Smyrna times., 1895-01-23
county and State Items.


The Conference of Church Clubs OF
the P E. Church will be held in Will
mington on January 81.
Peter Gordy, aged "A years, of near
Laurel dropped dead of heart failure
as he was going to dinner.
New Castle County milkmen have
organized, and will ask the Legislature
to pass bill requiring the appoint
ment of milk Inspector.
WILLIAM Lore William Lore. a
brother OF Chief Justice Chas. B. Lore.
died at mis- home near Mt. Pleasant on
Wednesday in his 10th year.
Wilmington is anxious to have bet
ter parks, and the Commissioners will
ask the Legislature to authorize them
to borrow $3.50, 700 to spend on them.
Prof. Herman Roe has received
great many strong letters of recon-
mendauOn to the Governor for the
appointment of county superintendent.
The large hog at the Kent County
Almshouse, near Wyoming, by Z. b.
Downs, was weighed by ElwOod
Jenkins and tipped the beam at 1905
pounds.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians of
Delaware will have a Safe reunion in
the Auditorium, Wilmington, on
Thursday, February 7, when 1900
members are expected TO be present
Burglars fastened the door of Will
liam r ClHrk's jewelry store, in Will
miugtOn, making him a prisoner in-
side, after which they broke the win
dow, stole gold watch and escaped.
A Milford paper says: Milford lays
claim to the honor of the two most
beautiful women at the inaugural ball
on Tuesday night. Our town has ever
been noted for the beauty of lis fair
sex.
The repairs to the steamer Mary u.
Citizens, of the Leipsic- Philadelphia
line, will comprise the cutting of the
hull in two and the insertion of sec
tiou 10 feet long, making the steamer
l2l feet in length.
William Lawson, of Redden, was
bitten by a mad dog, and has gone to
the Pdsteui Institute, in New York,
for treatment. A large number of
dogs in the neighborhood were also
bitten BY the rabid animal.
Brandywine Hundred farmers met
and agreed upon amendments to their
ROAD bill, now before the Legislature.
limiting the tax to % cents on the 800
aud requiring annual elections to de-
termlue the question Of borrowing
money for improvements.
50 great an interest has been
aroused by the religious revival in pro-
gre~s IN NJ. +. Church, at Georgetown,
that all the places of business in the
town and the Two hotels close at 7
O'Clock each evening, in order to in.
crease the attendance at the meetings.
The annual meeting of the Kent
COuuty Protective Association was
held Thursday, and j. I. Jakes was re.
elected president, A. COunor, vice
president; H. c. Collision secretary
and NJ Hayes, treasurer. Executive
Commlttee-W. d. Walls, n. H.
Hutchins and Alfred G.. Dunn.
DEATH OF AN OLD METHODIST. -
Mrs Elizabeth Ann Powell, died at
her home in Wyoming January the
sixth 10 the ninety y-tirst year of her
age. Sne was born and lived all her
life IN Murderkill Hundred she united
with the Methodist Episcopal Church
IN the year 1915.
The STATE House PARLOR FURNI-
T0RE.-The contract for refurnishing
the State House parlor has been
awarded to NJ. Megary & Son of Will
mlngtOn Thirteen pieces of oak furni-
ture, upholstered in leather, and
Wilton velvet carpet of light ground
aud handsomely decorated, have been
ordered.
Barlow & WEER, and William H.
aud Ruel Morrow, commission mer
chants of Wilmington were arrested
Friday by Detective Hutchins, Of the
tame Protective Association, on
charges of selling partridges and rab-
olts after the expiration of the time
allowed for their sale by the game law
Ihey were held for a hearing this
week.
At lecture delivered at George
town on Monday last Mr.. Powell of
New York said: Each bushel of wheat
'akes out from the soil 81 .09, every ton
OF corn takes out $6.3l, every ton of
potatoes POP, largely potash, and
timothy hay takes OUt So worth of
iertlllty. Mr.. POwell's remarks were
very interesting and received marked
attention.
Ex-Governor Reynolds is being
severely criticised by both parties for
the abuse of his pardoning power in
oehalt OF murderers. The EUery EUen
iag IN referring to his retirement says
ne has given but little to the people
~ return for the high measure of con
nndence they repOsed in him more
tnan four years ago" and refers to his
~retched failures" as being in part
The cause of Democratic failure.
CONFESSED JUDGEMENT.-S. NJ. Rey-
holds & Co., of Middletown, Wednes-
day confessed judgment to the amount
OF 800, 900 and now the stock ofgeneral
Merchandise is in the hands of Sheriff
Glllis. This store is one Of the largest
10 the State, occupying nearly block
A large amount of business was car
RED on. Judgement was confessed TO
John A Reynolds, the father Of S NJ.
Reynolds. Sheriff Gllis has closed the
Store. Benjamin Nields represents
the creditors.
WEIGHING THE MEMBERS. Some
one IN Dover has been weighing the
members Of the General Assembly.
Inc combined weight of the nine sena-
tors is 1903 pounds, and average of
over l7S pounds each, and the twenty
one members of the House we gh 3087
pounds, an average of only 147
pounds. According to this showing
she members Of the Senate are heavy
weights aud their neighbors in the
next room are light-weights.
SAVED BY ANTI .TOxINE. - Anti
so1lne, for the cure of diphtheria, dis
covered by Professor Roux, has heeu
successfully used by one of Whining
sons physicians. He has treated
ooVen patients with the discovery and
TTSery one of them have recovered.
= ue popularity of the new treatment
'ne shedding of the diphtheritic
enorane after the injection, and the
oO oOnuitlon 10 which it leaves the mu-
'Ous membrane.-NeUs.
SSOVERNoR's STAFF APPOINTMENTS.
lGoVernor Marvil announced the fol-
Sang appointments for his staff:
Gduel Gd;nel A. Macallister, OF Wilmington,
putant General, With the rank of
ot tiIRsdier I,.oe General; Isaac Thomas Parker
~ "hmlngtOn, Quartermaster General
tn the rank of Brigadier General.
soIS; ne" Adjutant General was a
er IN the late war and was for