Smyrna times., 1890-02-12

the South Z o. AA"O a ~
county and State Items.
Tho Kent County District Lodge I.
n q T, meets in Dover to-day.
There is a growing feeling that Del
oware should have workhouse.
cDeckled sea trout are being caught
:, he Delaware Bay off Cedar Beach.
rho Masons and Odd Fellows of Sea-
s,.d will soon commence the erection
Of halls.
The Delawarean complains that cigar
.,ores and soft drink places in Dover
are kept open on Sunday.
Tberevival services have closed at the
n r Church, Dover. 80 persons
hove professed conversion and 20 have
Joined church.
7, Kenton Hundred, out of 80 per-
cons wbooffered themselves for assess
1osnt with their vouchers, As have
been left off by the assessor.
I'm Saturday at New Castle Sheriff
Alien applied the lash to fifteen prison
ars convicted recently of larceny by
the Court of General Sessions.
CIV. Fisher of Dover, has purchas-
sd the double brick building dwelling
AZ tbe corner of Reed and Bradford
streets. from his father, at $4,000.
The State Board of Education will
meet at Dover on Thursday to cOnsid-
or contest over a school district
IN Nanticoke Hundred Sussex Coun-
ty.
Commauder-in-C Russell A.
Alger will he present at the annual en-
ca1Dment of the Department of Della
ware. G. A. R., in Wilmington, on Feb
ruary IA.
The choir of the NJ. E. Church of
Dover has been done away with. p.
Burnett has been appointed precentor
of music and congregational singing is
10 be the rule now.
Edwin II. Prettyman brother of
Clarence Prettyman of Smyrna has
rented the store room now occupied
byJ. C. Stewart of MiGdletown, where
be will carry on the shoe business.
Thomas Prtchard cut his foot while
cutting wood near Laurel last week,
and while being taken home in wag-
on the horses ran away and he was
thrown out and perhaps fatally wound
ed.
Cards have been issued for the mar.
rage of Miss Ida Berry to Joseph Hen
~ CahOon, OF New York, formerly of
Dover, Tuesday, Feb Is. at 10 O'Clock
AN, in the NJ. E. Church at Middle
town.
There is something remarka Bile
about the genealOgy of Mr.. G. F.
Grifenberg's family. He, is the father
Of seven sons. He, himself, is one OF
seven sons, and his father is one oil
seven sons.
The February number of Delaware
College ReUielO is filed with interest
ing matter. 1t contains a very Teada.
Die article from the pen of E. n. Val.
landigham, of the class of '7S, on "In.
quiry on taxation"
In the Court Friday in Wilmington
Hugh Mccormick, Moses Moody anC
Thomas Burke were each fined $50
and costs and sentenced to three
months Imprisonment for taking q ride
in the team of DIR. Peter Cooper with
out bis consent.
In the New Castle County Court, a
Wilmington, Thursday Mary McCOmh
cOOred, was fined $500 and sentenced
to FIVE years Imprisonment for immOr
ally harbOring Lncy p. Prettyman
white, who is under Is years O
age-the age of consent in Delaware.
The work of appointing 175 censu
supervisors is nearly completed b.
Superintendent Porter. He has nov
prepared instructions which are de
signed to assist them in managing th
army Of 10000 enumeratOrs who vii
be engaged in collecting the statistic
under their direction.
The Norma GIee Club of Dover,
double Quartette of gentlemen, wi
give entertainments in Dover, Milford
Smyrna and MiddletOWn next month
This club will furnish the music ant
George B. HynsOn, Esq, the elOcutio
o. the entertainments. Charles
IHedler, is its president.
The Levy Court of New Castle COuI
y have been paying the Sheriff
mat county 80 cents per day 4
board Of prisoners. This the Gran
Jury Of the county think is too exhO
olant price. What would they sa
It we're 40 cents per day, that Il
Levy Court Of this county allows Il
sheriff ?-Sentinal.
An examination of peach orchards
sals vicinity says the Milford Ne
SHOWS that many of the buds were k
led by the sharp freeze two weeks ag
ana as the weather has been almC
me same all over the Peninsula, I'll
condition Of the buds must be gener
10 some orchards half the buds a
Killed but Of course plenty are lie
There are thirty-six tramps a
eams huddled together in one room
NeW Castle Jail at an expense to
county Of 5000 cents a day. If I
recommendations of the Grand Ju
ate carried out by the Levy Cot
saese tramps will soon be employed
breaking stone at some quarry
State.
Foultry raising is on the increase
Is peninsula and is found to be VI
pOn'a6le and in this interest mt
'e should be taken in the select
.1e stock. The poultry men Sc
snlnk Leghorns and Wyandot
~ STOCK for spring and for sumT
png' Light Bramas, Ian Shan {
layels ' 'O' '@'i anu
lne tune has turned in Sus
SIshly and now it is the other fel
~. ~ complaining. The GeOrgeto
5s.,oefat 5sns.at says: I'VE have it upon
Souoled authority that the would
49, ssa@ Of the Republican party in
s,.,a-i aa mean TO take advantage of ev
sss,pOs1anlty that may be given ther
essent The Democrats from Learn
upon the delinquent lists
bsa keep them from being able
DooI .nelr names placed upon
D0ekessin March.
s,.se aefe never was a time when
VII operations were more activl
~. ngton than they are now.
pos, ss ana exchanges Of property
6n 6s..I 70 enormous proportions (
49, y what they were a few y
e, Lots with houses on them
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