Smyrna times., 1890-10-08
County and State Items.

County and State Items.
Our coon and 'possum hunters are
out almost nightly and report success in
freeing the varmints.
II was Mrs. Joshua H. Marvel who
died last week, and not Mr.. Marvel,
vho is in robust health.
George w. Wells, a prominent tenn
peranee man of Wilmington, died
Thursday, aged 5S years.
The third annual convention of the
Republican League of this state will
convene in Wilmington to-day.
Winder ]. Hearn, of Laurel, Del,
died of paralysis on Thursday Oct. 2.
The deceased was 7S years of age.
Three trotting races will take place
on the track on the Cochran Park
Stock farm, near Middletown OF Sat
urday tho 11th inst.
The Fourth Regiment Delaware Vol
uuteers will hold a reunion at Brandy
wine Springs tomorrow, Oct. Sth.
Able speakers and good music will be
on hand.
Our advice to the farmers who have
some of their farming implements
standing out in the fields, is that they
had better have them placed in their
winter quarters.
William T, Kellum of Dover, Prohi-
lion candidate fOr governor has been
ailing for sOme time past and is con-
fined TO his house with complication
of stomach troubles.
It is understood, says the NelVs, that
three of the elegant little women for
which Milford is so famous for produc
ing, will, during the coming winter, be
led to the marriage altar.
In Wilmington COrOner's jury is
investigating the death of Henry Web
ster, colored, who died on Tuesday
from the effects Of falling from a third
story window. Foul play is suspected.
Ex-Secretary Thomas F. Bayard ad-
dressed Democratic meeting in VIII
mington Monday night, and Senator
Higgins will address a Republican
meeting in the Opera House tonight.
The Delaware College football team
were beaten at tSwathmore on Saturday
by Swathmore College team by score
Of54 too. The Delaware College men
lacked training and could not hold the
home men.
The Pomona Grange of Kent county
will meet in Camden with Fruitland
Grange, October 18th. = As the farmers
have been very busy for some time it
Is supposed that this will be a very in
teresting meeting.
J. c. Parker has found no place like
Middletown for the harness business
the city of Wilmington not excepted
He moved back to Middletown on last
Monday and opened out where the late
Dir. Ridgely had his tin shop.
Grace NJ. E. Sunday-school Monday
unanimously adopted resolution dis
fayOring keeping the Worlds Fair open
on Sundays, and resolved to send ex-
pressions of this action to the fair COM
missiOners and to the ChristiGn AdvO-
cate and journal.
It is told in Dover that Richardson
& Robbins were recently offered $3.50
900 for their canning plant and firm
name in that place. The offer came
from an English syndicate and was
promptly refused.
Frank Whelen, well-known news
paper man, had the misfortune to fall
from a vehicle at the Fair Ground on
Tuesday, breaking two small bones of
the left ankle. The injury will doubt
less disable him for some time to
csme.
The appointment of Squire Sassee is
bitter pill for the real Germans of the
city to swallow, and it is no secret that
many of them, who care very little for
party anyway, have declared that they
will vote the Republican ticket at the
coming election.-ReyubLican.
Governor Biggs on Wednesday ap-
pointed Lewis Sasse, of Wilmington,
justice of the peace to succeed L. A.
Bertolette, resigned. On Thursday his
Excellency appointed Richard Fergu-
son of Middletown, to fill the vacancy
made by the death of w. N. Wilson.
By an oversight in our last issue in
putting the Democratic ticket in type,
the names of the sheriff and coroner
were omitted. The candidates are,
Amos Cole of Harrington, for sheriff
and VIM. Fox, of Little Greek, for
coroner.
Delaware students at the West Ches-
ter, Pa, Normal school are: Fred
Brady, Middletown Lizzie V. Clark,
slaugbter's station Ella S. Devices,
Magnolia; Lydia Durham. Yorklyn
Warren Fisher, Wilmington J. Harry
Mclaughlin, Wilmington and Rosa
Reynolds, Townsend.
I. H. Mitchell. of Salisbury, Nd.
has been awarded the contract fol
building the ladies' hall addition to the
Conference Academy at Dover. The
contract price is $17,9SS. It will b'
Ooilt on the GOtt plan, and will prove
2 great benefit to this popular educa
honal institution.
James storkey, the forty-year-olt
negro who is lodged in New Castle
jail Tor assaulting Oracle Clark, age'
10 years, near New Castle Sunday
week, viii be tried for his life at tn
NoVember term Of court on the charg
u rape. The victim is still suffering
a