Smyrna times., 1893-09-20

season.
Hereafter the Wilmington City Rail-
way will charge fare for children
over years of age.
The mail bag lOoter, William San
ders colored, was sent from Whining |
ton to prison for four years.
los. H. Primrose, Official organizer of
the Improved Order of Heptasophs, |
was in Dover last week for the pur-
nose of organizing conclave.
DIR. Lowber and Secretaty Frazer, of
the State Board of Health, are after
the down State Gamers who throw can
nery refuse upon the highways.
Reedbirds have gone and railbirds
are coming for their short season.
Gupners say that the reedies didn't pay
for the powder used to kill them.
William A. Ruth, of Georgetown,
and Mrs. Willie GuesfOrd, of Downs
Chapel, were married by the Rev. John
NJ. Collins, in KentOn, on Tuesday
afternoon last,
The basket factories of the peninsula,
have been hard pressed with work TINS
season having;turned out over S,OOO'
600 baskets which means the disburse-
ment of nearly S6S,000 for labor alone.
The first clearance of a vessel from
the Marcus Hook oil wharf through
the Wilmington Custom House was
made Thursday. 1t was the Spanish
bark La Virguesa, with cargo OF oil.
There is a great cOntriVance now at
the Farnburst station. A circuit of
alrrm wires runs from the hennery to
the telegraph office, so that if any one
enters the night operator will turn on
the force and the burglar will be trap
ped.
Si.verbrook NJ. E. Church Whining
ton. will be dedicated on next Sunday.
Among those who will be present are
BshOD J. P. Newman, the Rev. J.
Boy d Brady, d. d; of Newark, and the
Rev. George L. Reed, D. d of Dickin'
son College.
SUNDAY, the forty prObatiOpers whC
ware received on trial last winter a
Wesley NJ. E. Church, Dover were re
ceived into full connection. A remark
able fact of these is that out of forty
not one was dropped but all wer'
eheerfully recommended,
Joseph Stoeckle, the wealthy brewe
has plans for new building on King
St. Wilmington, which will intrOduc'
the fat system IN that city. The stree
front will be a store, while the hrst
second. third and fourth stories will b.
fats. Each fat will have six rooms
entirely independent of the rest of th
house.
Mrs. Edmund B. Frazer, wife of tn
secretarv of the State Board of Health
died very suddenly at her home, i
Wilmington, Saturday night, of hear
failure, aged 81 years. Mrs. Fraze
was holding in her hand a watch whe
she bent forward and fell in a hea
upon the floor. Her sOn-in-law, Nj
Speer was standing by her side.
FIRE NEAR DELAWARE CITY.-SuI
day night all the barns, stables an
Outbuildings on the Barney ReybOl
farm near Reybold station on the rive
road were burned. Fortunately ii
FIRE was discovered soon after its sta
and the men were able to save every
thing except one HOlstein heifer. I'll
loss, it is said, will reach $4,000 upc
which there is an insurance of $500
A GIANT MELON For CLEvELAN
-Paynter Frame of Sussex Count.
known far aud wide as the most fau
Gus watermelon grower of DelawaI
sent by express to President ClevelaI
one of his large watermelOns.
weighed 72 pounds, mearsured
inches around one way and go inch
the other. The President, through
secretary, acknowledged the 81
OF the twenty young men who
piled for admission to Delaware Z
iege at Newark this year but twel
were admitted and some of those, it
said, will have to show more prOfcien
in certain studies or they will be dr.
ped. This is in accordance with
resolutions adopted at the annual me
Ing of the trustees, requiring M
rigid examinations.
THE CAUSE. - Veterinarians thl
that the cause of the anthrax, VIII
has appeared among cattle in De
ware, is due to the refuse from
morocco factories at Wilmington.
skins at these factories come fir,
South America, where anthrax r
walls. The refuse is spread on
fields and the germs Of the disease Il
spread abOut.-Sdlem Sunbeam.
The State Says the Milford ChI
iOle, has outstanding liabilities to
smOpt of half million dollars, vi
the Indebtedness of New Castle cOu
is hundred thousand, Kent fifty, ;
Sussex thirty. And thus together
debts 90 on accumulating without
sources to defray them, and in spit
an increased rate Of taxation an
higher valuation in property assesm
The CIGARETTE LAW. The cigar
habit among small boys in Whining
has become such a nuisance the {
Of police has given notice that the CT
ette law passed at last session OF
Genearl Assembly must be enfor
The law imposes a fine Of 500 and
upon any cigar dealer who sells
rettes to boy under II years of
The pernicious habit is increasing
our boys, and besides the persona
jury to their health and intellect, I
is nothing more disgusting thai
meet boy, scarce out of DIRE
puhing away at cigarette.
"All of eastern Sussex is in fave
George H. Hall for Governor, or
Republican part of it and not s
fraction of the Democratic part"
the answer of a prominent Milford
publican to our inquiry for some
bsE. That statement is not new
eetly Tor there has been for someti
nssP and growing conviction Al
si,iiofd Republicans and not a few
te oi Milford that no strongs
more available candidate can be I
h ~ Icis sae slate than George II. II
a CosTLy Map. H..Warrir
VINO was in Wilmington last we
sw1tness in the Nailor case took
on tuesday which cost him Sc 80
sstended court all the morning
VEN 70 his sister Mrs. d. H. A.
and took lunch, after which, noi
ing we'll, he laid down, and toI
sister to call him at 3o'elock
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