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Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

doomed store or fiat with alcohol, and
then hang a bladder filled with some
inflammable fluid from the ceiling. A
light was next set to the alcohol on the
floor and walls When the fire reached
the bla 1der, then followed an explosion
and every Vestige of the manner in
which the fire started was destroyed.
Another favorite method used by the
incendiaries of the present day, says
S SchOenholz, is to set open all the gas
burners in some unOccupied part of a
house, lighting but one. An explosion
soon follows and the desired result is
attained.
"Once started talking SchoenhOlz
kept on without being urged, and name
after name was brought into his story
/ of crime. He says he was, as a rule,
employed by insurance adjusters to set
fire to places. After those present in
the room had finished questioning him,
Schoenholz was taken to the Yorkville
| Police Court again.
''This time he was arranged on a
definite charge. Fire Marshal Mitchell
was in the court room with an affidavit
by Morris Weiner. The specific charge
against SchoenhOlZ was the setting fire
to the premises at 2S5 East Fourth
street on January 3rd last. Weiner
in his affidavit says that the premises
were occupied by the family of Harri!
Deutsch, fire insurance aGjuster, q
family named RosenbloOm, and by hi
own family.
J ION the night of January 1st, so tn
affidavit reads, Weiner, Deutsh, ROsen
bloom and Schoenholz were together
and Harris Deutsch offered $40 t
I Schoenholz if he would set fire On Jau
J uary 3rd to his (Deutsch's) fat. Th
. fire was soon put out by the fremer
: and eight days later Deutsch collecte
$1,000 insurance from the Phoenix Ii
II surance Company of Brooklyn, in whic
Il he had had his fat insured. JustiC
v Ryan, after reading this affidavit to u
prisoner, said: 4 will hold you
" $4,000 bail for examination on Tue
u day afternoon, June 4, at 2.30 o'clock
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

PROF. A. DUNCAN YOCUM, who for
the past five years has been the prin-
cipal of our public schools, will vacate
his position At the end of the present
term-the last of this month-tO take
a better and more lucrative position in
MiliVllle, n. j. While regretting his
loss from our community, we can but
congratulate him on being chosen to a
place that offers better advantages in
his profession every way. 1t speaks
well for him that he was elected unan-
imously out of from 25 to 80 appli-
cants. The position he is 10 fill is that
of Supervisor Of Public Schools, at d
salary of $1,000, having thirty-nine teach
ers under him, teaching himself only
two hours. the other three hours being
spent in supervising the other depart
ments. He will assume his duties
there, as we understand, with the
opening of the fall term. The sever
ance of Prof. Yocum from our cOmmu-
nity involves that also of his family
! wife, mother and sieters-frOm whom
their many friends will part with feel
! ings of deep regret, Cniei OF whom vii
! be the mystic circle Of the B. NJ ;. X
! Fortunately, however, the change
does not take place for some weeks
Mr.. Yocum was a candidate for th'
Superintendency of Public Schools o
Kent County. but has withdrawn hi
name since receiving the intelligence o
| his selection at MillYille.
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

A colored man named Al Johnson
residing in house of John II. Bishop,
near Cheswold, was drowned IN the
Garrison Millpond on Sunday. There
were seven men In the boat, the IN
fortunate man standing at the time
astride the boat with foot on either
side. An eighth one on the outside
gave the boat toss which unfortus
nate turned over so as to catch each
one underneath it. They all scrambled
out from under the boat except John
son who drowned before he was mis-
sed. The r. It recoversS nm
I'll the 4 sn a or's
inques IA
I ~ ffo
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

FRANK RIEMAN, Kent County's ex-
tensive bee raiser, is having flattering
success so far this year with his apiary.
Last week he extracted in all 1850
pounds of hOrey-85O pounds on Mod
day and Tuesday and 1000 pounds on
Friday and Saturday. This honey is
from scarlet clover and is pure and
white and of exceptionally fine quality.
This success at such an early period is
unprecedented and Mr.. Rieman is ex'
peeting fine results from his apiary
From 100 swarms of bees which he
began the season with, he has now in
creased to 270 and expects in a week
or so to reach the 300 mark. Mr.. Rel
man extracted 450 pounds yesterday
making a total so far of 1900 pounds
He got cents pound where he usec
to get 10 cents. The difference he at
tributes to so per cent. reduction il
the tariff on strained honey.
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05
REDEMPTION OF TOWN BOND.

In compliance with Section g. CHAPTER 56i
Laws of Delaware passed Ii Dover. March ltth.
loy5 notice is hereby given that the Commission
ers Of the town of smyrna have elected 20 redeem
Water Bond No. D. Of said town. on the lst dAy of
July, 1899, at the Fruit Growers National Bank ~
smyrna Interest on said Bond will then ase.
BY order,
JOHN Il HOFFECKER
President Town Commissioners
JAMES p. HOFFECkER, Treasurer 654
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

THE SMYRNA TIMES is published at Smyrna
7 Del, every Wednesday afternoon, at O'Clock
THE TIMES is an independent paper devoted to
the welfare of the.town it represents and the
State of which it is a part. 1t also gives the
items of importance of the Eastern Shore of
Maryland.
ROBT. d. HOFFECKER,
Editor and Proprietor.
ROBT. D. HOFFECKER JR.,
Associate Editor.
TERMS per annum. Nc
paper is discontinued until all arrears are paid
up-except at the option of the publishers.
ADVERTIsEMENTs-TH SMYRNA TINES is thV
business medium not only for the town it rep
resents, but for the outlying district of which
isthe centre, embracing the towns of Clayton
KentOn, Cheswold, Leipsic, &c. A rate of s.
cents an inch per month will be charged 70
transient advertising. A special reduction Of
all semi-annual and yearly advertisements.
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05
SATURDAY, JUNE 22ud, 1895.
at2 o'clock p. m,

the following described real estate. 10 wit:
All that certain farm or tract of land aud prem
ises situated in KentOn hundred, Kent county
and State of Delaware, and adjljuidg lands Of
pany lands of David : Wilds and lands of John
W. Graham, ana said 10 contain Fourteen Acres
Of Land more or less, and being the same lands
and premises that was conveyed % the said
Annie K. o. StJckweli by Francis Grecuwell and
wife and By a. g. McIeOu and wife by their two
several deeds of record in the Recorders Office al
Dover, in and for Kent county aud State of Deta-
ware. The improvements upon which are two
story frame dwelling house and other outbuild-
iugs
Seized and taken I'm execution as the property
of LEWIS :. STOCKWELL and ADELBERT F.
STOCkWELL, and VIII be sold for cash
SAMUEL l.. SHAW. sheriff
Sheriff. Ohice, Dover, Del,
June (. 1898, 6I3
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

The great want of the milers is
wheat, the crops of last year in this
section being about exhausted. They
will all be glad for harvest to come.
J. HermOn Anderson, at the Garrison
Mill, (who put in improved machinery
in the spring. got car load from the
West before the rapid advance in
price, two or three weeks ago.
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05
ANNIE w. SUTTON.
Smyrna JUae 3.

DELAWARE COLLEGE. - Examina-
tions for entrance to Delaware College
will be held on Friday, June 81, 1895,
at Newark, Wilmington, NiddletOwn,
Smyrna, Dover, Milford, Seaford,
Georgetown, Lewes, all beginning at
9 A. NJ. Candidates should send their
names at once TO PRES. A. n. RAUB,
| Newark Del.
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

If Hdrper's for June had nothing in
it but Gen FOrsyth's Frontier Fight"
it would be great number. But be
sides this article there are contributions
by Julian Ralph, Robert c. V. Meyers
Richard Harding Davis, Mr.. HOwells,
w. Hamilton Gibson, and Mr.. William
Sharp, not to name others equally IA
miliar 10 readers of the magazine.
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05
Trade, Price and Hesitation

The tides of trade, which for two
months have been swelling toward bet
ter conditions, paused last week. The
average of stocks changed little, rail
road shares, which a. e affected by the
crops, rising a few points, and trust
shares, which are not thus affected, ad
vancing but a little more. Wheat
closed the week as it opened it, and
corn from Saturday to Saturday fell
cent Speculation is checked in Lon
don. In this country there is a
general disposition in the speculative
markets to wait and see what the crops
really are. If the crops are as much
damaged as is announced, wheat is too
low and stocks too high. If the crops
are not hurt, wheat is too high and
stocks too low.
AS the returns come in for May they
are more encouraging than was ex-
pected. May clearings were so nearly
equal with 1892 that June, at the same
rate of advance, will see equality.
The real question, however, On
which the trade of the future hangs is
the wheat crop, Rains last week i'm
proved the prospect of spring wheat,
but for six weeks or eight weeks to
come no one will know the precise
situation Two things are significant
The quotations of the granger railroad
stocks are maintained and the Fair
executors deemed it wise to sell at a
loss of 81, 500, 900 their vast holding of
wheat accumulated in 1898. when the
crop was reported injured. This
would not have been done if the ex-
ecutors had not believed that wheat
was near its highest point. The win
ter wheat injury is now placed
at 20, 600, 900 bushels. AS to the Spring
wheat, no one knows. If this yields
well, present predictions Of an advance
NAV prove hazardous. With large ex-
ports from San Francisco little moves
from the East. On the other hand
wheat, corn and cattle receipts :.
Chicago are not half again as large as &
year ago. High prices have instantly
increased supplies. Information as t
the crops abroad in the food staples
are still too meager for accurate pre-
diCtion. In short, this is a time to b
, cautious about wheat, corn aud meats
, Cotton acreage Is another doubtful
, factor and cotton last week lost a six
| teenth of a cent pound Press.
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

DURING one of the hottest evenings
last week the sexton of one of our
churches pulled at the rope of his bell
with rapid swing Just one hundred
and eighty seconds, Now as thirty
seconds seems ample in most towns Ia
notify the people of the entire COM
munity of the intended service, the
remainder of the time used by the sex
ton seems to be TO afford himself eXer.
else. But the question comes up, why
the need of so much exercise on hot
evening, when cooling walks can be
had through arboreal surroundings ant
among fragrant roses.
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

A few years ago we had in Pennsyl-
vania and this State an outbreak of
get.rich.quick associations, which grew
like mushrooms and as quickly sub
sided. No amount of reasoning as to
the unsoundness of the concerns could
prevent thousands of men and women,
otherwise sensible. from pouring their
money into these rat-hOles, in the vain
delusiOn that, no matter how somebody
else would lose, they, at least, would
gain. This absurdity, on another field
is being substantially repeated by the
POpulsts and silverites. No matter
how somebody else will suffer, they
hope to be the gamers.
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

II. E. HARDEsTY, our new furnish
ing undertaken and embalmer, received
on Monday from Crane & Breed Manu-
featuring Company. Cincinnati, Ohio,
a handsome hearse fitted out with the
latest patent appliances.
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05
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DEATHS.

PORTER. ON the 81, ult. at Brenford Mrs.
Mary Porter, aged u years. lutermeut at
Dudley Chapel, ncal Sudlegyllc
MOKAN.-On the 29th ult. at Spruauce CITY,
West smyrna John Moran, aged d5 years In
teTmcnt Thursday in Gleuwu0d " f. cemetery
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

IT fell to the lot of w. 0. Honecker
to have four of the hottest days of the
past week to be exposed to the sun B
rays in surveying the farms which the
executor OF Geo. w. Cummins will sell
at public sale on saturday, the survey
ing and plotting requiring of necessity
to be done by that time, but the expos
ure, weighted down with heavy
instrument sometimes in bushes and
bogs, made it a pretty severe ordeal fol
one more used to Office work.
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

THE usual Gaqsumption of water
previous to the heated term, says
Engineer Taylor. has been about
80 900 gallons daily. but from Wedness
day last the quantity increased as the
weather got hotter. until Monday the
number of gallons pumped up was
153, 600. 1t was this large consump-
tion that reduced the water In the
stand pipe so low that the organ in the
Methodist Church Sunday morning
copld not be used until the last hymn,
for want of sufficient force-a circum-
stance that never happened before.
Under the cooler temperature yester.
day the gallons pumped mp dropped
down to 10000, and will be less to-
| day.
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

MAY was month of extremes, the
ten or twelve days of frosty tempera-
ture the middle of the month being
followed by week of high tempera-
ture running over into June that is not
often equalled in midsummer. Dur
ing all this time the mercury ran up
into the nineties, half the time reach
ing from 95 to $50 in the shade. An
unclouded sun and scarcely enough
breeze to stir leaf or wave the grain
in the field, made it the more impress
siVe. The hot wave covered the whole
country, and sun strokes were reported
from many places, twenty-three deaths
being reported from Philadelphia alone
The breeze that sprung up from thu
east Monday evening and clOudiness o
yesterday, was an occasion of genera
cOngratulatiOn by suffering man ant
beast
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

OUR Smyrna police have received
their uniforms aud were out Saturday
evening in full force. They are splen-
didlv made and the appearance they
make with their Hgray" helmets would
he credit to any exploring expedition.
stanley himself would have been proud
10 have such good looking and COM
pletely uniformed men In his ranks.
Their first appearance attracted no
little attention, and especially by the
Hdarks,n who come for sightseeing TO
town. Il was a proper course, though
and our town iathers are to De COM
mended for their prompt acuon IN
furnishing these worthy officials wlsh
uniforms, 1t LOOKS more creo 1'''s
ana stamps our police
a ~ orifAs
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

In addition to the Chidren's Day
exercises at the NJ. F. Church next
Sunday similar services will be held on
the circuit, as follows: Friendship in
the morning, SeversOn's in the after.
noon and Jerman Chapel $3.50 P. NJ
in the evening. On Sunday, the 10Th
services will be held at Bay View in
the afternoon and the Landing al
night.
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

WE would again call the attention
of our readers to the sale by the Exec
utor of g. w. Cummins, deceased, of
his four valuable farms, on Saturday,
the 8th inst, at the Delaware House,
Smyrna. This will be the largest sale
of real estate recently held in our town,
containing a total of 920 acres of choice
farm land, three near Smyrna and one
near BrenfOrd: and all furnished with
excellent buildings in good order This
is the opportunity for investment that
may not occur again.
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

MEMORIAL DAY'' was without pub
lie demonstration in Smyrna. The
factories, schools and banks were closed
giving somewhat the appearance of
holiday, some persons going to the
city to hunt for the more stirring ex-
element Iu the evening there was a
tight.rOpe performance from the house
tOps-rope walking and acrObatic exer-
cises by prof" Leslie, and later the
same evening dance at the Opera
House. Decoration Day, it was noticed
has taken a much wider observance
than that of placing flowers on soldiers
graves-our cemeteries showing that a
large number of the graves of dear
ones" in no way connected with the
war had floral remembrances placed on
them.
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

SHERIFF SHAW, sold on Saturday the
Clayton Call, published at that place.
The plant was purchased by the Clay
ton Building and Loan Association for
$1O55 and aiterward sold to VIM. G Hill.
The paper was sold to satisfy judgments
against is owners, Aubrey Vandever
and Lindsay w. McFarlane. The issue
of yesterday announces the proprietor
ship as w. G. Hill & Company and w.
Lindsay McFarlane editor. The friends
of Mr.. McFarlane are pleased to see
him remain in charge Of the paper, a
position he has held since the first year
of its publication, about six years ago
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05
= VII
dry rules Wei~
"a imDrOnDtu NEE

lC ulplOLu pIA n.y.
c. :. Price giving a
1eo,e,ary report and Mrs. Rawlins, a
treasurer's report.
In recommending Parliamentary
usages, Miss Hilles stated that several
societies of women in Wilmington, had
reported an Improvement in their
business meetings, since the recently
awakened interest in these usages.
B. Viola Prouse, daughter of the
Rev ]. f. Prouse, of KentOn, haE been
awarded the prize of the illustrated
authors, offered children by the Union
Signal for the best essay on the Poly
! glot Petition.
Thursday Of Camden Camp week,
will be observed as Temperance day
by the Kent County w. c. T. U.
The Rev Adam Stengle will preach
his temperance Serman, Samson at
the Mill" at the Brandywine Summit
Camp.
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

PIC.NICs have been held by the pub
lie schools at No. ("Big Oak~, the
"NelsOn" school, Middle Alley" White
Hall and Deakyneville.
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

THE exhibition that marked the
closing of the colOred public school on
Thursday evening proved a decided
success-Bethel Church being filed TO
its utmost capacity. The program,
which was a long one, had to be abb
breviated in the addresses, the exercises
as it was, not concluding until about
midnight. The teacher, T. M. Will
Jams, hopes the school will be able to
open again about the first of Sept.
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

HOt When CIothel
and Furnishing
Weathef and Hats and Shoel
are to be bought
Wear the quicker yo d
MI, find them this wea-
Illn5S' ther the better you
are S tt S fl e d
Whether you want to pay
little or much you wan
good things, and that wan
it has always been Sixtl
and Markets aim to sat
isfy.
CLOTHING - Serge Suits
thin stnffs III -cGats md
vests.
FURNISHINGS - Su
weight Underwear,
ge Shirts, Summer N
wear.
HATs-Straw goods, 20c
to $40.
SHOES-Stylish and com
Portable shapes in Russet.
at
So, 81, IS and Sc,
EVERY WEAR-THING IT.
the 3-years-old boy to
50-inCh man needs
place. We wo
come he
10
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

THOMAS ]. STEVENS has had clever
amount of peas to market, his first
brought to market being a week ago
May 28th. The hot days of last week
were hardly as good for the develop
ment of peas as milder, moist weather.
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

NEXT Sunday. June 9th, is the gem
orally designated date for "Children's
Day" az the churches. This is usually
| the date when the roses are at their
Tfullest period Of bloom, but the extra
ordinary hot weather Of the past week
has Mad the tendency to develop the
buds most all at once. and early. The
bushes have been extremely gay with
bloom for some days past.
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

WHEAT, which has been headed out
a week or ten days, has gone through
the blossoming period without the in
reference of storms or materially af-
fecting fertilization, as was the case
with the heavy storms of last year
causing what is called the 'scab." II
hot weather should not interfere, the
yield this year ought to be good.
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

BOYER & Co. have an excellent
horseshoer in George w. Howard, His
handmade shoes are his speciality and
these he makes very strong and dur
able. Mr.. Howard is also genius at
his trade. He has, since working Tor
Mr., Boyer. hammered out lots OF trink-
cts 10 the shape OF watch charms &c.
Bower b Cos. Diamond Sulky Guilt
vator has had strong lead this spring
they have made and sold 10 date lO4 ol
these implements.
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

ONE of the difficulties Fire Insurance
mon have to contend with is the work
81 inoendiaries. Here Is where many
- ,be heavy losses come in. An inter
os,in0 case developed last week In
Nov York. sehoenholz, who has been
aasea 40 hard as TO extOrt a conies-
-. from him, ia believed to be the
Thor Of many recent fires. A New
YORK paper has the following IN i'S
.aount of the confession:
1soboenholz was questioned, out ne
-, nothing TO incriminate hlm-
oniu Tssa 49, Weiner was brought in ana
tLol1 was confronted with MIN.
heen1o .,,ore than the prisoner could
was under promise OF lenity, 1t
!, anu he confessed his own
ideIs'vd ids and implicated many con-
a1as' fsssion Schoenholz told ol
he eon,s sano of incendiaTies. who
.anzso oeerLing in this city and
been ~ gave the names OF those
yn. ne a. work recently on the
We peon GhoenholZ confessel
rest s'I III has set fire to hal
niss ninss; IN this city and Brook
places sSs y past six months. All y; 9, Q
sno ~ saws, we're set by nm MN
ns sosds s arrangements Will Will
'sd adm snII' 10 life than he o for =. par I,
a. @ on the place 70 2, .
hose in McClcsky'
pgging" ha'
= said th
th whicl
inkle tn
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

Strawberries commenced coming
to market a week ago and dopped down
TO B and 8 cents a box, as to. quality
the last OF the week, but the large
growers did not get ia shipments to
the CITY markets much until this week
Those shipped on Friday for Saturday.
market sold for good prices because the
ket was scarce, but the hot weather
has been hard on the shipped fruit:
This was especially so with that carried
over Sunday. There have been some
6ne ones 10 market Tut the week OF
unusual high temperature has been
against them both for development ip
the patches and shipping. Ripening
berries not protected by the shade ol
leaves, were blistered by the sun.
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

Il. G. LONG, of Pennsylvania, the
patentee, has a gate on exhibition at
Lewis & Wheatman's, that both for
cheRpness and convenience, will attract
the attention of farmers.
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

The Steamer Thomas Clyde made
her 6rst trip to Woodland Beach yes.
terday being chartered for the occasion
by Madeley Sunday school, Wilmington,
Mr.. Reybold has the Clyde chartered
for every day from now until the open
ing of the seasOn-l0th Of this month
when she will begin her regular excur'
siOns.
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

THE officers elected by the Mispah
Lodge, A. o. U. w TO serve for the
following six months are Master
Workman, John r. Robinson; Fore
man, J. Ed. HoHecker; Overseer, John
S. Griffin; Guide, A. Lee Cummins;
Inside Watchman, A. f. Fowler; Out.
side Watchmau, NJ. NJ. p. Scout.
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

THERE will be an interesting race at
Reeses track on Friday Three differ
ent races will be trOt followed by a
bicycle contest. Representatives are
expected from Leipsic, Smyrna, Middle
town, Townsend etc.
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

NEW pavements have taken the place
of the old ones in front OF the Boyer
warerOoms and the HAZEL building.
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

WIN. r. SMITH is said to have the
best field of corn in Duck creek Hun
dred. 1t has already had two tillings
with Buckeye cultivatOrs.
Smyrna times., 1895-06-05

R.H. MACKEY formerly of this town,
now with the Broad Street Wagon and
Harness Co, wishes to call attention to
their $50 carriages. See ad.