Smyrna times., 1890-04-02

A lUN6e
..rsnized at Leipsic'
An alleged water-spout was seen in
ApoIaware River off New Castle on
~ nav afternoon. 1t did no dam
uge.
p;.bon Coleman administered the
DOofcon6rmatiOn to class of eleven
Iile ~ in Dover. He also preached
suSSa ! Ssraes Hall, Camden, in the after
noon.
? Eden Bach, Private Secretary to
c.nator Higgins, has been elected
SSD%. Sso;rran of the New Castle County
Sannblican Committee vice H. F.
Pckels resigned.
T, the House a number of public
sliding bills were passed, among
Sam o4e increasing from Sl6O,0OO to
so00 ,S0c1 mo- the limit of cost of the pu b.
4 building at Wilmington, Della
ware.
The Trustees of the Delaware (Allo-
0.ibic) Hospital in Wilmington have
pIected these officers President, Job
q Jackson Vice President, Will
lam P. Bancroft Treasurer, Henry c.
Jones.
MANY farmers now believe says the
MdIietown Transcript that at least
Salfa crop of peaches will be realized.
a MANY young and healthy trees
lbere are enough live buds left to bring
in considerable cash.
On Friday 1000 shad were received
in Philadelphia from Delaware Bay.
and on Saturday 1900, the storm on
Saturday interfering with fishing.
They are being caught all the way up
tbe river to Chester.
The students of Delaware College, at
Newark, have organized an athletic as
0cation with these officers President,
gR. Martin, '9l b.; Vice President,
Handy, '93; Secretary, McKinsey, '9I,
Treasurer, Smith, '92.
The farmers of Sussex report that
tbe prospect for peaches is better than
thought short time ago The early
gsristies are quite full and it is foun1
that many buds are now showing
themselves upon trees where it was
thought that all were killed.
The following new post-Offices have
been established in Delaware during
The past month Andrewville, Kent
county; Warwick, Sussex county {;
Holly Oak, New Castle county. The
iollOwing have been discontinued {:
Dinah's Corner and Sandtown, Kent
county mail 20 Pearson's Corner, and
10 GOldsborOugh respectively.
S. A. MaCallister, u census enumera-
tor, recently applied to James T. Shall
cross, Recorder of Deeds and mort
cages of New Castle county, for per-
mission to examine the mortgage rec
Ords so as to learn the amount of the
cOunty's mortgage Indebtedness. The
Recorder denied the request, and will
make the examination himself and de-
mand compensation. Recorder Bew-
ley Of Kent gave him as an officer of
the government, free use of the books.
Cards are out announcing the mar
rage Of John Bassett Moore to Helen
Francis TOland, of Washington, D. c.,
April 9th. Mr.. Moore is the son of DR..
John Moore of FELTON,, thirty years ago a
resident of Smyrna, and has held pos
itOn as Assistant Secretary of State
for the last five years. He remained
q the special request of Secretary
Blaine, when president Cleveland re-
tired from Office. Mr.. Moore has made
ahigh reputation as tourist for a
young man, and is the author of two
works on international law.
TheLeyy Court of New Castle co. was
lnpOrtvned by thousand of the best
ellzens of the county, the most of
them farmers, to cut down the price
PAID for the board of prisoners from 30
0O cents per head per day. 1t was
lound that the Sheriff of New Castle
county was making $4,000 per annum.
PfOdts on the board of prisoners, and
ne taxpayers came to the cOnclus ion
llat It was too much while wheat was
.ellng at 7S cents per bushel, corn at
~ cents and oats at %. They kept
hepriee for feeding prisoners up to 80
ssnIs day, that the Sheriff may still
nave his $4,000 per annum for feed for
prisoners alone.
THE SUSSEX FRAUDS. - From a
rough estimate of all the FRAUDULENT
sOeaments that have been unearlhed by
le investigating committee of the
Levy Court of this county it now ap-
Psais that defalcation of about $6,
w mas been fixed definitely. There
more to come yet, and the total may
~~gp $4,000 before the commit tee
eVaeludes the work.
mhere the crooked work has been
TS''OVered is in the court docket.
Names have been added to the lists OF
"luesses in many cases and these
.-uoS are OF fictitious persons who, of
IISaISe, never appeared in these cases
I' tnese names were added to the
es orders to match them were
ne aue out and started into circulation.
as nc1ltlous names do not appear
sG,I 1ue subpoena dOckets in the Office
s. " sue clerk Of the peace. nor do they
Psar IN the subpenas 6led with the
~a az Vi the peace by the Sheriff. II
an Oe soon, therefore, that had the
~ court committees who settled
an 'ue county treasurers gone first
SOurt docket then to the sub
eua uocEet and then to the subpoena
SseVes, the fraud would have been
Iscoyered But the committees only
b., b4' ~ 70 the court docket ard finding
ss,s15 ,. '1e orders cashed by the treasurer
Te0s su with the docket entries, they
Bs sauuei M. Lohand testified before
~, iunsesugating committee Thursday
Cs.ne . case of the State against
~ v;se watson there were only seven
sps- .esses subpened. There are. how.
~ h.' twenty-five witness orders now
ssS,aVe naVe been paid. The additional
deepe, names were added to the
oms,a oy Wheatley, who drew the
AsIas WHICH took fraudulently from
TbsuIy treasury nearly 5000.
are S,S ,,SsOrite amounts on the orders
ESo,al o,lz46, 1898, $3.50, $3.50, $7.s4
sr5,;-s suese bogus orders passed the
uounts oI the tax collectors, the
eOmn;,. Ireasnrers, the Levy Cour
lbers ,s and the State auditor, and
lhnv ,ra @ss never a suspicion that any
donss sas wrong. The auditing wa
Been PROBABLY as the auditing haC
Ras t.te Tor years and everything
aken for granted.
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An Nerve and Liver pills.
liver Important discovery. They act Of
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