Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1891-10-14


Republican and &. X. Weston, late of
The Philadelphia Times succeeds him.
Seventeen conversions are reported
from Brandywine M. +. Church at the
end of 3 weeks of special meetings,
which will be continued the pres
ent week. --
George P. Knight, near Dover, has
built large silO and put away 100
TONS of ensilage. He keeps a large
herd of cows and makes Il large guam
uIy of butter.
Colored Rev. Mr.. Reese. of near
loves Cross Roads, Sussex county,
beat and scaded his wife and drove
her from her home. Jealousy was
the cause of it.
The Judges of the Delaware courts
may now take short maps more fire.
ouently than ever, since they have an
official stenOgrapher to note what Is
being said.-MiJOrd Neics.
4 HORSE WITH DIPHTHERIA.-GeO.
Law of SilverbrOok, u nominal suburb
of Wilmington, has u horse i'll with
dptheria. IL is being given human
medicine, and yellow flag floats from
the stable.
the sweet potato crop is now being |
harvested. In the vicinity of Milford |
tnr acreage is unusually largs and the !
Yield Is good Buyers are offering 20 |
c-uts per basket at the station for ship |
mcnt.
The engagement Ul DE- EOe Holland |
Of DagsbOrO, aud Miss BERTHE NIckers, |
of Frankfort, is announced. The
Wedding will take place in the M. Z.
Church at FrankfOrd, Wednesday ev.
ening Oct. %.
Cards are out announcing the mar
riase of Wilson T. HObsOn. formerly of
Dover, now a bookkeeper ut Wanna
amaker's, and Miss Elizabeth COlvin,
at the residence of the brides mother,
in Philadelphia, on Tuesday evening,
October Goth.
At the residence of the brides father
Jos. H. Sheppard, at Rising Sun, on
Thursday evening, Oct. l, Miss Lizzie
Sheppard, and Edwin F. Brown We're
married in the presence of u large
number of relatives and friends by
Rev. J. f. Bryan.
Fifty dollars and costs was what
William R. Garrett paid in Whining
tou for attempting to rescue Geo. W.
Teasel from PatrOlman Manion. Tea
sell who was arrested for assault, was
fined SO and costs for resistance.
NEARLY ESCAPED FROM JAIL.-A
score of tramps nearly dug their way
90 liberty from New Castle Jail Mon
day through an eighteen-inch stone
wall when Sheriff Simmons and War
den Tucker stopped the operations.
While the people Of Maryland, Penn
sylvania, New York, Ohio, Massachu-
setts and other states are now engaged
in fierce political contests, the citizens
Of Delaware have no political battles
to vex them aud can look upon their
warning neighbOrs with calm content.
DELAWARE GAME PROTECTIVE AssO-
CIATION.--The annual meeting of the
Delaware Game Protective Association
will be held at Clayton on Thursday,
Oct. 10. Much busin ess of importance
will be transacted and officers for the
ensuing year will be elected.
Contractor Shannehan, who is boring
the artesian wells for the new water
works at Milford, has completed one
which is $50 feet deep and flows 10
gallons per minute, or with the pump
attached will furnish 70 gallons in the
same length of time. Two more wells
will be sunk.
The Delaware Grand Lodge, A. F
A. NJ, in annual session elected these
officers Grand WOrshipful Master,
Nathaniel F. Wilds, Smyrna; Deputy
Master Benjamin A. Groves, Newark
Senior Warden, Eugene Massey, vii.
mingtOn; Junior Warden, r. Irving
Finn, Newport; Secretary, William
s. Hayes. Wilmington Treasurer, W
Stuart Almond, Wilmington.
The contracts with the johnson
Bros. for the purchase of the presen
electric light plant at Milford, has beef
closed, and they were also awarded
the contract for the enlargement of tn
present plant by the addition Of
larger building, a brick smOkestacl
65 feet in height, an engine, boiler,
dynamOes and a pump.
The summary Of statistics OF educl
ton, given by the Census bulletin NJ
IL, gives an average enrolment
pupils in the schools of Delaware {
34,271 f; of these 81, 434 are in the pull
lie schools / 1925 in the private schOO
and III are in the paFOchial schools
The increase in the enrolment j
10 years is 5,O22.
JOHN K. COLvIN In CUsTODY.-D'
tective McVey arrived in WilminRtO
yesterday frOmOm Chicago, with Job
K. COlVin Of the Windy City as pri
ORer. COlvin Is charged by Fran
Thomas, of Wyoming, Del, with secu
ing two carloads of peaches from hi
some time ago under false pretence
aud disposing of them in the west.
Aubrey Vandever, Deputy Graz
Sachem, installed the following office
ofShawnee Tribe, No. q, IO.R. n
last Friday night: Prophet, J. Il. CleI
ents s. s., ]. W. Ennis; J. s., JOl
A. Heinold c. of r., r. Y. Wallen
OF W., W. d. Gray; SanOps. Geo.
Allen, A. Sevil; Warriors, 7 b. Fl
harty, Jas. T. Wright, Jos. Wenda
samuel Pindar Braves, VIM. Dickso
4. B. Wright, q. Of W., ]. H. Jone
" OF F., J. B. Hackett.
DEATH OF PROMINENT YOU
MAN.-JOhn ]. Simpson, assista
teacher Of the public schools at Tow
send, died Friday of typhoid few
after an illness of about three wee
mr.. Simpson was q very popul
young man and an active member
we M. f. Church. He was the OF
support Of a widowed mother and
yer. He was an ardent student, a
was preparing himself for college
study for the ministry. He was b
eu on Sunday afternoon in the Tow
seua NJ. Z. Cemetery. Many pers'
ourn MS death, aud the family ha
Sse sympathy of the whole communi
neE >. N. Morgan says he was you
an OF great promise.
MARKET TRAINs.-The consumI
noe OF the plan to run q mar
.a. va. to Philadelphia twice a we
i doubtless be effected in a
The financial benefit of
to the farmers of Delaware
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