Smyrna times., 1894-04-04

qHE SMYRNA TINES.
.SmYs'n@, DeI.,
,..sdsy Afternoon, April 4th, 1894
,vrna Branch Trains.
,ns North, 71s, 842 s.57, A. M, a.4s, e16 P NJ
o.,Os south, 9.25 115s A. NJ sAs' 6'2S' 7.6s Pm
closing of Malls.
,.,ug North $50, 925 a. m, $40, 4.55p.m.
oo,-o south 900 a. m, and 4.55 p. m.
1ViHe -, Delaware & Chesapeake road land
MinoTe MAIL re- Delaware Bay will close at $40 a, m
opening of Mails.
,n North, 7.4O. 1000 a. m. $50 and s.25 p. m
wlmingtOn only
-, South, 74O, 1880 A. NJ, 4.SOP.M.
County and State Items.
Easter vacation began at Delaware
coIIsre Friday for few days.
rh,rsday was the 256th anniversary
.etbe settlement of Wilmington by the
Swedes.
william A. Truitt, ex-CorOner of Sus-
,oT County, aged 72 years died at Mas
ssu, Sunday
delaware Castle, Knights of the
Golden Eagle, NEE, in annual session
+. = HOckessin Monday
Bridgeville Odd Fellows are arrang-
;,g for the erection of a public hall in
hat town for the uses of the order.
Over hundred fishermen assembled
=, Ceder Beach during the past week,
10 engage in the sturgeon fishing busi-
ness.
Clarkson Jennings, of Baltimore, has
,sken the Hotel Willis, in Wilmington,
lately kept by James l.. Willis, now
ofthe Clayton House.
Dr T.. r. Wolf, State chemist and
rrofsssor at Delaware College, is pre-
paringstO erect handsome cottage at
Newark, to cost from $4,000 to $4,000.
Miss Alice Prettyman, of Seaford and
the Rev. w. J. Hart of New York Con-
ference were married in SeafoTd NJ. E.
Church Thursday morning at $50
o'clock.
Report comes that the Delaware Bay
is filed with menhaden this early in
the season; so much so in fact as to
seriously interfere with the nets of the
fishermen.
In the U. S. Senate Monday Mr..
Quay introduced bill authorizing the
Philadelphia and Camden Bridge Com
pany to erect bridge over the Della
ware river at Philadelphia.
The Republican Executive Commit
tee of New Castle County has selected
Saturday, April 2S, as the date for the
Republican nomination election for can
ddates for Sheriff and Coroner.
The machine shop of E. L. Jones in
Dover is Over-run with work and has
been compelled to increase the force
and place a new lathe in position to
turn the work already contracted for
on time.
The New Castle County Trustees of
the poor elected A. J. Collins, of APP
pOquinimlnk Hundred, farmer of the
almshOuse farm, and reduced the sal
ary of the Office from $500 to $3.50 per-
annum.
Itappears that the S15, 900 from the
Sacred School Fund" used to pay the
special constable was only borrowed
by the State.-DeLGIOGre Pilot.
If this is true where is the proof that
it has ever been paid.-MilfOrd NeiCs.
The position of Deputy Collector of
the Port at New Castle held for seven
years by Samuel H. Black, has been
abolished. The pay of the Deputy
Collector at Marcus Hook has been in
creased from $1.65 to $2.40 per day.
The Delaware Conference of the NJ.
E. Church will hold its thirty.first ses-
sion in Wilmington Wednesday, April
II. The sessions will be held in Ezion
II. E. Church, Ninth and French
streets. Bishop Fowler will preside.
The Brandywine Granite Company,
Of Wilmington. has been awarded a
contract for furnishing $500 cubic
yards of rough stone, at $4.1O per cubic
yard, to be used in rip rapping Cross
Ledge and Ship John Light Stations,
in the Delaware Bay.
Trustees of the Potter estate, in
Kent County, have donated 500 to the
Trustees of the Poor, the first payment
for the purpose since the probate, so
years ago, of the will of Benz amin Pot
ter, who left his entire estate in trust
for the benefit of the poor.
William G. Kitchens, of Georgetown,
accused of sending an obscene letter
through the mail to his wife, was held
10 $500 bail for trial By United States
Commissioner Smith, in Wilmington
His wife, with whom he has not been
living for some time, testified against
him.
- FANDERGRIFT FOR DISTRICT AT
TOENEY.-The name of Lewis G. Van
degrift, Of Wilmington, has been sent
to President Cleveland for appointment
as United States District Attorney for
Delaware, to succeed Beniah Watson
and the formal appointment is ex
peeted at any time
The Milford creamery closed last
Saturday for an indefinite time. Mr.
Hill says the farmers have sold many