Smyrna times., 1896-04-08
County and State Items.

\ tribe of Red Men, with 81 charter
members, has been organized at
Frederick.
The duck shooting season on the
Peninsula closed last week. 1t was a
failure from beginning to end.
Martin B. Burris, chairman, of the
Republican Committee, of New Castle
County, has rendered his resignation.
A Christian Endeavor convention
will be held in Harrington on May s,
with delegates from both Kent and
Sussex.
Merritt n. Willis, Of AIiddletown is
announced as a candidate for the
nomination for Levy Court commits
siOner
George A. Willis has announced
himself as Il candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for coroner of New
Castle county.
The Milford Grange, Patrons of
Husbandry, which has been defunct
fnr the past two years, has been re-
organized, with Garrett L. HynsOn as
master.
Miss Hannah Alloway, youngest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles AL
loway, of Dover and Eugene Rauhley,
of Philadelphia, are to be married to-
day at the home of the BRIDES parents.
Prof. W. L. Cooling, principal of
the Harrington Public Schools, and
Miss Lucy 5attertield, of that town,
were married on Wednesday last, at
the residence OF the brides sister, Mrs.
Ira G. Short
The wedding of AndrewE Sanborn,
member of the New Castle County
bar, and Miss Isabella A. DericksOn,
daughter of DR.. Jacob DericksOn, of
Wilmington, IS announced to take
place April IS.
Last week tract of nine acres
of land at COwgills Corner, belonging
to the estate of Daniel Scanlon, de-
ceased, was sold by G. S. Pennewill,
administrator, to Timothy Scanlon of
Dover for 32l0.
Yesterday at high noon the Rev. Z.
SnOwden Thomas was married to DR..
Susan T. Platt in St. Paul's NJ. L
Church, Ocean Grove, n. J. Mr.
Thomas is one of the editors of the
PaHiAyaiu .Ng}hO9iSt.
WuA NOT BE BULT. The Rev. J.
A. de Ruyter Of st. Joseph's School
for colOred orphans, is authority for
the statement that the building pro-
iected for ST. Joseph's Industrial
School at Clayton will not be built.
S. Il. BAYxARD SvccEEDs JOSEPH
PrLE At the meeting of the Teachers
Association of St. Paul's NJ E. Sun
day School, Samuel H. Baynard was
elected superintendent of the after
noon school to succeed the late Joseph
Pyle.
The Democrats of Kent county,"
says the Delawarean, favor a non
partisan Constitutional Convention;
but il forced to it, they can nominate
Democratic candidates and elect them,
too" This is the feeling throughout
the State
The engagement of Chauncey Petit
bone HolcOmb, young Philadelphia
lawyer, formerly of New Castle, and
Miss Louise Rodney, of New Castle, is
announced. Miss Rodney is daugh-
ter of the late Hon. George 3. Rodney
and is a lineal descendant of Caesar A.
Rodney.
The vessel owners and captains of
Milford are mad, not to use any
stronger word to express their feel
ings. 1t is next to an impossibility to
get their vessels in or out of the Mis-
pilion's mouth The river was hard
enough to get vessels in or out before
General Smith began to use the
governments money improving it, but
now it is simply abOminable.
BIRTHDAY SURPRISE Monday even
ing week the friends of Mr.. George
Paris in Dover to the number of
about fifty met at his residence on
State Street and gave him a genuine
surprise. 1t was gotten up by Mrs.
Paris and her husband had not heard
of the proposed party. 1t was the Oc
casiOn of his fifty-third birthday an
nlversary, and the evening was very
pleasantly spent with social chat and
parlOr games.
Colonel William y. Norton, Com
mander of the Delaware Department
Grand Army of the Republic, has ap
pointed the following officers: Assist
ant Adiutant General, ". S. Byron
Wilmington; Assistant QuartermasteI
General, EllwOOd Craig, Wilmington
Department Inspector, William Kelle7
Jr., Wilmington; Judge Advocate
Charles Combs, Wilmington; Chic
Mastering Officer, William II. Blake
Wilmington; Chief of staff, James w
Agnew, Wilmington.
Register of Wills Cooper gave a de
cisiOn in the Harris will case on Tues
day. To-day he retires from office
The case has occupied over a month il
hearing; the testimony covers owe
1900 pages and ten lawyers were OC
cupied In it. As was expected, he de
cided to sustain the will against tn
commission of twelve men. The cas-
will be appealed. Chas. j. Harring
ton, of Pennington, succeeds Nh
Cooper rs Register.
GRAND AND PETIT JURORS In tn
grand jurors for the next four terms
and petit jurors for the May term q
court at Wilmington are the following
Grand Jurors: AppOquinimink-- oh
W. Mccoy, James I. Taylor.
Blackbird - Robert n. Huggins
JOhn w Pratt.
st. Georges J. Lynch
james H. S. Gam, Charles Derrickson
The following were drawn as pet
Jurors on the first panel:
APPOINTMENTS III. Wat
son, John W. Isaacs; Joseph Roentel
Blackbird Thomas Chadwicl
Harry 6. Blendt, Harry c. Walker.
ot. Georges Richard l.. GRAY
Samuel Yearsley, Ewell Cleaver.
The second panel of petit iuro,
drawn Saturday afternoon for the Me
term is as follows:
AppOquinimink hundred-John
Collins, Thomas H. Townsend Ola
ton NJ. Powell.
Blackbird n George W. Daniel
David W. Stats, William Nailor.
st. Georges Vincent Moore. Il. A
Cochran. George F. Wilson.
THE CoNsT1FUT1oN.-On this sur
lect the AOrning AetOs saws: m
levy courts of the three counties
tins state have just made it evidel
That they were not anxious to give /
opportunity to the Republican vote
70 qualify for voting. 1t is a
serted that several hundred men ha-
nad their names kept off the lis
through no fault of their own. II
.ne same old story, and the worst of
= that the men thus defrauded of the
~ 11shes nave no visible redress. WIZ
t; tle convention to revise the consist,
M w sion OF the State begins its worL :,
ol the most important matters - - " ~
sider will be provision ,yb;cb SJ 90
make 1t possible for every c;ti.o,,