Smyrna times., 1893-04-19


ing been crushed. He was about 40
years ofage, was born in Odessa and
has always lived in or near that town
ne was the son of the late Alderman
ana Anna Il. Lord, and leaves one
OroCher and five sisters, besides an
aged mother, whose support he was. to
mourn his sad death. 0' W
Menellus Ellis has been apnointed
Postmaser at Laurel in place of Geor0e
Il. smith, removed. w. S. Hardcastie
mas Deen appointed at Cheswold to suc-
eeed Caleb Boggs, and Joseph Dillon
mas Deen appointed at Leipsic.
Inc candidacy of Hon. VIM. Cooch
near Newark for the Democratic Con.
gresslonal nomination, to succeed Hon.
John w. Causey, has been announced.
ana as far as we can learn. L. 7
Handy, Esq, and ex-Attorney.Ge Gen
eral Biggs, are also candidates.
Although the jury acquitted Evans
on charge of poisoning, a very large
number of citizens near Laurel, where
the crime was committed, still believe
MIN guilty. But it appears from the
evidence produced at the trial for pro.
secutlon was not strong enough to war
rant the jury in finding other than thew
did. So another mystery is left to solve
that of, who poisoned the water in the
well.
]. NJ. Slower, the pioneer neach
grower of Western MARYLAND. and two
other representatives of the Edgemont
BHnyInU d i
viewing the machinery at H. P.
CannOn's large canning establishment
preparatory to retitting their factory
at EdgemOnt, Md. The company have
control of 100000 peach trees, Mr..
Stover alone owning $4,000, and they
will make speciality of peach canning.
Mr.. Stover says the prospect is good
for an unusually large crop of peaches
this year.
BACH PREPARED FOR EDWARDS
Fred E. Bach has been in Wilmington
since Friday, but he has not been
| served with papers in the civil suit for
damages for alleged libel brought by
Charles William Edwards. Mr.. Bach
has had his bail bond for $4,000 pre-
pared, his bondsmen being Samuel NJ,
Knox, William H. Pierson, Major Ed
mund Mitchell, L. H. Lewis and DR.. J.
Paul Lukens, all of the Young Mems
Republican Club. H. H. Ward is
Bach's counsel in the libel suits.
Late Sheriff Cole at Harrington on
Monday sold the following real estate:
Farm of VIM. Willis, 200 acres in Mis-
pillion HID, to P 7. Carlisle, for 81, 100
farm of w. d. FINLEY, 23O in NIispil-
lion, to w. H. Knox, for $2,5OO; inter.
est of Lydia J. Harrington in three
farms in Mispillion, to n. P, Luf, for
1920. At the same time and place.
| Sheriff Dunn sold the farm of VIM.
Butler, 300 acres near Harrington. to
Register E. T. Cooper, for $3,9O5; and
on Tuesday at Dover, the farm of Geo.
Steel, 63 acres in West Dover Hundred.
to ]. d. Burton, for 81 200.
DEATH OF JOHN D. BURToN.-John
! ID. Burton, a prominent citizen of
! Dover, died suddenly Friday morning.
de had been i'll for some time but
| seemed to improve OF late and was able
to be out of the house Thursday.
He had paralysis about II o'clock at
| years.
Mr., Burton had been engaged in the
phosphate business for some time tDel.
marvia Fertilizer) and was also direc-
tor of the Kent County Mutual Insu-
rance Company. He was a leader of
the Democratic party in this county,
and considered one of the best polite
ians in the State. In 1876 he was
appointed prothOnotary of Kent
county. He leaves a wife and three
| children.
THIRTY MEN AFTER ONE OFFICE
II see" said Republican to a repor-
ter of the Morning NelVs last week,
that McKendree Downham has re-
signed his position in the Pension
Department. Well, he resigned by
request. Senator Gray wanted his
place for a Wilmington Democrat, and
HOke Smith wanted it for a Georgia
man. Now there are thirty men that
want DOwnham's place." 1t has been
said III this connection that under the
Harrison administration no Delaware
Democrat was removed to make room
for a Delaware Republican. e. d.
Bailey, of Dover, it is said, wants Mr..
Downham's place.
Says the DeldUGreGn "We wonder
if the members of the General Assem-
bly, ever took into consideration the
cost of publishing the useless, nOnsen-
sical and absurd corporation acts that
they pass and which will never go into
effect? While it is now impossible to
say what the cost of such measures will
be, it is sufficient to say that three
thousand copies Of these bills will be
printed and bound up among the laws.
This is all wrong, and no private in
corporation should become law unless
there is some reasonable security that
such a charter is bOna-fde act and
one that will be organized. At any
rate the state should not be compelled
to pay for the expense of. publishing
wildcat bills that have no merit what
ever.
OUT GOES MAHAFFY. L.
Lannan, of Delaware, was appointed
on Saturday to be Marshal of the
United States for the District of Della
ware.
The new United States marshal is a
native of Virginia, but has been n resi-
dent OF Wilmington for nearly twenty
years.
Mr.. Lannan is machinist by trade,
about 48 years of age, and a resident of
the 10th ward. He takes the place of
H. g. Mahaffy, removed.
Marshal Mahaffy was appointed
March I'd, 1890, and his official term is
therefore only little more than half
| served. The cause of his removal was
offensive partizanship, in connection
with the arbitrary arrests of Democratic
registration officers, during the regis
tration preceding the election of last
| November.
Another of Mahaffy's acts of parti-
zanship that counted for his removal,
was his refusal to accept the agree.
ment entered into by the committees
of both parties at the last. to leave the
peace arrangements of Wilmington
entirely in the hands of Mayor Wiley
and Sheriff Simmons.
Mahaffy insisted on appointing
special deputy marshals, and then the
Democratic special constables were
commissioned by Governor Reynolds.