Smyrna times., 1895-01-16
Closing OF Mails.
Opening of Malls.
ountv and State Items

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The Middletown Creamery Co. paid
...s1ockholders a dividened of 81 per
cent this year
The Milford people are urging the
.,,tinp in of turn table therefor an
early train north.
Mrs. Mary Lowber died at her home
- Dover on Tuesday, aged 70 years.
Tnlerment at Kenton Friday.
Rsv W. X. Galloway, the noted
o,anoelist, is assisting in the revival
saryiees at Dover NJ. E. Church.
supposed case of smallpox gave
the town of Camden quite scare. but
Gt. others of its kind proved to be
naught but chicken-pox.
Dr J,bn J. Black, of New Castle, re.
o.ntlv imported from Germany
onantitv of antitOXine, which he has
nsed with good results.
delaware Railroad freight brake
men have been ordered to hereafter
remain at their stations on top OF the
oars while the trains are running.
4 barn on the farm of Clerk of the
peace William Dickson, near Wood
side was destroyed by fire Monday
week Loss about $500; no Insurance.
Eiward }. Faucet and Miss Ida B.
Ewino were married at the home OF
rb4 hride's parents in Georgetown ON
Wednesday. They will reside IN
Dover.
Wilmington w. c. T. U. has opened
a cheap coffee and soup house at Deca-
tur and ButtonwoOd streets, to run III
OpposititiOn to the numerous liquor
saloons in that vicinity.
Beni. F. Summons of the DeidWdreGa
Office. and Miss Annie J. Hardy OF
L4ip-lc. were married at the home OF
the brides parents on Wednesday by
Rev T. &. SmOo!.
Cards are out for the wedding of Mr..
Richard e. McMulen, of Wilmington,
and Miss Florence +. Hutchinson, OF
Delaware City January 18th, at two
o'clock IN the NJ. +. Church.
4 LARGE PoRKER. John A. Trim
bile OF Huckessin slaugh Chester
County " hite pig 21 mouths old, on
Thursday last, which weighed Cog
mounds. One of the hams weighed 81
pounds.
The Delaware Society for the Pre-
yentiou of Cruelty to Children ha:
elected Lindley {. Kent president
David c. Reid secretary, Samuel K
Smith treasurer, and Willard Hal
Porter attorney.
= .., F.,,..,. ~ NV,.0poiDo q DaIa,
ware man by the way, has been de
feated for reelection by some othel
aspiring statesman of that sage brusf
community Senator Carey aud Sena
tor Higgins are close personal anC
political friends.
Adiutant General Hart reports the
organized strength of the NatiOna
Guard Of Delaware at 427 officers anC
enlisted men, divided into one regi
ment of Infantry composed of sever
companies and one troop OF cavalry.
twenty-five persons went frOu
Townsend to Dover on Thursday tC
attend the local option convention
nineteen men and three women. 1
tae weather had been favorable theI
number would have been much larger
Mr. William L0veless, now of Will
mington, aud Miss Susie Quillen, c
Townsend, were quietly married a
the nome of James LOveless, at Bea
Station, brother of the groom, at moo
Wednesday last by the Rev g. ). Con
away, OF Chrlstiana.
Ex-Governor James Ponder is dc
nouncng the waste of timber IN Sus
sex county. He says it Is being Gu
down and sold for next to nothing
The ex-governor is in favor of som
legislation against the prOmiscuOus dc
forestatiOn of timber lands.
Ala meeting of the State Director
Of the Farmers Bank here las
Thursday, Joseph Mcdaniel wa
elected director of the Dover Ban
to fill the vacancy caused by the deaf
Of Edwin NJ stevenson. All the Ol
directors were reelected.
Tue Rev H. >. Thompson hs
worked very hard for near three month
In overseeing the repairs on the NJ.
church at FELTON,. The audience room
which was so unsightly, has been tho
Oughly renovated and now looks yer
pretty Mr.. Thompson hopes to SOC
be able to have the reOpening.
$50 IN CASH PRIzEs.-The milliI
firm OF F. W. Davis & Co., Operatir
the Davis Roller Mills, near LincOl
offer $50 n cash, 10 be divided in
four prizes Of $40, SIS, $40 aud So eaC
10 those of their patrons who shs
bring to their mills during the ye
. he. Of al
wheat and corn to be exchanged.
Middletown says the Transcript is
suffer quite loss on account of I
mOvals from town in the spring. L
sides large number Of L K men vi
will move to Townsend, there are
number Of families who will 20 to /
city, and Others to the country, so tn
the Indications are that we will ha
room and to spare for an influx
good citizens.
NINETEEN HOUSES CONDEMNED.
Building Inspector DOhl, of Wilmir
ton, made another raid Friday on fraI
houses, and ordered nineteen to
down in that part of the Eighth Wa
known as the HOOdle." All of
houses were occupied by negroes, a
one of them is used as a cOlored II
sion. For a number of years the pli
has been an eyesoTe and disc
4 breeding locality.
By direction of the Railroad authC
ties, Section foreman James {. wills
will be obliged to remove his fam
from MiddletOwn to Townsend on
18th of March next. The new or
was issued so that be and his men II
De residents of the section of road Il
are 10 oversee. The order will com
some five or six other families
cnange from MiddletOwn to TOwnst
Ut lose their situation.
FIGHT FOR STATE LIBRARIAN
interesting contest is under way
Tue position of State Librarian, one
tne FIRST appointments Governor NJ
VII Will have to make. The applica
are d. Ridgely Harrington, Will
n Conwell, A. T. Layton and John
rre'tyman, of Dover; J. w. Cats
Samden, and George Spicer, of Sus
county. The chances of Harring
are considered best. He is a son
'ne late Richard Harrington.
REVOLVER AGAINST A KNIT
when Tazeweil Jones entered E
Scnardson's store at Laurel and
o"h dollar for the purchase OF 81
uons, Richardson picked up
sohey and appropriated il in paym
debt of $l.10 he claimed JC
eu hlm. Jones drew a knife and
Ssuued the money. but Richard