Smyrna times., 1888-08-01


The Fruit Exchange began opera
uons at Laurel yesterday. Low prices
ruled: Ninety per cent. of the fruit
was shipped on commissions.
TRYING TO SAVE REIDEL's NECK
ID. ID. Ward, Esq, saw Governor Biggs
a lew days ago in regard to a reprieve
Tor Reldel, the murderer, who is now
under sentence of death in New Castle
prison. The governor promised the
attorney that he would give the case
his careful attention. Unless the ex-
ecutive interferes the murderer will he
hanged on August 10. In the mean
time Reidel is remarkably cool and ex-
presses himself as being glad that the
end is so near at hand.
The thirty-second grand annual har-
vest home of Fairview Lodge, No. 8,
l. o. G. T., will be held in A. ]. White
mans grove, near Pleasant Hill, three
miles north of Newark, on Thursday.
August Is. There will be speaking by
Major George A. Hilton, of Washing
ton, the Hon. f. G. Smith, of New Jer-
sey, the Rev. J. s. Willis, of Milford,
and others. The meeting promises to
be one of the largest of the kind ever
held in this section. A hack will run
from Newark to the grove and meet
all trains.
The United States revenue cutter
Hamilton, stationed at PHILADELPHIA.
was ordered to the Breakwater yester-
day to remove the wreck of the steam
ship Brindiga, which lies in the path of
navigation, and has become a danger
GUS impediment. During the great
blizzard in March last the Brindiga
from Mantanzas with a cargo of sugar,
foundered at the Breakwater, and has
given great trouble ever since that
time. Within the last week the old
hulk flOated up against the steamer
Republics wharf at Cape May Point,
and for three days the steamer was
unable to land passengers at her dock.
The wreck has fOuled already three
vessels and it is believed that the dan
ger of accident is imminent.
The Morning Ne,Us in speaking of the
late Prohibition Convention says: ut
thus appears that the Delaware PrOhi-
bitiOnists who congregated at Dover
decided to join with a national organi-
zatiOn that can do nothing for temper
ance, and not to join in local effort
with a party that has substantially
done all that has yet been done in the
way of imposing practical and whole
some local restrictions upon the saloon.
We are quite certain that this result
was not intended, for we believe the
Delaware PrOhibitiOnists to be sincere.
But obviously they are imperfectly in
formed or else they have greatly mis-
conceived the actual situation. II
they desire to play at politics or 10 aid
the Wilmington saloons in giving the
electoral vote of this State to Mr.
Cleveland, they have taken the right
road but if they really want to re-
strict the liquor traffic in every prac-
ticable way possible, then they are in
the woods and have lost their bearings
The State Executive Committee was
| elected as follows: 0. G. Buddington
Alexander Deakyne and Joseph Der
ricksOn Of New Castle county; r. NJ
| Cooper, w. n. Brown and w. r. Phil
/ lips of Kent; J. J. Boyce, S. H. Mes
sick and w. d. Burchinal of Sussex.
The following Presidential electors
were chosen: H. S. Kent for New
Castle; William Denny, for Kent
| Benjamin Hitch, for Sussex.
W. n. Brown of Kent county was
nominated by acclamation as the nom
inee for representative in Congress, bu
he declined at once for personal rea
sons, and c. H. Register was nomina
ted in his place.
Mrs. Brown of the w. c. T. U. pre-
sented a resolution denouncing per
sonal abuse and the raising of war is
sues which was at once adopted.