Smyrna times., 1890-02-26

the South. o. lAsOV A. NJ
county and State Items.
A building boom has struck New
Castle
w,tson Broadway, of Dover, has
.olS his tannery to Philadelphia par
ties.
Miss Mollie NJ. Kerbin and w. A. !
Milbourne of Dover, will be married |
to-day.
Csnsus Enumerator Stansbury J.
Wiley will appoint his assistants next
month.
About 100 persons were converted
~ the revival services at New Castle
ME-. Church.
The Kent county Levy Court has
onnropriated $217O for the repairing of
ppd r6papds in MispilliOn Hundred.
Ionotbau L. COhee, Dover Delaware
hes been granted a pensiOn-original
invaId-issue of February 18th.
Early potatoes, strawberries and
Garden truck are going over the road
from the South daily to the cities.
Miss Lille Jump, of Dover, and NJ.
O. Ford, of Centreville, were married
Wednesday morning by the Rev. T. E.
. Terry.
1ohn Wright aud Miss Savilie Dow
nav Of New Castle, were married 10th
Inst. at New Castle, by Rev. f. l.. Hub
bard, Ph. u.
The official announcement is made
oftbe candidacy of Mr.. Caleb S. PenDe-
will of Dover for Governor on the Dem
ocratic ticket.
Mrs. Eunity Pratt, mother of DR..
Nathan and Mr.. Henry Pratt, died at
her residence in Dover on the 18th
inst, aged 81 years.
Chancellor Willard salisbury and
ex.Congressmen Smithers aud Lore of
this state are ncOrporatOrs Ofthe Dick
insOn College Law School.
A delegation of Milford Republicans
went to Washington to urge the ap-
uoInimeut OF William V. Sipple as
postmaster of the former place.
Wilmington has already secured
100000 for the erection OF a new post
office building; aud now proposes to
secure an appropriation of $3.50, 600 in
all.
Rev. E. l.. Hubbard, of New Cas-
tie, is at the Pennsy ylvania University
Hospital, where he has undergone an
operation which is said to have been
successful.
The Kent County Levy court has
rescinded the resolution allowing
Sheriff FennimOre 81 cents per day for
prisoners board, and agreed to pay
but 30 cents.
Governor Biggs will ON March 9th
appoint Recorder Of Deeds of Kent
County The candidates for the posi-
ton are John H. Bewley of Smyrna,
DR.. W. II. Cooper of KentOn and 5. K.
Belts of Milford
John Moore, colored, was arrested
yesterday in Wilmington for violating
recent legislative enactment by illeg-
ally wearing G. A. R., insignia. The
extreme penalty is a fine of $50.
The affairs of the Clayton Loan AS
sOcistion, of Wilmington, have been
closed up. The association suffered
through the defalcatiOn of NJ. L. Lich-
tenstein and Judge Walter Cummins.
Clover throughout the county is
looking well, in fact many farmers
have let their stock Craze almost all
winter and the growth though slow
has bean kept up nearly all the time
and afforded good pasturage.-LGureI
Gazette.
The DeIawGreGn says: There is nc
doubt that the county finances for the
few years have been badly managed
The county should not by this tint
have owed a dollar of bonded debt
and it is high time that the people take
the thing into their hands.
There is an unusual activity in tn,
production of railroad ties at present
IN lower Delaware, and piles of then
may be seen at almost every landing
and station. The Reading Road i
buying large quantities of red Oal
hes-a kind that the PennsylVani
will not use
Saturday being the anniversary G
ine birthday Of George Washington
and also Of VIM. A Hukill, Of Whining
ION, the latter celebrated the event b
giving sumptuous repast to a selec
company Of very hungry citizens. Th
only complaint uttered by the happ
recipients was that his birthdays wer
TOO much scattered.
u Brainerd Ferris, formerly an e.
~nsiVe farmer in Pencader hundred
vas notified Friday by Senator Antho
Ay higgins that he had succeeded
securing him an appointment in tn
vensas Department at Washington
ut. Ferris went to Washington la
week and stood an examination befOl
'ne Civil Service Board.
ohm TarbuttOn and Miss LOui
foimer were married on the 18th ms
%the brides home, near Kenton. /
EeV W. W. Sharp. A large crowd
Hiehds and relatives witnessed II
-,:tl ~ hi. anu MES. 1dFDuIll
WI make their future home on the far
assl AentOn where Mr.. Tarbutton hi
4 resided several years.
1AE blue-bird put in his first appes
oe iOr the season on Monday, on /
ny rom the South. His presence
'u'S early day promises an early sprir
~DeldWareGn.
lush DOsht the local editor of the Del
~ ~4.eaa know that the blue-bird abid
u us all winter, in seduestered d
Ike dayP ." ""'H' 0p'''
49,. .Oigetown was thrOnged with De
49, $50 ~, On Tuesday-in fact the cOar
v;s;,'' u sussex had not seen so ma
bng local statesman since RetU
g n 1886. They were called toge
~ WI purposes of counsel. and wi
M ;, more important, to contr
ns .lr .aelr cash toward the payment
hAeS OF those Democrats likely
s'urned delinquent.
soas, ae Levy Court Of New Ca
aasy nnished the examination of
hirS' S'peat men Of Draper Devices of
beso..D bss District of Wilmington, FTiC
na~a. 'he adjournment. Twenty-n
Rsss I. were found duplicated,
deei.n nF, Devices struck of, but
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