Smyrna times., 1892-04-20

Rev. T. H. Johnson. They showed
their appreciation of mis- Jealous efforts
by increasing his salary to 81, ,130 per
annum. The District Preachers Meet
will be held in June at Laurel, Del.
W. H. Thomas, w. J. Moore, ]. A.
Scott will prepare programme of ex-
ercises.
REPUBLICAN OFFICERS IN SUSSEX
REMOvED.-At a meeting of the Levy |
Court of Sussex county held on Tues
day Charles B. Elry, the Democratic
member appointed to succeed Hamil-
ton B. Owens, Republican, deceased, |
was sworn in and the Democratic mem
bers having secured a majority of the |
court, re-Organized it by removing G. |
T. Pepper, the Republican chairman,
and electing Samuel G. Fisher, Demo- |
crat, of Cedar Creek hundred, in his |
place. The seven members of the |
court voting together adopted a resO
luton removing J. Francis Bacon, the
Republican attorney of the court and |
afterward elected r. G. White, Demo-
crat, in his place.
EXPERIMENTS AT TNEwARK.-Ag great
many interesting tests are being made
in the experimental plot of 81 acres at
tached to the Newark Agricultural
Experiment station. The space is
almost wholly occupied by planting of
grapes, strawberries, tomatoes and
peach trees, foreign and domestic, be.
sides other vegetables and fruits.
These tests are mostly of the varieties
of these different plants, and to this end
there planted 100 varieties of grapes,
few of which will bear this year; AZ
varieties of tomatoes (6 plants of each
| kind); So varieties of strawberries in
bearing this year; 81 varieties of Della
ware peach trees and 73 varieties of
! Tasmania, Australia peach trees,
which were specially imported by the
station and planted here in the fall of
1890, the same being quite free of any
tendency toward the yellows' disease.
| Although the trees did not arrive here
in very healthy condition after their
six months journey, they have now
recovered and are doing very well and
as yet show no local influence.
FORTY HEIRS FOR FIFTY ONE ACRES
OF LANDIN APPOQUINIMINK HUNDRED.
The Orphans Court met at Whining
ton, Saturday, Judge Grubb presiding
Nathaniel w. Davis presented a petit
! tiOn for partition of the residue of the
estate of David Hall, who died in APP
pOquinimink hundred in 1888. This is
petition for partition of the widows
dover in the farm owned by Hall at
the time of his death. 1t was presented
in the name of Samuel McClary, Jr.,
who owns one half of the premises to
be divided.
The extraordinary feature is that
there are about forty heirs for the
other half of all ages and sizes living in
Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland
and Florida. Those farthest removed
will not get more than 81 piece. The
dover land of 81 acres had to be
divided into IA. ll2 shares in order to
appOrtiOn it among the several heirs.
The petition for its length, number of
heirs and shares, has never been
equalled in Orphans Court of this
county.
Judge Grubb granted the petition
and appointed George NJ. d. Hart,
Colin l. Ferguson, Thomas LattCmus,
William II. Money and James H. Tay-
lor tO'divide or appraise the land.
The NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL WINS
THE COATES NON-SUPPORT CASE FOR
THE STATE.-State VS.. J. Harry Coates
for desertiOn of his wife, Lelie w.
Coates, (FarrOw) occupied the atten-
ton of the Court of General Sessions
since Monday to Thursday last, and
attracted large numbers to hear the
evidence; which has been of a very
sensational nature.
The defendent was ably defended by
C. F. Richards and G. M. Cullen Esqs.
AttOrney-General Nicholson for the
state acquitted himself most Oreditably
and gained an important official vic
tory, the court deciding at o'clock
on Thursday afternoon that the defend
ent shall give bond for $500, cOndi.
toned for the payment to the plaintiff
of 81 per week for her support, and to
pay costs amounting to about $500.
. The sympathies of the people have
} been from the beginning, strongly on
the side of the fair young bride, who
J brought the suit. FhG marriage took
place last August, the ceremony being
performed by Rev. X. G. Jones, of Sea.
ford, who is now demented. The
. young man, Coates. denied the mar.
) riage, hence the case, which is the first
|, of the kind ever heard in the court o
Sussex county. She is now in Dover
n BRANCH II. GILES APPOINTED DEP
e UTY ATTORNEY GENERAL.-Saturday
! Attorney -Gener0l Nicholson appointed
!. Branch II. Giles, lawyer of Whining
ton to be deputy-attOrney general, vic
Thomas Davis term expired. Tb'
y salary is $500 and the term is fou
h years. He will begin his duty at tn
- May term of the New Castle county
d Court. Until that time Mr.. Davi
l. will assist the attOrney-general.
+, The fight for the place has beel
). very spirited. The three candidate
8. were Branch Giles, Peter L. Cooper
n, Jr., and ex-City Solicitor William I
d Lyman. Mr.. Cooper will probably b
l. the most disappointed man in the lOt
" Before the appointment was made MI
Il Nicholson went to him and promises
% him the place if he received the al
torney-Generalship. So much opposi
tiOn was manifested that Mr.. Coope
=, went to him and released him from hi
- promise in order that he might so
- that he was not pledged. It was re
"a lease with string to it, and he ex
y. pected the appointment after Mr.. Mich
~ olson was appointed. But the strin
n. was snapped by attorney general Mich
x olsOn's conscientious scruples agains
70 playing any such scheme on his frienC
~ Mr.. Giles bad the support Of New Ca
- tie county. Cooper and Lyman ha
- :, very good support.
-, Branch H. Giles was born at Laure
!; Sussex county, on Nov. %, 1866, bein
= =. 25 years old. He is the son of Thomi
iS B., and Hattie E. Giles. His boyhoC
,s' days were spent near Seaford. At Il
~ age of IS he went to Lafayette Colleg
W He graduated with honors in 1888, al
entered the law office of Senat
oI George Gray, having previously req
" tered. He was admitted to the bar
- New Castle county during the SepteI
o. Der term 1890 He is unm arried.
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