Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-05-06
nIKTON.
Town Election Yesterday-Esaiiiff
and Town Commissioners Elected.

Town Election Yesterdny-Bniliff |
and Town Commissioners Elected. |
Special Correspondenceof Gazette and Journal |
ELKroN, April 29.-John s. Writ, Esq., |
a prominent member Of the Cecil bar and |
q member OF the last Democratic national |
was married on Wednesday
at II a. M, to Miss Mamie n. Pearce of
Pocomoke City, Md. The ceremony WAS
performed at the residence of the brides
father, Benjamin +. Pearce, no one wit
Messing it but the brides parents. The
bride is well-known in Wilmington, where
most Of her life has been spent and where
her father kept one of the most popular
hotels for many years.
Edwin Prettyman OF Dover has sue
ceeded Ward & Davis in the shoe business
at Elkton. The latter firm has opened
general merchandise store at Bridgeyille,
Del. John E. Davis, the present member
of the firm made many friends during his
stay here. Mr.. Prettyman purchased the
fixtures only, and has laid in an entirely
new stock of goods
Samuel b. Foard of the Howard House,
on Monday will take his two Llewellyn
settlers, Countess Leah and Rock Glen to
the tenth annual bench show of the West
minister kennel club, which will be at
Madison Square garden, New York, on
May 4th to 7th..
E1iKToN, May 3.-The annual town cleo
ton was held this afternoon between the
hours of 2 and Q, to select town bailiff
and five town commissioners TO serve
during the ensuing year. Although the
voting was quietly conducted, and no
arfx ID At,.,A H.,
polls, 312 votes were cast, which is con-
sidered rather large poll. The cause of
the large vote was doubtless partly due to
the sharp contest for bailif aud partly to
the fact that the retiring board left the
town with the good sized debt of 81 600.
For the bailiffship there were two can
didates. George Il. King who had held
the position for the last two terms and
who was candidate for reflections was
opposed by Captain William A. Wright.
Mr.. King was again elected, receiving 191
votes to his opponents 12l.
For town commissioners our citizens
had the 10nominated at the town meeting
last Tuesday evening to select from, with
the exception of William Trimble who
declined being candidate. The vote
was as follows r. G. Reese, 200; Geo.
McQuilkin, 1877; William j. Smith, 1850 /;
Dunbar Morgan, 173; Edward TAYLOR,
Ill Thomas Green, 1877; Henry Vim
singer, 1856 John IL. lamar, 81 james
P. Merritt, CO. These receiving CON-
plimentary votes were William Trimble,
10; Charles Queck, s.; w. b. Heitzig, q;
Clsrence Strickland, /. The five receiv-
ing the highest number of votes were
declared elected. Mr.. Reese having re.
ceiVed the highest number of votes will
be president of the board or mayor.
Politics was not brought into the
matter. Both candidates for bailiff were
Democrats however, and of the five com.
missioners elected three are of that party
Dunbar Morgan, who was president of the
old board, is the only one reelected
| Thomas Green who lacked but four votei
of being the fifth man, was also member
of the old board.
At a meeting last night at the Presby
terrain Church p. II. Cleayer, William s
Evans and James McIntire were reelected
trustees for term of three years.
The Rev. Jonathan s. Willis officiatet
at the Presbyterian Church on Sunday ii
the absence of the pastor. He delivered
two able sermons before large congrega
tons.
ELKToN, May 5.-The town election a
Chesapeake City on Monday for five tow
commissioners resulted as follows:
Polk Steele, ia; j. w. johnson, 106
George S. Wooley, so; Joseph II. Foulke
80; John j. Hagar, SO; Henry Pencil
"a Jacob Nets, 90 George Queck, 80
j. NJ. Peterson, S8; John w. Lavender
81. The five receiving the largest nun
Der of votes were declared elected.
In the Kent county court at Chester
town, on Monday night, in the case {
Mrs. Hannah NJ. Hogeland VS.. the p, "
, * b. railroad, removed from Cecil count,
/ the jury rendered verdict, allowing ii
the plaintiff IS, 800 damages. Mrs. Hog,
land while driving across the railroad I
} Red Mill crossing, one mile south I
i Elkton, in the spring of 1884, was struC
f in the head and for long time Ia
) between life and death. BY carefl
nursing at house in Elkton and later
| hospital in Philadelphia, she recovere,
, although her reason was affected for son
. time.
d The cases of Jones and Duling again
: the company for $4,000 damages eacl
4 will be tried at Easton, Talbot court, tn
r spring, A child of both the plaintiffs WI
D killed at the same crossing where Mr.
s Hogeland was injured in the summer
. 1884. 1t is to be hoped that the heay
verdict in the Hogeland case against IL
y railroad company will cause it to have
: Waterman at the crossing, which is col
/ sidered dangerous one.