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Smyrna times., 1892-09-28
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The registrars closed their work on
Saturday, 7S names for the Eastern,
and Ill for the Western district, max
ing the total for the four Saturdays
for Duck Creek Hundred 936 names.
THE number of votes cast at the last
election was S99. But the registration
of voters did not cease on Saturday.
The latter will still have three more
Saturdays in October upon which they
can get assessed, but instead of having
one registrar to appear before they
will have board of registration com
posed of three persons, all of whom
must not be of the same political
party.
This board of registration will sit as
the law says: From o'clock A. NJ,
until 6 o'clock P. M, with an intermis-
sion from II till l, on the three Satur-
days imm ediately preceding the Sat
urday next before the election, at the
place where the following general
election will be held, or at some CON
venient and suitable place in the town
or village in which such election will
be held"
AS the election will be held on Tues
day, the 8th of November, the Saturday
next preceding the election will be
November 5th, upon which day the
board will not meet. The days there
fore for the meeting of the board will
be October 18th, 22nd and 29th.
The board Ofregistration is composed
| of registrar, who is to be the presid-
ing officer, the inspector of the district
and the judge of the district, who
shall not be of the same political party
as the registrar.
Thus, in districts where the Republi-
cans have elected their inspector, the
| board will stand one Democrat to two
Republicans, and in districts where
the Democrats have elected the inspec
tor the board will stand two Demo
Gratis to one Republican. The duties
of the board of registration as the
law says: "TO enter upon the said
registers the names of all persons an
plying to be registered, who have
omitted to make such application be.
fore the registrar when sitting alone
and also the names of all persons who
may have applied to the said registrar
but whose names were not entered bv
him as required by the act"
Furthermore, the law SAYS that: cit
shall be the farther duty of the said
board to correct on the registers any
mistakes which may have been made
by the registrars in any entry therein.
either as to the name or as to any
other statement of fact; provided.
however, that no correction shall be
made upon the registers except upon
the personal or written application of
the person in relation to whom such
correction is made or after written
notice to him"
The powers of the board of registra.
tlon are the same as those of the reg
lstrars IN new applications for regis
tratiOn.
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28
Calef Sisters.

Calef Comedy Compauy-This excel
lent company opened Il weeks engage
ment at the Academy of Music last
night before a large and appreciative
audience. The opening play was the
Little Detective" made famous
throughout this country by Lolita.
Miss Lillian Calef assumed six differ
ent characters, in all of which she was
clever. Her singing and her dancing
met with much favor. Harry T.
Leonard as "LOdOvic," the German
sharper, kept the audience in roar of
laughter, his singing specially being
repeatedly demanded by the audience.
Miss Gertrude Calef as Ina, Miss Grace
Calef as Stella, Richard Cation as
Barry, and Miss Lizzie Kitchel as
Madame RitzdOrf, each filled the part
assigned to the satisfaction of all.
VIM. Breen did a piece of character
acting in the tough, "Handcliff.
A striking feature of the entertain
ment was the piano, "The Battle of
Manassas" by Miss Gertrude Calef, in
a manner that equalled Blind Tom 8
best rendition of that difficult compo.
sition.
In all it was an entertainment that
deserves the support of lovers of fun.
Hare de Grace Daily NelvS, Sept.
20.
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28
The State Fair.

Though not up to former years in mum
bers the State Fair at Dover but for the
general condemnation of the gambling
devices that predominated as never
before, would have been pronounced a
reasonable success Notwithstanding
the rain of both Thursday and Friday
mornings:
The Ladies' Building had larger
number of exhibits than for several
years. The items Of bread and cake
were especially numerous, while the
canned fruits, pickles, preserves, etc.,
crowded the shelves set apart for
them. There were a large number OF
silk quilts and other articles of fancy
needle-work, and the display of plants
and art flowers was large and attrsc.
tive.
The Cereal Building space was
mostly occupied and was splendid
throughout. The centre of attraction
was the exhibit of VIM. Lea & Sons
where attendants were kept constantly
busy making biscuits and cakes, which
were buttered and distributed free TO
the multitude. The cakes were made
of the firms prepared corn meal, and
the biscuits of Lea's Best -four. II. A.
Black of Dover had an exhibit of Cort-
rights metal roofing, made of Ameri-
can tin, for which he is agent. The
exhibits Of Yates & Co., c. J. Hoppe
and North & Co. received a good deal
of attention. The display of fruits,
grains and vegetables was excellent,
both in quality and quantity, and some
of it will be carried to the Worlds
Fair.
In the Cattle Department were some
fine herds of Jerseys, Holateins and
Durhams, while the exhibit of sheen
was larger than usual. The Ponltrp
building was we'll filed.
The machinery exhibits of Geo w
Baker, Stevenson & Slaughter. and
Danner Bros, comprised most Of the
new labor-saying implements for the
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28

IT looks as if the State Fair at Dover
had been turned into school to teach
gambling. 1t was the chief and most
prominent feature to engage and at
tract the crowd which assembled there
at least the gamblers, some two dozen
in number, had larger audiences than
anything on the ground except the
races. The cereal exhibition that was
one Of great merit for the season,
would seldom have more than dozen
persons at a time examining the prod
ucts, while the gambling tables would
each be surrounded by from one to
three dozen people, a large number OF
them boys and young men, and in
some cases women. The temptation
to win money without working for it,
coupled with curiosity as to results,
amounts to a ruling passion with
scores of people, and it ill becomes
the projectors of agricultural
fairs to foster those things which cor
rupt the mind and debase the morals
of the young. The verdict of the peo-
pie will be and now is, that when fairs
cannot be run without being schools
for vice, the people at large are better
off without them.
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28
Publications.

The Century announces the imme.
date publication of series of imDor.
tart letters which passed between Gen.
eraI W. l. Sherman and his brother
senator John Sherman, giving an in.
SIDE view OF certain interesting periods
ana events in American history. and
marked by a candor and vigor of ex.
preston characteristic of their distin-
gulshed authors. The letters are
printed by arrangement with Senator
Sherman and the heirs of General
sherman, and with notes bv Mrs
Rachel Sherman ThOrndike, the Gen.
erals daughter.
The October number of Scyibner,s
Magazine, begins group of articles on
The Worlds Fair at Chicago" with a
picturesque description by H. c. Bun
ner' OF The Making of the White
Clty." Mr.. Bunner looks with appre.
cation and surprise on the wonderful
transformation which year has made
In the waste and desolate sandy plain
whlch mas now become the "site of
such group of buildings as has never
before been assembled for such a Dur.
pose, on such scale, within such a
time, and in such condition. A
series OF illustrations by w. T Smed.
icy illustrates this striking transforma.
tion.
Harpers Magazine for October appears
Tor the first time without the Easy
Chair. An Easy Chair there is hut if
ls.nOt Mr., Curtis's; and even the deli.
cate hesitation expressed in its opening
sentence fails to reconcile the reader Ia
the TACT that the occupant of the chair
Is a newcomer. The magazine oDens
with a well written and charminqlv
Illustrated description of the town OF
81, Dle IN Lorraine, whence issued, in
ioOI, Waldseemullers CosmO0raphig
intrOductto, which gave the name
america to this Columbian hemis.
pnere to which fact is due the name
OF the article, THE Baptismal Font of
America" Prof. DR.. S. Ruge contrib.
utes short account of Columbus
illustrated by reproduction of Re.
Mains map, copied from Toscapeli's
used. law
Our Little Men and Women" for
october Is as winsOme as ever Wher.
ever this little Juvenile goes, its mis-.
sion is to shed brightness and bring
good cheer. Its pictures, stories and
verse TINS month are all about what
Ooys and girls like, what boys and
sirls are eager to know. The monkey
story the studio dolls and a bov and a
glrl, with the nutting time, peach time.
oerrylng time and all sorts of GOOD
times will gladden. the heart of eyerv
man ana woman and make study time
ana play time happier. D. Lothron
company, publishers. Boston.
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28

SAYS an exchange: "The present
generation has probably never seen a
Presidential campaign which, at the
present stage, showed so little enthusi-
asm and outward demonstration as this
one has. Yet every one who keeps his
ears open knows that the people are
taking a profound interest in the ques-
tions at issue. There is really no
necessity of the waste of energy and
money that usually characterize our
political campaigns. The blare of
trumpets and the fame of torches and
the lurid eloquence of the campaign
orator change few votes. In the last
few weeks of the canvass these things
are useful in helping to secure the or
ganization that is necessary to get out
the vote, but it is of no advantage to
spread them over six months of the
year, with the interruption of all or
dinary business that inevitably results.
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28

THE remark of Mr.. Bayard, at that
time Senator of this State, made in a
public address when he was opposing
with his utmost energy an antagonistic
measure of the opposition, that a bad
measure was certain to return and
plague the party that had profted by
it," is having fair illustration in some
of the Southern States. How elections
were conducted down there, lin a much
more open and defiant repression of
individual suffrage than under
the assessment law '73 in this state)
is apparent in the declarations of the
Peoples Party in their address to the
the people of the United States where
they say SERIOUS danger is threaten
ing free ballot and a fair count"
Bad methods set on foot by yunprincipled
men are threatening the purity of the
ballot in the Northern as we'll as the
Southern States. The people, who
seem in sympathy yet with the efforts
of the leaders for success at any price,
must eventually awake to the dangers
threatening the will of the people in
the exercise of the ballot, and rebel
against both the methods and the men.
Such is the effect now, in portions of
the South, notably, Alabama. On the
10th instant in that State a large con-
ventiOn was held at Lake y.ea Park of
men who had been aroused by the
ballot methods in vogue, and who
were in rebellion against them. The
state of feeling is thus described in a
letter from Birmingham, Ala, to a
New York paper:
''The Age-Herald," though a strong
supporter of the Jones Democracy and
an outspoken opponent of the Jeffer-
sonian party, admitted yesterday that
the convention was one of the most
notable ever held in Alabama, both in
point of numbers and of representative
character. To-day, returning to the
same topic, it says in its leading edi.
torlal: The Third party convention
has completed its work and the dele
gates have gone home. 1t was the
most interesting political convention
held in Alabama in many years. In
numbers, in spirit, in enthusiasm, il
was extraordinary. Nearly all the
delegates were farmers. FouF-6fths oi
them were men who have never voted
any other than a Democratic ticket
Yet they came to Birmingham as mem.
bers of a convention directly and un-
qualifedly opposed to the Democratic
party. It is worse than foolish to say
that the crowd was small and there
was little enthusiasm. That is mol
true and the world knows it is not
The convention was unwise, untipely
and absolutely un-Democratic in q
party sense. But it was big and it wa
enthusiastic. These are the facts, and
we have got to make the best of the
situation"
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28

]. s. Harris, of Still Pond, who is
one of the few Kent growers who had
any peaches, reports very low prices
the past week. He has fair crop of
Salways on his home farm-300 trees
yielding him 1400 baskets. Prices in
the city last week on one day were
down as low as 40 to so cents a basket
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28

Mr.. CLEvELAND's letter accepting
the Democratic nomination for Presi-
dent of the United States was made
public yesterday. He says tariff re-
form is still his war cry. He devotes
very little space to discussing the Fed
eral elections bill, avoids the silver
question and winds up by saying he is
not writing to instruct but to remind.
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28
THE following is the time table oil
the Steamer Ella for October:

THE ravages of cholera in Egypt and
Germany has forced the Governmet to
stop the importation of rags from these
countries, which will greatly advance
the price of all kinds of paper. The
cost of producing country newspaper
will be greatly advanced on this ac-
count, and we would urge our sub
scribers to help us meet this new
expense by keeping their subscriptions
paid up.
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28

The electrical storm that came upon
us Sunday morning at o'clock, and
kept it up at intervals until o'clock,
was on of the worst of the season, bnt
it broke the long drought. Hail fell
for some five minutes during the first
storm, and was feature of its course
from where it started in New England,
on down through New York, Pennsyl.
vania and below us. 1t struck New
York an hour and half before it did
Us. The papers of Monday had from
one to two columns describing the pc
cullarfiy of the storm and noting the
dessruefion of houses and barns along
along the whole track.
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28

THE "TIMES" is published every Wednesday
afternoon by RoBT. D. HoFFECKER Editor and
Proprietor at Smyrna Del.
ERMS-SUBsCRIPTIoN-On year. strictly in ad-
vance, Sl.5O; if not paid in advance, $500. No
paper discontinued until all arrears are paid
only at the option of the Publisher.
ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the rate
of Seven Cents line for the frstinsertiOn; sub.
sequent insertions Three-and-a-half cents. A
liberal discount made to quarterly, semi-annual
and yearly advertisers.
OBITUARY NOTICES will be charged Five Cen
per line
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28

THE Grand Army, before adjourning
adopted a report requesting the Com
mander-in Chief to issue a circular
asking teachers in all schools to set
apart one day in the year for the teach
ing of patriot ism.
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28

ONE Advantage of the cholera scare
has been the introduction of sanitary
precautions that should be made a
permanent feature of quarantine here
after, viz: give immigrants thorough
washing.
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28
Female weakness Positive Cure.

To THE EDITOR PLEASE inform your. readers
that have positive remedy for the thousand
and one ills which arise from deranBed female
organs ] shall bo glad 70 send Two bottles OF my
remedy FREE 10 any lady, II they Will send tnelr
express and FP o. address. Yours respectfully,
DIR. w. b. MARCHISl, 30 GENEssEE ST. UTICA,
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28
FOR SALE.

IA A STANDARD BRED BROOD MARE
ana VIII Piae6 points years old l6 hands high
s,,er lu we,sns ro lOoO pounds; sound and kind I'm
b0ery particular, fearless Of everything, and can
~ C5ichaSt 1hdyem by lady: Sired 6v Lucifer, dam
Iies e Dy companion, this mare can road 10
aiit Iires ~ uous ana can pull wagon a 8.minute
SSilp, II handled for speed should 20 fast. She
Foo, as cot lve months old by Star Duroc. a per
noI. beauty with all the points of his distin
suisnheu sire | will sell them separate or
together and at low figure, eonslderinS their
breeding. Come and see them. ''-'''
N. F. WILDs,
Smyrna, Del
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28

IN the midst Of the storm on Sunday
morning the Republican banner, sus-
pended over Commerce street, went
down. 1t was picked up after the
the rain was over and laid up on a
projection of the store of Ashcraft &
Clifton where it remained until Mon
day morning. One of the hooks that
held it, such as are used in swinging
hammocks, was Strengthened out by
the force of the wind and dropped the
banner. A new and stronger one was
put in its place and it was reswung
unharmed.
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28

THE Clayton Creamery Company for
August received 1O2,51S pounds of
milk, for which they paid their patrons
80 cents per hundred pounds.
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28
DEATHS

MOFFETT.-On the 25th inst. in this
town, Town Mrs. Sarah E. MofFett aged 81
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28

FRANKLIN COLLINS, the owner, is
taking means to prevent the further
encroachment of the tides on the yard
in front of the hotel at Collins Beach.
The stone that lined the front to re-
ceIve the force Of the dashing waves
has been gathered into a stone wall
closely laid and the vacant place
caused thereby between the wall and
the fast ground is heing filed in by
deposits of Stag, the refuse of furnaces,
at Chester. 1t is being brought down
in vessel loads.
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28
Dental Notice !

Any patients of DR.. VIM. McKown.
deceased, having unfinished Denta
Work or any persons wishing Dental
Operation of any kind will be waited
on at the Doctors former residence. on
Fridays, by E. w. Haines, d. d. S.,
Resident Dentist of Newark, and pre-
ceptor of DIR. VIM. McKown.
WIN. p. MCKowN.
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28

The people o. the upper part of the
town complain bitterly of the worse
than "Peck's bad boys" who assemble
about the depot on Sundays. They
play ball, pitch qucits, etc., but this is
not half so bad as their foul and pro.
fame language. The police have been
invited to give The place their atten.
tion, but their approach is a signal for
a general scatteratiou. But the indi-
cations are that some of them may get
in trouble vet.
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28

STAGGARs is still prevalent about
Leipsic but seems to have changed to
the Little Creek side of the river.
Eugene r. FsrrOw, veterinarian, is
kept pretty busy, and says he has had
good success in cures, and in prevent
ing the disease with his remedy. There
also appears to be a number of cases of
pneumonia as we'll as staggers among
the horses of that vicinity. Horses
should be well cared for at this season
of the year, kept up at night and well
fed with old corn, but not so plenti-
fully with hay.
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28
Smyrna and Vicinity.

THE new moon is much further south
than any moon Of the season.
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28

The rain of Sunday morning set a
large number of drills to going through
out New Castle county, and the plOws
to going where the ground had been
too hard to pl1w before. Robt. n.
Higgins, near Collins Beach, has a
piece of meadow land sowed long
enough to be now casting quite a green
shade. The Hessian fly, it is said,
never attacks wheat in meadow land.
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28

DR.. G. w. SIpPLE, now residing at
Harrington, has made arrangements
to locate in Smyrna, and will come
here January 1st or sooner. His office
will be on Market street near Com
merce. He has been practicing eleven
years--in Dover and Harrington, and
is well known as a dentist to a number
of our people.
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28

THE ladies of the NJ. E. Church at
Leipsic will hold an oyster supper
next Friday and Saturday evening.
+. +. CARPENTER. Pastor.
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28

LOOK out for cranberries and buck
wheat at Vickers' store on Saturday.
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28

THE chief burden of wagons this
week seems to be phosphate going
from the factory and wharfs to the
fields for seeding purposes.
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28

PERSONS going to Wilmington for
clothing will find full and complete
stock at Hamburger's store. See ad.
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28

HART's saw mill in the direction of
Townsend, burned down several
nights ago.
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28

BLACK HENRIETTAS, in all
wool and silk warp.
CamePs Hair Suitings. Plaid
and Cloths. Plaid and Striped
Suitings.
Navy Blue Dress Flannels.
EiderdOwn, Ginghams aud
Prints, White and Gray Flannels,
PillOwcase and Sheeting Mus
lin, Cotton Flannels, bleached
and unbleached Table Linen.
Towels and Napkins.
Ladies', Misses and Children's
UnderweaE Hosiery, &c.
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28

LARGE assortment Ladies' Coats, all
new goods and styles, opened this
week at L. A. Cotton's.
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28

SMYRNA seems not to be without it's
imitators of tho Prize Ring. Some two
Sundays ago the boys who meet about
the stand pipe land the people of the
vicinity say thnt for downright nasty
language there is no people between
the pool below "Whapping" and the
"frog pond" at Clayton that can begin
to match them had a regular round
as we'll as they understand the rules,
with all the bad accompaninents as
well as they could produce them. One
night last week there was another
with smaller boys set in minor key,
and might hays passed for q simple
boyish bout All sport had they not
chosen all the paraphernalia of the
Prize Ring--backers, bottle holders,
referees even 10 taking up a collection
from the witnesses, who numbered
twenty-five or thirty persons. They
however, used gloves instead of bare
ists. one knocking the other out in the
seventh round, 1t was in the up
stairs of one of our stores, and the
greater surprise was expressed when
its was learned who the boys were.
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28

THE Third Quarterly meeting of
Centennial NJ. z. Church will be held
next Sunday. Special sermons will be
preached at IL A. NJ, and 8 P. NJ, by
Rev. w. L. Hilton, of Church Greek,
Md, and at u ?. NJ, by Rev. T. H.
Johnson, P. E. Everybody welcome.
w. H. THOMAS, Pastor.
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28

VIM. P. CUMMINs, it is stated, will
retire from farming because of ill
health and move to town, and will be
succeeded by J. Frank Denney, of
White Hall Neck.
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28

Miss SUSIE @. MoHLER, teacher in
School District No. 81, Deakyneville.
has planned for patriotic celebration
of Columbian Day-October 2lst., at
that place. TIE people of the district
have responded readily both ia regard
to her and the object of the commem-
grafton, and have united in the pur-
chase of fine dag, which will be un-
furled from the top of a pole selected
for the pupose. Miss Mohler will have
an address frorl some public speaker
as a part of the exercises of the occas-
ion, and deserves a great deal of credit
for thus taking the lead in such a
praiseWorthy purpose.
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28

A letter from Elkton says: "The
last issue of the Smyrna TINES con-
tanned misstatement in reference to
schools of ElktOn. The fifth assistant
resigns at the close of the present
month; Miss Budd, of Delaware, takes
the place thus vacated. The first four
assistants will retain the places they
have held for years.
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28
THE SMYRNA TIMES.
SM12'WU, DeI.,

Wednesday Afternoon, Sept. %, 1892
Smyrna times., 1892-09-28

Mr.. JOHN C. VOsHELL, of Salisbury
while visiting here, Monday, pur-
chased a lot in the Odd Fellows Gem
etery, for burial purposes.