Smyrna times., 1892-11-02

John Heitshu of near Cheswold will
move to Dover next January.
Aaron Marvel and family. of Dover
have removed to Philadelphia.
New Castle girls are betting oyste
stews on the election. In Smyrn,
they bet candy.
ManlOve Hayes has bought th,
Eccles farm containing 100 acres. ius
north of Dover.
Supt. G. e. Tindall has concluded tc
remove his office from FELTON, to Dover
This will be his headquarters in the
future.
Rev. ). r. Maxwell of Frederick re-
Gently lectured at Dulaneyis, on Sassa-
fras charge, on The Irlshman, His
Country and His Character"
Elliot & Hossinger, of Newark. have
purchased 1900 turkeys in West Vir.
ginia, which they will fatten on a farm
near Newark for the Christmas market
A negro by the name of Thomas
EnOs was held to bail last week nv
Squire Bratton, of Townsend, on a
charge of stealing chickens from VIM.
NaylOr. --
Albert F. Polk, of Georgetown, was
on Thursday admitted to practice i'm
the courts of Delaware by the Super
iOr Court sitting at Dover in and for
Kent county.
Thousands of young shad were dis.
covered in Cramps dry-dOck at Phila-
delphia last week after the water had
been pumped into the river preepara-
tory to overhauling vessel
Prohibition mass meeting will be |
held in the Opera House, at Dover to-
morrow evening Nov. 3rd. Addresses
by Rev. Alfred Smith and Otner prom
inent speakers. All are invited.
Harry Richardson, formerly of Little
Greek but now of Phila., and Miss Jen-
ME Haggerty, of Little Greek, were mar.
ried Wednesday afternoon in the town
of Leipsic by Rev. f. F. Carpenter.
Mrs. Priscilla S. Heverin, relict of
James l.. Heverin, died ut the home of
her son in-law, Charles Denney, Satur. |
day evening, age 70 years. She was a
mother of IL children, nine of whom
survive her.
Religious fervOr is intense at Laurel !
where union meetings were held bv
he NJ. E. and NJ. p. Churches Sunday. I
in six conversions at the :
Ifternoon meeting. Meetings are be- !
ng held this week. }
Oliver Jones, son Of James Jones. I
ear Hazlettville, while handling a g
istol in the house, accidently shot his Z
rother's eye out. Medical skill fails h
o reach the ball, and remains in his a
cad. He is still living. :
State treasurer Burnite last week I
aid to the three county treasurers, \
lree thousand dollars each being a r
'tal of nine thousand dollars for Abe o
aneht of the cOlOred schools of this 3
tate. The Legislature at its last ses- ii
on increased the appropriation from
x to nine thousand dollars.
~ CeAAH HaJi Huedts corn, straw, | o
Id fodder upon the farm of Seweli a
Biggs, near Summit Bridge, were h
ed by an incendiary Thursday even n
g and entirely destroyed. George :
:. Sergeant is tenant. The loss to
th men will amount to $4,000, upon
hich there is a partial insurance.
The registration in Wilmington for
e coming state and general election
)sed on Saturday. On that dav
ere were registered L. ,734voters max
Z total of IA, ,389 for the four davs :
impaired with total registration of
S33 for the last city election The
ms are heaviest in the Seventh and
ghth wards.
Fire is still raging in the swamps =
)und GumbOrO. A house belonging AM AM
Theodore Hearn was burned at orl
oOhy mill Saturday week. The fire rel M
} spread to the Cedar Swamp of DR.
le & DOnaway and is DESTROYING n.
Ich valuable timber there. 1t will
IN all winter if big rain or snow
es not stop it.
liv
after a long illness with cancer. nc1
1hia A. Van Worst, wife of General m
-nelius Van Worst, died at their res for Sor
nee two miles west of Milford, on est
urday morning, October 22nd, 1892 at
} was born in New Port, Rhode Isl.
], May 23d, 1925, and there she re-
I'd during her early life. She was a ~
man OF fine presence and a charm sor,
host. Cha
Ion. Lewis Thompson, late coIlee. req
OF customs at Wilmington and Ss boS
~ years ago Speaker of the House
he state Legislature, is dead. He -
l at his home on Washington
et, Wilmington, Del, on Wednes-
night, October Goth, 1892. He
remarkably fine looking man,
an affable high-tOned gentleman.
was one of the organizers of the
publican party in this State.
EDERAL INTERFERENCE IN SUSSEX. 90
n;ted States Marshall Mahanv ne
,sted Registrar VIM. F. Starkey p;
Inspector Wise Warren of Milton, ~
Thursday for refusing to register gu
OlOred man who they believed ha,
ht not to have been registered. -
y were brought before United we
es Commissioner ]. Frank Bacon
georgetown, who held them under
bail each for their appearance
re the United States Court. A. Z.
insOn, Esq. and Recorder Of Deeds "a
D J. Morris went their bail. r"
twenty-five Democratic registration
ers have been arrested thus far in
ningtOn, their bonds aggregating
BOO. The Democratic County Com StO
ee during last week issued an din
ress, charging that the arrests ,;c
2 made for purposes Of intimida- VI
and obstruction but subsequently lW
sed the Registrars, on the days Of
'tration last Friday and Saturday,
i've the Supervisors the names,
2 and numbers on tax receipts, II
ested in a decent manner, but not
legal right.
7. G. T. U.-From the annual re-
Of Mrs. M. L. Cox, Corresponding enl
etary Of the Womans Christian al
perance Union last year we ~
er the following items. Number me;