Smyrna times., 1893-05-31

pany of Philadelphia, at the amount .
. SneIr Dld on the Sd of last January
: 56n nis contract will amount to $3,4O3.
I9O, and is the largest awarded by thi,
administration for river and harbol
improvements.
,, Mrs. Jacob Quillen, aged II vears
gleo at the residence of her son. near
PeIton' on Monday morning, of par.
John Stockton LittelI, son of the
heV. L. Gardiner Littell. D. D.. rector
Tt o:. johns Episcopal Church. and
5eIciVai Cook Pyle, son of Isaac G.
yie, OF the Clayton House, Whining
SSou' We're ordained to the deaconate in
%. Johns Church Sunday. Bishon
coleman oficiated and the sermon was
preached by DR.. Littell.
Miss Helen Worrell Clarkson. for
some time a contributor to the "Wom-
ems Work" column of the Wilmington
hornln0 News, has recently accepted
| position on the editorial staff of the
new @ weekly magazine The american
roman, published in New York.
MISS ClarksOn is a daughter of J. b.
Clarkson formerly a resident of Middle
town.
BLACKBIRD.-R. B. Warren and
Amanda Taylor were married Sunday
at Middletown.
The Rev. E. H. Hynson will hold
services in the school house next Sun
day afternoon.
DR.. J. H. Neale, the Seventh Dav
adventist, is holding meetings here.
theodore Ferguson, who has been
quite sick, is much improved.
Says the Ne,O Era of Middletown
Even while the dull, heavy thud-like
sound of the government pile-driver
rings In the ears of the citizens of Port
Penn, the Pennsylvania legislature
passes an act to secure a more effective
quarantine site, and the probabilities
are undoubtedly in favor of Bombay
Hook swallowing up the little $4,000
government affair at Reedy Island even
before the frosts of winter, 1894.
George V. Massey, ESQ.,, Worlds
FAR Commissioner from Delaware act
ing upon the courage of his convictions
mas felt compelled to resign his posi-
tlon as chairman of the Judiciary Com
nlttee, on account of the decision in {
lavor of opening the Worlds Fair on ,
sunday. Mr.. Massey has always been
opposed to Sunday opening, and in the {
lctlon he has taken he is following the \
iIctates of his conscience. :
John u. Gray, Superintendent of the =
'ublic schools of Sussex county. has
,,een appointed chief of division in
ne Pension office at Washington. at a
alary of$2, 900 year. Governor Rev
olds accepted Mr.. Grays resignation Il
n tuesday and at once appointed Il
.oman Tammany, of Georgetown. su. Il
erlntendent of the Sussex Public tC
chools to succeed Mr.. Grav. Mr. es
ammany has always been Republican HI
ntil the past year.
WILL CONTEST, Edward S,lcox bi
tie OF AppOquinimink hundred LETT
s estate, valued at about $4,000 to oh
S second wife. The sons bv his first
lte will attempt to break down their cb
theirs will. IGhn 4 4. Bradford. rem. + n
senting John S. Silcox and Edward c1
lcox, the sons, has fled a caveat in ot
egister OF Wills Cooch's office. The a. a.
ound of the attempt to break the IT
Ill IS that Mrs. Silcox used undue in. -
lence in getting her husband to make W. W.
e will in her favor. Hoifecker & y
oHecker represent the will.
FENCE VIEWERS, The following =,
'nce Viewers for the lower part of clf
9w Castle county were appointed NV at
court last week WI
st. Georges-JOseph Cleaver. James tic
rrell, Howard Pool, William r Cocb9 kn
q, James T. Shallcross. Richard T. fan
ice, Henry A. NOwland. Sereck ~ he;
Fredus p. VanbekIe Ir Cd
srritt N. Willetts, Charles Derrickson" T" CW
AppOquinimink-J. Allston Harmon tn
M. ID; Hart, Henry H. Appleton he
neS l; AayloI' JOhn M. Rothwell, hol
orge w. Vandyke. Pa,
oiack olrd--John Lockerman, Thomas
akyne, Alexander Deakyne, John A
erickson, Joseph Vanpelt, Andrew {
ear Alexander Lattomus, Richard ign
brOcKsOn. --- tina
Hiss DELAWARE VIsITs.-A disnatob in
"a Chicago to the PHILADELPHIA Rec. the
says: f'''N 1'e0' g
In unexpected, but exceedingly abO
come visitor TO the Delaware build. %
called upon Mrs. Churehman a few pieC
8 ago. She was charming young tive
y, very pretty, and about Is. and 90.
dainty card read, Miss Jessie Del witt
lre." ''''' i1ei- o',oI w-'-
live in Chicago" she explained =
TINS Is my first visit to the Fair
nave come directly here. I feel
l had little claim to its bosnitaI.
for am direct descendent Of old
De La War;"
You are hereby given the freedom
ne building for the whole six mon. COl
exclaimed Mrs. Churchmap \
nptiy. l
lss Delaware promised to return the
with her father, A. S. Delaware. A TO +
essiui Chicagoan, and she will =
2 with her number of interest. l
historical documents and paper and BRIG
/, y relics OF Lord De La War;. who EoT
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