Smyrna times., 1895-01-30

The COroner's jury in the case of
Joseph w. Poore, charged with the
murder of John Jones, reached YER
dict Monday to the effect that Jones
came to his death from conclusion of
the brain. POore was set at liberty.
There was no evidence pointing to
show that Jones was murdered. The
| dead boy aud his uncle were on spree
together, and it is supposed both were
thrown out of the wagon. Jones was
killed outright, while POOre picked
himself up and went to the house of
Sherman Dayett.
GOVERNOR MARvIL's APPOINTMENTS.
Thursday Governor MarYil an
nounced the following additional APP
pOintments upon his staff: Nathaniel
Il. Benson, of Wilmington, aide-de-
camp John Norris Robinson, of Will
mington, quartermaster, for New Cas-
tie County; ex-MayOr Austin Harring-
ton, of Wilmington, Judge Advocate
General. The latter succeeds Colonel
E. T. Cooper, of Dover. On Friday he
announced the following: Aides-de-
camp with the rank of Colonel, Phillip
l.. Cannon, of Bridgevile, and Charles
w. Barger, of WoOdside; quartermaster
for Sussex County. with the rank of
Colonel, Daniel J. Fooks, of Laurel.
SPECIAL CONsTABLEs WILL BEGIN
ACTION The special cOustables have
decided 20 take legal action toward
securing the money due them. On
Saturday fifty of the commissions were
handed to James O'Neil with the in
struction to place them in the hands of
William F. Smalley. The folling
persons have been appointed to re-
CeiVe the commissions IN the various
wards Michael Cannon, Third ward;
Andrew Dougherty, Fourth ward;
Andrew Murphy, Fifth; Harold Quin
by, Sixth; Henry Morrow, Seventh,
John Crummery, Eighth; William Nc
CafIerty, Finth John T. Ahrens,
Tenth; G. r. Harrison, Eleventh;
Thomas Ryan, Twelfth; VIM. Long
The idea has been generally prev
alent that Governor MarVil would have
the power to appoint Senator, should
the Legislature fail to elect at this ses-
sion. 1t is Il mistake, as the question
has been settled by the United States
Senate in the case of Senator for Mon
tana, who was appointed by the COVER
nor after the Legislature failed to agree
The Senate decided that only in the
case of the death, resignation or the
removal by Impeachment of United
States Senator during his term Of Office
the vacancy so made can be filled by
the governor of his State, until the
next meeting of the Legislature pro
vided, however, that when vancancv
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ture, II choice must then be made by
that body.
4 TYRANICAL TAX COLLECTOR
The tyranny of some tax collectors
surpassed belief We had thought
that the conduct of John T. Dickey
was almost unbearable, but it now ap-
pears that the people of Kent County
are required to submit to greater
tyrannlcal eXactionS, if possible, at the
hands of one Robert Powell, and yet
the Ererg EreaiRg and other advocates
OF reform, have not uttered one word
in condemnation of their Internal eX-
actions. 1t is no more right to dis
franchise man ny refusing to take
tax, than it is to cheat him out of his
vote by other methods, and it is high
time that the tax collectors should
understand that they cannot pursue
their arbitrary course with impunify.
that the tax payers have rights they
are bound to specifically RepUb-
LicGn
the people Of Sussex county are
much Interested in the bill which is
now before the General Assembly TO
allow the Queen Anne Railroad Com
pany Maryland to extend its line
across the Peninsula to Rehoboth.
Farmers there think it would enable
them to ship their crops to Baltimore
and thus open a new market There
are still others who believe that the
excursions which would be carried -
RehobOth in the summer time would
make trade better for the whole lower
portion of the Peninsula. - far a. is
known the bill will not be fought bv
any other railroad company. If it is.
there may be expected large delega
ton Of sussex cOuntians at Dover in
the interests of the bill The road
will be built entirely by Maryland
capital and many of the people of the
lower part Of the state think that all
possible should be done to bring
foreign capital into the state.