Smyrna times., 1894-08-29
Closing of Mails.
Opening of Mails.
County and State Items.

The Kent County Republican Con-
yention will be held at Dover on Sep
tember II.
A number of Georgetown people
have been swindled by man who
took orders for crayon portraits.
Horace B. Gale, recently elected to
the chair of civil engineering at Della
ware College, has declined the position.
]. Alexander Fulton is one of a
committee appointed by the Bi-Metalic
League to examine the present coinage
laws.
The Rev. F. NJ. Munson, Rector of
st. Luke's Episcopal Church, Seaford,
has received a call to Christ Church,
Dover.
MARRIED.-On Thursday evening,
August 23d, by Rev. Luther F. War
ner, NJ. 2. Norman Kellum to Miss
Nan Pearson.
Sheriff Dunn, of Kent County, sold
the lOS. acre farm of Solomon COnnor,
in West Dover hundred, to DR.. Henry
Ridgely, for $500.
Fred Thomas, aged IS years, was
arrested by Detective Hutchins last
week for stealing frOm the railroad
office at KirkwOod.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Minot Curtis, of
Newark, will celebrate the 50th ami
versary of their wedding on Wednes-
day, September 5.
Governor Reynolds has reappointed
James A. Mullgan Fish Commissioner
for the State of Delaware. The ap-
pointment is for term of two years.
Some miscreant ruined the bluff
brick wall of Joseph Lewis handsome
new house, in Dover, by smearing it all
over with mixture of lampOlack and
oil.
Edward PleasantOn. farmer living
near COwgill's Corner, died on Tuesday
2lst, aged S5 years. Inlerment at the
Friends Burying Ground near Little
Greek.
Thomas S. Holt, a graduate of the
Delaware College class of '94 started
on Tuesday for Boston where he enters
the University, taking the theological
course.
Frank Smith, the negro arrested on
a charge of brutally assaulting Mrs.
Carrie Finger, of Camden, has been
committed for trial Mrs. Finger posi-
lively identified him as her assailant.
Morris, Tasker & Co., of New Castle
are reported to have received a con-
tract for $4,000 iron trolley poles for
electric railways in Chicago. The
firm makes more trolley poles than any
other irmin the country.
FORTY-ONE BUSHELS TO THE ACRE
James Reynolds, farmer living near
Middletown, after threshing thirteen
acres of wheat the other day, found a
yield of fOrty-On bushels per acre.
The grain was planted in SOD ground
that had not been cultivated for seven
wears. 1t received two heavy coats of
manure besides the fertilizers.
The Odd Fellows of Delaware are
agitating the founding of an Odd Eel
lows Home in this jurisdiction and it
is expected that the matter will come
up for discussion and action at the
next session of the Grand Lodge. In
anticipation of such a step a charter
was secured at the last session of the
General Assembly.
Says the Georgetown Democrat The
farmers of Sussex have been engaged
this week in talking down fodder
Both this and corn crop are doing well
and the producers are much en-
couraged. There is also a good yield
Of tomatoes and potatoes and taken
altogether the farming interests are
looking up.
EDITOR HUMPHREY WILL RESIGN
Editor George W. Humphrey of the
ECery E3ening will sever his connect
ion with that paper some time during
October. He will locate at Eustis
Florida, where he owns an orang'
grove. Merris Taylor, the present
managing editor will be editor in chic
by Mr.. Humphreys resignation.
Upon application of the Harlan an'
HOllingswOrth Company, who wer'
creditors to the amount of $4,000 fol
cars built for that road, the SOutl
Jersey Railroad has gone into th'
hands of a receiver. The road run
from Camden to Cape May and ha
been finished about two months, a
which a number of WilmingtOnian
attended the opening.
Rev. r. Watt in a Sunday schoo
talk truely said Next to mother
hood in the matter of child training
and character moulding, there is n
class of people to whom pOsterity ant
future civilization will be more deepl
indebted, than to the faithful, pains
taking, hard working girls, who ar
teaching in our public schools"
Harwood Ayers, of Delaware City
has purchased the jewelry business 9
A. Bernhard in Easton, Md. and move
to EastOn on Saturday. He is a.
experienced man in the business. Hi
father, now dead, was a well know
minister in the Wilmington NJ. I
Conference and lived in Smyrna som
years before joining the Conference
One of the resolutions adopted at th
Republican State Convention was
We denounce the legislation whic
gives to the Democratic majority
the Department of Elections in Wi
mington the power to appoint I'll
Republican Registrars and Judges
Election, thus taking from their polit
cal opponents the right never befo
denied to elect the officers who are
guard their rights at the polls ar
count their votes.
The Republican State central COZ
mittee is as follows: First distri'
Horace Greedy Knowles, A. g.
Anderson, James Kitchens; Secol
District, James II. Wilson, DR.. L.
Ball, Hugh G. Browne; Third distri
Kent, J. Frank Alice, Paris T. Carlisl
David S. Clark Fourth district, ST.
sex, George E. Smith, DIR. G. R. La
ton, DIR. Hiram r. Burton. Gen. ].
Wilson was chosen chairman a
Hugh G. Browne, secretary.
MILLIONAIRE LAvEAGo's WILL
Daniel Rogers, a lawyer. of New Cas-
has the key to the safe deposit draw
in California trust company, wht
the last will and testament of the Il
Millionaire Laveago is deposited.
seems that after the millionaire's dea
no will could be found. Mr.. Rog
said to a reporter that Mr.. Lavea
was deaf man who had to use tru
pet in conversation. He left 81, 90
600 to found an institution for
blind and deaf on Market street, s
Francisco.
AN ELOQUENT TEMPERANCE Tai
The Hon. John g. .Woolley of Chics
addressed Prohibition meeting at
Auditorium, Wilmington last we
There were about 1 900 people pres
and Mr. WoolleV was listened to "