Smyrna times., 1888-01-11

7ntv and State Items.
OouHp Alice has moved from
c.j. aooSD Neck to Middlet0"n DEL
lu' Conrad is being again
HAIRY assd for the Republican Mayor
' .,.S domination of Wilmington
81! D.,ce has purchased the evap-
Grating NOV Boyce of Laurel for Sl,7oO.
HI ali5nnte y to continue the business
ne ',1i; B. Ford, wife Of Harry F. Ford ord
Iyo od her farm in Kenton hundred
has sou a. 4, Spry, of Philadelphia, for
70 Ja5n inject to dover of 81, 800.
~ II, 1obp satterfeld, of near Wy
PnlnRn hi has bought the home farm
OnIng,; So Scott at Houston, for $4,000.
o. D Sooit will move to New York soon.
Han I B. Pennington has secur-
Il lSa Ian appointment of Robert Sim
ed luS "F Of Dover, as page in the
mons ' nf representatives, at Washing
40 Delaware and Chesapeake
w ~. Inns south leave Clayton at
Io oOs m and 511 p. IN. Going north
lave lave oxford at 6.l5 a. M ana lo'oo
In.
mail Lynch has decided to again
i g 1,r the sherifalty, and bids fair to
" e. formidable candidate for the Dem
De { ~ nomination Of New Castle
County.
nj. legislative committee to settle
u. ~ tbe State treasurer, auditor of ac-
wiz .snt =, and clerks of the General As
"u nbly will meet in Dover on Tuesday
January Il.
v,w that coal is seven dollars ton
. .,T fathers-in-law should re-
P In;.P their prospective sOns-in-law to
g y bome early or bring a scuttle of coal
ssIsng with them. Sentiment is all
. .:obt bnt it won't buy cOal.-BreakoUG-
tn Light.
cbaplain McCabe, whose fame as a
.osakar and singer has become world
Iids will visit Dover on the Sth of
r " month. the pastor of the NJ. E.
church having engaged him to ad-
5-...a meetin. in tac interests of the
Missionary cause.
Revival services are being held at
tbe Milford NJ. E. Church and much
interest has been manifested at the
meetings. Five persons protested con
version on Wednesday night and the
seekers are numerous. The prospect
/; GOOD for a large revival.
John H. APPEL, baker of Milford. i;
missing. He took a train at Harring
ton on December 26 and since then nc
one in Milford has seen him or hearC
Of him. His home creditors had Sher
if Mcdaniel seize his property Oh
Tuesday. He left real estate to the
value of $4,000.
DEATH OF PROF. 7. H. brentwood
Prof T. H. Brentwood, principal o
SsafOrd public schools, died on Satur
isv while on a visit to friends in Alex
andria Virginia. Prof. BreerwoOC
RsWell and favOrably known through
out this Peninsula as a fine scholar, al
excellent teacher, and an exemplar,
gentleman. He was a graduate 0
Dickinson College, and was a classmat
fExSuperintendent 7. n. Williams
frank wilds, Register of Wills 70
Kent County, has granted letters {
administration upon the estate of Eliz
FOOte, late of Duck Creek Hundred, t
Sarah Louise Foote; upon the estat
OfDr. Robert H. Clark late of MilfOr
Hundred, to Eliza P. Clark; upon tn
estate Of Robert Wilson, late of Eai
Dover Hundred, to c. II. B. Day upo
the estate of Susan B. Burchenal lat
aEast Dover Hundred to Joseph Bul
Chenal.
Bank checks are good and conven
elt things to cash but not to keeI
According to late decision by a Phi
adelphia Judge in a suit over a ban
check, the holder of bank check mu
present it on the day he receives it {
Inc day afterwards, or else stand til
loss himself if the bank becomes insC
vent. The drawer of a check guara
yes That there is money enough in Il
oank on which it is drawn to meet
out be does not guarantee that it wi
9ay there indefinitely, and the hold
peril.
N. (. CONFERENCE DELEGATES.
Al ING next annual session Of the Wi
nngtOn NJ. Z. Conference, which NEE
On the 9TH Of March in Union NJ.
Caufch, there will be $50 delegates,
Guiding lay and clerical represent
yves In 1884, when the conferen
ae' at Asbury Church, in Wilmingtc
mere were only 285 delegates. T
"a0Wlng appointments for the ent,
A1ment Of the delegates have be
made and were announced in (
SSe'3odist churches Sunday Grace =
~ Pauls, 81; Union, AZ Asbury,
S.ou, . Mt. Salem, Is; Epworth,
ley, 5. 'O''0y' = "
"a. AZ the annual meeting of the sto,
Toluefs Of the Farmers Bank, held
Lover on Thursday, the following W
Ggeected directors for the branch
IS H. Ex-Governor C. C. Sto,
p5i So9n K. McFee, Esq, DIR. G.
' y. n. +. R. Paynter, Esq, Har
~ W. hickman and Captain d. r. B
~ ~. resolutions were passed COM
i s,p the courage displayed by ca
S h, ~ u: Cooper, of the New Cas-
tba II0u, 10 preventing the robbery
dro os1A IN September last, and
hin V '.sI5 We're requested to pres
on rui WIN the sum Of $500, which
s 5-oo. was afterward unanimou
''u Oy the general board.
,, DEATH OF THE WIDOW OF THE
wido a- DUPoNT.-Mrs. S. NJ. DuPc
els mn VI Rear Admiral Samuel Fl
v6Db5oht, and sister of General II
vie III ont' died at her residence, /
tbs ~, gsar Wilmington, Monday.
ba5 t'sn year Of her age. Mrs. Dull
calI, zen s confined to her home pra
dsa ly iOF the last ten years, and
Dupo,%t vas !. not unexpected. Adm
bad ~ my ulea on June %, 1866. T
Iv live 10 children. Mrs DuPond
deyo a simple, generous, Christian
her sna largely both her means
he G TFSeigles to the PRONUNCIATION
eree CHRISTIAN religion. She had /
stoV Vedlagly benevolent. but had
oste aso 1er charities with such an
hardI,va Is hand that the beneficis
Knew who it was that gave
The FSa alaasS AND RAILROAD RATE
teri f A Aedl.! County Grange held its a
The p Ti0e;;lng at Camden, last "
The e%pliIooclpal question considered
legeJdp 'i S,io Of testimony on The
VaDia o unl's,erimination Of the PEN
'6iDoosrraa railroad against the PENN
@1 ppefs and the nresont" 49, ! on "