Smyrna times., 1895-06-05
I'd State Items.

- IL W. cooper mas De0u IC-clSCtcu
president and E. B. Frazer secretary
of fhe State Board of Health.
cope AZ GS"er and Milford are in
quirng when the new electric railway
between these two places will be built.
Elijah Ross, -cOlored, of Townsend,
has been sent to New Castle Jail to
answer the charge of stealing watches.
There were eighty graduates yester-
3'y at the commencement of the
GOldey Wilmington Commercial Col
lege.
Benson Sullivan, who claims to
belong in Wilmington, has been sent
to Dover Jail to answer the charge of
robbing Moore Brothers store at
Leipsic.
Mrs. A. A. Richardson, Miss Nita
Walker and William Richardson left
Tuesday week for New York, where
they boarded the steamer City of Paris
for EYropean tour.
Principals Daily aud Cort have been
buslly engaged in securing students
for the Wyoming Normal School,
which opened on Monday, continuing
session for nine weeks.
Cards are out announcing the ap-
prOacbing wedding of Mr.. Joseph
Henry Mendinhall of Miss COriane
HardcasIle CochIaL Of MiddlelOwn on
Tuesday afternoon June 1lth.
Officer johnson, of Odessa, who was
=. recently so badly cut by the negro
Rias while resisting arrest, is able to
be out and around again. He is still
quite weak, bat will soon have re-
gained his strength again.
Wilmington is to nave a circus.
Travelling shows have avoided the
Peninsula this spring, but they will
be along next fall aud gather up what
the railroad and commission inen have
left If the proceeds of the peach crop.
TIE STEAMER STOCKTON SEIZED
The steamer Richard Stockton was
seized by Uuited States Marshall Lam
nan Thursday. The seizure was made
at the instance of e. l. Simmons and
Fox & Co., WHO have filed claims for
supplies furnished.
The Rev. w. j. ,Fitz Simon, of Zion,
will give the address to the graduates at
the Newark AcAdmy commencement on
Thursday evening, Juue l3. The
graduating class is composed of Helen
A COoch, Mabel Armstrong, Lille Il.
Dayett and Jennie Montgomery.
By an agreement reached last week
the dry goods, clothing and grocery
mercnants-a.l except druggists and
cOnfectiontrs-of Milford decided to
close their stores at 7.30 N. every
secular day in the week except SatuT-
day next, aud remain in force until
Oct. l.
A meeting of persons having claims
against the State which were not paid
by The Legislature was held at Dover
yesterday. 1t was decided to ask
Treasurer Atkins suTeties to consent
to his paying the bills and trusting to
the next Legislature to sustain his
action.
The case of r. H. Cummins VS.
Samuel p Truax, claims and counter
claims on farm work-which was tax eu
from the court docket for a referee
trial, came off at Dover on Thursday
The decision of the referees was un-
aminOus!y for TTuax, awarding him
$371.
While we are sweltering here in
Delaware from the oppressive heat the
people in Denver, Col, last week had
the worst storm that has visited that
section for years. The entire country
was soaked with heavy rain for
nearly thirLy-six hours. There was 4
feet of snow at DiLatOn, "a mining camp
in the mountain.
The wheat market is having some
erratic movements, since it got above
the 80 cent mark. 1t is yet predicted
that it will reach tine price Of 81 pei
bushel, out look out tor it when il
does. Flour has advanced from 81 tC
S1.5O per barrel and the talk is that d
higher price will be reached before
the year is ended.
Forty-three hundred and seventy
pounds of butter were shipped from
Middletowu by Adams Express OF
MOnaay morning. This seems {
heavy shipment IN one day, but ex
press agent Scott SAYS he has frequently
beat il. The butter came from three
creameries, as follows: 900 lbs. frOa
Sandy Branch; 300 los. from Odessa
and 1920 lbs. from Middletown.
MORE DELAWARE PENSIONERS
The government pension report 70
Delaware:
Original, John II. Roach, deceased
LeWes, Increase, John Barker, Mil
! ton, ke-issue, Henry Wilmer, VIII
mington VIM. Vincent, Wilmington
Daniel Bellman, Wyoming; Davi'
Ford, Wilmington; George Il. Mes
sick. Georgetown.
Among those prominently spoken O
for the position of Secretary of Stat
are three sons Of Delaware, Am bassadO .
Bayard, Senator Gray and Prof. JOhr
b. Moore The first two are widel.
known and distinguished men, @
whom any nation may well be proud
and the last, though c0mparativel
young, has had much experience in tn
State Department and would ably 6l
the place.
MAYoR-ELECT JEFFERIs.-Says tn
MOrRiRg NeWs: DIR. Charles X. Je
ferries, who has been elected mayor
the city of Wilmington, as the cand
date of the Democratic party, is
representative citizen. He has been
resident of this city for many wear
and he is one of its leading professions
men. He is in no sense politician. .e1
cept so far as he has been a membe
of the Democratic party.
Says the Morning NelOs The resu
\ of the election on Saturday in TwelfL
J ward is said to be due to the cour
followed by the men who are close
Mr.. Addicks. He may not have ''lifte
a a finger" but the inspiration whiC
caused the men who represent him
raise their hands came from Claymon
The denial made by Mr.. Addicks WI
\ ~ a Pickwiekian sense. The Republ
cans Of this city know now that the
have the small Addicks contingel
against them.
The Sentinel commences a tv
column editorial as follows:
Now that the noise aud confusion
the recent Senatorial campaign b.
ceased; now that the smoke of tl
battle has lifted 50 as to allow a Gle
view OF the field, is it not time to ca
for the wounded, hurry the dead a,
begin to plan wisely for the future
the Republican party ia Delayar,
With this Introductory thought e