Smyrna times., 1888-08-08

also found there, was fined $50 and
costs. The children, aged 4 and 7
years, were carried to Wilmington by
Agent Stout and placed in the chill
dren's home.
LIGHTNING CAUSES ANOTHER FIRE.
On Sunday evening the lightning
struck a straw stack in the barn-yard
of Leander S. Hopkins, near Frederica
setting fire thereto. His barn, stable
and cOw-sheds were burned, together
with 700 bushels of wheat, 100 bushels
of corn, about twenty tons of hay and
twelve stacks of straw. The owner
had delivered 100 bushels of wheat,
and had $500 insurance in the Kent
County Mutual on the buildings de-
strOyed. His actual loss above insu-
rance will be 81 200 or 81, 300.
Peter A. Pagan is highly indignant
at the treatment he received at the
recent Dover races. Mr.. Pagan thinks
the whole affair, which was under the
management of John B. Wharton, was
fake" and scheme for gamblers.
The records as published in the papers
were inaccurate, as the true times
made by the various horses were not
given. This was done for the purpose
of allowing faster horses to enter in
slower race. Mr.. Pagan has entered
protest to the National Association
against the Fairview Park track. He
also challenges Mr. Cook to trot Ba-
shaw against Roam Ben on fair track
and with competent officers. Mr.. Fa-
gan says his only desire is to have fair
play, and this he did not receive at
Dover.
EXPERIMENT FARM WANTED. Mem
bers of the committee appointed by the
trustees of the new experiment station
to select farm for experimental pur-
poses have been looking at one or two
places in the neighborhOod of Dover,
but as yet have made no selection. A
farm of about one hundred acres in
good state of cultivation, with dwell
ing house and necessary Outbuilding is
desired. ManlOve Hayes, Esq, mem
Der of the committee, said that the idea
was to lease a farm for term of years,
and that persons who desired to dis
! pose of property in this way were re-
quested to notify the committee at
once. The farmers and fruit growers
in this neighborhOOd, and especially
the Grangers throughout the State, are
very much interested in the success o.
the experimental station at Newark
and are anxious that the branch sta
ton should be located near Dover Ol
Milford.
ONE MAN WHO WANTS TO HANG
Chas. Henry Reidel, who is to bC
/ i ~ 10 LtriHo fNl
wife-murder, still processes himself de
sirous for the time to come when hr
"shall enter the kingdom of nothing
ness" He maintains that death is an
Inhalation, and courts its coming as
release from unwelcOme life. Witt
each nightfall he marks off one of tn
square holes in his cell door, in thi
way keeping score, with evident de
light of his departing days. He dis
cOurages strenuously his cOunse's ei
; forts for a reprieve, declaring he Wi
have none of it, and that within twer
ty-four hours of the time he hears of
respite he will die by his own hands
He SAYS he does not want to be drive
to this act, but would rather the la'
should take its course. He appear
perfectly sane, and is a good contrOvel
sialist-searching, sOphistical, deepl
read in German agnosticism and abl
in argument. He expresses no regrC
over the killing of his wife and chile
but is sorry that he did not succeed j
his attempt at suicide, and that he di
not kill Superintendent Hillsly, of th
! Arlington Mills, whom, he says, b
would be tempted to murder if he no
had the opportunity.
i THE CUMMINs COAIMITTEE.-Ti
s Bar Association of New Castle count
met Thursday, and increased its cor
mittee to investigate Judge Cummin
+ from three to seven. The first cor
= mittee held a meeting in the earl
> part of last week and resolved thi
;, their task was too great for three me
to bear. Hence they determined
o have their number increased if pos
e BILE. It was also deemed better tn
several of the older members of &
bar should be on the committee.
. The committee is now composed
- Levi c.. Bird, chairman, John H. RO
. ney. James H. Hoffecker, Jr., Benz
!. min Nields, Charles B. Lore, A.
= Cooper and Lewis G. VaHdegriiC.
3 g 1t is now generally thought by the
d" interested in the matter that Walt
Cummins Esq, has gone away to ave
,r trial before the committee of the B
If Association to whom was referred
o investigation of the charges agail
It him. The committee has formulated t
e charges, and is now trying to n
s Cummins to serve him with copy
al I. - in
A. for several days. When he was lei
ing his Office he informed those
whose charge he left it that he was
i ing to Smyrna. He is known to ha
ly been in that town on Friday or Sat
ut day. A special messenger was sent
rs Smyrna to serve the copy OF
k. charges, but on inquiry at Cummi
le former home was told that
er had not been there for mOnth.-JO
us nal.