Smyrna times., 1895-02-27
Closing of Malls.
County and State Items.

Charles F. Stevenson is printing
complete directory of the town of Mil
ford, which will be sold at 15cts.
Edward B. Rice, for 80 wears q
prominent business man of Middle.
Town, aged 90 years, died Friday.
Thomas J. Marvel, one of the most
prominent citizens of Kent county
died Friday at his hcme near Slauohter
Station, aged SO years.
Martin Knight died at his late resi-.
dence. near Willow Grove, Del, Feb.
14th, 1898, age Ga years. He leaves a
wife and eight children.
The Rev. Thomas E. Terry of ST
Paul's NJ. +. Church Wilmington hos
been invited to remain at the church
for another year and has accepted the
invitation.
There is good bass fishing now at
the Delaware and Chesapeake canal
A Mr. Wolf is reported to have caught
40 bass last week, averaging two and
One-half pounds each
At the sale of LattOmus Bro. near
Townsend, Thursday, 30 cows were
sold at an average price of $4l each,
the amounts ranging from S27 to $S5. |
Horses brought from $62 to 800.
Wickersham & Co., Wilmington
Del, dealers in carriage supplies. have |
failed in consequence of the McLear & |
Kendall failure, and have confessed
judgement to the amount of $4,000 to |
Lindley c. Kent
The House bill requiring school |
superntendents to hold a frst-grade |
certificate or diploma from a recog-
nlzed college, which has become a law.
is another step in progress and will
raise the standard of our public schools.
All wOuld-be journalists will have a
chance of purchasing at the Court
house, Wilmington, on the 7th of
March, two hundred shares of the
Evening Journal Publishing Company
seized and taken as the propertv of
Mr.. Charles William Edwards.
To the credit of the members of the
present Legislature be it recorded. that
It Is the most temperate Legislature |
that has met in Dover for a number of
years. There is so little drinking ;
among the members that it has become
question of comment. We are glad l
to know it and to note it.-SentineL.
II the charter for the Queen Anne's i
Railroad can be got through the Senate q.
as nicely as it went through the House r
the people of Sussex county will he +
pleased. The proposed line opens IN o
territory now not enjoying railroad /
facilities, and gives to lower Delaware n
a new market in Baltimore. q
David Murphy, of Newark. was c
buncoed by horse gyp in Philadel-
phla one day last week. He saw AN p
advertisement in the Philadelpbia s'
Record of Kentucky mare with a r.
record of 80 sound and gentle. that b'
could be purchased for 500. He saw
the ANNA and paid 800 on account
the bal lance to be paid on delivery of Il
Inc animal. He is now out 800 and o
the animal IN
DOVER HOSIERY SOLD.-The entire b
plant OF the Dover hosiery factory. ex- %, CS
eept the building, engine and shaftiuy ~
las oeen sold to parties in Fort Wayne.
Lnu.' and Is being shipped TO that
pace. Inc ~ knitting machines were
purchased IN Germany about four wears
40 at an expense of S35, 500. They
we're Tor the manufactures of regular
hale hosiery, but proved not TO be a g,
'aying investment, and were run onlv Il
bout nine months.
young man of BridgevilIe saw Is
D New England paper an advertise. sil
lent, stating for so cents great secret m,
'Ould be sent, by which anyone could hi,
We without work. He sent the re- bo
ulred amount, and received the fol- No
'Wlng reply: Insert an ADVERTISE 81
lent IN paper and get some fools -
Ke yourself to send you so cents: o4i
zen you can live as / do, without PO
Ork"
MR. ADDICK5 WANTS HEIRs.-In 3
ie Legislature last week Representa- Is
We Ball gave notice of an act to e
lthorize J. Edward Addicks to adopt z
lsses Margaret Hall Wilson aud Ros.
ie Wilson of ClaymOnt, and to make
EN- bis heirs at law. Thev are 81
hldren Of Mrs. Ida Carr Wilson. who "a
named by Mrs. Addicks as co-respon- 70,
'G' IN her application for a divorce me-
ON Mr.. Addicks. w ---o
!" HY Not THE CRIMSON BLOSSOM bui
le public school children of the CITY "
wilmington voted last week for the out
olce OF a Hover to be known as the sap
raj emblem of the State of Delaware. 5vn, SUn
le total result is as follows: con
each blossom. ....................... 10 nov
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