Smyrna times., 1891-12-23
County and State Items.

pen City to kehOboth Bay.
The will of Miss Hannah Shipley, of
Wilmington, bequeaths 5000 to the Della
ware Hospital in Wilmington.
A young lady of Greenwood has Just
made herself famous by eating partridge
for breakfast each day for month.
Levi c. Bird, of Wilmington, has pur
chased the 2l7-acre farm of the late Thorn
as McIntire in Pencader hundred for 3d.
$40.
The journal of the last House is just
completed and is now being bound. 1t
makes volume of 1854 pages. 1t is the
largest journal ever published in the state.
While handling a cat ride at Newark,
Sunday, George Carl accidentally dis
charged the weapon, and now has the
bullet in his stomach lie may not recov-
er.
Wilmington police raided speakeasy
and gambling house Saturday night and
captured the proprietor, John Parker,
lot of whiskey and twelve dozen bottles Of
beer,
James L. Bacon and Miss Florence g.
WhitelOck, of New Castle, were united IN
marriage Thursday evening at the home OF
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James
ii. WhitelOek.
Cards are out announcing the wedding of
Mr. George ShrOm editor Of the Newport
Express, of Pennsylvania, to Miss Name
X. Jones, of Dover, on December 81, in the
Presbyterian Church.
While at work painting the inside of the
standpipe in Milford on Monday last two
men were overcome by heat and fumes OF
paint and had to be assisted to the open
air, which soon revived them.
Mrs. Thomas Foster of Dover, who was
accidentally burned about ten days ago,
died Sunday after terrible suffering, She
was about 80 years old and leaves a hus-
band, who is section boss ut the railroad,
and three children.
Numerous weddings are announced
throughout the State. Glendale is booked
for y, frankfort 70, Lewes ., Milford as
many more, while in Kent and New Castle
counties half hundred more are an
nOunced.
On Wednesday Senator Higgins pre-
sented to the Senate a petition of the State
Grange of Delaware, Patrons of Hus bandry
praying for certain amendments of the
Interstate commerce law, which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Interstate Com
merce.
Frank NJ. Gooding, farmer, living near
MiddletOwn, was seriously hurt on Friday
afternoon by the fall of a horse on which
he was riding. The horse slipped, and
fell on Gooding, breaking one OF It's legs
and dislOcating his shoulder The injuries
are considered dangerous.
Governor Reynolds has appointed E. r.
Cochran and j, I. Budd, Of MiddletOwn,
and DIR. w. p. Orr, of Lewes, to be COM
lnissiOners to confer with commissioners
from New Jersey and Pennsylvania in ref
erence to removing the quarantine station
near Chester to point below Fort Della
ware.
One of the most prominent citizens of
this county, Thomas B. COursey, OF Spring
Mills, celebrated his 85th birthday on
Wednesday. MIR. Coursey is hale and
hearty, and bids fair to live fer many years
yet. de is the active president of the Far
mers Institute of this county. We wish
him many returns of the day.
The Dover letter of the Morning Ne,Os
SAYS: 1T is said that the friends of the
Rev. DR.. Wilson have induced him to
enter suit against the Delaware City Ne1gs
editor for the alleged libellOus article pub
lished in that paper a few weeks since il
reference to the death of the Rev. L. o
Ayres.
The fruit brandy season in Delaware hai
closed for the season. the last still was reg
istered out of use on Monday of last week
In Delaware there were II stills for thu
manufacture of peach and apple brandy
ever made in the state. On the Peninsula
outside of the state there were 70 stills Il
operation.
For several days past, Mrs Lie5erman
who keeps q clothing store in Dover, ha
been missing articles from the ladie:
cloak ROOM Suspicion pointed to a negr
servant named Emma Donovan. On Sat
urday a search warrant was sworn out, an
six ladies coats and several other article
hor nd nj no
brOther-in-law' Both parties were bel
in 500 bail.
A Dover correspondent of a Whining
ton paper says: Nv. Z. Grifenburg, lat
captain of Company E, the renegade Re
publican who entered into a contract befOr
our last state election to deliver forty col
Ored votes to the Democrats, has decampe
to parts unknown, leaving Company +. t
mourn the loss of $40 and other creditor
various sums
Z. l. Dupont, deNemours d Co., .
Wilmington, have started to build 500,
600 powder plant on the property which
located on the Delaware river, two and
half miles below Pennsgrove.
Work has been commenced on tn
buildings, which will consist of a magazin
boiler house, pump house, dynamo house
and three-stOry dwelling house for tn
superintendent.
The new water-works for the town
Milford are completed. The feed pipe
were all connected aud the pump starte
at 4l5 o'clock last Tuesday Afternoon
Owing to the lateness of the hour test
the pump and pipes was postponed unit
Wednesday. On that day 1900 gallon
of water we're pumped, making pressu
of Is pounds to the square inch. I
Friday the pressure was increased to l:
pounds to the inch.
ROBBED A SMYRNA MAN. - EdwOC
Quinn, of No. 226 North Water tire
Philadelphia, a stevedOre employed by Il
Clyde line was arrested yesterday by sp
eial officer Redding, of the Fourth distri
charged with drugging John smith,
Smyrna, Del. and TObbing him Of s.
Smith positively identified the man as 1
one who drugged him. Quinn denied a
knowledge of the affair.-RecOrd.
The denial of Presiding Elder COrkran
Salisbury District, in having anything
do with the resolutions which Rev. w
r. McFarlane had against the late Rev.
q. Ayres, has called out Rev. B. G. WI
rem, now of Sheffield, Mass, to tell wi
Rev. Mr.. COrkran told him he had to
with them, that is, he wrote the pap
looks as If it would cause that gentleman
lot of explaining at Conference and ma
things lively in the Presiding Elder
generally.
WHEK THE DELAWARE JUDGES ST.
PED UPON THE BENCH .-Chief-Jus
Comegys is 70 years of age and has been
the bench since 1876, having succeeded
late Chief Justice Gilpin. Judge HOus
IA n years of age and has been on
bench since 1853. Judge Cullen il
wears of age and was appointed Aus
- 1890. Judge Grub is so years Of
and was appointed May Is, 1886. Oh
ceIIor Salisbury is II years Of age and
been on the bench since 1873.
THE DELAWARE SENATORs.-ln the
of Senate committees which were apo
ed Thursday, Senator Gray Is memOe
the following committees: To examine
several branches of civil services lot
relations; patents privileges and
lions select committee on quadro-cen
NAL. Senator Higgins is chairman OF
COMMITTEES on manufactures and men
Of the following: Coast defences DIS
of Columbia; privileges and elections.
FIRE AT FELToN.-The barn on A
B. Connors farm just south Of FELTON,,
destroyed by fire Sunday morning toge
with everything it contained except
stock and one farm wagon. The farm
the tenure of james Morris. All his q
prOvender, farm machinery, riding '
cle9. harness. were DESTROYED BY