Smyrna times., 1893-09-13
Delaware and Maryland Affairs.

| - "A DUGdANAN, M. ~.
Delaware and Maryland Affairs.
The reported death of DIR. ]. M.
Wilkinson, of Willowgrove, we are
happy to say is a mistake. The doc
tor has not been well for a few weeks
put ls now better, and attending to his
duties as usual, and we sincerely hone
that he may be spared to us for manv
years to come.-DOUer Inder.
DIrectum, the sensational trotting
stallion, established new worlds
trotting stallion record Tuesday on
Fleetwood Park track. He trotted
the course in 207, beating Stamboul's
famous mile of2O74.
LIEUTENANT HERBERT DEAKyNE
lieutenant Herbert DeakyDe. of
New Castle, now with the United
states engineer corps, is stationed at
humboldt HarbOr on the Pacific coast.
lie Is in charge of the government
Jetties at that point.
CARDS OUT.-Cards have been is.
sued announcing the marriage of Mr..
Richard Harrison Collins, of the Ches.
@ertO'0n Transcript to Miss Elizabeth
Harding, daughter of Rev. and Mrs.
). Z. Roberts, Thursday, September
l4th, 1898, at Emanuel Church, Ches.
tertOwn.
Arrangements for the reunion of the
last General Assembly have been
made. The members will 20 down on
the Delaware Railroad to Old Point
Comfort and from there to New York
on steamer. Several days will be
spent in New York city and then the
party will go for u trip up the Hudson
river. The date for the reunion has
not yet been decided. 1t will be in
the latter part of October.
TO GIVE BICYCLE MEETING.-Tbe
Wilmington Wheel Club is making ar.
rangements for bicycle meeting to
be held there on September 80. The
Front and Union street grounds will
probably be secured. One of the feat.
ures will be twenty-five mile road
race.
Dog TRIAL.-Justice John T. Tenn.
pie sat in judgment last week on a
dog case between Messrs. BENJAMIN
Starkey and Nathaniel Bowen. Bowen
1t seems, owned valuable fox hound.
WHICH staTkey shot aud killed. Bowen
sued him for $25 damages, and the
trial came up before the justice with
quite an array of witnesses to prove
the value Of the deceased, and our
young friend, John Wesley Temple
as Bowen's counsel and vic.
orously fought the case for his client.
showing argument, poetry, &C., at the
magistrate until a judgment of $5 was
rendered in favor of his client. And
now killing dogs in this county is re.
garded as a dangerous and expensive
,-CentreviILe Observer.
William S. Lednum has been seleo-
ted for clerk of City Council, of Will
mingtOn, to succeed the late Solomon
Hersey.
TEACHERS CONTEST FOR A FREE
TRIP TO THE WORLDS FAIR.-The
free trip to the Worlds Fair at the
expense of Charles E. Hires, of Root
Beer fame, to be voted to the most
popular school teacher in the State. at
Fairview Park, Dover, this week.
Is exciting considerable com.
ment, The following teachers have
been announced as candidates
New Castle County-Miss Mary r.
Riggs; Miss Bessie Briscoe, Whining
tom Miss Susie G. Mohler, Deakyno.
vile; Miss Ella Cleaver, Delaware
City; Mrs. L. b. Pratt, KirkwOod.
Mrs. E. S. Bradford, Stanton.
Kent County-Miss Mamie Goodwin.
Dover; Miss Evelyn Clark, Camden;
Miss Anna Barber, Woodside; Misses
Berdie Kinnamon, Ella Deweese.
Dover; Miss Mary Chance, Magnolia,
Miss sallie B. Conway, Wyoming:
Miss Nora Bradley, FELTON,; Emma v. |
Newnom, Pennington.
Sussex COunty-Miss Katie BinR-
ham, Lewes; Miss Ida Davis, George. |
town; Miss Maggie Tunnel, Black.
WATER Miss Emma Clark, Milford.
The successful candidate will not |
only get free ride and all expenses
TO the Fair paid, but will be presented
by T. Burnet Esq, Agent for the Nut |
ual Life, with life insurance policy
for $1,000 good for one year, and an |
accident policy for $4,000 good for
fourteen days.
NEW PENSION ORDER.--The Pension
department has issued new order
concerning the payment of pensions.
It has bean noticed that many Of the
pension orders went to the same ad,
dress and on investigation Il was
found that these addresses were the
Offices OF pension attorneys. II is con.