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Smyrna times., 1888-10-10

IHE facJiOnal fight in Kent county
has developed the full prophecy in re-
lation to it except what is yet to be the
outcome at the election. The DeIa-
'0arean, that two or three weeks after
the nomination Of the Democratic
ticket remained silent, spoke out with
sufficient force in its last issue to be
clearly understood. The following is
its concluding language:
There is no party rule or party OBJ.
legation that compels any Democrat to
support such a ticket. The fact is it. is
not Democratic ticket. It is a ring
caucus ticket. 1t was promulgated
from a caucus composed of only part
OF the delegates to the county cOnven-
ton. A Democratic ticket would have
been Of the people, for the people and
by the people, through their own dele
gates, while this ticket is by a ring. of
a ring and for ringsters. The part Of
1t was and part is the mere dietum Of
one or two men without consultation
with any one. Part of the ticket as
published never was heard of in the
convention, and never received a vote
in the convention from any member
thereof. Part Of the ticket from East
Dover, was against the protests Of
three-fourths of the East Dover hun
dred Democrats. We 20 still further
and say that no honorable man would
accept nomination from a hundred
where be had been beaten for the posi-
ton on q direct vote Of the members Of
MS party. AT our primaries we spoke as
to nominees and the voice Of the peo-
pie was not needed, aud a ticket was
nominated by such methods as make Il
q stencil in the nostrils Of the Democ-
racy Of the county, and put it out Of
the power of all honorable men who
were not in accord with the successful
faction to vote such q ticket To do "a
would make the man worse than a
slave and place him ia the position Of
a cringing sycophant at the feet Of
power Honorable men viii not con-
done the insult at the bidding Of place
hunters. and at the polls viii teach AS
corrupt and dishonorable crew as
ever plundered, or sought power for
the sake Of plunder, that no unit rule
Smyrna times., 1888-10-10
Fdr ne smyrna Times.
The Voice Of one Crying in the
Wilderness.

Editor Smyrna Times: The efforts of
the Smyrna Record and Dover Inder to
convince their readers that the disaf-
fection caused in the Democratic ranks
of Kent county by the high. headed ac-
tiOn of Mr.. James l.. Wolcott and his
friends in the County Convention, are
pitiable. Both these organs, as well as
their directors, plainly see that the
"whip lashn Of party has not the same
effect now it had in days of yore, aud
that voters have assumed right which
belongs to them Of thinking for them
selves. The ticket they made in that
private caucus will not be supported
by the Democrats whom they insulted
and condemned, and they might as
well accept that fact. There are many
Democrats in this hundred who will
remain as good Democrats after they
defeat that undemocratic ticket as they
ever were in their lives. They claim
that the leaders Of that county conven-
ton in trampling upon and overriding
all Democratic customs absolved them
from supporting the ticket, and thew
will act on that absolution.
We Of kenton hundred have double
motive IN defeating this one-man ticket
as we wish to save ourselves from beino
again disgraced in the Assemble ~
Delaware BY man who IS in everv
Smyrna times., 1888-10-10

caucus ticket can receive the support
Of honest voters Of Kent county. A
few men, not governed by principle,
who cringe around power that thrift
may follow fawning, may waver and
support a ticket conceived in sin and
born in iniquity, but they are only fol-
lowing the line of their illustrious pre-
decessOr, Judas, who betrayed his Lord
and master for thirty pieces of silver.
We have defined our position in this
article, in relation to the county ticket,
so that there can be no mistake. As
to the state and national ticket we
shall do all in our power for it, and we
hope and believe that it will receive
the support of every Democrat in the
state, but we have no good word for
the so-called Democratic ticket nomi-
mated on August 3Oth."
Smyrna times., 1888-10-10
A Correction.

The DelaOOGrean in speaking of the
Democratic ticket of Kent county and
the hostile attitude to it of the Sauls-
bury faction because of the enforce
ment of the unit rule, thus denying
them any voice or partin its formation
makes the following reference to a citi-
zen of Duck Greek Hundred:
1.-THE Democrats of Kent county
would have borne this, as bad as it
was, if nothing else had transpired,
but they will not and ought not to
stand the action of the County COnven-
ton. They said not a word when Bob
Hill, of Duck Creek, was selected at
the State Convention as a caucus nom
inee for elector when he had been re-
pudiated at home by the Democrats.
They accepted him for the sake of
the national ticket, Notwithstanding
they remembered his treachery in 1870
when he voted with the negroes to de-
feat the Democrats. When two days
after at the County Convention insult
was added TO injury, lifelong Demo
Gratis proclaimed in convention and
out of convention that they would not
submit and would not support a cOun-
ty ticket nominated in defiance of all
party rules and regulations. They
propose to show these men that this
was no idle threat. They know their
rights and will not be backward in
maintaining them"
Col. Robert Hill, resident of this
town and who is also the Democratic
ElectOr for Kent county, pronounces
the above charge utterly false. He
says on the contrary that he was not a
"POlly McKnatt, and used all his iniiu-
ence against boiling then from the rule
of the Family.
When the TIMES first named Col.
Hill few weeks since as a prospective
candidate for gubernatOrial honors it
was with no idea of making him a
target for such papers of his party as
the DeIdlUdre0R and the Laurel Gazette.
He needs no defence at our hands. but
he has right to ask to be quoted cor
rectly.
Smyrna times., 1888-10-10

ONE of the exciting features of the
past week was the gambling in the
grain in the West and the consequent
rapid rise and huctuatiOn in prices. It
was naturally managed by persons
dealing on margins and not on deliv-
cry, a fight between the bulls and
bears. Such managers may imagine
the country wonderfully prosperous,
when 121 100000 bushels of imaginary
wheat can be sold at New York in a
single week. But the substantial pro-
ducers of wealth are not enriched. The
stuff sold, if wheat at all, is wheat in
the hands of traders and spectators,
for which the farmers have received so
cents per bushel or less. The miller
who could sell at fair prices to Ameri-
cans, so long as he could work off his
surplus flour in shipments to Europe,
now finds the foreign market closed
to him because wheat costs less in Liv-
erpOOl than in Chicago.
Smyrna times., 1888-10-10
NOTICE.

MO4ICE.
~ Notice is hereby given that we, William
FRANK jefferson and EnOch Thomas ClaviOn
being the owners and occupants of the bonSe
known as the Smyrna House" in the town of
smyrna, Kent county, and State of Delaware in
lend 10 make application to the Court of General
sessions OF the Peace and Jail Delivery of the
state OF Delaware in and for Kent county. at its
next session, which will convene and be held at
Dover, IN Kent county aforesaid, on Monday the
twenty-second day of October in the year of onr
LoTd one thousand eight hundred and eighty
elght, for license for the keeping of an inn or
taNern' ana authorizing the sale of Intoxicating
liquors IN less quantities than one quart to be
drunk on the premises in the said "Smvrns
House. The said Smyrna House." wherein an
INN or tavern IS proposed to be kept with the
privilege OF selling therein Intoxicating LIQUORS
in less quantities than one quart. to he drnnk on
the premises is located in United School District
Nos 3 and a and and 107, in Kent county and
STATE OF Delaware, and forming one united school
IlStHct by the name of the Smyrna Public
schools and on Main street in the town of
smyrna, in Kent county aforesaid The time
when the said application will be made bv ms
VIII be on Monday, the twenty-Second day Of Oc-
lober IN the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-eight, being the first day of
the next term Ofthe said Court OF General Ses-
slons OF the Peace and Jail Delivery Of the State
of Delaware in and for Kent county The names of
application are
Jacob Lenberger c. W. Willumsen.
u w buter VIM G. Palmer,
James A. Collins, T. Harrison
Thus Mccoy, Frank Wells
" flSher j. ID. Scout,
VIM. A. McKOwn, H. c. Spruance
Geo. +. BrOwn, Chas g ROehniler
AS CLAYTON.
Smyrna, Sept. 49, 1883 Sw
Smyrna times., 1888-10-10

OUR contemporaries of the Whining
ton daily press are giving the best evil
dences of prosperity in improved out
fits. The EUery EUening has a Webb
Perfecting press that would do credit
to a more pretentions establishment,
and the Republican has likewise a per-
fecting press of the Walter Scott make,
each of which are credited with 10000
impressions an hour. We congratulate
our contemporaries on this evidence of
substantially.
Smyrna times., 1888-10-10

THE disposition to have fair elections
is taking a deeper hold year by year
with the better class of politicians. In
Indiana both parties are evincing pur-
pose to reach an amicable plan for a
free and honest expression of the bal
lot, and to reach such a result in New
York, Chairman Quay has deposited
$4,000 in a New York bank as a fund
to reward persons furnishing informa-
tiOn leading to the conviction of viola
tiOns of the registry law. When will
Delaware catch on?
Smyrna times., 1888-10-10

THE Elkton Fair was all that was
claimed for it. The display of stock
cattle, horses, sheep, hogs, &c.,-was
perhaps one of the best ever on the
Peninsula. In fruits, vegetables and
cereals there was also enough to tax
the time of all persons interested in
agricultural products, and there was
nothing to interfere with this time un-
til the trotting in the afternoon. While
there were plenty of things to amuse,
there were no gambling devices the
managers were wise enough to exclude
all these things from the grounds.
Smyrna times., 1888-10-10
The Last Game

The last and perhaps the most anus
ing base ball match will be that of this
afternoon between the married and sim
gle men of Smyrna. The teams will
be composed of those who have not
been in the games of the season, the
most of them never having played at
all. They are as follows Single Men
Harry Jefferson, 3b; II. P. Hall, s s.;
Eugene Davis, 2b; Jno. V. Spruance,
rf; d. G. Bailey, 1b; G. II. VanBus-
kirk, CT; w. Spruance, p; Geo. Gra-
ham, C; II. b. Grieves, If. Married
Men-JnO. Phillips, cf; Jno. R. Robin
son, s. s.; Jno. r. Cameron, If; G. w.
Jones, c E. H. Beck, p II. j. Wilson,
2b; J. B. Mifiin, 3b; Nat. Pratt. Id
T. G. Moore, rf. The proceeds will be
devoted to paying the debt of the club
Smyrna times., 1888-10-10
Serious Accident.

Yesterday afternoon as Superinten-
dent Mills and Joseph Whaley, the
janitor, at Clayton, were loading or un.
loading some cartridges for a breech
loading gun, the cartridge exploded.
Mr.. Mills received a slight injury but
that to Whaley was more serious. He
was struck in the face by fragments of
the shell, and it was Thought one of his
eyes was penetrated and that his sight
might be impaired. He was brought to
his home in this town where he received
medical treatment, and had a comfort
able night last night we understand.
Smyrna times., 1888-10-10

THE favorite argument with GER
tain class of politicians now and on to
the election is that of the wager. It is
noticed that those who were offering
two to one on the re. election of their
candidate, are ready to take bets now
even up.
Smyrna times., 1888-10-10
WIN. F. & ]. R. CLEMENTS, CLAYTON noI9~~. ,I,n,s =
Business Locals

Said to be lost, two White Shirts in
going from Vanfossen's TO Scotten,s
TO get washed. If found, please return
to VanfOssen.
GEO; NJ. STEVENSON will receive
and fill ali orders for ice cream at the
shortest notice.
VIM. p. Smithers has to loan $1,000
IN sums of $1,000 each; and also $4,000
on mortgage on farm land.
Try the Wilmington Citv Steam
Laundry, w. F. BUCHANAN, Agent.
Goods called for and delivered bv
the agent for the Wilmington City
Steam Laundry.
For the BEST Lemons in Smyrna. 90
TO Geo. M. StevensOn's, Market st.
Wilmington City Steam Laundry
W. +. BUCHANAN, Agent.
Use Marvellous Cough syrup.
LAS sure cure for Coughs, Whoopng Cough Bron-
chial or throat affections of any kind
A few Carpets and Mattings left at
). b. Cooper's will be sold at Verv low
figures. ~"
y Pulpit and Family Bibles, at J. B.
COOper's.
States, Pencils, Pens, Ink, Tablets.
Erasers. Blank Books, Crayon, and ali
other School Stationery. and ali the
School Books, at J. B. Cooper's Book
Store. ''>
Deyoe Brilliant Oil, the best and SAT-
est oil made, at J. 3. Cooper's. 0''
Blank Books, all Styles, Sizes and
Qualities, at J. B. COoper's.
Table and Pocket Cutlery at J. b.
toOpar's. ' -
Granite and Porcelain Tea and
Chamber Sets, plain aud decorated at
J. B. COOper's. ''
Window Shades and Spring Fixtures
al D. g. Cooper's. Loops and Fringes
y Order any Book you want, at J.B.
COOper's. ~ - -
Smyrna times., 1888-10-10
THE SMYRNA TIMES.
Smyrna, DeZ.,
Wednesday Afternoon, Oct. 10, 1888.

THE "TIMES is published every Wednesday
afternoon by RoBT D. HoFFEcKER, Editor and
Proprietor. at Smyrna, Del.
RAfS-SUBsCRIPTIoN-On year, strictly in ad-
vance, sl.5O; if not paid in advance, $780, No
paper discontinued until all arrears are paid
only at the option of the Publisher.
ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the rate
Ofseven Cents a line for the firstinserton sub
sequent insertions Three-and-a-half cents. A
liberal discount made to quarterly, semi annual
and yearly advertisers
OBITUARY NOTICES will he charged Five Cents
per line.
Smyrna times., 1888-10-10
PEACH TREES FOR SALE

Aisos All Other Fruit, Shade and Ornnmeh-
tai Trees, Vines and Plants.
We make PEACH TREES A SPECIALITY ana
arc aIe among those who believe by planting heal,,Y
i uees IN congenial soil and giving proper euius,
sa.ioh peach orchards may be kept in thrll sIo y
ptOht 81 years or more. We invite buyers "
nlake ihe personal inspection and can refer among
me many who have our trees to
Joseph Roberts of Nfiddieto,vn DelaWare; D.
". " Coroit, Odessa; Geo W. Cummins, Alex y y
Ridgeley, Dover, Del.
DAVID BAIRD q SON,
Iulyll'6m Manalapan, New jersey
Smyrna times., 1888-10-10
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
~ Notice Is hereby given that !. william,
Feli, being the tenant of the hons, tpoSvT
as the Delaware HOuse" in the Town of c,,,. n
heut county and State ofDelaWare intend 10 ,5,aiS
Hppleatl9h 70 the Courtof General Sessions Of tbS
heace anu Jail Delivery of the State of DelawarS
IN and for Kent County at is next sessio,,
VIII commence and be held at Dover in Vo,s
Suuuty aforesaid, on Monday the twentv-s,oo,,S a
y uuy on Oet0oer IN the year Of our Lord one t6S,
SI Sr ~ hundred and eghty-eight for license
LOT tne keeping Of an inn or tavern ana a,,,ssee
ing the sale Of Intoxicating lionorS in Les
es y, snan one quart 10 be drunk ON the premise
~ the salut Delaware House Tho eo;a :. 49,
M9is Rouse, wherein an inn or tavern is' ,-s Sle-
w. ~ ~ ~ kept with the privilege of selling thcti
o,,srf Ie'ls ~ liquors IN less quantities tban one
Ha99tt 70 0e drunk on the premises h locstS ~
united School District Nos ana ~ IA - iVcated IN
e. Nci'I county aforesaid, and forming one H. ~
iseHool bls!riSt by the name of tha 't s,,r, t
~ SSA0ois, and at the Southeast ~
Man., ~ MAIN ~ street and Mount Vernon forr,eSI
h9, IN Kent county Aforesaid MI NJ snyr-
~. Nuel lhe said application win - e u5e
AZ HS VIII ne on Monday the tuap 4, -s, ...eAs =
,hsl 10y ol OcVOber, in the year Of our f,-S @ o.lu
~, ~. eght hundred aud eightveigbf ho'e 1e
of c,n,,o. WY on the next term Of the said Cog
llvefy OF the State of Delaware in ana ~ sail ne.
Sey, ne names Of the respectable citise.ts
Nv n, ra,l...,g my said application, are.
Jacob Leinberppr M M Jar0lne,
u. +. Jefferson, wv os ~ cNSCoy' 10y
W. A. O. Hardcastle n II tiar y, eller'
refer 7, Collins, Frers SSsS35l1i,
Z. L. Postles v5ans Sv Wels,
Mm, A. MeKOwn, Jobn W,sseMI5s' s.eM5s'
Samuel Wilds
smyrna Del, Sept. 70, Isss-swN W. a u = ELL
Smyrna times., 1888-10-10
NEW WHEAT.
DEATHS.

Wids, aged p years. 10 LII 10Oe'n
9SSdAFEk-Near this town, October 3rd. Walter
sehsier' aged years, months and Is davs.
Smyrna times., 1888-10-10
LOST

LARGE BLACK SETTER DOG
5D~Es1 with collar marked &" L. Haines
--z,iF 81 - Philadelphia" Also, with TAO
o. SS marked % G. Speakman, Smvrna 5
MA suitable reward will be given
the finder, or furnishing fnfor-
Hatloh leading TO the recovery of same
q, SPEAKMAN, Smyrna Del
Smyrna times., 1888-10-10
WANTED.
NOTICE.

The undersigned, having taken out les
ters Of administration on the estate OF Aise AZ.
anaer Humphreys, deceased, hereby gi,i.
notice 70 all persons indebted TO se..s s.ss
same, and persons having claims 70 pre''r'
them for payment.
THOS. E. HUMPHREYS,
oct8wa Administralof
Smyrna times., 1888-10-10

bor pry Goods 80 10 Cranor e. Go
62l Market street Wilmington 00''
Smyrna times., 1888-10-10

When baby was sick, we gave her Csstoris
9,L Mheh she was Child, she cried for Castoria
WWIneh WIneh she became Miss she clung to Castoria
"hen she had children, she gave them Castofia
Smyrna times., 1888-10-10
Soft Coal for Sale.

A superior quality Of Soft Coal for Black.
mithing and Furnaces for sale cheap
JAS. @. ROBINSON
may zl-tt Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1888-10-10
GRAIN.

OFFICE OF
Philadelphia ! Smyrna Transportation Company,
October 10th, 1888.
Smyrna times., 1888-10-10
KENTON NURSERIES
f NJ BURROWS, Propr;9Ir'
KENTON, Kent Co.. nd
We have in stock for Fall and o..
very fine stock of r''"s Ifade /,
APPLE Peach, Usage OraDoo
Silver Maple Trees. C,.e' aud
ry and Raspberry PIan,S

eur, E rum and Cherry Trees, and all
NURSERY stock at the lowest NJ SIa.,., "ii o'h''
Price for First-CIass stock r,l"'Ae'
Smyrna times., 1888-10-10

Side Bracket aud Extension LAMPS
at J. B. Cooper's. ''''' P7'
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-07-28

An effort is being made to work up sympathy for MT. Bagg and to collect his fine of $500 among the citizens, but the movement seems to be still born. It is time that alleged newspaper men learned that liberty of the press does not mean license to blackmail or abuse men whose opinions differ with their own. Although the Nash school of journalism was allowed to flourish in this commun- ity, any thinking man must know that such thing must come to an end. Com pared with the Nash outfit, Mir. Bagg is a gentlemen of unblemished character, and it does seem somewhat cruel that after years of blackmall and vituperation on the part of the sheet which he has fallen heir to, that MT. Bagg should be the one to be. brought up with round turn and tte Nashes allowed to go unscathed and unpunished. A. heart Mr., Bagg is not a bad man; he has made mistake in holding the court in contempt, but it was evidently an error of the head and not of the heart. His youth and inexperience should be taken into consideration Already wholesome lesson has been impatted, and the dig nifty of the Court upheld. Besides $500 is great deal of money for newspaper man to "rustle" Taking these things into consideration, we trust Judge Barnes VII let the young man off without payment of the fine, with the advice to "go and sin no more."
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-07-28

conspiracy, of which Grover Cleveland is most pliant tool and declaration con demning these outrages is equivalent to a promise that the Republican party if placedin power, will cease to outrage the people in this particular way.
 predict that we will have many new converts to silver in the near future. The exposures which have been made within the last year of the bare-faced robberies which have been committed by the con spirators have driven the mono-metalists from the field of public debate and forced them to gain followers only by subsid- izing recruits in secret. This is too expensive to be long pursued. While these robbers could pose as honest men their schc.nes succeeded. It is true that they enjoy all the influence of power full subsidized press, but in the halls oi Congress they must meet the issue, and it takes a bold man to maintain in his place such infamous robbery as the de. monetization of silver.
 Harr,son, if elected, will sign silver bills. Cleveland, on the other hand, will veto ali bills of that character, and brow beat over third of each house to submit to his will The silver issue is bigger than the tariff, and whatever your view: may be on the latter, remember tha Cleveland is the worst enemy that silver ever had. Yours truly,
 VIM. M. STEWART.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-07-28

indenture witnesseth, that for and in of the premises and con ditions herein before mentioned, the re- ceipt of which is hereby acknowlt dged, the sad parties of the first part, having been smitten on the right cheek, as a token of brotherly love, relief and truth, hereby and hereon propose to submit to similar smack on the left cheek. And your petitioners will ever pray. The condition of this obligation is such that if the said Stanley Chester Bagg shall
 we'll, truly and faithfully "take tumble"
 regarding his individual wrongs and the
 wrongs of the -trodden working
 man in general, then this obligation shall
 be void; otherwise to remain in full force, virtue and effect.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-07-28

The Land Court bill passed the Lower House of Congress this week. Mark Smiths amendment exempting Arizona from its provisions was adopted, and the right vas given to appeal to the Supreme Courtin all cases. The sEpITAPH re- gards the exemption of Arizona as a grave mistake, as the bill is just and reasonable, and presents the only fair method of settling land titles that has as yet been submitted. There surely must be something very rotten in Salt River titles if the people of that valley are afraid to have them submitted to such a court, with right of appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States. The adoption of the measure is enthu. siastically received in New Mexico, and poor old Arizona as usual gets left out in the cold.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-07-28
THE FREE TRADE PARTY.

The London Daily News of July 9th says:
 President Cleveland discusses the principles at issue in the struggle and shows that he is the Free Trade candi date in everything but name. The res ervation is an important one for Ameri can party purposes. The President feels compelled to characterize the attempt to brand him as Free Trader as decep. tion, but, for all that, the electoral con Aict new m progress is conflict between Free Trade and Protection and nothing less. This is very good conflict as things go, and like warfare between good and evil, it threatens to be per petual. Mir, Cleveland may find more formidable antagonist in General Harri- sen than we have been led to expect.