Smyrna times., 1891-10-07
State and Maryland Items.

James Hanley pleaded guilty in the
New Castle Court to forging the name
of John w. Anderson to a check, and
was sentenced to $500 fine, one hour
in the pillOry, and three years i'm
prisOnment.
James Martin, of Wilmington, Md,
has been committed to Jail from Mid
dletown, for drunkenness and disor.
derly conduct. Martin arrived at
Middletown, on Tuesday, September
18th, and soon afterward got drunk.
He went to the railroad station and
terrified the men there by chasing them
about the station with an open razor,
which he handled in a threatening
manner.
Henry TOrbert, colored, who was
serving a term for larceny in Elkton,
Md, Jail, escaped at noon, September
80. lie had been taxed from the Jail
and put to work in a corn field, where
be was left alone while the men in
charge of him went to dinner, and he
concluded he would walk off. He is
an important witness in the DitmOre
murder case.
PASTORAL CALLs.-The Rev. W. G.
Rooms, who is completing a five years.
passionate at Wesley Church, has been
invited to become pastor of North East
nj. E. Church next conference year,
and also received a call from Madeley
Church. He has not answered either
as yet. Both calls were received
the same day, and were the first ex-
tended to Mr.. Rooms since he entered
the ministry six years ago. The Rev.
e. Z. Atkins, who is completing a two
years pastOrate at Madeley Church,
will become pastor of COnshohocken
M. II. Church next conference year.
The FIFTH AND LAST CHILD OF
The HAMMOND FAMILY DIES OF DIPH-
THERIA.-The fifth and last child of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hammond, of
StaytOnsville, whose sore afflictiOn has
been told in these columns, died at a
late hour on Monday night. Diphthe.
ria is the dread disease that has almost
wiped out of existence this family of
HammOnds, FIVE children having sue
cumbed to this malady inside of IL
days. The mother of the dead chill
dren is said 10 be i'll with same dis
ease. 1t is almost Impossible to induce
any one to enter the house, as the dis
ease IS in the most malignant form,
and the dwelling is virtually in quar-
antine. A few days ago the family
sent to Milford for a colored woman
to do some washing for them, and her
friends were at once notified by the
Board of Health not to allow her to
return for fear of spreading the dread
malady. 1t is stated that the woman
did not go to the house, but refused
when in sight of the place.
A Dover distillery manufactures 600
gallons of brandy per day.
AN HoNoRED DELAwAREAN.-W
nesday Third Assistant Secretary,
John B. Moore, of Delaware, retires
from Office in the department of state
to undertake the duties of professor OF
international law in Columbia College
New York.
Mr.. Moore has filled the position Of
third assistant secretary ever since Mr.
Bayard's accession to the Office of Sec.
rotary of State. He has taken a prom.
inent part in the Behring Sea negotia-
tions, and is the author of several
standard works on international law.
He was the literary executor of the
late DIR. Francis Wharton when he
held the position of solicitor to the
State Department, and completed the
valuable edition of that writer's last
great work.
The chair that Mr.. Moore is about Il
Gil has been newly established, and hi
will be its first occupant. He is a sol
of DIR. John A. Moore, of FELTON,.
Commissioner Henry c. Conrad, o
Wilmington, has reported adversely OF
the application of DR.. Geo, II. Cant
well for divorce from bis wife, Ami,
The Delaware P. E. Diocese has
Mexican Aid Association. Rev. Viii
liam b. Gordon, Delawarean, former
ly of Smyrna, is building a $22,OO'
church in the City of Mexico.
A. P. Crockett of Middletown, ha
what may be called a calf for she is no
old enough to be called a COW, which
at the age Of one year, one month, ant
twenty-four days, gave birth to a cal
which to all intents and purposes is a
good as the ordinary calf of a matur
COW. This case is one of a few on rec
ord.
A LOST FINGR A CLEW.-Howar,
Maharty and George Siberd were ar
rested Thursday for robbing the res
taurant of Frank A. Gardner. Sibert
left the third finger of his left hand il
the cash register, and this led to tn
capture in Wilmington.
POSTAL IMPROVEMENTS g We
dnring its entire history has there bee
such an increase ia the efficiency @
the postal service as in the past twelv
months, but it Is TO be made still bette
in the future. Republican ideas of ad
ministr0tion are to keep up a perpeI
ual striving toward perfection, and th
result, as shown by the official record
Is a constant Improvement in ever
branch of the Government.
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