Smyrna times., 1894-06-27
:, Dog-days are yet to come, if the po
liceman does not interfere.

Dog-days are yet to come, if the DO
liceman does not interfere.
DELAwARE's FAIR BUILD1Ne.-The
Delaware building at the Worlds Fair
grounds has been moved to Wolf Lake
Ind, where it will be used for club
house. 1t was purchased some time
ago by the Wolf lake hunting and fish
ing club. 1t was placed on rollers and
moved down to the lake shore at Jack
son Park, where the large scows were
anchored to receive it.
MINIsTERIAL.-T were 25 can
didates examined in the various classes
and 16 members of the board, making
total of Al ministers in attendance at
Dover. In addition there were num-
Der of visiting ministers who took part
In the public exercises. The work done
by the board of examiners in these four
days covers about one-third of the work
usually done during the first two days
of Conference.
CoLoRED COLLEGE MEETING.-The
Board of Trustees of the Delaware
State College for Colored Students met
at Dover Friday. All of the trustees,
the Hon. Charles B. Lore, Henry G.
Conrad, D. M. Ridgely, DIR. Mustard.
Henry Cannon and DR.. CIV Marshall,
were present. The faculty were all re-
tanned for the ensuing year and Presi-
dent Webb's salary was fixed at $3.50 a
year. The conditions of the college
were reported good. The farm was
reported to be greatly improved. There
was no increase in the number of stud
ents reported.
BAD FREIGHT WRECK.-A freight
wreck caused, it is supposed, by bent
axle on one of the cars, demolished
eight freight cars at Viola on the Della
ware railroad Thursday and delayed
passenger trains for over an hour. The
freight was south-bound and when be-
low Clayton there was trouble caused
by a truck jumping the track. 1t was
replaced, but it is supposed that the
axle was bent and when the train was
near Viola the car on which the ben
axle was, jumped the track and th'
others were piled on top of it. No on'
was hurt, but the cars were scattered
and broken into all kinds of shapes ant
pieces. Some of them were so badly
mashed that they will be of no us
hereafter. Two of them were LOADED
with stone and the others were empty
SUDDEN DEATA OF MRS. LAVENDER
Mrs. Lydia Cavender, wife c
Thomas Cavender, died suddenly a
her home in Middletown at 3.15 o'clocl
/ Thursday morning in her seventy
: third year. Shortly before thre
) o'clock she was taken i'll and MI
CaVender summoned DR.. r. B. Mckee
q but she was rapidly sinking and die
o five minutes after the physicians al
4 rival. She was conscious to the las
but was unable to speak AppOplex
of the throat is supposed to have bee
$ the cause of her death. Mrs. Cavendt
d was the daughter of DR.. Josiah FOarC
y and was born on the Levels, near Mic
dletown. On February 2lst, 1S4
If over half a century ago, she was ma
s ried TO Thomas Cavender. The RI
r. mains were buried at Bethel ChurC
Saturday afternoon. OF her 81
children four survive her; Wilson
IS Lavender, of Smyrna, Mrs. John JOne
u York Pa, Mrs. AM. Whittock who r
lie sides at home, Mrs. w, MilnOr, Harri
l. burg Pa. Her son John Cavender die
in 1885, aud Mrs. Emma Kibler died
1891. She has two sisters living
M Camden n. j., Mrs. A. l.. Gordon, al
r Miss Mary E Ford, and a sister al
rv brother in California, Mrs. Sarah
Church, and Mr.. Thomas Foard, Edit
of the Golden Era San, FrancisC
OF Rev. n. M. Browne oficiated, assist
,: by Rev. Adam Stengle.