Evening journal., 1888-12-14
THE GRANGE ApIouRNs.
Hog or No Hog is Agitating the State
Capital-Lost Pocketbook.
By Letter TO EvrNIEc JouRNA1.

BY Letter to EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER, Del, Dec. 14.-The Delaware
State Grange closed its three days ses-
sion yesterday at noon. The first busi.
ness done at yesterday mornings session
was the installation of officers This
was done by Past Master Henry J.
Thompson Of New Castle county In
addition to the officers given in last even
ing's JOURNAL, the following were
elected and installed: Gate keeper,
Charles 7. Pepper; ceres, Mrs. E. II.
Bancroft; pomona. E. H. Salisbury; fora,
Mrs. John Heyd; lady assistant steward,
Mrs. John w. Day. The executive com
mittee for the ensuing year will be
Messrs. E. II. Bancroft, John c. Higgins,
T. II. Messick.
A collection was taken for Put Darden
memorial fund, and SEQ was raised Put
Darden was master of the National
Grange for a number of years, and dying
recently, he left his family in rather
Strengthened circumstances. As he had
done great deal towards making the
grange movement success grangers all
over the country are contributing
towards a fund being raised in their
behalf. On motion Master K. H. Ban
croft was authorized to appoint com
mittee on legislation to consist Of two
members from each county, one of whom
shall be a Republican and the other
Democrat To this committee, which
will be named before the General Assem-
bly, meets, will be referred all matters
pertaining to legislation.
The Committee on Agriculture sub.
mitted two reports, both of which were
adopted. One endorses the election of
DIR. A. w Neale as director Of the Della
ware agricultural station, and the other
expresses the opinion that Delaware Col
lege will never meet the requirements Of
the farmers of Delaware as an agricul-
tural college In effect these reports
were that the grange believes some good
may be accomplished by the experimental
station, but that classical school cannot
be at the same time successful agricul-
tural institute.
The State Board of Health and their
work was endorsed by resolution. A
committee consisting of w. n. Brown,
w. X. Allaband, Ms. Allaband, Mrs. Ban
croft and Mrs. c. G. Brown was appoint
ed to select a suitable motto and banner
for the grange. After some further
routine business the grange adjourned
The session twas voted on all sides one
of the most successful ever held in Della
ware and was throughout largely at
tended.
Miss Ella Fletcher, teacher in one of
the primary departments of the Dover
public schools, took her purse from her
! pocket just before noon yesterday and
laid it on her deck. In the confusion of
dismissiRg for noon recess she forgot it
and did not discover her omission till she
reached home. Hurrying back to school
she found it had disappeared 1t CON
tanned $25.
After tomorrow night the grunt Of
the porker will be heard no more within
the limits of the town of Dover. This is
the fat of the Board of Health. The ordi-
nance passed by council last year says
that hogs can not be kept within town
limits without a written permit from the
Board Of Health, and now the Board
gives public notice that they will grant
no permit. The penalty for violation is
from So to $25. Dover is stirred up on
the subject, and many voters openly
state that next spring the present
members of Council will follow the
hogs, i. e., they will go. The battle cry
at the next town election in March will
be hog or no hog, and already the lines
are being drawn.
Mr. Tompkinson of Wilmington, state
superintendent OF mothers department
Of the w. G. T. u, addressed the Dover
Union last night at their headquarters.
Solomon Teat and Miss Lizzie Bogart
both of Dover, were married by Rev. Z
E. Williams on Sunday evening.