Smyrna times., 1896-12-09
County and State Items.

I6W6S people VIII nave MASQUERADE
bicycle parade on Christmas.
The Newark National Bank has
bought the towns new loan of $37, 900.
The largest hog killed at Georgetown
this seVsOn was killed by Frank Hitch
ems and it weighed $50 pounds.
The ways of politicians are past find
ing out. They are in office for all that
can be made out of it. Everything is
fair so they get a good thing out of
it.
The bonded Indebtedness of S11OO on
Magnolia NJ. E. Church has been paid
or provided for and the bond was pub
licly burned last Sunday morning with
Appropriate services.
The people of Dover are taking very
little interest in the Constitutional
Convention, the fight over the return
ing board having absorbed the atten-
tiOn of every one to the exclusion of
every other question.
A number of car loads of sweet pota-
toes have been shipped from the sweet
potato belt of Delaware during the past
few days to Western and Northern
points. Buyers have paid 10 cents per
basket and the market is steady and
dull at these figures.
number of people have been talk
ing over the probable cost of the con-
ventiOn. 1t will not be less than $4,000
and may be above that amount. The
members receive the same as those of
the General Assembly and other ex-
penses will bring this uptO to 500 day
The stenOgraphic report will cost at
S25OO and the expense of fitting up the
new room will cost more.
John Davis, a prominent young
farmer, residing near Laurel, was stab
bed with an oyster knife by Clarence
Jones, young cOlOred man, Saturday
night. The knife entered Davis left
breast just over the heart. Jones ran
off and a number of friends tried to aid
feared, but the hailiffs finally captured
Jones and locked him up
Mr.. J. Frank Alice, of Kent county,
was Just as surely elected Senator from
that county as Ebe W. Tunnel was
elected Governor of Delaware. The
only difference was that Mr.. Tunnel
happened to be a Democrat and Mr..
Alice a Republican. That is the only
difference, but it had considerable to
do with the case. ."-Erchangc.
The quashing of indictments of the
Wilmington inspectors is merely Il put
ting off of the day of reckoning The
men who tried to count in TOman will
be indicted again. They may not be
convicted, for the general rOtteness of
the machine has even extended to the
jury box, but they will all be exposed
to the scorn of the whole community,
and they will never again hold cleo
tiOns.
Congressman-elect Handy, Democrat
has retained counsel for the contest
Congressman Willis will make when
Congress meets. Mr.. Handy will be
represented by E. r. Cochran, Jr., and
Andrew c. Gray, son of United States
Senator Gray. In addition to these
Mr.. Handy will engage a prominent
Washington attorney.
Young men, of Seaford, who have
been rudely dealt with by Cupid have
organized Rejected Lovers Club,
with large and growing membership.
The club held its first annual banquet
and adopted this motto:
Although sidetracked, we'u try again,
To find a rOse-lined bower,
Where we'll forget 1t might have been
In loves inspiring power.
The Rev. r. 7. Rush, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church of Georgetown,
lost his pocket-boOk on the gath of last
month, containing $50 in cash and
notes amounting to 1915, near the post
office He did not miss it until several
days had elapsed, when he advertised
for it, and a young man from the
country returned it to him on Friday.
Mr. Rush gave the young man hand
some present.
NOTICES OF CONTESTS. Woodward
W. Chairs, a Democratic candidate for
member of the General Assembly, has
notified John T. Dickey, another Dem
Ocrat, of a contest of his seat. Chairs
claims that he was elected, but Dickey
was counted in. Congressman Willis,
who was a candidate for reelection at
the last election, has notified Congress-
man-elect l.. Irving Handy of a CON
test of his seat in the next House
Fraud will be the ground of the con-
test in the Handy case.
Some miscreant went into the barn
of John W. Causey at Haven Mills, at
Milford, on Friday night last and sat
urated it with coal oil, and then set it
on fire. Mr.. Zach. Donovan, who is
the tenant, went out as is usual with
him, about eleven o'clock and discOv-
cred the fire. He went back into the
house and aroused his family thirteen
of them in all-and they soon had the
flames under control. The parties that
did this had better stay away from Mr.
C.'s, as has loaded his gun and says he
will shoot the first person he catches
prowling around there after night
Milford Herald.
MANDAMUs REFUSED. -Prothonotary
HutsOn, of Kent county, Saturday, re-
fused the Union Republicans a writ of
mandamus granted by the Court to
compel the Democratic election inspec-
tors to make a recount of the votes cast
at the last election and excitement ran
high in Dover The Superior Court
last week granted the Union Republl-
cans a writ Of mandamus, but the Dem
Ocrats took ont a writ of error to try
the case in the Court of Errors and
Appeals. They filed bond to prose
cute the case in the higher court and
the bond was approved. PrOthOnotary
HutsOn claims that the Democrats writ
ceedings, and on this ground he refuses
to issue the writ of mandamus. The
Union Republicans claim that the Pro
thonOtary refuses to obey the order ot
the Court, and is therefore guilty o.
contempt. On next Saturday, wheI
the Superior Court meets IL
Dover, they will ask for proceedings Oi
contempt against Prothonotary Hut
son.
The WILMINGTON FALsIFYING RE
TURNs.-By a technicality the indict
ments drawn in the Attorney General
Office, all the Democratic Inspector
who tried to count ont VIM. r. Finn
were all squashed last week in court
1t is such Outrages as these that som
day will come back to plague the Dem
Ocratic party of Delaware. Thes
Democratic Inspectors we're promises
immunity from punishment when tn
subject was first brOached to them an
the promise has been held good
There appears to be little use of havin
Democratic law breaker arrested an
put on trial as matters are now COZ
Quoted. This is one of the creates
Outrages ever enacted upon the voter
Of Delaware. If men can thus bOldl
alter the election returns there will h