Smyrna times., 1896-04-22

erty, and took possession on Monday. |
James W. Ware, who represented |
acceptably in the lower
branch of the General Assembly at the
sessions of 1877 and 1879, died Sunday.
Reports from the neighborhood of
Greenwood, Sussex county, are to the
effect that many peach buds were Kill
led by the excessive heat.
Burns are absolutely painless when De-
Wits Witch Hazel SalEe is promptly ap-
piled. This statement is true. A perfect
remedy for skin diseases, chapped hands
and lips, and never fails to cure Piles.
Clifton & Raymond.
The three-story brick residence of S.
M. Thomas, on Bradford street, Dover,
has been sold to G. w. Barger for
$4460. 1t was erected about eight
years ago at cost of $4,000.
The dead body of Charles Blackston
cOlored, aged 81 years, was found at
the Fulton street crossing of the Della
ware Railroad, at Dover, Monday.
He had been struck by train and
killed. He had been drinking.
The Odd Fellows, of Camden cele-
brated the Seventy-Seventh Anniver
sary of the founding of the order,
Monday night. The celebration was
held under the auspices of Amity
Lodge, No. 20. Rev. L. E. Terry
preached to the members of the order.
The program for the musicale and
box sOciable to be given at the resi-
dence of Mrs. E. l.. Jones, Dover, to-
morrow evening, will include the fol-
lowing names: Mrs. J. L. WOlcOtt,
Mrs. J ohm CarrOw, Mrs. Avery, Mary
Cannon, Miss Spencer, the Academy
Quartette and the Norma Club.
Mrs. Mary A. Mead, mother of Mrs.
James H. HOffecker, Jr., died at her
home at Leesburg, Va, on Thursday
night Mr.. and Mrs. Hoffecker have
/ gone to Virginia, and Francis H. HOf-
| fecker left for Leesburg last night to
attend the funeral. Mrs. Mead was
the wife of Thomas Mead, a near rela-
| tive of Bishop Mead of Virginia.
morning Ne'cs. Saturday.
During the past week speeches have
been made in the Senate upon the Du-
pOnt case by Brown of Utah, Burrows
of Michigan, Chandler New Hamp-
shire-all in favor of admission. Sena
tor Gray opposed the seating of Dr
POnt, in strong speech delivered OF
Wednesday and Thursday, and Sena
tor HOar has announced that he vii
make an address to the Senate in thu
case. 1t is not improbable that thl'
case may go over until next session
MEDICAL SOCIETY DELEGATES The
delegates of the State Medical SOciet!
of Delaware have elected the following
gentlemen to go to Atlanta, Ga, t.
the American Medical Association
which meets the 5th, 9th, and 18th o
May:
New Castle county Doctors Kol
lock, J. A. Ellegood, J. j. Black, F
Bellville, F. Springer.
Kent cOunty-DOctOrs VIM. Marshall
Ashcraft, Clifton, Wilson, w. ii
Cooper.
Sussex county-Doctors R. G. Ellie
good, Burton, Palmer, Fowler, j. A
Hopkins.
The PENNsYLvANIA's CENTENNIA
l STATION BURNED. - The Centennia
passenger station of the Pennsylvani
t Railrod, which will be remembered b
thousand of visitors to the exhibition c
1876 was destroyed by fire Saturda!
: and two firemen were killed and sey
| eral others injured. The loss is estl
mated at $500, 900. The depot had
frontage on Market street of abou
., four hundred feet. The shed was use
! to store cars. At the time the fir
broke out there were twenty Pullman
: in the shed, eight of them being de
strOyed. Twenty-Five passenger car
were also consumed.
> The OUTLOOK.-Under the abOv
heading the GeOrgf town Repubtic0
-, has this to say: ''With united effOl
5 there will be a sweeping Republica
u victory in this State next NOvembe
New Castle county will give at lea
i 1900 Republican majority. Kent WI
|. wheel in line with a safe majority, al
\ Sussex will roll up a majority of
r. least three hundred greater than tv
% wears ago. The tide of public OpiniC
\ throughout the country is, that Il
Republicans will sweep everything b.
fore them this fall, and the Democrat
r leaders of the State realize this, as
he evident from their desire to have
IN nOn-partizan Constitutional COnve
KS ton, and their efforts by the lie
rs Courts of each county, to disfranchi
ld as many Republicans as possib
The dishonest, Fdisagreeable course
no the Levy Court of this county t
no years ago, caused many well Think
rTY Democrats to turn in and help
er Republicans elect their ticket; and t
h. recent and disreputable, inexcusal
al course of the Democratic majority
the Levy Court of the past winter, v
cause many more of the same class
- come out and join the Republic
no ranks permanently. We hear decla
at tiOn of this kind nearly eveay d
as