Smyrna times., 1892-01-06

Saws the Milford Chronicle: Z" A
practical Joker made it lively for Chas
Abbott last Sunday night. He was
calling on a lady friend and her broth
ers gave him bad scare by buckling
his reins to the names instead OF the
bride. He started home in the finest
frame of mind that ever left fair maid,
but soon his JOY was turned to sorrow
by his horse becoming unmanageable
and finally falling. By the aid of the
fair gill and her parents his troubles
were adjusted and he reached Milford
in time to open store Monday morning.
CHOPPED OFF BENsON's HEAD
Detective McVey went to Delaware
City on Saturday, and arrested George
Henry HUT, Juda HUT, his wife, and
James Johnson, all cOlOred, on suspic-
ion of having some knowledge of the
murder of Noah Benson, the negro
whose headless body was found in the
canal there on December g.
A knife and razor with blood on
them were also found. 1t was sup
posed that they were used to hack off
Benson's head, which has never been
found. On Thursday, McVey, it is
said, found bundle of bloody clothes
at the Hutts, and turned them over to
the Attorney general.
THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.-TO
settle with the State Treasurer and
! Auditor of Accounts, meets on the 18th
inst. The report of ex-AuditOr Boyce
is not issued yet. Auditor Dulaney
will get his report out first from pres
| ent appearances.
The clerks of the Legislature will
be granted their allowances of 5000
each for experimenting the printing of
their journals, which have just been
issued. The House journal cost to
print about $1,750, and the Senate
! journal about 81 200.
The Insurance Report cost 81 600 to
print aud the Insurance Commissioner
received $500 for experimenting. The
laws cost So, POO to print. They nave
been out some time.
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS IA Y 5
the Middletown Transcript "A rail
road commission is what the State OF
Delaware needs above all other things.
A bill which would have answered the
purpose very we'll was introduced into
the House of Representatives by
Representative Higgins during the
last session of the legislature, but
through the influence of the railroad
attorneys, it was killed. The three
commissioners provided for by that
bill would really have acted as only
arbitrator, but a commission with
even that power would have been
better than none.
The next session of the Legislature
will accomplish some of the work thai
should have been done during the las
session, but there is serious danger il
delay, both for the people and the rail
road. In Kansas similar condition:
existed before the erection of com
mission. Their three commissioner
have power to regulate freight anC
passenger rates and to compel tht
various companies to keep their road
i'm good condition, and they have
general oversight of all matters whicl
so up to make a good service.
Mayor Stansbury j. Wiley, at tn
meeting Of the Board of Police Com
missioners, threatened to strike Com
missioner Lawson in the teeth Thurs
day.
The Board is composed of two Re
, publicans and one Democrat, tn
mayor and Charles H. Jester beini
the Republicans and John w. Lawso
the Democrat. The latter has no low
for Mr.. Jester.
That night the matter of remOvin
the patrol station to Mr.. TESTERS stabl
came up for final consideration, AM
the Mayor and Mr.. Jester voted in tn
affirmative, while Commissioner Lawso
voted no, remarking that he supposed
the patrOlmen would be boarded ther
the next thing. Mayor Wiley sal
that he intended to stop such reheC
tions about Mr.. Jester, adding that
the remark - been directed at hiu
he would mash Mr.. LawsOn's teeth.
Suppose you come down stairs an
try it," said Lawson.
II will do it right in the meetir
room, if you repeat to me the insinu
: ton"
: Commissioner Jester interposed al
Il prevented blows.