Smyrna times., 1889-01-16
aud State Items

fd1A Goutl 90 AAAN A-'N -
1,nnty and State Items.
Co"1 1.aybridse over the Murderkill !
Iae IIIaesSerica, Gl is being replaced by an
Ion bridge
FLsSriit F,L1arritt farm near Cowgllrs Corner,
; l;o acres acres, For $6OoO'
~ Friday last the MiddtetOl0R Trans
On El,I,f Of our valued exchanges com
seII95sd eIp ii its twenty-hrst year
Dover hotels have reaped har-
Inc mast two weeks. They were
'@I ,a5 Va to their utmost capacity.
v.,baniel ]. Williams of Mddletown,
Ns'n~' elected a director of the Citi-
has , Va National Bank, to fill the vacancy
lens "a M bv the death of Joshua Clayton.
~ ~. First National Bank of Seaford,
l9o l9Io5alared a dividend of 4 per cent
has G1'i.' last six months and placed So,
9I q, .r' ~ the surplus fund, which now a
USo ~onnts to S35 ,OOG
rho contract of connecting the wa
1.-THE AssawOman and Indian Xiv
teIs ..s ., has been awarded to a New
e. E! Ur' 'company' and they are 10 COM
lonce Iolc work next week.
abort Price of near Warwick, Nd,
q Miss Mary Echenhofer, daughter
a91 91Ir George EdhenhOier of Middle
OIL W. we're married on Tuesday after
'o""' at the residence Of the bride, by
Psr Eo1' ". c. Alexander.
1obn W. Blackiston. of Wilmington,
!. 0ld and respected citizen, died Fri
5n 5l. O,n Uorning. The deceased was the
%! .;or member of the firm of Blackis-
sgu'S' 20 grocers. The deceased was
s.5.msrIy .ou - from near Smyrna, Del.
Charles Beaston, Jr., son of the late
ctories Beaston of Odessa, several
aars Onu. 400 prothonotary of New Castle
Esnntv s-', died in Baltimore Friday of
Sooammonia. aged Il years. He was
t.uottber-in-law Of E. X. Cochran, Clerk
ofthe Peace.
Paw w. C. Alexander, pastor of the
rarsst PRESBYTERIAN Church, Middle
l.pU nal. has been called to the Mat
NAN man IN. j. Presbyterian Church. Mr..
tlevander has been pastor of the Mid
5lo,owu church for number of years.
HIM. y...4 .ls church are of
yerv cordial nature.
Iobn C. Corbit and c. Watkins were
,sccntlv reelected as president and
'.oo.nresident respectively of the Odes-
"a Rank The directors elected were:
Tobn c. Corbit, John Appleton, Sereck
T SballcrOss. Horatio n. Willis, Sam
nel Pennington, William Polk, COlum-
bus Watkins, Daniel w. COrbit, Edwin
R. Cochran.
A full grown seal was captured last
veeL, nv the Lewes life-statiOn crew.
peter Martin, the man on the lookout,
saw il on the beach near the station.
As themen went to capture it 1t made
of for the surf, and was shot by Frank
B1rbape. The animal is four feet long
and weighs 80 pounds, aud IS the first
ever captured on the beach inside the
capes.
The question has been asked many
times. how do the Democratic members
of the legislature stand as to the Dem
ocratic factions? We answer as follows:
Oftbe seven senators, six are anti
Salisbury. Senator Bacon, of Sussex,
being the only champion in that house
Of the Salisbury interests. Of the sew
en- Democratic members of the House,
three are anti-Saulsbury. Milford
Ners.
Several Young men of New Castle
who have been idle for number OF
weeks. have received notices from a
band of White Caps and dealt with Sc
verify. The notices have the usual
skull and crOssbOnes at the top and are
signed by the Delaware order OF the
organized band of White Caps. The
receivers of the notices are much fright
eDed. and have armed themselves with
guns and pistols.
In addition to the standing commit
tees already appointed in the House
Speaker HoffeckeT would not go amisS
to form one on Internal Improvements
Whv should Delaware sit idly and wall
for the General Government to make
all the improvements needed on Oul
water courses? Ifthe State can aitOrC
to expend $4,000 annually on the mi
litia. can she not afford to do something
to help improve our marshes and low
lands Let the experiment be tried
Sentinel
An APPLICANT ENDORsED.-D Durlni
the racess after the twelfth ballot at tn
the Republican caucus last MOnda.
night. Mr.. Hoffecker announced that h
had received a letter from George u
Arnold Of Kenton, which stated ina
the writer had applied for the position
Of secretary to one Of the foreign posts
Private Secretary Halford replie'
and told him to get a letter endorse
by leading, Republicans.
Mr.. Hoffecker cad a letter which n
had written in reply to Secretary ma
ford endorsing Mr.. Arnold and be ask
the members of the caucus to add theI
endorsement, which they did.
DELAWARE AND MARYLAND TEACI
ERs.-The executive committee OF tn
MARYLAND State Teachers Associate
have invited the Delaware State Te'
Chers' Association to join them in the
annual session next summer, on Jul
Q, 10 and II, at the Blue Mountal
House, Washington county, Md. Ihe
generously offer the teachers an equ
division of officers, committees an
work. It is believed that the teache
could 20 to that beautiful mountain r
sort for the time named at a cost of 81
Superintendants Handy and BessF
have been solicited by the Maryian
teachers to bring the teachers oi Den
ware.
The DELAWARE RAILROAD.-Att u
Delaware Railroad COmpany's anhu
meeting held Thursday at Dover y
following directors were elected lot Q
ensuing year: Samuel NJ. FELTON,, 9e
B Roberts, George Gray, =. u. wa
ner, Christian Febiger, J. n. Du1arl
Joseph r. Whitaker, ManlOve nay
Alexander johnson, james j. hoi
Thomas Curry, J. Turpin Moore a
Cornelius J. Hall.
The annual report shows an increa
In net earnings Of S54,725 over 10
and a surplus Of S143, ,9O4. During |
fruit season 5,296 carloads Of peaci
and 800 carloads of berries pass
over the road.
The condition Of Wilmington IS
bad that a meeting Of clergymen 9
other good people actively interes
In moral and spiritual upbuilding
III Ice