Smyrna times., 1889-10-30


you home with the gout." And this
was before the banquet, too.
The action of Collectors Dougherty
and Mckee, of Wilmington. who would
not allow the reporter of EUery EUen-
tag TO remain in their office and report
how business was done, looks bad for
the collectors. They declare that all
Is untrue that has been said about
them, yet they would not accept this
chance to show the taxpayers that
they had been badly misrepresented?
AS 1t is they have placed themselves in
bad light. If their actions and WAYS
OF collecting taxes are straight EUerv
EUenlng will set them straight, but if
not, then their actions will be ventil-
ated.-NelUdrk Ledqer.
How NOT TO COLLECT TAxEs.-The
collectors of the county taxes for Will
mlngton hundred were stampeded on
saturday by an appearance of many
men willing and anxious to pay their
ia Xes They We're appalled, at the fact
InaC there was run on their private
Office by citizens who wished to quail
lty as voters by paying their taxes.
The pressure was so great that both
collectors retreated inglorioslv, one
before noon and the other at noon. and
they did not muster enough courage to
return in the afternoon, although it is
reported that 'nearly one hundr ed
men presented themselves to pay in
money.
Mr.. Jacob S. Cochran, a farmer near
Middletown, has lost over go hogs,
large and small, by the cholera during
the past few months. Some time ago
some hogs of Mr.. Cochran's which
wereslck with the disease got out Oftheir
pen into corn field and helped them
selves to the new corn. After that they
seemed to get better and were soon
apparently as we'll as ever. He took
10 feeding new corn to the rest of the
nerd which were sick and found it to
be good remedy. Only one or two
are now i'll and are likely to recover.
1t IS thought that over 900 hogs have
died of the disease in that section the
past few months.
NJ. e. LOCAL Preachers AND Ex-
HORTERs' AssOCIATIoN.-The thirty
first annual meeting of the Local
Preachers and ExhOrters' Association
OF the M. E. Church, Wilmington Con-
ference, will be held i'll Asbury Church
| on Friday evening, November 18th.
Preaching at 7.30P. NJ, by Daniel Green:
alternates, w. w. Morgan and ]. HOd-
son. The services will be continued on
Saturday and Sunday and the pro-
gramme on Saturday will consist of
ten topics for discussion. Sunday, $50
A. NJ, prayer service; Q, love feast;
1870, preaching by T. Numbers, alter
mates, ii. Roe, J. V. Smith; P NJ,
/ children's meeting; Z, prayer service;
7.3O, preaching by the Rev F. c. Pear
son, d. d., of Philadelphia: alternates,
W.sFaries, E. Mendinhall.
HUNTING A MYsTEEIoUs ANIMAL.-A
Dover dispatch says: Tie farmers of st.
Jones Neck, Kent county are very
much excited,Over mysterious animal
which has been killing their poultry.
On Tuesday night Joseph Hastings
residing on what is known as the ID.
NJ. Wilson farm, heard a noise among
his turkeys. Taking his gun he pro-
ceeded to investigate, when an animal
about the size of a Newfoundland dog
dashed out from under the trees where
the turkeys were rOOsting. Mr.. Has
tings gave chase but the animal disap-
peared in the swamp. The hen house
of E. 0. Eccles' was broken into
Thursday night and 30 chickens killed
Every one mad its neck twisted. A
hired man on Mr.. Eccles place saw the
animal leave the chicken house and
agreed with Mr.. Hastings in his de-
scription, adding that it has a thin tail
and that it ran on its hind legs when
he chased it. The farmers are hunt
ing for the animal in the swamps, and
many are of the opinion that it is a
bear, washed ashore from some one Of
the many wrecks that occurred along
the bay during the late storm.
A DELAWARE CANNER DISAPPEARS.
j. Alex. Harris, principal member o
the canning firm of ]. A. Harris & Co
disappeared on Saturday night from
Milford, leaving behind unpaid bills tc
the amount of S1O,00O He was mo-
missed until Friday morning, when hi
family followed him on the 610 trail
for parts unknown. The farmers o
! this vicinity will be the heaviest loser
l though the merchants come in for
I share of the loss. All that was left
D behind were about 200 cases of canned
goods in the factory, some heavy furni
ture in the house, including piano
r chairs and carpets. Everything els
: of value has been disposed Of
. a special dispatch to EUery EUenin
: yesterday says the latest sensation i
in the Harris absconding affair, jus
come to light this morning, is tina
, Miss May Ellis, his former bOokkeepe
v has elOped with him. A letter write
d by her in Philadelphia on Sunday nigh
}. to her father, Prof. D. S. Els says sh
v met her friend in Philadelphia an
they were married at once; they woul
leave for Liverpool Immediately. Tn
a girls mother is almost heartbrOken.
y 1t was learned to-day that Mrs. Hal
n ris and four children instead of joining
e her husband, as was first snpposer
d had gone to Pittsburg to his brOthe
n From here she bought tickets for Ha
ringtOn. When there she found ticl
=. cts 70 Pittsburg bought for her by Nj
" Harris. There are new development
II every hour.