Smyrna times., 1894-09-19

limb. We bespeak for him the vote of
everyone, soldier and sailor, animated
by spirit kindred to his, sprang to
the front at the imperilled country's
call.
Samuel Bacon, colored, died in New
Castle from what the attending
physician pronounced to be a case of
sporadic cholera. The event caused
great CONSERVATION among the white
and colored residents of the neighbor-
hood where he lived, on South Fourth
street, but precautions were promptly
taken to prevent spread of the
infection.
Kent County Committee-T.C c. Moore
Duck Creek;W H Moore, ,Kenton; w. E.
Cole, Little Greek D. M. Wilson, W.
N. Boggs, Beniah Watson, East Dover;
William George, West Dover; ]. V.
McCommons, Ezekiel Cowgirl, North
Murderkill Enos r. Williams, w. ].
Harrington, South Murderkill; S. l..
Shaw, ]. B. Simmons, Mispillion; Frank
Reedy, G. w. Marshall, Milford.
Information comes to us, says the
Dover Sentinel, that certain paupers,
who have been inmates of the aims
house, aud a charge on the county for
pEriods ranging from ten to twenty
years, have very recently been dis
charged and scattered over the county,
with view to registration and voting.
Some of them have been located in
hundreds where they never had
residence.
BURGLARs.-The office of John M.
NewbOld, lumber merchant at New
port, Del, was broken into Sunday
and the place ransacked. The large
safe in the office was blown open but
nothing was taken. 1t is supposed
that the robbers were frightened off.
Horse thieves broke into the stable
of Spencer Chandler, at Hockessin,
Del, Sunday night, and stole a horse
a buggy and a set of harness, the
whole team being valued at $500. The
thieves were traced as far as Avon
dale, Pa.
A glib tongued Fakir, wearing the
University cOstuMe-mOrtar board cap
and Oxford gown-worked q very sue
cessful game in Middletown Wednes-
day night and gained $40 or $50 by the
operation, and some of the people are
penny-wiser and pound poorer. The
man had liver pads, patent medicines
etc., to sell the same that was in
Smyrna several weeks ago. He
had been driven out of Wilmington,
and after his trick was discovered the
Middletown men and boys were will
ing to give him an ignominious send
off.
The DeIGUdrean discusses the two
tickets of Kent county claiming of
course greater merit in the Democratic
ticket, especially in the way the select
ions were made, but has the following
to say of the ticket of its opponent
The Republican County Convention
last Wednesday nominated a county
ticket in some respects very strong.
The candidates themselves, for the most
part, are good men. The two can
didates for Senator and several of
those for Representatives are strong
men, of good character and popular in
their respective communities.
Thomas Warren, colored, of Dover
stole a suite of clothes of Howard
Richards near Smyrna, to wear to the
fair Thursday. He arrived here all
logged out, but the owner had his eye
on him. He looked up Officer Pleasan-
ton and told him he was a dangerous
fellow to tackle. Pleasanton arrested
him and started up lOockerman street
with the prisoner. In a short time the
negro broke away. The officer gave
chase, but the prisoner seemed to be
the faster. When he had gone down
the railroad quite distance he gave
out. A jockey from the fair stables
came along and offered to capture the
prisoner. PleasantOn handed the fell
low his revolver and in a short time
the jockey returned with the negro,
who is now in Jail.
RESOLUTIONS AGAIN. - The Kent
county Democrats have found it
necessary to pass resolutions favoring
a change in the tax laws. The Demo-
cratic revision of the tax laws is on a
par with their alleged belief in a re.
vision of the constitution. Had the
Democrats really favored revision of
the constitution that necessary reform
would have come long ago. So with
the tax laws. All they have done to
change these laws has been to present
an expensive report of a commission,
on which the Legislature took no action.
| The state, however, had to pay tie
bill. The resolutions of the convent
ion are sop to the Fultonians, who
are demanding revision of the laws
-MOraing NelOs.
The Sentinel has the following: At
the County Convention which met in
Dover last Tuesday, resolution was
| passed favoring an alteration of the tax
laws so as to produce fair distribution
| of the public burden, and declaring in
favor of the taxation of bonds, mort.
cages and other investments. The re.
solution, we repeat, is veritable sham
This very question, as we have prev
iously shown, was formally presented
to the State Convention and in the
most emphatic manner it was absolutely
rejected. This too, after an energetic
attempt, as we are informed, to get the
the platform committee 10 incorporate
it in the resolutions to be presented tC
the convention as the platform anC
declaration of principles of the Demo.
cratic party of the State. Speeches were
made on the floor of the convention
against it. and the scheme met will
the most pronounced expression o
disapprOval.
The chancery case of the Mayor anC
City Council of Wilmington VS..
Edward Addicks ct al, had a hearing
at the Wilmington Court House Fri
day morning. Chancellor adliten
Henry r. Johnson. of Dover, was oil
the bench. The city was represented
by Z. G. Bradford and w. C.Spruance
Austin Harrington, Herbert H. War;
and Buckeley Taylor. of Philadelphia
represented Mr.. Addicks. The com
plainants admitted that the Oxy-hy
drOgen company was a legally or
ganized body at the time of the bring
ing of the suit. The contest up to thii
point has been an effort on the part o
thes defendants to have the Oxy-hy
drogen Company made party defend