Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1888-02-08

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+, e. !ss.i oH in Dover last week
..tsr of Wills Heverin has ap-
Beg,5SYb5i s son. Joseph c. Heverin, as
a:dePnty' -.
CnlP'U neetings in Dover this after
s s3G and evening
,,.o,s River is we'll filed with
AaDTSo oats They have been COM
9l:ie55 I ~ Law idle for the past two
7 rasgs on account of the ice.
c.ornor Biggs and his entire staff
0Os sa5 the annual ball of the State
5i'sl -'bIss in the Academy of Music,
55ss!al.o'JeIphia. Oh Monday night.
Co.,. have been 10 persons con-
In5ii n the Methodist church at
I IsIss-a since January 1st and the
Al a,;nas are increasing every day.
4. tho sale of Mr.. Duval Gibbs, held
q r. farm on the Levels Wednesday,
s o. =. sold from S125 to S24O; and av-
noiIs5 $40 Cattle, little and big,
sslT1sifsgsd s29.
NJ. Mary E. Tharp, wife of Benja-
- Tbarp. ESQ, residing near Farm
i ~ HE'D early on Monday morning
~ LA about SO years. Death was
I'D by cancer in the stomach.
v..srs Wells, Herring & Co., of
,5ar5een. Hartford county, Nd, have
ted tbe WoodalI building in Middle
. nm for the coming season. They
Till run the cannery on corn ex-
susigely.
The Philadelphia Ledger, speaking
,fonr political workings down here,
. ! ashamed of US. Well, so are we,
I1t how can we help it without new
ss9nsfitution? The old one is shattered
beyond all repair.
Doyer's musical people are trying to
GENRE Clara Louise Kellogg and com
psny for a performance. The noted
6ina donna will appear, if the sale of
ssats. at 81 each, amounts to $3.50 or
an and over 200 tickets have been
slh
The Laurel Gazette Publishing Com
psDy has sold its newspaper to G. w.
Ke6Dey and he, assisted by Samuel d.
Gordon. its former editor, will continue
d publish the paper. Mr.. Kenney
promises to support Democratic prin-
aples.
DR.. Ward B. Rowland, veterinary
surgeon Of Wilmington, left that city
last week for California, where he ex-
peets to permanently locate. He was
appointed State veterinarian by Gov
s.Oekley, and has acceptably filled
that position.
The revival which has been going on
81 Laurel, since the first of January
bad up to last Sunday, brought into
he Methodist Episcopal, and Metho-
dist Protestant Churches, over seventy
members: about an equal number
joining each church.
Although the smallpox has almost
disappeared from Wilmington, there
being only two cases at present, thai
BET should not deter the Trustees oil
The Poor from going ahead with the
PREPARATION of a county hospital fol
Infectious diseases.-RepubLicdR.
The Every Erening, in speaking o
the Assessment business says:
To conclude, there is one bright side
% this city hall business. 1t hoists thu
risen sun of constitutional reform I
dozen degrees or so upward on it,
journey to the meridian of the nea
future
In the case of the appeal of J. Alex
a0der Fulton vs.. the town of Dover
argued before the Court of Error anC
appeals now in session there, the cOur
decided in favor of the town, anC
Queen street will now be opened
Trough the pear orchard of Mr.. Full
iol as originally ordered.
Sheriff Mcdaniel finished the sal,
3. John d. Apel's personal property il
Milford, Friday. The total receipts
athe three days sales were 81, 100
ne sore-hOuse will sell for between
H0OO and $1,000 and, as his liabilities
J. Is said, will aggregate nearly $1,000
. mere will be deficiency of between
800 and $4,000.
he FEBRUARY TERM.-The Feb
ilary term Of the county courts began
Wilmington, Monday morning
me tral list is an unusually long one
zoe criminal docket including three
murder cases, Riedel, Johnson ant
,gai.snami two Ofassaults with intent t.
all twenty-five gambling cases an,
"enty-one Of larceny.
The wife of the Rev. T. E. Terry, G
lover, Is alarmingly i'll. Sunda
burning public prayers were offered il
lsi behalf, and evening services wer
ssluiely dispensed with, her physician
.S1nng the noise Of the service-th
'lliea edihce adjoining the parsonag
Tlgnt produce serious results. Mr.:
.sliy gave birth to a daughter II day
william D. Fowler is seeking tn
~ o. Robert J. Beswick, a we
.Iogh justice Of the peace, of Milford
h. ~ mas held the Office for IA years
-. 61esWlek's commission expires ne1
~ou'l- Dir. Fowler is a stanch Bigg
~, as well as squire Beswick, and
P~1ilng actively for the place. NJ
-V"lef has held sevaral oRfcas IN tn
county. O'i''' III Vi
~ Jones' River is now navigabl
NJ IN r Dover to the Delaware bay an
81 Improvement and Transportatio
91opp4ay are contemplating buildin
No. tOn steamer to trade betwee
ofH si and Philadelphia. The succe.
On ' M steamer Mary U. Citizens, no
6;oas route, has encouraged all u
DUCT u Iae enterprise, the great !
dns Nun ID freights causing much pr
merchandise to go that wa
,s LEWIS LIST PARDoNED.-Lewis Ii,
h ~ ,lis life sentence as an accesso
Of ~ murder by his son, Lewis F. Ii
a, 1eOIge B. Taylor, was pardon,
va week by Gov. Biggs. The pardC
~, granted chiefly on representatio
and 1 ~. Is broken down by old a.
lon,pp. .'son life, and cannot live mu
gen9s .. Inc crime was commits
Ia ,-I 3, 1888. The son, Lewis
ss5t , mno remains in Jail, was FL
ousS oIced to be hanged, and subs
f fespited until March 1oAO
Io GRENADE AT BLAcKR1Rp.-M
narri.5 5'o ~ Of Wilmington, "
bN M uS On Wednesday, January 25l
Blseti,,meIi william Brockson, living ne
yoBn eO ~. On Thursday night I
azs5s men Of the neighborhood orC
BncL ana serenaded Mr.. and Nj
p.AeOn, at thnir 1891 -