Smyrna times., 1896-09-30


citizens were created in Wilmington in
ninety minutes.
The boiling Republicans of Sussex
county on Saturday held their legisla-
tive sheriff and coroner primaries and
the convention will be held on Thurs
day at Georgetown.
Twenty-One boat loads of oysters came
up to the Milford wharves on Saturday last
and were readily disposed of by the oyster
men at 25 cts. basket. The oysters are of
good size this season and retain all their
excellence of fflavor.-HERALD.
The Higgins electors, VIM. C. Spruance
and ManlOve Hayes, will be withdrawn to-
day at Dover, This course has been fully
decided upon by their managers. 1t is said
further more that the Higgins people have
been promised recognition from the admin
istratiOn for their action in the matter
r. R. Kenney of Dover in Telegram to
the New York Herald" of Mondays issue
says: "Only something unforeseen can pre-
vent the Democrats carrying Delaware on
November 3rd. General j. H. Wilson says;
Delaware will give 1900 to 1900 majority
Mckinley and Hobart" On November the
Srd it will be seen who was the better proph-
ct of the two.
ROyde Clarke, of Middleford, Sus-
sex county, who was shot about two
weeks ago by Pierce Adams, is dead.
Adams was endeavOring to sell Clarke
revolver and while it was in Adams
hands it exploded, its contents strick-
Clarke in the abcOmen. Adams has
been arrested and committed to Jail
pending an investigation. Clarke,s
funeral took place Thursday.
ECcTy Evening has this to say to Mr..
Handy: "When a candidate for Con-
gress nominated upon platform which
declares specifically against the free
coinage of silver at any ratio goes
about preaching the doctrine of free
silver coinage without reserve, his re-
pudiatiOn by those who indorse the
platform is not to be wondered at In
self-respect they can do nothing less
than repudiate the candidate who re-
pudiates their principles.
Only fifteen days more before the
the different parties and factions will
have to have their tickets presented to
Clerk of the Peace Ford for printing.
The law that compels the Clerk of the
Peace to pass his judgement upon who
shall or shall not be placed on
a ticket should be killed by the next
Legislature. The Gar of Russia has
not more autocratic power than the
three Clerks of the Peace of the three
counties i'll Delaware The Demo
cratic Honest Money League has be-
gun to realize this, for Clerk Ford
says that they shall not have their bal
lots printed bealing the name of the
National Democratic ticket at the head
of it.
Single Takers of New Castle county
held their convention Saturday after
noon and named this ticket:
State Senator, w. S. Cloud of Will
mingtOn, Democrat; representatives,
DR.. John w. Mullin of Wilmington,
Democrat and Preston w. Yeager,
Union Republican; Harry w. Hushe-
beck, Union Republican, New Castle |
hundred; James p Morrison, Demo
crat, White Clay Greek hundred; w. |
A. Watson, Republican, Blackbird |
hundred; Charles A. Brown, Democrat |
AppOquinimink hundred; Charles Ian |
caster, Democrat, Mill Greek; treasur-
er, J. Fl. O'Donnell These Demo
cratic candidates were indorsed: Sher- |
iff, James B. Toman; coroner, George |
A. Willis, comptroller, John Bough- |
man.
SUSSEX COUNTY DEMOCRATS. The |
Democratic convention for Sussex
county yesterday after a long session
agreed to divide the delegation to the
constitutional convention with the Re-
publicans and then selected ihe follow
ing ticket Members of the constitu-
tional conventiOn-J. A. Ellegood, E.
d. Hearn, Wood Martin, Robert w.
Dasey and A. J. HOrsey. State sena-
tor William T. Moore of Broad Greek
hundred. Representatives Elisha C.
Dukes, Baltimore hundred NJ. A.
Ford, Georgetown ; E. B. Riggin, Lit
tie Creek; Thomas johnson, Indian
River John Thompson, Broadkill {;
Isaac N. Wheatley, North West Fork /;
Asbury Smith, Cedar Greek. Sheriff :
George Hueston, Seaford hundred.
Levy Court-W. S. McCabe, Balti-
more hundred David H. Boyce, Broad
Greek Samuel G. White, Broadkill
George W. Hatfield, Georgetown ; JO~
seph W. Hudson, Gumboro; John c.
Holland, Lewes and Rehobeth; Charles
W. Elzey, Little Creek