Smyrna times., 1890-04-30

OONSIABLES ACCOUNTANTS Court /
concluded the settlements with Con-
stables and Justices of the Peace, last
week and passed the following allow
ances
Constable-Thos. A. Watson, $77 90;
EnOch Clark, $S69.36; Alex Frazier,
S24.91 Charles Smith, $l16.69 Job
Moore, $3.43 J. Layton, $21.19.
Justices of the Peace-P. L. Cooper.
S362.S0 John B. Book, $2S2.45 John
S. Jester, $356O5. VIM. Fowler, $50
VIM. Sarde, $50 John Brown, $36
5. d. Roe, $3.50 E. ]. Colt, $35. 90
NJ. S. VanBurkalow, 1886; r. c.
Wyatt, 1858.
BOTH FEET CUT OFF.-Isaac w.
Hastings of Laurel, freight conduct
or on the Delaware railroad, had both
his feet cut off at fourth street crossing
Wilmington, Sunday.
He with number of other men at
tempted to jump on a moving south
bound moving train. In doing so
Hastings missed his footing and fell
beneath the front truck of the freight
car. Both wheels passing over his
feet, cutting the right foot completely
off above the ankle, and the left foot
just above the instep. He was hur-
ridly picked up and carried to the hos
pital room at the p. w. & B. railroad
station on a stretcher.
AT Il meeting of the Levy court of
New Castle County, last week for the
purpose of considering the application
of the Catholic PrOtectory, near Will
mingtOn for yearly appropriation of
| five hundred dollars, las an endowment)
the members seemed united in their
determination to grant the request.
| Senator John p. Donahoe had charge
| OF the Levy Court, an able and active
/ politician. He escourted the members
Of the ProtectOry, and made several
/ speeches he paid their expenses and
kindly made each member of the Levy
court present when they left. Some
of the members of the levy court seemed
imbued with the idea that the law of
the State provided such allowances,
which is not the case. The aforesaid
Catholic ProtectOry is strictly a
Catholic institution conducted and
managed by the Catholic church,
school where the Catholic religion
is distilled into the pupils.
BEFORE COURT-Fifteen applications
are pending for license to sell liquor
in the county, with 5000 in each case
Terrence CarVin, of KentOn, who has
already been twice refused a license
by the Court, is again an applicant.
Four criminal libel suits are pend
ing. John w. Graham and DR.. Wal
lace of KentOn have cross suits, and
the late editor of the Smyrna Record,
G. B. Taylor. and John G. GoOden
also have cross suits. If ali these
cases should come up for trial at this
term, in addition to the other crimi-
nal business, it would make a memOr-
able term of of the Court.
James Hughes has passed his exam
inatiOn before the law committee and
will be recommended for admission to
the bar at Court.
Henry Ridgely, Jr., student at law
passed a creditable examination before
the law committee of the Kent county
bar Thursday night and received a
recommendation for admission in the
court. superintendent L. l. Handy
passed the preparatory examination
before the committee and was entered
as a student at law under John r.
Nicholson, Esq, last week.
THE "CAT" IN SUssEx.-The whip
ping post and pillOry of Sussex county
at Georgetown, had three victims of an
unusual character Saturday when
three men of good families and pre-
viOuslv fair regulations were pillOried
and whipped for horse stealing, O
,, which crime they had been convicted
The case was one of unusual inter
est The victims were James Owens
Isaacs, son of a respected farmer, who
deserted his family several years ago
and has, it is said, been leading a way
} ward life Joseph Hamilton, an old
soldier who squandered a back pen
! sion of 81 go about one year ago, anC
5 and John 7. Owens son of a leading
farmer, and heretofore of leading rep
utatiOn The case was tried last week
F., and occupied four days. The STATE
had 40 witnesses and the defens'
about sixty. The stolen animal was ;
: mare, valued at Sl6O, and was takel
e from the stable of Eli p. West, a far
+, mer, living at Cross Keys, DagsbOr,
F. hundred, on the night OfSeptember 19
1889.
: The case was stubbornly fought AM
= created much excitement among tn
J farmers of Sussex county by whom tn
prisoners are well known. The sen
tence of the court was One hour il
!. the pillOry, 20 lashes, 5000 restitution
: costs of the case, and one year in jai
d Petitions were Immediately drawn an
{ every effort made to prevail upon tn
governor to remit the pillOry and pos
q but without avail and Saturday tn
n corporal part of the sentence was cal
a ried into effect.
. A Crowd of over 300, the largest tha
ever assembled in Sussex county to Sc
!. the Sheriff WELD the lash, assemble
y around the whipping post, and it wa
4 found necessary to stretch ropes
v keep the people back