Smyrna times., 1890-04-23


The Republican sheriaalty nomina-
I'on contest in New Castle County Is
assuming factional phase. The Hic-
gins men are determined TO nominate
flerce Gould, but William Simmons
mas few friends who think thew have
say IN the matter, and they are go
ing TO nominate Simmons if it is Sin
the wood" and they think it is.
A man named Wicks, of Harrington.
ate large shad and a loaf of bread
and drank four cups of coffee for his
supper, and shortly afterward. on a
wager, ate pie, seven oranges. four
bananas, half-pound candy, half-pound
raisins,, haifpound figs, six apples.
eocoanut, and washed this down with
tour glasses of water. He is the cham.
pion eater of that section.
NO FRUIT TO BE SOLD ON TRAINs.-
During the present month passengers
on the Pennsylvania railroad system
nave noticed that the agents of the
Union News Company have ceased to
60 through the cars placing books and
Illustrated papers in passengers laps
aeu IN few minutes come back and
collect them. The change is greatly
appreciated by passengers.
The Democrats of New Castle County
will nominate their candidates for
county oticers-Sheriff and Coroner
on the second Saturday in June. which
Will be the 14th and as the time an
prOaehes, the various aspirants are
exertlng themselves to their utmost
The amount of electinneering is i'm.
mense, hardly man within the county
limits, we venture to say. bnt
what has been solicited for his sup
port.
Two rather singular accidents have
occurred in FELTON,. The other night while
;. ID. Roe was attending a meeting of
the town commissioners, Mrs. Roe laid
down ON the sofa TO await his coming.
Having fallen asleep. when he rang
the door bell she awOke and on at
tempting to get up stumbled and fell.
dislOeating one of her shoulders. The
other was that of II. J. Boulden. pre-
| prletOr of one of our hotels, who on
Sunday evening made a big sneeze and
broke one of his ribs loose.
As the peach crop is failure this
| year, and the farmers are casting about
for some profitable crop to grow. NAV
we not ask why not try some tobacco.
Ii has been grown here in Delaware.
as may be found from Acreius' His
tory of New Sweden, (Delaware) Ferns
and Nincept's History of Delaware;
but was it profitable We are unable
to say. Can any of our farmers who
have grown it, give us any information
about it? From reports of an expert
mental Station, on two thirds of an
acre $50 pounds of cured tobacco were
raised, which was sold at seventeen
cents per pound, making $144.5 as the
total receipts. The cost of raising and
curing it was S52.34, leaving a net
profit of $92.16 from two-thirds of an
acre.-MiLfOrd Chronicle.
We are not surprised to read the fol-
lowing in a Wilmington paper, afte I
the strange transactions of the coroner
of New Castle County in the cases OF
Joseph Colt and Alex. Barnard over
whom he held inquest some time ago
Here is an instance of the way Cor
Oner Gamble reforms money into his
pockets at the expense of the tax pay
ers of the county. In June last a traV-
elling peddler owning a horse and car.
riage, died suddenly in the vicinity o.
Kirk wood. The Coroner being mott.
fed held an inquest which cost thC
county Just $50. The remains of the
peddler were tumbled into pine box
and trundled of to Potter's field anC
buried. The horse, harness, and wagon
a week later, sold at auction for $50. so
Instead of applying the proceeds tt
giving the man a decent burial anG
saving the county the expense, where
did it go? 1t did not go where i
should have gone anyhow.
A NUMBER OF PERSONS ARRESTED
FOR ILLEGAL SELLING.-On SATURDAY
morning the Wilmington Police De
partment, with the assistance Of tive
= Philadelphia detectives, succeeded il
making a wholesale arrest of persons
selling liquor illegally and on Sundays
} The following saloon keepers were ar
rested and each released on bail Man
uel Richenberger, Bourden & Co., Uni
ted States Hotel James Thornton
f Michael r. Bakey, Hot Potato Hen
ry Kienle, Margaret Bacon, Jane
Brown, Bulls Head Hotel Neher 1
Greiner, Philip Deery, Henry E. Pusey
Charles T. Waltber, Mary E. Rey
nOlds.
g Ella Lee, the proprietress of tn
; house of ill-fame at No. 115 West eleN
,. euth street, and Ada Winters, the pro
2 prietress of similar house at No. II
2 Shipley street, were also arrested 70
selling liquor without license.
Sunday morning Andrew Bush an
a Alexander Wellington were arreste
on warrants for selling liquor on SUI
II day and without state lice nse.