Smyrna times., 1894-05-16
countv and State Items

berries was ~
day.
pohort C. Hoffecker, formerly Of Dover
nJnsted from jefferson Medical College
sst week.
por Geo. r. Donaldson, the new pastor
. nown's Chapel Nj. K. Church, delighted
y. congregation by his discourse.
1oHsrson Medical College has conferred
tbe degree of LII. ID. on b: b. Somegys,
.nnrosident of the Phila. National Bank.
7 Colby Smith, at Willow Grove, is to
s,srt up this week on peach baskets de
s~nects to make one hundred thousand
Tho Cbristiana Glass Works, Whining
con have introduced appliances for the
nse of coal and gas instead OF WOOD as tuei
The assessment of the town of Milford
has been completed and shows Il total value
ofSl. 10000 The tax rate Is 3l3 cents on |
the SlUO.
Il Johns Chapter, Brotherhood of st. |
Andrew. was instituted at st. Johns Z. Il. |
Church yesterday by Rev. George Z. Hall, |
reetvr
Robt Raughley, E. o. Eccles, G. w,
Collins. W. S Heverin and w. G. POstles
have been appointed fence viewers for
this county.
The cornerstone of the Second M. 2.
Church. Wilmington, was laid yesterday
afternoon by Rev. DIR. +. L. Tagg, OF
Baltimore.
Rev. II. S. Thompson, wife and daughter
Miss May, left FELTON, Monday week for
New Haven, Conn, to attend the marriage
of Mr.. ThOmpson's son, Henry.
DEATH OF Mrs. II, f. KENNFY.-Mrs.
H F. kinney, wife of the general superin-
tendent of the p, w. & B. railroad, died
at Ridley Park, Pa, Wednesday,
Thomas johnson, for 40 years superin-
tendent of the Harlan u HOllingsworth
shipyards, Wilmington. has resigned and
will be succeeded by Charles SchOheld, OF
Bath, Me.
William Galloway of Wilmington. who
was serving twO-years sentence III New
Castle Jail for robbing Dutield Savage, OF
Virginia of Sl85, was pardoned last nlght
BY Governor Reynolds.
delegation from the State of Delaware
called at the Treasury Department ana
complained that the life-saving service IN
that State was being run IN the interest Oi
the Republican party.
The Annual Convention of the Viii
mington District Epworth League Will DC
held AL Harrison Street NJ. h. Church
Wilmington, Del, on "Wednesday ano
Thursday, May Both and 3lst.'
Edward B. Frazer, secretary of the Stat'
Board of Health, and Mrs. Emma Il
Wood. of New Castle hundred, wer
quietly married Wednesday evening b.
Rev. Lafayette Marks, ID. ID.
The damage case of John G. Clark VS.
joseph L. Carpenter, Jr., of Wilmington
for so. .OC0 on account of injuries receive
by the plaintiff by slipping on the defend
ants icy pavement, has been amlcaOl
settled by counsel.
The Queen Anne and Kent RHilronc
running from Masseys to Centrevlll'
Md, for twenty years run as branch {
the Delaware Railroad, will hereafter ;
operated as an independent line by tn
company Owningit.
The E,sning Journal, which is held 1
good and reliable authority in Democrat
circles, has, in = recent issue, announce
Chancellor James l.. WOlcOtt as a cand
date for the United States Senatorship
become vacant next winter.
Officials of the Supreme Lodge of Il
World, knights of Pythias, are IN WI
minpton again endeavOring to settle VII
ex-NAvOr Wiley, who had charge
nearly $40 OC0 of the lodges funds whlG
were swallowed by the failure of K.
Robinson Il Company.
The Wilmington Conference Herald b
been changed from four to sixteen pal
weekly. Its appearance has been great
improved and is to be futher improve
In few weeks its columns will be length
and it will have new headline. The Re
J. d. Rigg has become its editor and ma
Rger.
The funeral of Mason Waller in t
Methodist Church at laurel Saturday W
one Ofthe largest ever known IN this count
Mr. Waller was an active Democra
leader and served as Registrar at the ID
election He was also an applicant for
pOstmastership, but withdrew in the inter-
of harmony.
GRADUATES IN MEDIcGNE,-George
Carmichael, Thomas w. Ge0hart a
Charles Ii. Walter of Delaware were gri
uated from Hahnemann Medical Collie
of Philadelphia Wednesday and Miss Ca
line +. j. Richards of Wilmington '
graduated from the WOmans Medl
College of Philadelphia.
The members of the Presbyterian chu
at Milford will hold meeting on IhI
day evening to consider the plans for
Improvement of the church building.
plans we're prepared for the church pee
bv Z. l.. Rice of Wilmington, and
eiude a tower and an addition to
church building. 1t is estimated that
improvements will cost S4OOO.
Washington Camp, No. 8, Patriotic S
Of America, of this city, avoided law
by disbanding. The suit was brought
member who claimed sick benefits,
which the Camp decided he was not
titled. The Camp will reorganize and
new name, and thus get rid of the law
and the Objectionable member.
There was a good deal Of excitemer
the village of Pine Grove, near Eel
last week, over pot OF money found
cemetery there that was being plowed
Ne one seems to know who got the
tents of the pot. but the latter was fC
empty a short distance from the Genet
1t was eaten through with rust, and
large enough to hold peck.
STRAWBERRY SHIPMENTs.-The
ment of strawberries from this Pelin
has been commenced and an unusually
erop is expected. The first berries shi
from Delaware were from Frankford
left for the markets on Wednesday. II
day car load of fbeFries were shipped
Fruitland, Nd, on the New I 4ork; L
delphia and Norfolk railroad. They
now going in freely.
At Bear Station, on the Delaware
road, a brutal tramp seized small DO.
submitted him to the most atroclous
degrading treatment When the la
formed his father, the latter summonC
neighbors and they captured the I
after hot chase. They tled MIN 10 u
and thrashed him with horsewhipss
they were tired, soaring his bare back
the blood ran to his heels. Then
allowed him to depart.
AREAL BREAD WAR.-The Pubtt'
Be Benefited By the Battte.-A wa
broken out among the bakers OF this
as a result of which some Of them arr
ing bread that formerly sold at5 cent
loaf at cents per loaf, or nine loa'
25 cents, while nearly all the shops
lowered the price to cents. boll
buns have been reduced from 10 to
per Dozen The war is the result OF
bakers breaking a compact entere
several months ago to keep the. pI
bread at cents per loaf, or six loa
Is cents, at retail, and seven for 70 c
wholesale.
At the New Castle Jail Saturday
ing Sheriff Gould whipped nine pr
Who had been convicted in the VI
Court during the week, and place
men in the pillory. The white vic'
the lash we're: George Clark, lar'
shoes, 10 lashes David Cunninghal
eeny Of sateen, 10 lashes; Willa
Hfan, larceny of a plumbers pn
isshes, Nathaniel Willetts, conVi
forgery, stood one hour IN the
lhe cOlored men whipped were