Smyrna times., 1896-09-02
County and State Items.

The fall term of Delaware College,
Newark will open to-day.
The excursion to Ocean City and Re-
hobOth on Thursday was the largest of
the season.
Governor Watson has appointed J.
Stanley Short, of Milford, State Fish
Commissioner.
The alumni of Delaware College are
attempting to raise $500 for athletics
at the institution.
An effort is being made to induce
Presidential Candidate Bryan to attend
the Delaware State Fair.
Sussex county Democrats have de-
cided to hold their county convention
at Georgetown on September 80.
Thieves gather in numbers along the
Delaware Railroad and steal shelving
end baskets from empty peach cars.
Sussex county distillers are obtain
ing peaches at 10 cents per basket and
using them in manufacturing brandy.
Cards have been issued for the mar
riage of DIR. James L. CrossmOre, of
Wyoming, to Miss Daisy Beatrice
Stewart, of Baltimore.
The Ford Morocco Co., Peter J.
Ford proprietor, paid to Clerk of the
Peace FOard this week the heaviest Ii
cense fee of the year, $77j.76.
The cunning season for read and
rail birds began yesterday, and sports
men are anticipating a good season,
rail birds especially being as plenti-
fnl.
Contractor Robert a. Black has
turned overland it has been accepted
to Harry A. Richardson the building
known as the Priscilla Block, corner of
LOckerman and State streets.
The Delaware Telephone Company,
of Wilmington, has given the required
security of $4,000 for the use of the
streets and will at once begin prepar-
ations for constructing its lines.
A Meeting for the ratification of the
nomination of Hoffecker and Willis
will be held in the Opera House, at
Wilmington, September 9th, by the
Union Republican Club.
The Sunday School Convention of
the Maryland Annual Conference of
the Methodist Protestant Church, Dis
trict No ,, will be held at Laurel, Del,
September Sth and 9th.
Rev. William Fisher, the colored
preacher, caught in the act of breaking
into The Gables, near Wilmington,
was given a further hearing before
Judge Ball, and was held under 81, 900
bail for trial at court.
Silas G. Lake, who has brought es-
pecially fine fruit to the Milford peach
market this summer, showed us on
Wednesday a peach twig just inches
long that bore IA large, ripe and hand
sOmely cOlored peaches. .-NetoS and
AdCertizer.
A daily newspaper, to be published
in the interest of free silver, will, it is
said, be issued in Wilmington soon.
1t is stated that it will be called the
Wilmington Item, and that the Fitzger-
aids, of Philadelphia, will be among
its promoters.
The campmeeting now in progress
at MOOre's Grove, near Laurel, is one
of the largest and most enthusiastic
ever held in this county. 1t is estima-
ted that 1900 persons have attended
thus far, and the visitors numbered
5000 last Sunday.
Ira Melvin, cigar manufacturer of
Laurel was attacked by pet spaniel,
which was seized with fit of hy-
drOphObia He had a fearful struggle
with the rabid brute before he subdued
it, and it was with great difficulty he
avoided its dreaded fangs.
Since work has been commenced on
the New Castle & Wilmington Electric
Railway a project has been started for
the extension of the line down the Del
aware River road to Cofeld Beach,
and possibly to Delaware City. Co
field is popular river resort, and the
purpose is to have the line extended
- there by next summer.
There is an unusually long docket
for the September term of the New
Castle county Court, which begins OF
Monday, September 7th. The list in
cludes four charges of murder, one o
felonious assault, three of assault with
intent to commit murder, and one o
highway robbery. There are the us
ual number of defendants accused o
larceny and petty Offenses.
Soldiers and sailors, veterans of thu
Civil war, numbering about $50, me
IN Wilmington last night under the au
spices of the Union Republican CluI
and organized Mckinley association
Tor the campaign. The following off
GERS were elected: President, Colone
ID. P. Barnard; Vice President. Rem
jamin d. BOgia; Secretary, G. K. Gil
more; Sergeant-at-Arms David L. VIII
tue.
The Executive Committee OF III
Democratic Sound money League
Delaware has elected John S. Rossel
of Wilmington, Chairman. The TO
lowing alternates have been appointe
to attend the Indianapolis ConventiC
Andrew G. Gray, son of Senator Geors
Gray, Levi A. Bertolette, Fred.
Mammele and William d. Mullin
General James H. Wilson, of WI
mington, was present at the recepti'
of Ii Hung Chang, the Chinese Al
bassador, when he came to New Yor
Eight years ago when he was in Chin
General Wilson became personally q
quainted with the statesman and reeeiv
many fayors at his hands. In his boz
on China the General refers numb
OF times to the Chinese Ambassador.