Smyrna times., 1896-03-25
County and State Items.

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elusive.
Newark people are excited over at
tempted burglaries which have recent
iv occurred there.
Inquiry among those in position to
know brought out the fact that there is
considerable hog cholera in all parts of
the state.
The Episcopal church at Laurel re-
fuses to accept portion of the receipts
from dramatic entertainment given
during Lent.
Letters of administration on the
estate of the late c. H. B. Day have
been granted to his daughter, Miss
Ruth A. Day.
The d. NJ. & V. Railroad earned
about $50, 600 more than its expenses
in 1895, and its stock may sometime be-
come valuable.
The storehouse of Solomon Brown
AT Vernon was broken into and robbed
on Tuesday night Mr.. Brown esti-
mates his loss at 500.
W. F. Causey. Esq, of Milford has
been on the sick list for several weeks,
but is now recovering. He has been
afflicted with a carhuncle.
The telephones are being put in at
Milford, the exchange being located in
the ChrOnicte office. The line will be
in operation about April l.
4 number of prominent farmers
about FELTON, have leased a cannery and
Will can their own produce. They are
tired of selling to other Gamers.
Burglars blew open the safe in J. P.
Masten's office at Harrington on We'd
nesday night, having first procured
tools from Wingate's blacksmith shop.
4 friend of the peoples NIission,a re-
hglous organization in Wilmington,
has presented them with a building
He refuses to allow his name to be
used.
FOrty-fye pigs died from hog
cholera last week on the farm of j.
Edward Addicks at Carrcroft, Brandy
wine hundred. Deaths are also re-
ported on other farms in the vicinity.
John Hutton has sold his farm near
Dover to !. NJ. Huntly of Virginia
The latter has taken possession of the
place. Mr.. Hutton moving to Dover
and taking the house next to Stephen
Slaughter ON King street.
Wilmington Single-Taxers are ar
ranging for a supper in Turner Hall on
April ,, at which Henry George, Con
gressman Mcguire of California, and
ex-COngressman Tom L. Johnson, of
Ohio, are expected to speak.
A Dover liveryman, over two months
ago hired a team to travelling man to
canvass the Peninsula. 1t has Just
been returned to the owner after a trip
lasting seventy-seven days, having
gone over 800 miles in that time.
The 17-yeal old son of Presley En-
mis-, living near Dover, one day last
week killed two bald eagles He was
under tree in which the birds had
built, and killed one bird with each
barrel of his gun in rapid succession.
At special meeting of the Dover
Town Council Bepiah Watson, esq,
was elected Town Solicitor, to succeed
the late c. H. B. Day. The position
pays $50 a year. There were two other
candidates, Henry Ridgely, jr., and
Thomas c. Frame, ir.
William Maddox, colOred, was
brought to Laurel, Friday, by Detec-
tive Witsil charged with cutting Pro
prietor Thawley. He waived hearing
for the upper court. During the night
a crowd went to the lookup to lynch
Maddox, but Witsil had taken him
away two hours before that to George
town Jail.
Wilmington auctiOneers have decid-
ed to test the law requiring them to pay
a license to the city Arecent decision
of the Court was to the effect that the
city had no right to collect license fee
from milkmen, and the auctiOneers
think that they have the same rights
The present law has been in force fol
forty years, and no test of it has eveI
been made before.
The levy court of New Castle county
has completed the work of transfer
ring property from the hundreds abOu
the city TO Wilmington in accordance
with the bills passed by the last Gener
al Assembly admitting new territory t
Wilmington. The assessed value o
the property transferred into the citl
limits Is $500, 900, and the county viii
get an increase of $4,000 a year in take
on account of the transfer.
Pomona Grange of Kent County will
meet in FELTON,, on April 2, at 1870. A
NJ, with the following program: Ad
dress of welcome, J. Heyd; response
". u. IluuSOl ItilOIbo VI OluCCI0s dtl
dress by DIR. A. I. Neale; address b,
Worthy Master of State Grange, S. H
Messick; 'Present needs of Delawar
Fruit Growers" by Z. H. Bancroft
'WOman's Work in the Grange" b,
Mrs. Jennie Z. Brown; Chow, When
and what to Spray" J. J. Rosa, S. II
Derby, J. n. Killen; Benefits of tn
Grange" J. H. Chapman.
William Shaw, ST., died at his HON
in Harrington on Wednesday, aged
years Mr. Shaw was born in tn
county and in early life lived at Mi
ford. He settled on a farm near Hal
ringtOn some 80 years ago, where b
raised a family of children, five {
whom are living-Mrs. H. G. WOlcOt
Mrs. Rufus Jones, Sheriff S. l.. Shaw
Vim. Shaw, jr., and Miss Sallie Shaw
Mr.. Shaw was an active politician, an
has served in the offices of count
treasurer, levy court, and Legislature
His widow is s. years of age and a
invalid
Justice says BaltOn Hall is having
triumphant success in lower SUISSE,
from dissatisfaction probably becaus
of the acknowledgements bv the Lev
Court, and this loss to the county
taxes Justice says: ''Mr. Aaron Han
speaks eHbuuSlaSUcally OF Mr.. Hall
success in SeafOrd, exceeding even tn,
of either the Dover or Georgetov
meetings. For in these towns as els
where, the people who suffer power
appreciate deeply the fraternal symp
thy of man of intellect and mean
The Single Tax Club room in Seafo
was so crowded that Mr.. Hall cou
scarcely find room to move his arr
without striking the men who crowd,
toward the platform. He dealt main
with the ethics of the land duesti,
and made an impressive appeal to ,
lovers of liberty and justice to stand ,
the side of the right.
HELPING TO EvADR THE LAw.-T
Clerks Of the Peace always see he
they can evade the law which they to,
the oath upon assuming the Office
perform to the best of their ability al
the good of the State GovernmeT
Inc Susser Republican, published
0eorgetown., says: I'VE saw that n
ward W Houston absented bims,
nem his duties, two years aooNi
whlcn duties he is paid handsomelv
the county-to attend the funeral
the wife of the cousin of his wifeis e,