Smyrna times., 1893-04-26

m | Tho oo OHSOu OF PHILADELPHIA
Cbr;st 15G ttear'esmo1y a'sny will be performed in
- dav MI OnurGn' Dover, at noon Mon
of;oa uSy 9tn; Mr.: Stevenson is ar
= nooj % stoa Oh tne Philadelphia and Liver
Inc berry season is close at hand
y anu growers should bear in mind fbet
SIe commission merchants of New
II AoTK purpose to sell berries. crateS
anu anu all: This may mean much ~
snose VINO ship largely and have crates
It DulIC substantial which cost more than
b Iney can afford to give free to huck.
oters; some definite arrangement
Snouiu De made we understand that
s some commission men have ARRANGED
:, W return crates to their Customers
ana II one can, all should.
# SONS OF DELAWARE ENTERTAINED.
s master Allen Wilson, aged 13. "the
= ~ ~rAmellc9h Josie Hoffman," as an
ounceu, entertained the Sons of Della
9 TaIe ana about 400 invited guests at
r rn5 cluo rooms, on Walnut street, Sat
} urday evening. Under the direction
OF Signor di VaIerce he nIaved viii
admirable effect polonaise bv Cbcnin
f a tantasie by Leybach. a rbans0dv hv
Llstz, and a movement from one 0f
f Beethoven's sonata. Nine. GottscbaIt
hetzell sang and w. F. Kelly ner-
formed upon the cornet.
BIG GOVERNMENT BLANKET Cow.
TRACr.-The Kiamensi Wooden Mill
company, of Newark, Del, have iust
received contract from the United
states government for the amount of
S0O,OOO These blankets will be used
Oy the members of the United States
army In the Western states"
Inc company has its mills at Kia-
mensl, stanton and Newark. The Kia-
mensi mills have the largest capacity
state Senator John Pilling is the Pres.
ldent of the company.
LUNGED AT THE Fathers HEART
SEEING a butcher knife and decIar.
ing tnat he would not allow paternal !
criticism of his bad conduct. Walter |
Blackburn, of Wilmington, made .
leap over the supper table at his
! iather, Henry G. Blackburn. BEFORE
the uplitted knife decended the vonn0
ruIlan was overpowered by his father
ana brothers, but in the struggle his
right hand was nearly cut in two He
mad just served three months'sentenca
lor morse stealing, and was the fellow
who was tried and acquitted of the
murder of 5-year-old Eddie Gardner
about year ago.
we suggest that the legislature PASS
a law to have the Governor of DaIa~
ware discharge the functions of Mavor
OF the Water Commissioners. of The
roilce Commissioners, and anv other
iittie affair pertaining to the citv of
wilmington. 1t would save the Leg
lslature lots of work and the people of
that olty the Inconvenience of holding
city elections. But seriously, we do
not understand why the people of Will
are not as competent to gov +
ern and select their own officials as
are the people of Kent and SUSSEX v
counties. All the legislation relative |,
10 Ihat city this session has been with
one view of keeping ring of politicians F
~ once, and with no regard for the c
pest o interest OF the people.-MIford
A Dover Correspondent to a citv o
paper says The natural and late vari. :,
\, T1les OF peaches are now in full bloom. -
ne general opinion that has existed
ue lasI lew years, that the peach belt fe
vas gradually drifting toward the
outheTn part of the State has suddenly
eaGIe1, and unless all signs fail the
uiK !ii OF the crop in Delaware this year
VIII come from Kent county. The
eacn growers here are beginning to di
eailze Ine tact that we now have the S.
est prospect for good crop of fruit
! aaaC mas existed for years. The failure
the crop last season added vigor to
ie trees, and cold weather of the past ci
lIIer ana late spring kept the trees
acK so that instead of blooming in ne
eOr1ary and March and being killed A
Ter Ter 0y cold wave, they blossom late l.
lth the best assurance. nc
THOMAS F. BAYARD DINED -As.
sTmonlal OF their regard, the Bench III
I'd Bar of Delaware Saturday niobt
I'VE a parting dinner at the Hotel
sleVue to ex-Secretary of State
nOmas +. Bayard, who will leave in a Ing
DAYS to assume his new duties as wi
% noassador to England. 1t was purely -.
~ guest was Secretary of Agriculture tar
Sterling Morton, who had come nm
,m Washington to spend 'Vv SnndaPy pP "A
tn Senator Gray, being close ner.
lal friend of both the Senator and
:. Bayard.
United States District judge Leon III
e: =, Wales wales presided. with the guest tie
the evening on his right There
re but four set toasts. Mr.. Bavard
ponding to "Our Guest :" Senator
ny for "The State of Delaware H..
ef Justice Lore for "The Bench" Cio
| William G. spruance for ''The Bar thiI
ays the Milford Chronicle: In view
he fact that a gentleman of Laurel
had hundred thousand dollars or
re willed to him by people who are n
Olood relatives, and has prospect DIe
eceiving as much more at no verv An(
ant date, it was thought that il ~ I
lld be very good thing flor the vi
ehciaries) to have the inheritance I
repealed. This was done in the mo,
ire before Treasurer Burnite had had styl
ned the members of the prospec- T
deficit in the States revenues
it was in line with the personal nedl
political legislation by the oligar. Dire
, so it passed. But this week thew c.,
the error of their way and re-enac- CP'
the law-sO the inheritance tax SKlr
,ds aS Just Jgss as it did before it was heal
be Milford NeUs makes this state II
t. 1t does not seem to be general h,-o
nown in Delaware that there are O"i
Veen thirty and forty Democrats -Oz
this State now holding positions In
er the General Government at
but such is the case. mOSl
of these were appointed through Gus
ate Eli salisbury. Senator 1SyaTa Gra1 @a1 c, in
red positions for few, even dur. A
he Administration of President r
'ison. The impression seems to 4
all that the only persons from 1.
ware who held positions during "
asst Administration were Republi- q
but an examination of the Blue Et
by one familiar with the politics.
r State shows as many Democrats M
epublicans credited to Delaware. u
-ther appears that though Sena- d
Higgins secured many places at were
lington for Republicans, he did roc =
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