Smyrna times., 1888-06-27

The farm house of Dickinson Nara.
ulth, IN Milford Neck, was burned to
;ne ground on Saturday evening, caus-
1ng a loss OF 81 1000; partly insured.
lightning was the cause of the fire.
STRUCK BY G.-Durinoy tho
thunder storm Sunday afternoon iiobt-
nlng struck the old Academy buiIding
II, ~ georgetown, tearing off shingles,
breaking window lights and shattering
Gne easements. The roof caught fire
out 1t was extinguished before it gained
much headway. The building is used
as an armory by Co. G.. The upper
room is used by the Masons as a hall.
A letter to the editor of the SUSSEX
Journal states that Emory X. Burnite.
Esq, brother of Col. Wilbur II. Bur
mite, of FELTON,, Del, committed sui
eide last week at Salt Lake City, Utah.
by hanging. Mr.. Burnite married a
daughter of James H. Holmes, of Beth
lehem md, but they did not get along
well together. He had been in Utah
several months. His last place of res
Md.
KILLED BY A PASSENGER Train
w. L. Williams, a citizen of this State
but who lives near Burrsville, Caroline
county, Md, was killed by the o'clock
train Friday afternoon. He had come
with a shipment of berries, and had
hltched his team just across the track,
not aware that it was due in a few
minutes. However, seeing the train.
he made an attempt to cross the track
to get to his horse, but was struck bv
the engine, having his leg broken and
his head severely cut. He died in
half an hour after the accident
ARMY WORMS RAvAGEs.-A CORE
spOndent writes to the EUery EUenin0
from Red Lion hundred: 1.-THE army
worm has appeared in this section and
is creating havoc among the crops.
On some farms they have completely
destroyed whole fields of grass and
grain. They go through a field in a
solid mass and eat up every blade of
grass or grain in the field. The only
way to get clear of them appears to be
to dig a trench through the field, when
the worm falls into it and is unable to
get out. They appear suddenly in the
fields, but from whence they come
cannot be ascertained."
The Commencement of the Confer
ence Academy came off splendidly last
Thursday night. The following is the
new Faculty:
Senator Salisbury was reelected
president of the hoard and G. H. B.
Day secretary. w. L. Gooding was
reelected principal; Miss E. r. Pot
ter, teacher of French, drawing and
painting Miss J. G. Wilson, instru-
mental music; Miss L. McMath, vocal
music; w. Lee Cannon, Greek and
history. The following new members
were added to the faculty: J. F. Nah
Ter, Carlisle, Pa, Professor of natural
sciences; Elisha COnover, Latin and
Pedagogy; Miss f. Clothilde Potter,
n. Y, Rhetoric and English Literature.
Ex- Secretary Causey addressed his
| Sussex acknowledgements from Rosen-
baum's hotel balcony on Monday night.
For a spontaneous meeting there was
much method to it. The Secretary
was at his best. 1t was a trial of his
/ Senatorial timber. He had to explain
away the best he could how he held
the balance of power in the committee
but voted for Gray and not Thurman's
nomination. He alluded to Andrew
Jackson and Henry Clay as two of the
! greatest Democrats that ever lived
completely ignoring Cleveland and
Bayard. He said if Mr.. Clayton was
alive it would have been the happiest
day of his life to have witnessed Del.
aware and Kentucky joining hands fol
free trade. He and Henry Wattersor
worked together. Which of them
worked at the breech of the cart and
which led, he forgot to state.-SentjneL
PRIZES OFFERED.--Dr. A. n. Raub
President of Delaware College Offered
$40 for best essay on American Lit
erature.
Hon. VIM. T. Causey, $40 for bes
essay on Character.
DR.. VIM. Marshall, $40 for best essay
on Literature.
S. Minot Curtis, Esq, $40 for best
essay in Latin.
James HOssinger, Esq, best essay
on Agriculture.
DIR. T. R. Wolf, $40, subject no
mentioned.
Prof. F. D. Chester, $40.
The Alumni Association will Offe
prizes.
Hon. Charles B. Lore, SO.
Supt. Bessey, SO for best essay il
Greek.
]. Alexander Fulton, $40 to the stu
dent bringing largest number of new
students.
DR.. L. R. Bush, $40.
1t is altogether probable that ther
will be other prizes offered.
THE HAZARD WILL CAsE.-Mose
Stevenson, Esq, of Philadelphia
brother of Maxwell Stevenson, tn
Democratic candidate for Congress
man-at-large at the last election il
PENNSYLVANIA, and VIM. w. Smither:
Esq, of the same city were in George
town last week examining witnesses i
the Hazard will case before r. {
White, Esq, the Commissioner appOir
ted by the Orphans Court of Philade
phia to take the evidence. Davi
Hazard, whose will is at the fOunda
ton of the case died about 1884, leaV
ing an estate worth $4,000 the whOl
of which he willed to his wife. Rot
ert Hazard and Ann Hazard, of Al
COLA. Sussex county, are the deceased
nearest relatives and are cOntesting tn
Z will on the ground that he was mel
tally incapable of making it because
> injuries received in 1876 by the fallin
. of a brick wall. His widow is no
dead and Mr.. Stevenson represents h
Hn VIZ
< formerly resident of Milton, repr
b. sents Robert and Ann Hazard. Shoul
j the latter win their case they will r
e ceive the whole estate.-SWsser JOurno
}. Being More Pleasant