Evening journal., 1890-02-07
SHAKING UP THE REPUBLICANS


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Murderkill-coIored Teachers.
special Correspondence EVENING Journal.
DOVER Feb. THE Republicans of
Kent had shaking up yesterday, which
for a time looked serious for their plans
to carry Kent Jabez Jenkins, Republi-
can, was elected assessor of North Muir
derkill hundred, one of the heaviest Re
publican hundreds In the state. Almost
immediately after the election Mr..
Jenkins was taken sick and has been
unable TO attend to any outside duties
since. Last spring committee of the
Levy Court went down to his home, near
Camden, and administered the Official
oath to him, but up to date the taking
Of that oath has been shout the only
official thing Mr. Jenkins has DONE
Being unable to make the assessment
himself he deputized Hezekiah Cullen,
another Republican, to do it, and the
latter even sat on appeal days as assessor,
administering oaths, etc. Nothing was
said regarding the legality Of all this until
Wednesday afternoon when the list from
North Murderkill hundred was presented.
When one of the members of the Levy
Court objected to it and stated his rea
sons about as above, holding that the
deputizing of Cullen by Assessor jenkins
was illegal. In order that legal advice
might be had on the subject the entire
matter was postponed till next Tuesday,
when John r Nicholson, Esq, attorney
for the court, will give decision on the
subject The impression seems to be
general that the list will be thrown
out as Cullen who made the assessment
was in no way legally qualified to per-
form the work and the very heavy work
the Republican leaders have done in
North Murderkill has thus gone for
naughJ. If the list is thrown out, how
ever, the people of North Murderkill will
be given chance to qualify before the
Levy Court itself and they II do it, that you
can bet on-both parties--for the citizens
down there are hustlers and many of
both the Democratic and Republican
leaders own peach wagons and the entire
hundred will be hauled up here to court.
The State Board of Education met here
yesterday, or rather it was scheduled tC
meet but only three members of il came
to time, Superintendents Handy and Bessy
and Secretary of State Salisbury. DR..
Raub and Superintendent Ward Of Sus-
sex were absent
The object of this meeting was TO set
tie a dispute down in Sussex county
where districts 775 aud 10 have been ii
turmoil ever since the the 1877 district
ing Numerous petitions have been sem
to the Board of Education to re-arrang,
the lines of these two districts but th'
board has not yet been able to decide tn,
matter, mainly because Superintendent
Ward in whose jurisdiction the district
is. will not come to time. The meeting
yesterday was adjourned till March 2;
next.
The colored teachers Of the state ar
here in force attending their annual in
stitute and they have Erst-class one a
far as numbers aud the ability of tn
papers presented are concerned. DI
Raub, Professors Handy and Besse
and Professor Gooding of tn,
Conference Academy, Principal Carol
Of the Dover public schools and othe
white instructors are taking part in tn
proceedings. Each evening well pre-
pared program of entertainment is rem
dered at Whatcoat NJ. E. Church by tn
teachers.
A valuable stallion was stolen from i
front Of a house on Washington stree
Wednesday night but was recovere
yesterday. The horse belonged to William
Johnson of Leipsic.