Smyrna times., 1896-04-22
County and State Items.

Thomas Jackson of Dover has been
granted a renewal and increse of
pension.
Miss Jennie NJ Webb, of Middle
town, and George W. ROemer, of near
Port Penn, will be married this eve
ming.
Miss Louisa w. Price, of Delaware
CITY, has been appointed Episcopal
Diocesan secretary of the Daughters
Of the King.
There are about 300 pupils in atten-
dance at the Dover Public School.
There are nearly 100 pupils in the
primary department.
Horace Greedy Knowles was admit
ted. upon application of VIM. M. !
Bvrne on Wednesday to practice in
the United States Court.
More than 100 men are now engaged |
at work near Greenwood, at grading |
and putting down ties, for the new |
Queen Anne and Lewes Railroad.
A fire at Wyoming last week de
sstroyed q double dwelling house, ten |
anted by John Boon and AlphOnsa
Palmer and owned by John L. Jakes.
The Brandywine Granite Company,
of Wilmington has been awarded a
contract for furnishing $4,000 tons of
stone for the Government work at
Finn's Point Jetty, Delaware River.
Cards have been issued announcing
the approaching nuptials of Miss
Lydia Russell Williams and Mr.. J.
Penrose Wilson, both of Newark Del,
Wa6n pVpOInU AnrIl %
Fish Commissioner James A. Multi
gan has distributed 1000, 900 yellow
perch eggs in Delaware streams. He
was greatly assisted in the work by
DIR. Z. G. ShOrtlidge, of Wilmington.
Josephine A. Chambers of Dover,
Aleine p. Johnson of Milford and
Anna J. Thomas of Camden have grad
uated as trained nurses at the Hahne-
man Hospital School in Philadelphia.
The Pusy & Jones Company, in Will
mington, will soon begin the con-
structiOn of the largest paper making
machine in the world, capable of
turning out paper $40 inches in width.
General Levi Clark Bootes, retired,
of the regular army, died at Whining
ton, Del, Saturday, aged 81 years.
ne SCI FCAl llll bl1C 4hCAACtih anu
civil wars, and was retired in 1874.
Wilmington lost one of its oldest
business men by the death of Mr..
James C. johnson, who died Friday.
He was actively engaged in the stove
business for 40 years and died of old
age.
Edwin 0. Eccles, prominent citi-
zen of Dover died Saturday week aged
"a years. Deceased was a retired
farmer, an ex-member of the Legisla-
ture, and was brOther-in-law of Chief
Justice Lore
On the Salisbury farm near Dover,
Mr.. Massey. the tenant of the farm,
planted 100 pear trees on Saturday,
and on Wednesday on visit to his
orchard found that so of the trees had
been pulled up and carried away.
A barn on the farm of John Deni
son, 1t Pleasant Hill, near HOckessin
was struck by lightning Sunday eve
ming, and entirely consumed, together
with seven head of valuble cattle Th'
corn crib was also fired and 800 bush
els of corn destroyed.
The Middletown Transcript, an ar
dent and uncomprOmising organ of tn
Higgins faction of the Republican
party, editOrially assails the Addick
followers who protest that the Higgin
majority of the State committee inten
to cheat them at the primaries.
Isaac L. Adkins, of Milford, VIII
has been for several years trayelin
agent for the Wilmington grocer
firm of Quigley e Mullen, will entt
the store of that firm next mOntl
Mr. Akdins is succeeded on the rOa
by W. L. Kennerly.
DEATH OF L. g. VANDEGRIFT.
Leonard George Vandegrift, Sr. ,wh
has been sick about six weeks, died {
his home near McDOnOugh, Wedne
day morning, aged SO. His death WI
from heart disease. Interment
Drawers Cemetery, near Odessa, Fr
day.
A compromise has been affected
the TOmkinsOn church fight. 1t Is nc
agreed that Rev TOmkinsOn sha
preach at Houston and Laws al
that either a new minister be sent
Tub Mill and Milford Neck or t.
Rev. O'Brien, of Frederica, preach
these churches. This agreement W
reached last week between the Otficl
board of Tub Mill and Milford Ne
Churches and Presiding Elder Adam
Peach and many other fruit TIRE
because of the heat last week are
full bloom. The very warm days {
yeloped them with rapidity. 1t wOJ
be simply impossible for the trees
mature the great number of bu
which they now bear, but, as
peach is subject to many ills, +
crop is by no means assured as y
The prospect, however, is as good
could be wished.
The Delaware River jetty fr'
Reedy Island to Blackbird creek '
close navigator between Odessa
Philadelphia, in fact the sedlm
deposited by the ebb and flow of
tide in the Delaware will very shOl
cut off all all water communicate
between Odessa and Philadelpl
1t is great hardship to the owners
boats in Odessa and will meet v
stormy opposition.
COLLECTOR OF THE PORT.-The t.
of George l.. Townsend, cOllectO
the port, will expire on August
and there are three candidates for
succession. They are W. A. Comes
of Middletown, who has been der
collector for some time, Dr. Will
H. Cooper, of KentOn and John
Callahan, of Wilmington. Del
COmegys was appointed to the I
ton he now holds in 1894 by Cole
Townsend.
Equal SUFFRAGE CONVENTION t
HELD.-An Equal Suffrage Con
ton for Sussex county will be he
Lewes on April q and %. The
cations are that it will de well atten
1t is proposed to organize a co
association for Sussex at that {
H The movement appears to be gro
# in strength in the lower part of
State, and numbers of meetings
H being held there, all Of which
fairly attended
ANOTHER HOG NAMED ADDIc
Frank Bro ckson and Reynolds {
OF FELTON,, own q tremendous hog.
exchange says the animal is o.
Berkshire breed; is little more t
years old, is far from fat, and yet
umated to weigh 100 pounds.
very active on his feet, and hi
iLame could stand at least three
ureu pounds of fat He is nam
hohor OF the Claymont millionair
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