The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-03-13
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The Cherry IsInnd nIarrk BiIi Killed In the
Senate. Other General Legislative Nayn
Down, March l2th.

II having been ascertained that nearly
all the lottery tickets In the Unitel States
are printed In Wilmington, tho Legisla.
ture struck the first blow to-day to stop
the enterprise. klr. Davis in tho House
introduced his bill making 10 as Illegal to
print the tlckots ns to sell them.
The bill governing the selling or giving
Intoxicating liquor to minors or habitual
drunknrds was killed In the Senate to. day.
The bill placed the fine at from $50 to
$50 and In default from one to six months'
Imprisonment. Senator Handy felt that
the BILL gave too much power to Justice
OF the Peace and Senator Fennimore folt
that iG would he cheaper to pay fine
before Justice of the Peace than In the
Upper Court.
MIR. Robbins knows that hawks arc dead.
dealy enemies of robbins ana consequent.
ly introduced a bill placing a bounty OF 25
cents each on tho scalp OF a hawk or owl
The scalp will have TO be accompanied by
an affidavit as to when the bird was killed.
Tho House put tho finishing touchee on
four divorce bills today which had been
introduced In the Senate.
They were the bills to divorce Mary A.
aud William II. iiollingsworth; to divorce
Henrietta and Thomas r. Hopkins; Lille
and Howard L. Weed;to divorce Rosa and
Walter W, Reed. anu to divorce Elias j.
and Carrie Il Taylor
The Kent County Levy Court bad its
Innings to-day and wants the law repeat.
du WnlCn COEnDbl5 tno EotuOful Oi bHO W
from the public roads.
J. M. Stnrbuck of li1 ,ton. arrived hore
to-day to try and have something done
In reference to the bll amending the
charter of the Peninsula Investment
Company. The original charter was OBJ
tulned by J. Edward Addicks in 1889. At
the present session MIR. Morgan introduc-
ed the following bill.
An act to amend an act entitled an act
to Incorporate the Peninsula Investment
Company, passed ut Dover. April "a. 1889.
Be IL enacted. etc.
Section l. That section 8 of said act be
and he same is hereby amended by strik.
ing out the word 'annuslly" In lins two
and inserting between the words stock.
holdsrsp and at in line two the words
ION the third Tuesday after the list Mon
day In November. commencing In 1895 and
annually thereafter on the same date, and
between the words require" and ''all" iu
line twelve add the words the present
board OF directors shall hold over until the
next election In November. 1895, and any
vacancy In snid board OF directors may he
Tiled as provided for In the bylaws OF ths
said corporation" and in line eighteen
substitute the words 80 many OF the
stockholders as the bylaws of the cor por.
alton may designate" In lieu of the words
''s.ockhOiders owning at least one half OF
the capital stock"
Section That section OF said act be
and the Same lie hereby amended by sub
shall he given by publication In two news.
papers In tho State OF Delaware" In lieu
OF the words ton days notice shall be
given by publication In two newspapers
published In tho city Of Wilmington"
When the bill won't to the Senate II was
atood on its head to sse II 1t was loaded.
Tho objections made we're that some OF
the directors were not aware that the
amended bill was introduced. Tho bill
has passed both houses aud the time for
1. lar a IfNn n hus hnnn
Cherry Island Marsh Company will have
to raise bun frogs. Its bill came up IN
tho Seuale to-day, and it was wrapped
rest In the little graveyard to keep com.
pany with its brother marsh bills OF New
Castle county. Senator Hanby ana Soma
tor Pyle conducted the services and 81
another martyr is added to the Seenate
atrocities"
The City Of Now Castle has one lady,
Mrs. William II. Rodgers, who believes
feelings. and Captain Rodgers. OF Com
pany Ii. N. q. d., feels the same way
about his wife. who with her children ID
keeping cottage at Ocean Grove. Mrs
Rodgers was a daughter of ex-SheriIf
Lambson, OF New Castle County, and
few years age suod tho erring husband
for support The divorce in this case Will
not 10 granted.
The members OF both houses felt deep
pntny when the news reached here
thut Governor Murvl was very Ill. The
Marvl family seems to be IN a sad strait.
j. Dallas Marvll, son OF tho Governor. Is
indisposed with pneumonia, Harvey Mar
vii. nephew oil the GnVeraor, has been
very Ill for the past few weeks. and James
A. Marvll, brother oil the Governor. died
to-day. and all these thlnga tend to weak.
en tho Will power OF the Governor.