Evening journal., 1895-04-20

House BILL gives Incorporated ditch
companies county aid where the bitches
serve to drain the county roads of Kent
! county, aud the other, Senate bill
| Incorporates the Delaware Street Sweep.
ing Machine Company
Hfr. naIl Was Absent.
The House did not act upon the House
bill in relation to pictorial instruction In
the public schools because Of the absence
of Mr. Ball, chairman OF the Committee
on EducAtion. The measure was called
up by Mr. Sypherd, who, when ne
learned Of Mr.. Balls absence, promptly
moved to let 1t go over.
Past Favors sooa Forgot
The road commissioners Of St Georges
hundred will rot levy an additional tax
OF kl 500 upon the psopis OF the hundred
to pay for the work OF keeping the roads
clear Of snow It was called up Ia the
House yesterday afternoon Mr. oils,
who represents the hundred, stated that
his constituents were opposed to 1t aud
on his motion It was indefinitely post
poned.
Enough Legal Holidaya
Good Friday ia not legal holiday In
Delaware and will not be very soon.
There was q bill ia the House making It
holiday. but Representative Syphsrd
had 1t Indefinitely postponed he express
ing the opinion that there we're enough
legal holidays already.
Two Talked to Death.
The House, while ia It's killing mood
yesterday, dispatched two bills making
grants Of salt marsh to John @ Hen.
erickson and Thomas Lowe, OF Little
Greek hundred. Several OF the members
said that the state property should not
be voted away at the rate OF 80 cents
an acre During the debate Represent
alive Mustard, who never drinks, and
consequently, has fund OF dry humor,
said that the state had ordered state
and Federal hAg, but that II 1t continued
to vote away its land IL would have none
left for the flags to doAt over
on the Surety Bill.
The Senste Committee on Revised
Statutes had the American Surety Com
pany's bill relating to surety OF bonds for
administrators, executors, trustees and
guardians before 1t yesterday. 1t CAV,
, the friends and opponents Of the measure
( a hearing, ell the senators being present
Those who spoke Ia favor of the bill
were Hugh Q. Browne, Henry Rdgely
! Jr, and Lewis vandegrift. Josopl
I Cahall, ex- Secretary Of State John d
i Hawkins, Judge Ball aud James Il
| Hughes we're also present In its Interest
1 but did not speak, the tins not permit
! ting.
The opponents we're John s. Rossell
a representing the Security Trust an
! Safe Deposit Company, and 9th
Nowland, representing the EquitAbl
i Guarantee and Trust Company The
! opposed ii on the ground that It wa
unfair to make the estate pay the charge
Z on the surety bond. and because it mad
the surety really the prlncipal in th
i adhinistration OF the estate
: 1t was one OF the biggest legal fights Z
: the session and ably conducted on bot
+ sides LASTING for nearly two hours.
Peach Yenows and scale.
The Peninsula horticuIturists will hRy
II hearing on Wednesday on the Hous
bill to protect and promote the horticul
\ taral interests OF the state e II Bar
i croft and other fruit growers will max
d addresses on peach yellows aud San Jos
: scale.
' Where Love Has Fled.
d Marriage has been a failure In th
y case OF George and Annie e Burtor
! Of Sussex county, and RspressntRti1
Townsend has introduced a biz {
dissolve the marriage tie
Il Lots OF work Ahead.
it The joint committees appointed 70 fix
J time Tor adjournment sine die met ys
II terday ard decided TO report IN favor
< May 9. This does not suit Represents
tive Pyle who, In company with J0seI
- al
\, Europe on the steamship New York, {
= May 8, remaining abroad for about 81
weeks. He would like to DO here f
n adjournment, but his arrangements al
made and he cannot change them now.
The Senate is well up with it's worl
but the House Is away bshlnd Ovs
Es one half Of all the bills on the calendI
be- have yet to be acted upon. There are fft
ie six bills, which have been reported
ID committees, on the House table waitir
9 for the members who have them
zs charge to call them mp for action.
Ths Committee on Private Corporation
has twenty-five bills ia hand, while 81
!, Committee on Revised Statutes has twsI
:. ty-one The other com mittees have larl
- numbers yet 20 be acted upon, and maj
i, Of the bills in committee are very ID
y portRnt IN character and cannot b. col
= sidered in day. The easy bills wei
:. worked of frst and nearly ali the ID
- portant ones were left to the heel OF Il
!; session There is lots OF work aheAd I,
y !. the Senate has yet to work upon all tl
- House business.
n Dean wants TO Be Magistrate
ID Joseph Dean. OF Newark, was
h Dover yesterday He wants to
le magistrate to succeed Squire Smith.
a Deserted Their HousehsId Gods.
Margaret and john Ed ward McNal
no longer worship their household 60
SO bensath their own ig tree Mrs McNE
10 wishes to be separated from her Jo
r Ed ward, aud Senator Fenimore has co.
In rlbuted his share of support BY init
BY ducing bill OF divorcsment
ng The Election Law Amendments.
ag Deputy Attorney General Branch
~, Giles had hearing before nearly al
no the senators in the room OF the clerk
al the Senate yesterday. The subject
ne hls discourse WAS amendments TO
secret ballot law. He explained
nature Of the changes asked for a
on showed how they would serve to ms
~ I alentiOna mora honest than thew