachers Association, to-
gether with Superintendents Williams
and Carpenter will meet Gov. StOckley
at an early day for conference upon
the subject of changes in our school
system.
Senator Camden of West Virginia is
quoted aG charging the smiling Senator
Bayard with playing the schOOlmaster
to the Democratic party aud with being
Overbearing and dictatOrial. Down III
Delaware they would tell Senator Cam
den that the smiling Senator is more
than that; that he can smile and smile
and be a a-Bayard Philadelphia
Daily Netrs.
Miss Annie Boyer, an English lady,
died in Middletown a few days ago,
leaving an estate valued at $500
She was eighty-twO years old and quite
eccentric. One of her eccentricitieS
consisted of persistent refusal to have
her toe nails cut. At the time of her
death they were three inches long.
She bequeathed $1,000 to the Middle
town Protestant Episcopal Church.
J. Frank Wilds, Register of Wills
for Kent county on the 18th inst,
granted letters of administration upon
the estate of Albert H. Ackerman, late
of Milford hundred, to Margaret j.
Ackerman; on the 22nd inst, letters of
administration upon the estste of Ellen
?. HynsOn, deceased, late of Milford
hundred, to Garrett L. HynsOn, and on
the 23rd inst admitted to probate the
last will and testament of Phoebe
Harris, deceased, late of North Muir
derkil hundred.
Abram NJ Whittock and Miss Mat
tie J.. Cavender, daughter of Thomas
Lavender, were joined in marriage by
the Rev .Stengle Thursday evening at
eight o'clock, at the pleasant home of
the brides parents, in MiddletOwn.
Miss Katie FOard, of Elkton, was the
bridesmaid and {. Watkins, Jr., OF
Odessa, was the grOom's best man.
The rooms were prettily and tastefully
decorated with flowers and eVergreens
The ceremony was performed beneath
a pretty floral design. About forty
guests were present.
A Washington correspondent of q
Philadelphia paper has the following
paragraph in relation to Senator Bay
ard that sounds strange to us in Della
ware: 1t is said by those who know
Mr. Bayard best that his famous inter
view with Governor Cleveland ha.
been utterly stripped of all mystery bN
later developments. 1t is impossible
for Mr.. Bayard to confer with anV one
4AC dlAuNS uOtS All the ldlkluR. II
the most casual talker he makes thu
same set speech that he would if h,
were in the Senate. He did not depar
from his habits when he was presented
to Cleveland. He stood up and talked
for four hours to the Governor withOU
the latters being able to get in scarcely
a word in reply. Bayard came awal
overwhelmed with admiration at tn,
conversational powers of the Governor
and he has never ceased to praise hi
clear views since he returned to Wash
ingtOn
The statue of Rear Admiral Samue
Francis DUPONT, United States Navy
was unveiled Saturday in Washington
with appropriate ceremonies. Erecte
upon raised mound in the centre {
DUPONT circle, which forms the intel
sectlng point of a number of streets an
avenues, the statue of heroic size, occU
pies one Of the most commanding site
IN Washington. The admiral is rel
resented as standing on the quarter
deck, marine glass in hand, which h
has just lowered after the inspection {
distant object, leaving his counter
ance lit with an expression of alert il
terest. He is represented in the un
form Of the period and his rank in tn
naval service. The attitude and ca
rlage is extremely graceful and natura
The President, Cabinet, and a numb'
OF prominent statesmen and sOldie
attended the ceremony, the cratic
being by Senator Bayard.
PROPERTY TRANsFERs.-Th folio,
ing IS a list Of deeds that have been r
corded the past week at the Recorder
office for Kent County: Moses Ameri,
and wife to Daniel NJ. Wilson, 25 acr
one mile east Of Dover, 81 800; Jas.
Farrow to VIM. S. Fowler, house al
lot at Smyrna Landing, $3.50; Chas
POWELL to VIM. H. Goodwin. lot in We
Dover Hundred, $50; F. VI. Dunn, e
sheriff, to James 5. Farrow. house al
lot at Smyrna Landing, $500; Ezeki
Fleming TO ThOs. H. Dorman. lot
harrington, $3.50; Ann +. Clark
sarah +. Hazel, lot in Dover, $50;
v. koat to John w Right, house al
lot IN Magnolia, 81 600; Jos. Bessem
70 Daniel Mifflin, lot in Wyoming, SlS
herman Davis to ThOs B. Loud
I6ough, farm Of IS acres, 3 miles west
DOyer, 81 800; VIM. Denney to Ch
I. Slzette, store and dwelling on Loo
9rnan street, Dover, 81 800; Levin
Zones to Jas. r. Jones, 81 acres in w