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Smyrna times., 1889-04-03
Personal.

John f. rygert, of Philadelpbia
spent Yesterday and the day before in
Mrs. p. H T. Wyatt. of Faoos.
friends. 1t"
Miss Laura Bell returned home an
saturday after visit of seven Iyeele
TO friends in Wilmington and vicinity
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Z. Riggs had n sny,
prise visit by their friends on Tbnrs-
day evening, it being the 5Otb ami
VeTsary of their marriage.
James Taylor and wife, two of onr
OLD citizens, had surprise visit on
, wednesday evening by twenty-five Of
his descendants.
Mrs. Isaac II. FAIRIES, who has been
SICK two or three weeks, is now ON tho
mend from a very severe attack of
SeafOrd. ""uay IN
-, MISS Llzzie FAIRIES and Miss Katie<
elements are visiting friends i'm Mac.
uel, and Miss Lizzie Hall leaves to.1s,
for Philadelphia to attend the weSdiass
of a friend. wv 9uuIhS
Miss Emma G. Parker, the daupbtor
OF Mrs. r. Parker, residing near
smyrna, who left here Oct Isf ieSz
ana went west to the State of Ind,on.'
10 ner uncle, George Parker. was rna,
Iied at his residence to +. V. Dnnbar
March 9th, 1889 They left for b;5
home in Bowers, Montgomery conn.,. 0 t,s
Indiana. county,
Smyrna times., 1889-04-03
The Showing Of the snhnnl.

The auditors report shows that the
total amount appropriated to the white
schools is $76,521.76; the county su-
perintendents' reports show the total
number of pupils as 26,333 and the
number of schools 553. The average
amount appropriated to each white
school is Sl38.55 and to each pupil
$3.50. The total amount Appropriated
to colored schools is $4,000, the number
OF pupils 1904, the number of schools
81, the average appropriation to each
school SO, and to each pupil S1.3O.
The bill as passed by the House in
creases the cOlOred school appropria-
ton to $4,000, making the average to
e9cn school Sll2.5O and to each pupil
SI.9o. The average of colored school
terms is A months, the increase in an
preparation and increased poll tax in
creases the term to six months.-Doye,.
Cor. Morning News.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-03
Wedding Anniversary.

Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. HukiIl of WI
15nilngton,. celebrated their Both wed.
9lng anniversary on Monday evening
Mrs. Hukill was a daughter of the late
Jonathan Stephenson of this Vicj6itv
ABOUT nifty guests were present. knend.
ing pleasant social evening /ending
Wlth supper and unique an1iversar9
reception. The couple were dressed
as nearly as possible as thew were
thirty years ago.
n friend OF the groom, who was
aware Of the trouble the couple had
experienced in getting married was
requested to tell the story. Briefly n
was as follows -
The time/chosen was March q
1859. The minister chosen 10 nerfor,,,
l Ine ceremony was the Rev. Samuel w
Thomas of the Philadelphia Confer
ence. II was conference time. and
although promising TO return in time
ior lhe wedding, he, at the last moment
w1ote a letter Of regret and suggested
me employment Of local preacher of
the district. The groom objected 10
this. Then began hurried arranoo.
ments to find and secure n minisfor
who would not disappoint them. Tbis
was not accomplished until a late
pour. The company had arrived. me
oIue and groom were dressed and
waiting. The local preacher had ~
PoI.ea and been dismissed. and tbe
snanees OF getting married on that dev
seI. 49, rapidly decreasing. Anger ana
~ ,a'l naa about used up the groon,is
pa.'snee, Wnen the groomsman dra,.1
70 tne mouse with the Rev Tnl;ns y
Grammar OF Smyrna. rector 9 of =. -.
Feters cnurch, who had eondnctoa ~
evening service while the a,oe'.s' eeoeseu an
waited for him outside tbe eioo.nsi eb"naa man nan
spirited him away witbontn neiSn aiSl and
him time TO greet his conores,o ,ti;lo"ing t;u'lg
oially Is was bis custom. T3a''on T3a so
Of the story at length greatly amnsnss 1o,,sns
the company" unused
Smyrna times., 1889-04-03
Watching and Proving

A novel sight was witnessed over
the northern part of the town at noon
yesterday. Those who are familiar
with the habits of birds Of prey know
That the eagle makes a slave of tho
osprey or fishing-hawk so far rs he can
as a food gatherer. The hawk had
caught fish for his dinner. nrpsnm.
ABLY from one of our adjacent mill
ponds. An eagle which had been
watching the movements of the hawk
saw the sllvery scales as the latter bora
II up on Its pinions, and started in
rapid pursuit, determined to have that
hsh all for himself The hawk seemed
as determined to hold on to it. Neither
OF them are birds that come about a
town, but perhaps the hawk tbouobt
Une eagle would desist, if it flew over
where so many people were. but in
Ihls IL was mistaken. Several circles
were made around the spire of the
Episcopal Church, up and down. and
IL was not until they got over Della
Wale street that the hawk let 90 its
mold on the fish. This was ali the
eagle wanted, and in a space of ner-
maps less than fifteen feet from where
u had left the hawks claws. the eagle
had caught it in its talons. and sailed
away TO some tree to eat its dinner
ana be on the lookout for that or some
other hawk to in the same wav nro.
vide its supper. P'0
Smyrna times., 1889-04-03

HE bill known as House bill No. 294.
to amend the "Act concerning Private
Corporations, passed 1888" is very nat
urally stirring up great deal of concern
among the members of the beneficial soei-
cites OF the State, as by the construction of
section they are ruled out of existence.
The act distinctly states that the sick or
disabled, or those afflicted tbroupb
accident, can only receive the
sum of $500 as relief and funeral ben-
etts combined If this bill sbouId becono
law it will break up every secret bene-
hcial society in this State and compel men
TO enter the insurance companies or leave
thelr families without any provision what
ever at their DEATH The secret beneficial
organizations have, and still are DOING a
greater and nobler work than ever has or
can be accomplished by all the insurance
companies in the country. These societies
not only attend to their sick and burv tboir
dead, but they also seek to make men bat-
Ter citizens, better husbands and better
latners. 1t Is now proposed by this auda-
clous supplementary act to have the Leo
stature practically crush out these So
cleties which have at the lowest estimate a
membership of 10000 male adults in Della
ware 1t Is currently stated that this meas
ure was conceived by life insurance COM
pany whose headquarters are in another
olate. II this is correct this corporation
should be legislated out of this State as q
soulless corporation.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-03

President Harrison has sent 10 tho
Senate since March 9th about 35O nom
nations all of which, with a verv few
exceptions, have been reported from
committee and will have been con.
hrmed before adjournment. Among
Sa Sn0 eIioS nosV important Of the offices vet to
De nlled are Commissioner of the Co.
eral Office and Public Printer t. =
believed they will be filed in fea -
Gays. Editor Osborne, of the Los A." En
geIes ECening Express, is believed to A ho
Es Ene man selected for Public Printer
DuC no satisfactory guess can he msdo
as 10 the Land Commissioner, If is
Si. Sne general opinion that w. NJ Mere.
Ha'nl 6a u OF chicago, who was supposed to
will i"v sncoaaI oolnlng man for Public Printer,
tendent of the Bureau of Encravina gT,In-
effect on May l. 'o'' " take
Smyrna times., 1889-04-03

THE Convention bill passed the House
with a good majority week before last, and
has since rested quietly in the keeping of
the Senate. There is general feeling of
fear that it has found its last resting place
The SUSSEX Journal, the Democratic Jour-
nal that launched the subject so promi-
nently before the public two years ago in
urging the Senate to sink party feeling and
pass it for the public good, says:
. The interest of the Democratic marty
and the welfare of all the people demand a
Convention on the basis Of the vote cast in
1887. And it is of the utmost importance
that that Convention be provided for bv
the present legislature. Delay will be dan
gerous to Democracy and to the cause of
reform. All things are now ripe for a nom
partisan revision of the Constitution.
There is a tide in the affairs of men which
taken at its flood leads on to fortune That
tide is at the food in the Constitutional
history of Delaware, and it remains for the
General Assembly to say whether we shall
launch boldly out and reap the reward that
awaits free, Independent and wide-awake
people"
Smyrna times., 1889-04-03
A Morning Church Weddinr-

Friendship (Thoroughfare Neck NJ,
+. Church, on Wednesday last. was
the scene of a very pretty wedding.
AT an early hOnr the church began to
fill with friends, come thither to
witness the marriage ceremony of Will
liam b. HelvestOn, near Smyrna, New
Castle County, Del. and Miss Kate
Deakyne, daughter of Alexander Dea-
kyne, Esq, Of ThOroughfare Neck.
The church having been artisticalIy
trimmed, and decorated for the Occa-
sion, by some ladies of the Neck. pre-
sented a very attractive appearance,
with trailing evergreen hanging pro-
tusely in festoons from the chanda-
lier, while huge arch of the same
material stood before the chancel. At
either corner of the chancel stood a
table upon which were beautiful ge-
raniums in full bloom, filling the room
with their delightful fragrance while
upon the organ peTched magnificent
Gala lily. To render the whole scene
much more pleasing and effective, the
bright daylight was shut out and the
church dimly lighted affecting an ar
tificial evening.
Precisely at nine o'clock the arrival
OF the bridal party was announced bv
a wedding march rendered upon the
organ by j. +. Latta.
The ushers, Messrs. Sanford Dea-
kyne, brides brother) Wm. A. Dea-
kyne, ThOs. Hartup and G. w. Matti-
ford followed by the attendants. Mr..
Geo. Macnamee and Miss Annie
Walker, preceded the bride and groom
to the altar where they were met bv
Rev. G. S. Conoway, who in a very
solemn and impressive manner pro.
nounced the joyous words that made
them husband and wife.
The bride looked charming in blue
Henrietta, while the groom wore the
accustomed black.
The brides maid was Handsomely
attlred in ecreu Henrietta.
After receiving the congratulations
OF their many friends, they were
driven to Smyrna depot where tbev
took the l1.20 train for theirnew home
Just above Philadelphia, whittier thew
carry the best wishes of their friends
especially from Walkers NJ. p. sun.
day School, in which Mr.. Helyeston
abored faithfully as teacher.
w. III.
Walkers, april 1Sf, 1899.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-03

NOTWITHSTANDING the effort of the
Legislature to get through and 90 home
the amount of new business that is pressing
on them Is quite depressing. Mr.. CLARK
tried to get resolution passed fixing the
I9tn as the day to adjourn. but it aid not
carry, though it is thought thev will be
ready to adjourn one week later The
Dover correspondent of the lIorning Ne,,e
on this subject says: '''''
...;-I ~ Is noticed that the stereotyped edi-
.3Ilai Is creeping into the various weeklies
cOout the Legislature will not oct o,,,a,-
rom Dover till so and so. 'WRat ba1Jo
euey qone etc. Now this subject migbf
a. wei Be answered with facts. and this
oo Do easily uone. The 1IOrHing Meme
- pOHueht' after three sessions personal
49, ti'Ie' can Oear testimony that up TO
@ua1e @ Ihe present session has accOmnlisbed
more work than its two predecessors Tbora
.l-.t - OeeA 6Ol bills introduced in the Re-
3Poa PIoIlcan House thus far, and of these f1iIy
-. - nave Deen enrolled and signed bv botb
speakers. On the first dav Of Anril yDvo fy,o
ears ago lao bills had been finally .ctod
3l ~ Oy Ine House, which gives these .greo1,
ePuDIcans, as they are called. so hills to
ino. a;stsul.. oul.. Inc present session has moth
OF their work 1t is doubtful ;f DaIn.tp Lax up
ever mad IN the Assembly harder wortod
tl..l or more palnstaking committees. This j.
1- erue equally "a Of the Republicans and De,oo9
SIais- I;4I Inc important House committaos
tbt1 Ti.H qogoie the original work to bandIs
~, r.as .;. tnelr senatorial brethren have, keen
up win the upper body-and that is so1i1p 1i1p
49, S". .i' utai Tor more Iaethodical set IF
- f2d 'naI tnese senators it would be hard
house ,,.;.I any no measure slips through either
balanced 7i'e"' weighed and
Smyrna times., 1889-04-03
business Locals


C,,v, Mnen you want Ice CREAM call at
oTEVENsoN's, Main Street. leave i yo"r a.
orGer ana get the best. WbolSsoia
orders filled promptly. '0'e'"ie
Window Shades and Sprino Fivtuu..
aC j. B. Coopers. Loops and FringaS %
VIM. p. Smithers has to loan 50 ooo
III sums OF 81 900 each; and also 80 zoo
On mortgage on farm land.
rupture cure guaranteed. Easeo,ou.o
cii a.-Tn or business delay. ThousanJs cT 40 1I-
SStaUu!ar, Dr. b. Mayer 81 Arch ~ Pi OF
iio'7i' Reading, Pa. ID Sat. Of each month
FOr the BEST Lemons in Smvrna M
" "eo. NJ StevensOn's, Main Street -
COOper's. "U - b.
a \ few Carpets and Mattinps Ieo -
figures. ~ 'oiu "V very low
COoper's. -'i0'' "U j. b.
Use Marvellous Cough Syrmp.
oI-i. a sure cure for Coughs Whooping C,I,t, D..
chlai or throat elections of any Ei6 ousi'' bfoD-
=, States, Pencils, Pens, Ink, Tablots
ETasers. .Iers. Blank Books, Crayon and III
0ther School Stationery, and aiI ' tha %d
Std ScnooI Books, at J. B. Cooper's Boot
o..t Deyoe Brilliant Oil, the best and saf.
eSt OIL made' at J. B. Cooper's. ~ ''''-
oi! Blank Books, all Styles, Sizes and
Qualities, at J. B. !Cooper's. anu
Granite and Porcelain Tea and
Chamber Sets, plain and decoratod anu nt
B. COOper's. '0' "'eu' at
COoper's. 0O ""n'' aI j. B.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-03
N 6WS Items

II Is thought that MuraI Halstead,.
rejection by the Senate TO be rninistar
70 Germany will make him a strono
the Senate. " '0''on u
~ Inc number of emisrants arriving in
New York during the first quarter Of
tne va new new year ending on SUNDAY vae
4O,ooo, a falling off of S69 from The ror.
responding period of 1888. wi
One of the most entirely satisfied
men IN the country lives at Columbus
junction, Iowa. He has drawn 500
per month all winter for superintend.
ing snow plow that hasn't been ont
OF the round house.
Professor Barnard. of the Lick oh
servatory, discovered new comet ON
sunday night. 1t is pretty faint and
mas SLOW motion southwest. The
discovery viii entitle Professor Bar
nard to still another prize of $780,
A Reading lady visiting friend went
into the barnyard. when a rooster flew
at her and spurred her in the leg above
the ankle so badly that the skin hung
down in three-inch strips. She is con.
fined to the house.
The new ballot reform bill before
the New York Legislature forbids the
intimidation of workmen by pay envel-
opes or threats of closing, and provides
That employers must give their work
men two hours in which to vote on
election day.
1t is estimated that ofthe deaths tbot
have occurred since the fourth of March |
at least one thousand are dirnctI,,
chargeable to the inclement weatber oe |
that day and the exposure of nersons ~
attending the inauguration of Prosi
dent Harrsison. 'V"'-
After all the fuss made abopt uo
appointment of John Field as postmas
ter OF Philadelphia, the politicians '''''s- ..
apparently about to submit groa"c.ne 1,e
to the inevitable. FAILING - 1oiulIy eLuiy
Iohn Wanamaker's determinet;os5'' s''.Se
word was quickly passed aron"S , Iue
u would not do to officially oppose ''"'
John Bright, the great English Co,,
Honer, in, mas gone over to the maio,;,il In
'I.'. 'l.er an active public career If 10y
,ontIury' some future MacanIev" Ia, Ina a
St ,istd u'.n ~ MS appropriate nicba "iIi
nan IN anVt6iDg HG WAS al always an aggressive
N yi, "a honest. lie deprecated No. - a.
- - '''ues' ana would never ooi,s az
! eso ehere was cause for n He-'OWI- II
nc great orator Of his time. no was
a telegram from Turin reno.,
05l,u.n' 5,',' the great Hungarian r. U'iaV
"a SIyhing IN poverty. The d.Py patriot
na = THAT mat less than fifty years ~ oac uay was,
'oparrsa pausea all Europe to trembls mi, @nen en-
suit wonIS JSuia not fortell what the
he a us country. But this wss IN "a :
,.,s oe, and he, with many Of Vas his not
!" us IT,,;l was forced to find rag,s S,s iol-
: United States, where he lug e.uge IN
FUuaod so,ne Ilpe. He afterwards renamed renamed
d for ps' 5 o,i1 oa. no. to his native lapd Tep {
e wolf away IiSgp from o.. q years Years has kept :
n. 'ue door with his
Smyrna times., 1889-04-03
Sale Of the Steamer rurort


1t was known at the time of o,r
issue that a proposition had been - -
10 purchase the steamer .Jobo n g''H1I' ,A,''ue
SIa1 WAS was Ouilt Tor aud has been run,
n,9g between this port and Pbila5ai-
pnla ior the last ten years, hut it conld
not De strictly announced as n 81
un.ii cohilrmed by a meeting of the
slockholders, which was held Vastan
uay' Ihe following minute of r.
neetlhg will show the action tal,en '''o
AT special meeting of tho stoa,.
holders OF the Philadelphia e. SmcSaa
!, transportation Company. held NJ tLa Ia
EOmpany's Office, SMYRNA. Tnes5o,' sn'
APril "a, the sale Of the steamer T,,acS,.i
was approved, and it was resolveydy -
uraw up plans and specifications Co.
new steamer of modern tvna 80 ~ q
speed and better aceommodatioSS
1hese plans and specifications ~ ha aaolS' io,
~ 49, .S' oluS' 10 be submitted to a meet
as VI stocknolders to be held at an
isady, Early uay As ssOon as plans and spec.
iucaIlons ri'ass are accepted, work will he
PuIue1 10 complete the steamer AT nm
eaIiy uate. The line will be continued
auu steamer run until new boat Is com
NrIlne me iygert was purchased by the
y1Sssrs' yVl' =. B. Lewis & Bro, of Cone
w MARI, Accomac county, Virginia. and
VIII run regularly between Baltimore
ana landings on the Potomac river
ne price paid was $4,000.
The Mary y. Citizens has been en-
gagged to take the place Of the TBoert
for the month Of April Il will take
three months or more to have a new |
boat built, should contract be made
and the company will endeavor to se'
cure suitable steamer until that time
Smyrna times., 1889-04-03

The House on Friday, as the Senate had
done the previous week, passed the Valued
Policy Insurance bill unanimously, and it
Is virtually law, except it does not go into
effect until January, 1890. There must
have been clear reasons presented or such
law would not have passed the Legisla-
ture thus unanimously, but those opposed
to 1t think we will live to see the day, and
that early, that we will regret it. Tie for
elgn companies, it is predicted, will in the
main cancel their policies, and the rates
will be largely advanced. We have at
least two years to know the best and the
worst of such an enactment.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-03
Higher Education for Women.

The EUery E0ening, of Saturday.
says; Perhaps yesterdays Newark
letter does not make quite clear what
Governor Biggs proposed at the semi
annual meeting of the board of trustees
OF Delaware College. The Governors
motion, which prevailed by vote of
lO to 4, was that committee of five be
appointed by the chair, for the purpose
OF making inquiry whether or not the
trustees could purchase the residence
and 10 acres of land contiguous to the
college. The object he has in view is
the securing of a site for the erection
Of a ladies hall, T." to be presided over
by matrOn, in which to quarter female
students so that they may attend rec
ltatlons at the college; involving a
restoration of the cooperative eduea-
tional facilities of the former svstem
while providing IL separate home for
the girl students. In furtherance of
TINS PLAN. The General Assembly will
probably be asked to pass IA bill setting
apart for this purpose one-tenth of the
S81 900 state endowment fund. and one
seventh Of the annual $4,000 Hatch"
Smyrna times., 1889-04-03

CERTAIN United States Senators have
raised the questions of both political and
editorial independence in rejecting Murot
Halstead for the German mission that NAV
change the current in several political
lives. They may shut the gate in Hal
stead's face in this bout to open a wider
one prepared for him by the sympathies
of the people.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-03
smyrna and Vicinity.
The violet is the an..... -

smyrna and Vicinity.
AHE violet is the flower of Lent
WINTER sOciables are on the u.ouo
A FORMAL six o'clock call-"git IN ,
FARMERS are busy these spring dav.
so are editors. i'''"s u"ys
READ George Coles new advo-,;.
ment this week. 'e''.9e-
,,a NEXT Saturday will be school cleo
''on day all over the State. ''
FIFTEEN thousand dollors mo.
Rosnt. r. slie pas Tor the new railroad pier at
Buy the Syracuse Plow tho ho..
Clayton. - A. dement's,
A GREAT deal of white q usbo..
.ooIh" corn has been Skinned nortP
se' s9e past week or two, at prices between 01 ~
n''y and sixty cents per busheI ~
REMEMBER, specialties are offered +,
Norman Brand Phosphate for tosna 81 ~
Toes Toes for potatoes, for oats and for
+
oEE advertisements of Jobn M
Evans 5,:, carpet store, 919 Market street
! alllaaaelPhia. Also new advertise,
to'S oeii.s a.1 q David Keen, Major A. New
HE mud machine worked diligant
y an tne month Of March in dredSina
tae y creek (beg pardon, river stsTS;ngs, 7ing
~ :. me lower granary at SMYRNA Iand
i3 RetbwsIl,s Sad are T,,. now down to or near near
the present \ lending, f;%a E which has up to
landing. 'ne steamboat
The Methodist Sunday scbool l.
Sunday elected I. i. Mason N9St AZ on
Nellie Thompson and Laura Beli deIe
gates to attend the State sundsv
Senool Convention which meets ~
west Presbyterian Church, Whining
% ION ilth and 18th instants. and Chas
= moore and Misses Clara BewIev
and Annie Hough, alternates.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-03
The Dog Wanted to 90 Ton

David Stats, residing near Collins
Beach, had an incident with his chill
dren on Monday morning that was
alarming to the family, and for the
time, exciting to the neighborbood
Ills son hitched up the horses to take
his two sisters to school. After GOING
a short distance it was found the doc
was following them. The brother pof
out to drive the dog back, and while
at the rear of the wagon the horses
started and were soon in a run On
they went down the road turning this
corner and that until they had passed
tour sharp turns successfully, the girls
IN the meantime screaming from fright
when they had gone about two miles
one OF the girls gathered up her books
climbed over the tail of the wagon and
thus let herself down in SWINGING
motion, soon followed by the other
Ihey were both somewhat hurt and
bruised by the fall, but not seriously
as they went to school, minus their
dinner, others kindly sharing with
them. The efforts to stop the team at
different places on the road were nm
successful, and the horses kent on until
they reached Fleming's Landing. and
would have plunged into the ereek
put for team that stood in the road
ana checked their course.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-03
THE SMYRNA TIMES.
Smyrna, DeI.,
Wednesday Afternoon, April 8, 1889.

THE TIMES is published every Wednesday
afternoon by RoBr. D. HoFFEcKER, Editor and
Proprietor. at Smyrna, Del
TERMS-SUBscRIPTIoN-O One year. strictly in nd.
vance Sl5O; if not paid in advance, $500. No
paper discontinued until all arrears are paid
only at the option Of the Publisher.
ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the rate
of Seven Cents line for the frstinsertion sub.
sequent insertions Threeand-a-half cents. A
liberal diseountmade to quarterly, semi-annual
and yearly advertisers.
OBITUARY NOTICES will be charged Five Cents
per line.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-03

The most exciting public question now
in halfa dozen States is that of Constitu-
tional Prohibition, but IN Delaware the
lowest form Of restriction-high license
has only dim shadow of legal recognition.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-03
GRAIN.
OFFICE OF
Philadelphia : Smyrna transportation COMPANY,
April Sd, 1889.
NEW WHEAT
Situation Wanted

Married man wants a situation or e.
III take house or work bv the montb
understands care of stock. Wonld 'erl profa.
truck or berry farm. "'U prefer
100, MAJOR a. NEWTON
"P''- SeRford Del