Smyrna times., 1889-04-24

Rev. Harvey w. Ewing, pastor oftb,
madely M. E. Chapel, Wilmington
.nis - so state will be married April 25tI
10 Miss Jennie Janvier sistes of thu
IN, Sme wife OF Presiding Elder Murray
Inc ceremony will be performed in 81
tauis Church and will be followed bv
Murray. 0 u ~ -
AENT COUNTY's LEVY COURT.-The
Aent County levy court adjourned Fri.
uay after occupying much of its time in
Settllng with constables and colIectors
homas Wilson, the collector of Ken
ton hundred who was recently reen-
pointed, failed to bond and B. Franz
temple was elected collector in bis
place. Mr.. Wilson had only turned in
S9OO taxes for 1888 up to a few davs aoo
ne tax rate for the ensuing wear was
nAed at 10 cents on the 500.
There is considerable talk in sussax
Just now and the principle gossip is Of
IHOse VINO are to get and want office
Dr' John w. Messick is slated for the
post Office at Georgetown. now held
oy David 5. Purnell. The salary Is
SIOOO' II. b. Long is mentioned as
the postal messenger between Harrinor-
ton and Lewes. J. E. Grifenberg cd.
lIor OF the SeafOrd ReUieiU. wants to he
Geputy collector of internal revena for
AehC and Sussex, and has a stron0 list
oi letters of endorsement. '7'
WILLIS s-GILLEsPY. G WI
tiS Vi milford was married on Tues
Gay 1oth inst. to Edith Gillespy. of
greenwich, Conn. The ceremonv was
SGIeInhized at II. 80 A. NJ. in Greenwich
W u; church by Rev. J. H. Ligbtbonrne
ana a Rev. A. w. Lightbourne assisted bv
Ori sanford, the pastor of the church
Only few relatives and close friends
SI, 0I the contracting couple were present
ne beautiful bride was attired in
FaVeling dress of dark grew Hen.
IIeIta, with hat and gloves to mach
AIler a the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. vii
us TOOK the cars for Delaware and ar
rye TIVed IN Milford on Thursday evening
ne newly welded pair received their
friends on Tuesday evening last from
iHE STURGEON FIsHERMEN.-Tbe
gaze OF the 9Th inst. was felt most no.
uceahly by the sturgeon fishermen on
Ine Cape May bay shore The schooner
MorRlng Star was beached, broke in
TWO, and is total wreck. The market
GOAT Fotoste was broken to pieces on
the beach. The sloOp Independence
was blown clear across the bay but was
saved without injury. Ovid Davis lost
MS sturgeon skitf Bessie Davis.n his
loss altogether being about S4OO Hum.
phrey POrterfeld, Jr., and Robert
Morgan, of Pedrictown, were blown |
TO sea without sail and had to use the |
oar. They were gone four days. Great
ing eXcltiment and anxiety Fortunate
~ Ior them, schooner picked them
up and brought them in comploteIv
Exhausted from fatigue and want of
tood.-SdIem Sunbeam.
CHIEF JUSTICE CoMEGY's VIEW -
Chief Justice COmegys in a letter To the
DoCer Indec says | believe that one
OF the following two modes would be
preferable to that of high license. A
reenactment of the school district To-
cal option feature of Chap, lO7 of Vol.
Ii ct the laws Sec, 2, with a provision
to limit the number of "taverns.u y as
the word is therein used. to one or
more for ever one thousand inhabitants
Oi city or town or a provision of law
10 hx period, not less than five wears.
IOr the sale OF liquor, and prohibiting
-he sale thereafter. Such prospective
prom OltlOn l have no objection to; for
under 1t no one, property owner or
seller, could complain that he had not
lad sufficient warning that he must, in
ms one case adapt his house to other
lses; nor, in the other, that he was
suddenly thrown out of business.
$4,000 IN DELAWARE BAY.-Rev.
holds B. Kerbin of Lewes had been AT
he Breakwater spending a week dur
hg the late storm trying to get to VIII
hingtOn on tug boat, but started
Ishore Thursday on the tug Protector,
which is towing the stone barges that
ire filling up the gapway of the Break
water.
The Protector landed him on the
pier, and while he was
Getting off the tug he dropped bundle
$4,000 overheard, $3.50 of it
II specie and the rest in United States
bonds.
He at once secured John Ross. a di-
'er from the SOmers' Point wrecking
Iamesi, who went in search of the
Ost treasure. Ross said it was like
Oing to look for the lost man-Of-war
)ebraak off the capes of the Delaware. {
toss went down, however, and in a
ew minutes had found the lost money
nd Kerbin went on his way rejoicing
With his treasure under his arm.