Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-03-26
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Assessments Made and some Applicants Re-
lnntad-A Rather LiveIy seAsinn.

Jected-A Rather bfvsiy session.
Tho Levy Court Tuesday added IL
names to the assessment lists and re-
jected four applicants. This action
took place at session rather more
lively than the customary sessions of
the court. The court stood equally di-
vided politically, in the absence of
Commissioner Mealey. Chairman Scott
and Commissioner White are Democrats
and Commissioners Armstrong and
Gallagher are Republicans When the
court split upon the question Of put
ting on come applicants it stood two
and two. The following names were
added to the assessment lists; Lawrence
o. Reilley, East Red Lion hundred !;
Joshua Driver, East district, New Cas-
tle hundred Ezra Sharpless, Southern
district, New Castle hundred; Richard
Brown, Northern district, New Castle
hundred Richard Il. Hammel. Eastern
district. New Castle hundred; Frank
Bills, Northern district, New Castle
hundred; John w. Blackson, colored,
Southern district, Peneader hundred
John w. Smith, colored, Southern
district, Pencader hundred; Perry j..
Stevenson, colored, Southern district,
Pencader hundred; William Williams,
colored, Northern district, New Castle
hundred; Hamilton White, colored,
Northern district, New Castle hundred.
After some squabbling these names
were rejected: Henry Harrison Truitt,
Southern district Of Pencader hundred: :
Igaac Il. Shorter, colored. Albert Boyer,
coored, George w. Hardin. colored,
all of East Red Lion. Assessor Ander-
son who had left these men off the list,
was present to vouch for them, but
he was not accepted as voucher. The
Republican members of tho court were
in favor Of putting the names on the
list. Persons whose names have been
omitted from the list may apply to the
court the rest of this month,
The Levy Court Tuesday afternoon
added the following names to the as
sessment list: David +. Stats, Jr.,
Frederick Freck, Harry III. Lance,
Walter Myers, Christopher J. Hall,
Robert Miller, Frank B. Moore, Joseph
L. Houseman, Jennis Young, George
Perigon. George Smith, Richard San
ders, colored, Reuben A. Wingate, Al
pheus b. Boylan and Edwin Gostee.
John g. King offered to vouch for
James A. Bayard, colored, of New
Court met again yesterday morning
with all the commissioners present.
The following names were added to the
Jacob s. McClary, Christiana; Edward
M. McManus and Charles Do Soto OF
Wilmington.
A reduction was made in the assess-
ment of the following properties /:
Harry S. Wiley, Appoquinimink; John
Baily, st. Georges; Lewis Rodney,
New Castle, w. A. Hentz, Brandy
wine; Annie Arnie, Wilmington.
The court went into an election of
constabes and bridgetenders, with the
following result, the term being for
one year.
Constables--Mill Creek hundred
Albert Williamson.
st. Georges Courtland f. Crockett.
Appoquinimink- William b. Weldin.
Blackbird--John Lockermar.
New Castle-Moses Fleming.
Red Lion-Daniel Cush.
Pencader Walther.
White Clay--Andrew J. Mote.
Christiana-PaulJ j. Began and James
f. Porter. ..
Brandywine--W William E. Husbands
and John W. Greenfield.
Wilmington Harry II. Smith, Alfred
S. Hurlock, William p. Windish and
Thomas Reardon.
Bridgetenders- Market street, Will
liam 4. Green and George 7. Swan ;
Third street, Thomas #. Russell and
James McHugh; Seventh street, James
I. Devlin; Brandywine, James McIn-
tire; Washington, John Carney; Elev-
enth, B, F. Zebley; Odessa, Samuel II.
Huggins; Fennimore's, William Shaw /;
Fleming's, Mrs. Nellie Huggins; New
port, William Lyman.
The court took recess until 2
O 'clock this afternoon.