Smyrna times., 1895-02-06
County and State Items.

County and State Items.
Wild ducks have been very scarce
during this season.
Job H. Jackson has been made chair
man of the Local Option State Ex-
ecutive Committee.
Cynthia, wife of w. d. McGloghlon,
of Dover, died at her home on Brad
ford street on Wednesday, aged 81
years.
Tomorrow there will be influx of
colored people from all over the State
at Dover, to attend an educational
convention.
The Delaware Iron Works at New
Castle, has received u contract for 500
tons Of iron trolley poles from a com
pany in Dublin, Ireland.
McKeudree Downham, who has been
visiting his mother and sisters in Cali
fOrnia aud Indiana for over IA year past,
has returned to Delaware.
The Rev. Enoch Stubbs, D. d. of the
Philadelphia Conference preached
SUNDAY morning and evening in the
NJ. f. Church at Harrington.
MARRIED.-At Glenworth, near Mil
ford, on December Both, 1894, by Rev.
J. : Willis, Edwin +. Patterson to
Miss Carrie Williams both of Fled-
erica.
Cards are out for the marriage of
Mr.. J. Corbit Hayes and Miss Eliza
beth Diehl, of near Bear Station, on
Wednesday, February 9th. The cere-
mony to be at the home OF the brides
parents.
Prominent DELAWAREAN DEAD. -
BENJAMIN FOOks, aged 81, one OF Sussex
county's largest land and capitalists,
died sunday Of pneumonia. tie was
Republican. lie was also "a large
stock holder of the Delaware Railroad.
Samuel Bancroft, Jr., late Demo-
cratic candidate for Congress, was on
Thursday appointed by President
Cleveland member Of the commission
to test and examine the weight and
hneuess of the COINS received at the
various miuts in 1894.
CONFERENCE OF CHURCH CLUBS
The third annual conference of the
Church Clubs of the United States,
comprising delegates from the leading
Protestant Episcopal Churches Of the
country, Thursday in the Trinity
Parish building, in Wilmington.
Many Republicans in Milford and
Cedar Creek hundreds who are as
se--ed with poll taxes only, paid their
taxes on saturday. Democrats " no are
charged with a poll tax very generally
rely upon the forbearauce of the col
lectors not to return them as delin-
queuts.- Milford NetCS.
The services connected with the re-
dedication Of the FELTON, Methodist
Epicopal Church we're held on sunday.
Preaching lO45 by Bishop Cyrus ID.
FOs-. Platform meeting AT 5, ad
dresses by bishop Foss, Rev V. > Col
liu-, aud preaching at o'clock by Rev.
Vaughn, > Collins, Rev. Henry :.
ThompsOp, pastor.
The revival meetings at the Milford
NJ. +. Church continue with greatly
increased interest. The services are
deeply solemn and heart searching
There have been sixty conversions
On Wednesday night there we're
seventeen persons seeking, thirteen of
whom were hopefully blessed. Such
meetings must be productive of great
good in any community
On Wednesday at 8 P. N, by the
Rev. +. J. Cochran, of Pennington, at
the VI Z. Church in StaytonsVIlle. Mr.
Mark H. JohusOn and Miss Jennie
Tstman of near WIlliamsyille, were
united in wedlock. Miss Ida Martin
Of Frederick did the honOrs for the
bride and Mr.. j. Frank Johnson of
Milford, a brother of the groom was
best man.
1T WAS A LIZARD.-One day last
week Samuel AllcOrn. living near
Stanton, took an emetic for the pur-
pose Of relieving his stomach of some
trouble which DR.. Boughmau. the at.
tending physician, could not under
stand. The result was that lizard
nearly five inches in length was thrown
from the stomach, after which the
patient showed signs of improvement.
Au effort has been made by the
Dover Race Track Association to get
two thousand dollar appropriation
Dover race cOurse-better known a.
'J'Oyer Fair" aud that is a good
measure for the members to squelch
and very emphatically There Is no
reason why the people of Delaware
should go into the gambling and rae
ing business.
Says the Dover Sentinel: During
the three days ia which Bob Powell
sat to receive taxes not a single Demo
crat presented himself; at least this is
the lnfJrmatIOn we got from reliable !
gentleman Who were present during
the entire sitting. II Is pertinent in
TINS connection to inquire when these |
Democratic voters pay their taxes !
They always turn up on election day
with tax receipts but they are never
accused of paying any tax.
50 long a. school taxes are collected
by districts, the Legislature will be
deluged with bills transferring farms
from one district to another Such
transit are generallyfor the purpose of
escaping taxes to support good schools.
II school tax was levied says the MI
ford Chronicle by fixed per centage
by the Levy Court, and collected as is
the general fund, transfers from one
district to another would be rare.
DOVER WEDDINGS. George Edward
Dawson and Miss Virginia SandersOn
Jester. both Of Dover will be married
10 Christ Church on Thursday after
noon, Feb. ID, at 80 o'clock Miss
Alzayda Robinson Frazier and John
W. Redgrave will be married at the
brides home on Governors Avenue
at o'clock to day. J. Reese Frazier,
and Miss Clara Bowman Stats, will be
married at the residence Of the brides
parents, on New Street. at IL o'clock
to day.
KILLED AT FARMINGTON.-W William
Iharp, Jr., was killed at the railroad
crossing at Pennington by the Norfolk
express on the Delaware railroad at
o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Har-
IT'S Johnson, cOlOred, was struck by the
same train and received II fracture of
Tue skull and a broken leg, from the
ELECTS of which he also died on Thurs
uay. Tharp and Johnson were in a
sleigh and attempted to cross the track
10 front Of the train. William Tharp
was the eldest son of S. Tharp, living
near Vernon, Del. and a relative Of
speaker Watson of the State Senate.
Charles H. Atkins, who was Thurs
nay elected State Treasurer, is a good
nepuolicau aud one of the leading
business men of Milton, Sussex County.
ne represents the younger and aggres-
e element of the party, and is we'll