Smyrna times., 1890-10-29

County and State Items.
The ay is buzzing his farewell.
Tho eouinOctial storm has been rele-
- 70 the ranks of superstition. Sci
sai ss"tists poOh-pOOh the idea.
1,n,es Carnes is under $1,000 bail in
wilmington for the United States
Court on the charge of running a
"speak-easy'
Mr. and Mrs. Wheatley, living near
wyoming, lost two bright children, 8
and 8 years respectively, who died of
membranOus Group last week.
While demented, John c. Ward, sex
Inn of the Old Swedes Episcopal
Church in Wilmington, assembled the |
Sajfry and fell to the floor below. He
is fatally hurt.
For fishing in Drawyer's Creek near
Odessa on Monday, two unknown res |
dents of Maryland were fined $50 and |
costs each, besides fOrfeiting their boat |
and tackle. They were fishing out of |
season.
Last weeks Levy Court authorized |
the payment by the county of $500 to |
he expended for shells to be used on |
,ba Seaford Laurel road. A subscrip- |
linn from residents along and travellers |
slon, the road will defray the expense |
ofbauling and spreading the shells.
The fall term of the Kent County /!
court commenced Monday. Four |
murder trials are on the dOcket--Jesse !
Proctor and Fred Young, both colored, !
for killing an aged negro near Milford
William Kelley, of Chester, Pa, for ac-
cidentallv shooting a cOlOred woman
at Woodland Beach, and Hezekiah
Vickerv for killing Thomas Smith.
Fifty-one civil cases are on the list.
GREAT INDUCEMENT.-I your eyes
are failing do not neglect them but
call at once on Prof. We'll, sos Market
Street Wilmington Del, and have
them examined free. If you wish to
purchase Gold Spectacles or eye glas-
ses for holiday gifts examine our stock,
the Iar2e>t and cheapest line of Opti-
cal goods on the Peninsula, prices re-
ducpd for the holidays. Glasses ex-
changed il not suitable, free of charge.
Thursday. Miss Caroline r. Cleaver,
and Cleaver Parker, of Florida, were
married at the residence of Joseph
Cleaver, the brides father, near Port
Penn The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. r. A. Sawyer of Odessa,
under a canopy of pine aud Florida
moss. The ushers were DR.. Philip
R Cleaver and H. d Walter. The
best man was John ClOaVer of Florida
The bridesmaid was Miss Kate CleSv-
er.
The session of the Synod of Balti-
more, in Wilmington last week, was
very interesting eVeLt. There was
full attendance of ministerial and lay
delegates, including some of the most
famous Presbyterian ministers of the
country, aud the daily sessions were
marked by discussions of various top
les with an unusual degree of ability
and interest. The visitors were enter
tanned in the most cordial manner and
the affair marked an important epoch
in the local history of the Presbyter-
ian Church.
PROHIBITION MEETINGs.-A PrOhi-
bition mass meeting will be held in In
stitute Hall tomorrow evening to be
addressed bv J A. B. Wilson, d. D., of
Dover, and Prohibition songs will be
sung by the Walter Harman Male
Quartet of Maryland. Meetings will
also be held in the following places
during the week HUckessin, New
ark, MiddletOwn and Newport. Meet
ings are also being held through all the
other counties.
KILLED BY A BLOw.-James Devine
Of Hudson y. Y, about 81 years of
age, an emplnye os the Jones & ClApp
Manufacturing Company, who went to
Wilmington to repair the engine of the
Frenpship Fire Company, was killed
Thursday night ia quarrel with John
Farra, livery man. The men were in
the bar-rOOm of the Pennsylvania HO-
tel, aud had dispute about livery
bill Fa.ra struck Devine in the face,
knocking him down He fell heavily,
snd died at once, his neck having been
broken. Farra is locked up.
A WILMINGTON MAN IN THE Coils
ORA DEADLY ELECTRIC CURRENT
While returning home from work at 8
o clock Sunday morning, John h.
Cooke, an emplOye of the Wilmington
aud Northern railroad, tripped over a
live incandescent electric light wire
that had been dislOdged by the storm
at Franklin street and Maryland ave
nue.. The wire twisted around him
and his clothing was soon alame.
Cook tried to eXtricate himself with
his left hand which was burned to the
bone. He was unable to move, but
managed to scream for help. Several
persons who tried to untwist the wire
received severe shOcks, one man who
was manipulating a poker being espec-
iay unfortunate
Cook lay on the ground about hal
an hour and was finally released by
The wire being handled by pieces Ot
wood. His condition is serious, anC
Dr. COrkran, the attending physician
Tears the fingers on his left haud viii
nave to be amputated. The victim was
entwined in the wire about fifteen min
utes' with his clothes siZZing, before re
lief came.
IHE CAMPBELL DIVORCE CASE BE
FORE THE BALTIMORE SYNOD. The
business Of the Presbyterian SynOC
thursday was the reconsideration o
ana amendment of the resolution adOp
= eeu wednesday expunging from tn
minutes some testimony in the Campbell
uiVOrce case, tho effect of which wa!
% lmpute to the Rev. Mr.. Squire tn
circulation Of a slanderOus accusation
against Mrs. Campbell. The recOnsid
etatlon which occupied half an hour
eHued In making the expunging tax
enect with the permission of the Gen
e'SI a. assembly, which is hereby asked.
n Inc recommendation of the Judicia
SNoumlttee that the case against tn
HeW Castle Presbytery, involving tn
oampoeIl divorce, be etaken up, was dis
S;S Sussed and postponed for further cor
Iusratlon ~ to the adjourned meetin
'ue synod to meet in Baltimore o
Az II. The case originated in th
D Pce and remarriage of the Rev.
n. OsSmp0ell Questions relating
GlVorce were referred to the Ne
sNe Presbytery, with instructions
P. upon them. The New Cast
9bes9ytery failed to do this. HenC
synod is now asked 10 put I'll
w Castle PFesbytery on trial for nj
gng out the iustructiOns of ID