Smyrna times., 1889-01-02
county and State Items.

are will meet the second week in
T% January at Dover.
Clarence GoOden, of Dermot,
IN ~ formerly of Dover, was married
AaTN New Years Day to Miss Elma
o. TGnBois of Hopkins, Mo.
while Albert Webb and family, of
I'D Neck. were attending church
hliiSb Tbristmas night, their house and
SSnnosebold Sn goods were destroyed by
eOu'' e Insurance upon building 81, 500.
ur Nillington, of the Capitol Hotel,
~ closed his bar on Christmas Day
pU'V "g would not sell any liquor that day
~" =. vonld be Il good plan to have no
i;a"or IL " sold on Holidays the same as on
election day.
Tho Eastern Shore printers, by a
NV understanding with their sub
l.riber5. n~fbFs do not issue their papers dur
3Sr Christmas holidays, but here in
Psawsre not an issue is missed, holi-
day or not.
The Messenger trains of the Della
,,.are R R. have been running very full.
Tonr ears are required for each train
md thew are filled. The express mat
tar t has been moving in large quantities
end the trains are somewhat late.
Elisha B. Conover, of the Faculty of
tho Conference Academy, and Miss
Fannie. daughter of William Lingo of
ceorcetown, were married in the NJ.
Church Of that town on Wednesday
1880 A. NJ, by Rev. w. J. Duhadway.
RI Fougeray, of Wilmington, has
purcbased l y l., jeff l.. FOrd's four
year CID uotter. The price is not
named but it is said to be between
sI zoe and s., 600. The colt was guar
onteed to beat 230 any day on a good
track.
Cards are out announcing a double
wedding at the residence of G. F. Har-
ner in Leipsic, Jan. 8, when Mr.. Har-
pers daughters, Misses Annie and
Suma. will wed Messrs. John A.
Wright and David Ii. BOyce, respec-
lively.
The membership of the NJ. E. Church
at New Castle, desire to retain their
nastor Rev. E. L. Hubbard, for five
Years. As there will be many three
wear pastors to change at the next con-
ference, no doubt there will be an up
heaving of the itinerants.
Hon. John B. Penington's aged
mother got a severe fall in her room on
Wednesday evening, which dislocated
her hip. Mrs. Pennington has for some
time been quite feeble aud infrm, and it
istbought that her hurt will make her a
cripple for life.-DelGUareaa.
Its estimated that the oysterman's
enforced idleness, caused by the Della
ware Bav oysters not being fat, entails
a loss of s., 800 per month to those who
were engaged in the business. Little
Creek being the home Of most of these
oystermen, the village feels it.
KILLED AT GEORGETOwN.-J. G.
Dawson, brakeman on the Delaware
railroad, was killed at Georgetown
Thursday afternoon by being knocked
down and run over. Mr.. Dawson was
one of the most popular men on the
road. The deceased was % years OF
age and a native of Seaford. He was
married about one year ago. The fu-
neral took place at SeafOrd on Sunday.
There was a quiet wedding in New
ark Thursday evening, the parties to
which were Miss Nora A. Raub and
James w. H. Brown. Miss Raub is
the Oldest daughter of DR.. A. n. Raub,
president of Delaware College, and is
vivacious, accomplished and popular,
while Mr.. Brown is head boOkkeeper
of the Lycoming Rubber Works, To-
Gated at WilliamspOrt, Pa, where he is
well and favorably known.
THE DEMOCRATS SOLID FOR ONE
MANA prominent Democratic mem
Der of the General Assembly said to q
reporter of the Morning NelUs in regard
to the position of the Democrats on
the United States Senator question
Il tell YOU what we are going to do
The Democrats will cast solid com
plimentary vote for a Senator. IheI
We will let the Republicans go at 1t /
they want. Our vote will be solid
The muskrat begins to fade from
Kent county politics. Mr.. James l.
Wolcott has taken hold Of the matter
and has written a letter vindicatinl
Detective Hutchins from the charge o
arresting only anti-Saulsbury Demo
Gratis for violating the muEkrat law
Mr.. Wolcott himself is the leading rep
resentatiye Of the anti-Saulsbury men
and what he says on the subject Q
Wolcott and Salisbury muskrats
conclusive, so far as his side of tn
house is concerned.
Mrs. Sally Ann Sipple died in Dove
Thursday, of pneumonia. Mrs. Sippi
was a sister of Judge Stout OF TN
State and the wife of G. S. Sipple, wh
was one Of Dover's earliest merchants
She has lived on the public square 10
twenty or thirty years and was a0ou
Sc years Of age. She was a member {
the PRESBYTERIAN church and did muc
for the poor of She town. Mrs. }.
Nicholson aud Mrs. D. Cowgirl wer
her nieces, and DIR. II. W, Stout
Wilmington and DIR. Emanuel Stou
we're her nephews. Her estate Is col
siderable.
The SENATORsHIP.-The Unite
States senatorship is sized up thus b
the Dover correspondent of the Morl
iaq NelOs: Massey, in Kent and l
Sussex; Smithers, 8 in Kent and /
Sussex Treat none in Kent and !
Sussex Higgins, none IN kent'
Sussex. This leaves two votes IN Su
sex undispose of, and one Of these WI
go to Willis on the first ballot and I.
other to Lohand. The Treat and III
gins booms are both regarded as dea
and Mr.. Richardson himself stands
the way of anything serious DELI
made Of the boom started for MIN
his friends.
It seems to be dawRing upon u
minds of even Democrats that WI
mington has one Of best and the mo
efficient police forces that it has had
years, and If Mayor Harrington VI
properly backed up by Council, as
should be, the force would be eV'
more effective than it now is. Some
the policy men and gamblers booast
when Mayor Harrington was elecV
that they could conduct their buslne
with impunity, but it did not "a
many weeks fer them to find out th'
mistake, as the officers pounced do'
on them without moments warniI
The same was the case with the Nlo
tors of the liquor law, and men "
had been accustomed for years to tr'
the law as a dead letter, have SIT
learned fhot fhasr rouat conform TO