Smyrna times., 1892-08-31

THE ROssER POISONING CAsE.-The
attorney of VIM. Evans, who was ar
rested for the ROsser poisoning, is
seeking the prisoners release. Mean
while State Detective McVey is after
analytical evidence to prove without
doubt that the lad, Raymond Rosser,
really died of poisoning.
A club has been formed in Slaughter
Neck which proposes to protect the
game on our salt marshes. They have
already rented many acres of marsh
from Slaughter Beach southwark. and
they have arranged to propagate feed
for game and will adopt rules to req
ulate cunning. They forewarn anv
person from trespassing with gun. doS
trap, seine or snare, and will permit |
cunning In season only Onlcertain days
OF the week. Of late years night hunt
Ing mas driven the ducks from their |
accustomed feeding grounds and they
nave been scarce. By the above plan |
it is hoped that the game will again
become plentiful in their old-time |
haunts.-MiJOrd Chronicle.
Mr.. George V. Massey's participa-
ton in the work of preparing for the
Columbian Exposition at Chicago next
year, has brought a signal honor to
Delaware, namely that of furnishing
one OF the four men under whose abso-
Lutte control the great exposition will
be held. Of these four men, two rep
resent the local interests, so that Mr..
Massey is only one of two men, out of
the great number concerned, who have
been chosen from the whole Union to
share IN the great power and response
bl!Ity of conducting the Worlds Fair.
OF next year, to what we have no doubt
Will be a triumphant conclusion. The
other man whO shares this great dis
tinction with Mr.. Massey is j. w. St.
Clair of West Va.
The Dover correspondent of the
Sunday Star says: "By the death of a
colOred female servant of a State street
family Friday, some surprising and
unprecedented action in the commun-
ity followed The family resides on
State street, the most fashionable street
of the state capital. After the death
Grape was placed over the front door.
permit was asked for interment in
Lakeside Cemetery, which has been
used heretofore exclusively by white
people. As there is a cemetery here
which has always been used for colored
people, the trustees of Lakeside re-
fused the permit The funeral will
take place this afternoon and an effort
is being made to secure white men to
act as pail bearers. 1t is true that the
deceased has been a faithful servant
and has been in the family for several
years, but the town people are gossip
ing over the family's action"
THE NEW SURVEY COMMISSION Will.
GRANT DELAWARE 700 ACREs.-Tbe
resurvey of the boundary line between
Delaware and Pennsylvania, author
lied by the legislatures of the respec-
tive states, has been in progress since
the first of May
The work is being done by H. c.
Hodgekins, OF the United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey, with three assis-
tants, under the joint direction of the
Commissioners appointed by the two
states-the Delaware Commission with
Thomas F. Bayard at its head, and the
Commission headed bv
Wayne MacVeagh.
The Commission will recommend the
cession to Delaware of the famous
Flat IrOn," triangular southwark
projection of 700 acres of Pennsylvania
territory, between Delaware and Mary
and, over which Delaware has long
quasijurisdiction.
KENT POLITICs.-A Dover cores
Dondent of a Wilmington paper thus ,
refers to politics in Kent county:
politics in Kent county have begun
to assume shape, and in a short time
the opposing forces will be drawn up
in line, face to face, and begin the fight
for supremacy.
The ammunition TO be used by the
Democratic generals is tariff reform.
force bill, negro question, and uuenvi-
able past record with a plow as their
The Republicans have a store of
an extra quantity of ammunition, but
it is question with them as to when
it will be dry enough to fire on the
enemy. 1t consists of protection to =
American industries, corrupt state laws :
and constitutional convention. !
Taking general survey of the field, {
it looks now as if the party with the !
best generals and practical political
strategy, would be the victorious one. +
The Democratic party never was q
more harmonious or united, and it has t
leaders. 5
At the Republican county conven- t
ton Thursday, there was ample evil
ience of the lack of leadership. This /
trouble was caused by the Higgins 7
wing of the party dominating. It is !
composed of young men, who say it is
lime the young men should have a i
urn, and the way they conducted the |
was amusing"