Smyrna times., 1891-02-25

brlBue
ensuing season.
n, Vim. B. Croft, of Odessa, claims
% Laye cure for peach yellOws. H..
Uni make it known in September.
Why not befOreY
n Ross of SeafOrd, brother and
,nor of Senator William II. Ross,
Z living in critical condition, the
Iosnit Of an attack OF typhoid fever.
,f,lford freehOlders will decide to-
--nw whether or not to bond the
to%a in $4,000 for the establishment
" water. works and an electric light
plant.
Two fourth-class pOstmasters were
onnointed for this state Thursday, as
SIIows: Holly Oak, F. q. Pierce E,
Bowers' Beach, Kent county, q. H.
Short
Fity.fve fruit growers sent down
nerition from New Casle county,
"sFing that their county be exempted
from the provisions of the peach yell
lows law.
Taxables who have not paid their
Doll taxes have only another week to
nav in rs the delinquent lists will be
returned to the Levy Court on Tues
day, March 3.
New Castles citizens, in a public
meeting Friday night, decided that
tbey did not care to bond their town
for $4,000 for the purpose of improv-
ing their town.
DIR. W. G. A. Bonwill will deliver
lecture tomorrow evening in Dover,
in aid Of the Dover library. His sub
iect will be The Falllacy of Darwin's
Theory of Evolution"
The secOAd track of the Delaware
railroad from Clayton to Dover, will
soon be completed and then It will
be practically double line track from
Wilmington to Dover, AZ miles.
About twelve inches of rain has fall
len in this part of Delaware since the
first q: January. All low lands are
under water, aud the springs have not
been so nigh as they now are, since the
wet season of 1889
Rev. Daniel Green of Newport, has
been elected Commissioner OF the
Grand Army of the Republic for the
Department of Delaware, receiving
seveuty-6ve votes TO seventy four for
William +. Hopkins, of Milford.
Residents of Wilmington are alarmed
at the many recent burglaries. The
thieves have not made any large hauls
but their combined stealIngs will make
large aggregate. The police are alert
but apparently pnwerless. as no ar
rests have been madt.
The BredktOdter Light plant, con
sisting Ct Campbell press, model" job
press, type, fixtures. &C. were sold by
Sheriff A. B. Robinson, on Wednesday
afternoon. The purchaser was W.
NJ Jefferson, the tnoIur of his pur-
chase being about $3.50
The Fruit Exraangr Of this state
held meeting ia wyoming last week,
and adopted resolution looking to-
ward the reduction of freight rates on
fruit shipped from this state. The
members of this exchange undOubt-
edly represent the wishes of the fruit
growers of this peninsula.
The attacks upon DR.. A. n. Raub,
President of the State Board of Educa-
Ito .. in the Morning NelCs, are unjust
TO al honorable man who has the sub
lect of education at heart. and who is
hbOring in season and out of season
for an advanced education for the
people of Delaware. Delau0Gredn.
The Delaware City News intimates
that Mr.. Max Ans, the millionaire
sturgeon dealer of New York, is en-
deavOring to form a combination to
lower. the price of Delaware river cav
iare. Fishermen can break such a
combination by preparing their own
caviare for market. The Oregon cav
iare story in our opinion is all myth.
GREAT INDUCEMENT-IfyOur eyes
are failing do not neglect them hut
call at once on Prof. We'll. 305 Market
street, Wilmington, Del. and haI Q
them examined free. If you wish to
purchase Gold Spectacles or eye glass
es for holiday gifts, examine our stock
the largest aud cheapest line of optical
goods on the Peninsula, prices reduced
Tor the holidays. Glasses exchanged.
hnOt suitable, free of charge.
The Levy Court of New Castle
county, is stirring up the road commits
sloners in an unusually lively manner,
~ requiring them to render their ac-
counts for audit at the February ses-
son as the law requires, something
tney have not been required hereto
lore to do. II has generally been put
on until the last of April. The pres
e1t Levy Court being guided by the
adVice of one of tie hest attorneys be-
longing to the bar of New Castle cOun-
y, have thought it best to strictly fol.
low out the injunctiOns of the digest.
always pays TO be law-abiding.
Mrs. Sarah K. Mowtray has the dis
Junction Of being the first divorce oil
tnls General Assembly. The House
Dill TO annul her marriage with Fred.
erlck NJ. MOwbray went through the
senate Wednesday afternoon, after a
spirited debate of Is minutes, by a
vote of TO 2. Messrs. Hall and Pilline
voting in the negative. The cause
was drunkenness and brutal treat
ment.
Bishop Coleman has written letter
70 the Morning NeOs in which he
tnanked the two Senators for
Nhelr opposition to the measure,
and opposing divorces.
PRIVATE EXECUTION Sim
mons In the approaching execution o.
Shakespeare Reeves, at New Castle, il
determined to conform 70 the law and
permit none to witness IL but tbos'
whom the law designaies. This is {
eIeditable conclusion on the part o
.he sheriff. Instead of pandering e
the morbid tastes and curiosity Of thu
public. be prefers to avoid the disgrac'
mat attended the late execution Of TIVE
negros At Dover.
The eommendation Of the court wa
Ssstowed upon Sheriff Simmons, TO
US determination TO make the execu
son OF Shakespeare Reeves on mex
Ilosy week, as private as the require
@en1s Of the law will permit.
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