Smyrna times., 1895-10-02
County and State Items.

director OF the First National Baul
of pOver.
The peninsula peach crop is now ,
thing OF the past. 1t is estimated tha
1t was nearly t 100000 baskets. which
would mean S2,000,O00 for the growers
The Methodist Ministers of WHINING
tou have decided to continue for an
other week the big revival meeting
that have been held in Grace Church
The betrOthal of Miss Mary Coope
OF Wyoming, to Mr.. Chas. H. JolIs. o
MlddietO~n, has been announced. tn,
nuptIals to be celebrated in Decembei
next.
The foot ball season opened in VIII
mIngtOn Thursday. The Whining.
ton aud Chester High School teams
played game which resulted in 9
score Oi o TOO.
Died at Wilmington, Thursday
B-dJAmin {. Pearce, "A we'll known
hotel Keeper, who conducted hotels at
Elkton and POcOmOke City, Md; Mil
ton Pa; and Wilmington, aged 20
years.
The Dover Board Of Health has
passed resolution declining to grant
permits for keeping swine within the
town limits after the first of January
next. Ihis Is rough on some of the
politicians.
An athletic association has been
formed at the Wilmington Conference
AcaJemy. Au effort Is being made To
secure ;be Dover baseball grounds for
tar football team, for which thirty- -four
m-n are n training.
WIimiugtOn's : demonstration in honor
ci ihe acquittal of the twenty one
Cubans iast eek could not have been
more cordial and sympathetic. Every
thins but annexation was assured
them. Delaware is foremost in the
cause OF Cuban Independence.
Harry A. Richardson, of Dover. has
ful.y decided TO tear down all of the
buildings on his property at LOCKER.
man aud State street and build new
block. There will be five stores with
twenty feet front on Lockerman
street Three will be fifty feet deep
aud one sixty-ive.
Saturday, sunday and Monday. OF
last week, with maximum temDera.
tJres Of 81 degrees, were the hottest
september days since Septem Der Z, 1881.
when lO2 degrees was the record.
The hottest day thisyear, August IL.
was less than one degree warmer
than saturday week.
A lady living short distance from
Newark made quite blunder in max
Ins pepper sauce, one day this week
Instead OF using the right spice, she
put IN IA powder that would extermi-
cate bugs, etc. She discovered her
mistake before any of the sauce was
eaten.
The Bevs. George c. Hall, II. NJ.
Bartlett, J. Leighton McKim and T.
Gardner Littell, d. H., DIR. Ridgely.
Edward q. Bradford, s. NJ. Curtis and
d.. Horace Burr will represent the
Diocese Of Delaware at the general
convention of the Episcopal Church,
which began yesterday at Minneapolis,
MINI.
The revival at Armory Church.
Dover mas continued Rev. &. /. Stengle
pastor. The conversions number %
and new penileuts present themselves
nightly. The attendance crowds the
church to its utmost capacity, many
obliged to stand during the services.
The Artesian well at the Almshouse
was on Wednesday pronounced salts
factory aud an order drawn for the
amount. The we'll cost $1,000 and
showed a capacity for over 80 gallons
TO the minute at the test. The trustees
procured good flow of cold water and
now have their own electric lights and
water supply independent of the State
Hospital.
BUCHANAN STILL AT LARGE.-John
Buchanan, proprietor of the Leipsic,
Del, Hotel, Is still at large. The Dover
authorities want him for an assault
with intent To commit murder on James
Truax Uf Philadelphia last week. II
appears that blows were exchanged
over a girl aud as rruax was driving
away that Buchanan fired two revol
uer shots. The bullet from one
lodged under Truax's right shoulder.
Buchanan slipped away from the
officer
The annual convention of Kent
County Sunday schools was held at
Harrington Tuesday and Wednesday
of last week. The following officers
were elected President, Jas. A.
Smith of Harrington; vice pres, Rev.
2. II. Rawlins, Harrington; sec., w.
II. Jakes, Wyoming; treas, Miss Jen-
ME Mcintosh, Camden; executive
board, Rev. G. !. Stengle, Mrs. Emma
Caulk, Mrs. Lydia Poole, and the presi
dent and secretary. The next meeting
will be held in Armory Church, Dover,
next September. 5
PAID BLOOD MONEY.-Wm. Taylor
OF MiddletOwn, was a witness before
the commissioners of accounts who are
investigating the affairs of the dock
board in New York. He was told that
be would not get a lumber contract
unless he Joined Tammany Hall. He
aflerward gave $500 to Richard
CrOckeT, which was received by him as
contribution for campaign purposes.
He never was able 70 get any con-
tracts, Notwithstanding his cOntribut-
ions or blood money.
BATTLE WITH THIEvING TRAMPs.
six men supposed to be tramps
ELECTED an entrance to William Gordy's |
store at MillsbOro, on Friday night !
and stole about so and a quantity Of |
clothing. They we're discovered when |
leaving the store and dropped most of |
their plunder and escaped. Saturday |
night they appeared 10 Laurel and |
entered store to buy something to |
eat. Constable Davis organized a |
posse and attempted their capture, but |
they escaped TO the woods near town. |
where they are yet in hiding, and the |
posse guarding against their escape.
The HIRED MAN QUESTION
ls hot fight full of feeling between |
senator German and the Baltimore
our In his recent speech in Howard |
county Senator German spoke with /
some contempt Of the reporters and |
'edltoral writers of the Sun as "hired /
agents" and hirelings.n 1t is of course |
Iue that the Sun pays salary or wages |
70 the brilliant men who write its |
sultoriais as we'll as to the bright and |
Dusy men who gather its news and /
sne industrious operators who set its
~ ;spe. Every newspaper worth read
ss pays something for every line of /
teauing matter in it.
SPEAKER M'MULLEE RoDpvD
hi nhieves mingled freely 70 the seD1nD throno
Snlcn was attracted to WiIroinrsnls
saturday by Buffalo Bills Wud Weot VEeon
;s snlle standing on Market street w;en eSs.