Smyrna times., 1889-04-03
Delaware and Maryland Items.

There are now 13 vessels unday wav
or contracted for at the four shipyards
of Wilmington.
{ George B. Smith has been appointed
postmaster at Laurel, Del, to succeed
). j. WOOten, at a salary of 5000 a year.
Gov. Biggs, as Trustee of Delaware
College, favOrs cO-educatiOn of the
sexes at the institution, but the other
members of the Board are against him.
For beating his wife, Edward Butch
er was, in the Wilmington Municipal
Court sentenced to pay fine of $25
and undergo an imprisonment of three
months.
Thieves are terrOrizing the vicinity
of FELTON,. 5000 was stolen from George
Dill, farmer, aud John Porter was
shot while feeding his stock, with a
view to secure $1,000 which Porter
was known to have had.
Sarah, Florence and Stephen A.
Lawrence, formerly of Dover, whose
father enlisted in the army and died
IN Alabama during the war, were
awarded pension and back pay last
week amounting to $4,000.
George Dill was captured last week
on the charge of shooting James Porter
in Delaware, near Whittenburg. Caro-
line county. He was taken to Green's
borO, Md, where he voluntarily sur
rendered to Delaware officers.
The Pusey s. Jones Company has re-
ceived from the treasury department
the contract for the construction of
three small iron prOpelors for use at
quarantine stations on the southern
seaboard These boats will cost
$4,000 each and will be so feet long.
HOU Bargain W'aS Made. The ap-
pointment of w. K. Biggs as tax col
lectOr and constable of St. Georges
hundred has caused no little cOmmo-
ton among the Democrats in the hun
dred. Serick F. Shallcross was elected
Levy COurtman from this hundred bv
the Cochran faction, aud they never
thought he would appoint young Biggs.
1t now turns out that Governor Biggs
agreed to appoint James T. Shallcross
re re,Order Of deeds provided Jim would
influence his father, Serrick, to ap-
point young Willard tax collector. and
the bargain was carried Out.-Cor. |
Morning Ne,Cs.
Wednesday evening about % young
men Of Milford met in the reading
room and organized what is to be
known as the Young Mems Social
Club of Milford and elected the fol-
lowing officers President, w. S.
Hobbs; president, Charles Abbott;
Secretary, r. J. Mears; Assistant Sec
retary, Marshall Truitt; Treasurer,
William Penn Shockley. The object
of the organization is to promote social
intercourse and to help in every pos
sible way the work which the Y. w. |
c. T. U. has been doing. A sociable
was given by the club on Tuesday
evening in the reading room.
duplication for DiCorce. 1t is stated
that Levi c. Bird, Esq, is preparing
the application of James c. McComb.
of Brandywine Hundred, for divorce
from his wife, who is a daughter of
David Wingate, of Wilmington. They
have been married about ten years and
have three children. Infdelity and
incOmpatibility of temper are alleged
as reasons for his action. Mr.. McCOmb
has been staying at the home of his
mother, Eleventh and Market streets.
Wilmington, for some eight weeks.
He is said to be worth about a million
of dollars, having inherited that
amount from his father, the late Col
H. S. McComb. A railroad man is said
to be mixed up in the matter. McComb
is a sport.
HedCy Sentences at EIkton.-In the
Circuit Court of Cecil county the trial
of George Smith, colored, for felonious
assault on Mary Ward, a white girl l3
years of age, was found guilty and SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for ten
years. Samuel Short, white, for vio-
lating the prohibitory law, was found
guilty and sentenced to the House of
Correction for one year and to pay
fine of 500. Asbury Cole, colored.
was sentenced to the penitentiary for
sixteen years for the murder of Samuel
Young. Stephen Farrell was setenced
to the penitentiary for ten years for
feloniOus assault on Mrs. Ann England.
George Redick and Charles Hill, two
professional thieves of Baltimore were
sentenced to the penitentiary for ten
years for rObbing a store in Port
Deposit.