Smyrna times., 1888-03-14
and State Items.

- nont County Mutual Insurance
The h for the first two months this
Company ydone l a large business and the
Isaf n::ss W. we're only $3.50.
VS.. price who learned his trade
Milton in the office of the Centre
IS PTl9SSos 6Sosr,er. has taken a position in
,ia lIll' Sentinel gD, office at Dover
w snipe are appearing in our
Grey S in considerable numbers and
nsaa5U%9 s'l5 GOOD sport for the gunners, who
anUb anvs had fair success IN Oagslns 'n'S
game. ,oodod oaoin
=, lDV week with a double shot 80
last tbe G Wolcott papers. II TINS sort
Tere. '.,, .n' continues there will be need
Of in sn'Is accident Insurance Company in
~. delaware State Board of agri
i.lTo LnT have decided to devote por-
eulIuITf the State appropriation to
tlon ms ~ for the best acre of hay,
pIerltD pSant corn. oats and potatoes grown
%nI N delaware this year.
:,0 to the tedious delays of the
U"in1 oo1rt in restoring DISTINGUISHED
LEV! blicans to the list of voters, the
hepuSSIi hepiSIcsns of Wilmington have
nspr Tlost determined to abandon further
aFrts to obtain their votes.
Henry Eckel, president Of Whining
TN civ Council, was buried on sat
"J ..day w. He was II years of age. He
~as ua ior many years active and inhu-
va; I.;aI in business circles and formerly
'I.'o, I;tor Of the Delaware State Journal.
Tho term Of Postmaster Creadick at
roIton will expire in a few days and
~ Lo,' Democratic factions are tearing
oacb .a other TO get the place for one of
,Soir number. Mr.. CreadiCk has
Songbt a farm and will move thereon
shortly.
Tbedeath of DIR. John H. Parvis of
viddetown. by being struck by
rain on the Delaware Railroad, might
NOT have occurred had the old law
been in force, requiring engineers to
sonpd their whistles when approach
ins grade crossings.
Smallpox was reported near Bridge
vile some weeks since, originated by
tbe patient coming home from Will
miDgton with it. She is improving,
mt three deaths have occurred from it
in the same family, it is said-the fa-
ther, mother and one child.
Senator Salisbury has introduced
sbll into the Senate of the United
States to declare the railroad bridge
over Broad Creek at Laurel, an OBJ
gruction to navigation. The Railroad
Company were petitiOned to place a
draw over the creek, but refused to do
50.
Robert H. West, veteran of the late
war. died at the home of his son
George, in Dover, on Friday. The
deceased was born near Georgetown,
Sussex county, 70 years ago, and
was one of thirteen children. He had
With him in the war four of his sons
and six of his brothers.
The merchants and farmers of Mil
ford are arranging to build a steam
barge to cost about $4,000, to run tC
Philadelphia The barge built by
McCabe & Sons, of Selbyville, is said
to have paid 935 per cent. last year
They draw but little water, and run
ten miles an hour on one ton of Goa
per day.
In most of the hundreds of Ken
County the delinquent list returned t
the Levy Court is smaller than usual
The collectors have been unusually
d.gent and have collected most of tn,
taxes on their lists. The delinquent:
from Duck Creek and Milford hun
dreds are larger than from the othe
hundreds --DeldWdreGn.
The Court of Kent County has des
gnsted to-day, Thursday and Frida,
the l4th, 18th and 10th, as days wheI
they will attend to assessing those per
sons who desire to get their name
upon the tax-list. Those persons VIII,
50 desire, when they present them
selves to the Court with a voucher, ca
have their names added to the list, pre-
Hded they are eligible.
MARRIED AT MILFORD.-Miss Susi
HambletOn Wiley, daughter of EC
ward Wiley, of St. Michael's, Talbc
county, and Mr.. Thomas ?. Selby, {
Snow Hill, Worcester county, wer
married at the Milford DELI NJ. !
Church, of which the brides brOthe
t1e Rev. John H. Wiley, is pastor, O
tuesday of last week, the Rev. NJ
Wiley performing the ceremony.
regard to paying taxes and redu
ing them, the EUery Evening of Thur
lgay contained a very sensible editoria
10 one place, it says: Every ms
saOuld pay his taxes whether he vOt
OfnOt and whether or not he wants
pay them" 1t is the duty of eve
man to pay taxes. "Give every man
enanee to pay his taxes, and let no mi
.oIe who does not bear his part of Il
public expense"
The SeatineL in speaking of the elt
uIn ID that town last week says:
II was amusing to see the way t
actions turned the disfranchising n
galne against each other when tn
aaa the opportunity. In East DoN
ue lamily controlled the collector, al
~ "olcottite could see the list,
'aOGgh they asked to do so. VIII
aaally the list was returned eve
"Oleottlte whom they could was
Sr1ed as a delinquent. The numI
uOu0ttul voters returned is qu
Alge' The idea ofdisfranchising tn
r U.er' Is not to keep the men fir
'Oung at the General Election.
FUNERAL ~ OF DIR. JOHN H. PARV
Inc funeral of DIR. John H. Par
"ss neld at l.3O o'clock Friday aft
%1,, %IDOn, The Rev. r. II. Adams of
gguletown ong NJ. Z. Church official
WWas NJ was assisted by the Rev. s.
COgan Of Townsend and the Rev.
~. !, alexander of the Forest Presb,
n au C9urch. At noon all the bl
aOS S places Of the town were clio
TS gu 1ne services were largely attend
ue ministers delivered brief eulo
S ,dudTesses on the life and chara,
II ,le deceased. The burial was m
sbSse I9e Forest Church Cemetery. F
s.n1ren, son and three daught
'elt to comfort the stricken wild
v. OOr WITH SAw.--Burton d,
wSd' WIZ aged about seventy years,
CeSoI resides on the Titus Farm
oU GUAR Neck, was the victim of a
anoacldent accident last Wednesday. He
nlpor'aole engine and saw mill at
ana praTe engaged in saving stove W
wotoSle rt whlle standing by the saw t
'cnlng the rapid movement of