Smyrna times., 1894-06-06
County and State Items,

damage done Oy llShIlhS Ihls seaSOh'
Scarlet clover was badly damaged in
some localities by the late severe storms.
The cut worms continue to make their
devastating ravages on all plants of tender
growth.
The plant of the Conference Herald.
rnblishad at Harrington, is to be moved to
Wilmington this week.
In q runaway collision at Dover, the
carriage of DIR. Nickerson, of Magnolia,
was completely wrecked.
The Democrats of New Castle county
will nominate candidates for sheriff and
coroner on Saturday, next.
The Peninsula Press Association will
make trip to Asbury Park this summer,
starting on Saturday, June 30
The last stone in the tower of the new
Federal Building at Wilmington has been |
laid, and the roof beams are in position. |
Senator Higgins has already given |
ample proof that, in grasp of the National |
problems before the Senate, he is the peer |
of his fellow members.
The Pusey & Jones Company, of Will |
mington, is at work on two large paper |
machines the fifth order of the kind re-
ceived within a month.
Mildred. daughter of Lemuel 7. john
son. died on Wednesday, near Milford,
aged 10 months. She was sick about two
weeks of cholera infantum.
Edward II. Brennan, of Wilmington, has
bought out the furniture and hOuse-furnish
ing business of Frank j. Murphy, of No.
III Market street, for $4,000
Sunday was Children's Day in Wesley
NJ E. Church of Dover, the pastor, Rev.
w. L. S. Murray, d. d., preached
special sermon to the children.
The first assembly of the Board of
Examiners of the Wilmington NJ. E. Con-
ference will be held in Dover, beginning
June Is and continuing four days
During a three-minute stop OF a freight
train at Dover two tramps stole crate OF
eggs and a crate of strawberries. They
were arrested and lodged in Jail.
There is no occasion for any prisoner in
New Castle Jail to break out. 1t is only
question of petition to secure pardon
from the governOr.-M0rning Nelcs.
The scarcity of peaches in this locality
will be more than compensated for IN
Northern New Jersey, where four counties
expect a crop Of five million baskets.
IN. Brown, of Wyoming, has been
appointed expert special agent IN the
PomOlOgical division of the Agricultural
Department, at Washington, at salary OF
$50 Il month.
At the semi-annual session of the Local
Preachers and Exhorters Association
held at Newport, last week, it was decided
to hold the annual session at Mlddletown,
beginning October 18th.
Saturday will be observed by the ladie:
of the w. G. 4. U. as Flower Mission Day
xuhap tho iai1 nd oOuDfv aims shOucp will bf
visited and flowers, tracts and sweetmeatS
distributed among the inmates.
Those who tried duck culture this sea.
son have met with very general success.
There is one person in Milford who has
seventy-six ducklings and has lost but one,
and that by being stepped upOn.-ChrOn-
ieLe.
1t is estimated that Milford and Cedar
Creek hundreds which are headquarters
for crimson clover in the United States
will this year produce 5000 bushels OF
seed. The prospective price Of seed is s.
per bushel
Wilmington City Council has passed the
ordinance making appropriations for the
next fiscal year. They amount to S62l,
622.56, including Sl4l, ,23l.85 for public
schools, and Sl38,9l5 for the Street anC
Sewer Department.
LIQUOR LICENSES IN WILMINGTON
The General Sessions Court Saturday, an
nounced its decision upon the contested
applications for liquor licenses. Of the L
applications against which remOnstrance
had been urged, six were granted.
Miss Glenna D. Jones, daughter of Rev
r. G. Jones, formerly of Odessa, and Rev
Isaac N jenkins, of Florida, were mar
ried recently, says the EUery EUening il
Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church
Anderson Circuit, North Indiana Con
ference.
Chairman Armstrong and Secretar
Ferguson of the Democratic County Com
mittee are quoted as saying that if an
fraud is perpetrated at the Democrat
primaries next Saturday the votes of tn
district in which such fraud is cOmmitte
will be thrown out
Dispositions are now being taken in tt
application for an injunction against tt
Lewes fish factories. The case has divide
the people of the town, and the QuarantiT
Station employees claim that on account
the vile odor of the factories the static
will have to be abandoned unless they a
closed.
HeptasOphs are booming in Milfor
Past Supreme ArchOn, George V, Metz
the founder of the progressive insuran
order, that pays from 81 900 to 5000 upC
the death of a member, has been in Milfo
one week In that short time he has su
eeeded in doubling the membership
Milford COnclave, No 80.
Saws Ievel-headed farmer: ''I do I
find times so hard after all, for while pl
duee is very low, what we have to buy
correspondingly low, and l think if t
time spent in complaining of the times h
been spent at work on the farm the tin
would have been much better" This il
sensible view of the situation Erehan!
A TIE GAME-After playing nine of
hardest-fOught innings contested on lot
field so far this season the clubs of the
NJ. c. A. of Wilmington and Dover q
Saturday afternoon with q score of to
Il was a pitchers battle from a1 start
finish, and Willis for the 7. NJ. Z.
came out ahead. although he did not stri
out as many as Radcliffe of Dover.
The Sentinel says that at the close
1892 the county debt was given as S46, 34
q Not a word as to any floating debt
any debt efany kind than the bonded d
represented by the above figures. AT
end Of 1898 the bonded debt is given
$4,000 and loans of $1,000, making
fearful aggregate OF s6O0 ~ here Is
increase in one year of olZ,OOO.
Delaware has man in the gradual
class of the United States Military Ae
ttLY ht west 1Oiuts AAV
Ha~kins. Jr., son Of Colonel Hawkin
che Twenty third United States intan
and nephew of Senator Gray. Ola
Churchman, of Wilmington, has been
pointed 10 succeed Cadet Hawkins,
passed the preliminary examinations
March.
N. w Prettvman, merchant and far
at StOcklev. has sixty acres Of the b
scarlet clover we ever set our eyes ul
He will save it for seed and has put
large shed or barracks Ox6O feet, IN W
he will stow the straw for feed v
threshed out Last year Mr. Pretty
sold I00 bushels of seed for soCO, ana Is
peeting to realize snug little sum
this years crop.-lSusseg journal
DELAWARE PRoHIBITIoEIsTs.- i US
even dozen delegates answered the cal
the New Castle County Prohibition
ventiOn, which was held in the Y: nj.
hall, Saturday afternoon. Joseph Der
son, of Mill Creek hundred, was J
chairman, and John w. Haley, OF
mington, secretary. The principal
ness Of the convention was the electi
60delegates to represent New Castle 20
in the Prohibition State Convention, I
held at Dover on June "a.
The PASSING OF THE HoRsE.-Th'
yelopment of electricity for CONNIE
uses, and especially as a motive pow'
street cars has raised problem as Z
future of horses. The demand for