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Smyrna times., 1896-03-04
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M OIICEs
~ Notice is hereby given that l. Maria
Smith, being the owner and occupant of the
house known as the "CheSter House. in the
Town Of Smyrna, Kent County and State of Del
aware, intend to make application to the Court
of General Sessions of the Peace and Jail Deliv-
cry of the State of Delaware, in and for Kent
County, at its next session, which will commence
and be held at Dover in Kent County aforesaid
on Monday, the twentieth day of April in the
year OF our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ninety.six, for a license for the keeping of
an inn or tavern and authorizing the sale of in
tOxicating liquors in less quantities than one
quart, to be drunk on the premises, in said
Chester House." The said Chester House. y
wherein an inn or tavern Is proposed 10 be kept
with the privilege Of selling therein intoxicating
liquors in less quantities than one quart, 10 be
drunk on the premises, is located in United
School District, Nos, 8 and n and 5 and io7. in
Kent County and State of Delaware, and forming
one United School District by the name of the
Smyrna Public Schools" and on Nj. Vernon
Street, formerly Methodist Street. in the said
Town of Smyrna. in Kent County afor esaid
The time when the said application will be made
| by me. Will be on Monday. the twentieth day OF
April in the year Of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-six, being the first day oil
the next term OF the said Court Of General Ses
siOns OF the Peace and Jail Delivery of the State
/ OF Delaware in and for Kent County. The names
/ OF the respectable citizens recommending my said
/ application one-half of whom at least are sub.
stantial freeholders, are
James Henderson. Curtis b. Smith,
/ VIM. Lewis B. f. Norris
/ q. Fisher NJ M. Il. Scout
/ w. S. Smith, H. H. Jefferson
/ L. N. Hirons, Jacob Leinberger,
/ Q; w. Siseo, Robert d. Phillips,
Alfred B. Carpenter, Abel Taylor,
i John NJ. Wick, Samuel Wilds.
MARIA F. SMITH.
Smyrna, Del March 3, 1896.
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NOTICE.

NOTICE.
" Notice is hereby given that we, JOh n
Armstrong and Ezekiel Sparks, trading as Arm
strong & sparks, being the proprietOrs and Occu-
pants of the Smyrna House, lin the town of Smyr-
ma, in Kent County and State of Delaware, do here
by give notice that on Monday, the 29th day OF
April, A. D. 1896 We intend TO make application
to the Court of General Sessions of the Peace and
Jail Delivery of the State of Delaware, in and fol-
Kent county then TO be holden at Dover, for IL
cense to keep an Inn OF Tavern and to sell in
tOxicating liquors therein in less quantities than
one quart to De drunk on the premises, at the
house know: the Smyrna House" situated in
United Sci UJl Districts Nos. and n and and
lO7 in Kent County and State OF Delaware and
forming one United School District by the name
Of"Smyrna Public Schools and located on Main
Street in said town Of Smyrna, Kent County
aforesaid
The following respectable citizens residing In
the United District lat least one half Of whom are
substantial freehOlders) recommend our said ap
plicaton;
| John Mustard, Oscar Fisher,
| VIM NJ. Lewis, Mark NJ. p Scout
| T. L. Jefferson, J. D. Scout,
/ Chas. s Weller, S. +. Hallman,
! Geo. II. Rose, Wm. G. Palmer,
/ /. Vickers, Frederick Lang,
/ p. p Collins, John NJ. Wick.
Jacob Leinberger,
ARMSTRONG & SPARKS.
Smyrna, Del March 3, 1896.
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LACES AND VEILINGS

New laces and veilings from
over the sea are out of the
cases and ready to be judged
by the worlds most intelligent
shoppers - Philadelphia wo-
men.
There are batiste bands,
edges and all-overs figured
chiffons and mousseline de
sole; gauzes in stripes and
figured effects. But skip the
tediousness of detail and en-
JOY the display.
Smyrna times., 1896-03-04
MARRIAGES

CAREY -DONAVAN.-O the 26th ult., at
the residence of the brides father Bren-
ford, Miss Mollie E. DOnavan and Nath-
aniel b. Carey, of near town. w. r.
Mowbray officiating minister.
JONES JONES. S.-On the Goth ult., at
''Spruance City'by Rev W. r. Mowbray
Miss Rachel Jones and Charles Jones,
both of this town
Smyrna times., 1896-03-04

When Baby was sick, we gave her CastOria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
Smyrna times., 1896-03-04
SEWERS.

Don't invite disappointment by expert.
menting. Depend upon One Minute Cougl
Cure and you have immediate relief. Il
cures Group. The only harmless remedy
that produces immediate results. Clifton
q RAYMOND
Smyrna times., 1896-03-04
Report Of Superintendent Il. S. Anthony

SMYRNA, Feb. 26, 1896.
To the Honorable Board Of Commissioners
Of the town Of Smyrna:
Gentlemen AS Superintendent of the
Water and Light Plants of the Town Of
Smyrna submit my second report of same.
WATER.
The pumps and all pipes, gates and fire
hydrants are in good condition.
During the year 10 attachments ard 25
extension permits have been issued. Dur
ing the year the pumps have been in opera
ton 1865 hours and As minutes an aver
age of about hours and 35 minutes per
per day. We have pumped during year
1895, ,SO5 gallons of water, an increase Of
1864, 1877 gallons over year 1894.
Coal consumed about 1856 tons, based on
an average Of 81 pounds of coal to pump
1000 gallons Of water, according to reports
Of years 1880 -9l-92 1894. supnGes and
tools al works the same as last year now on
band,
LIGHT.
Everything pertaining to the Electric
Station is in good order -engines, dynamos'
and exciters all doing their duty. Poles
and pole line in good order,
Have added II new takers to the light
during the year; now have 8S takers OF
light. Engines have been in operation
4647 hours, an average of 1225 hours pen
night. Have used 5000 carbons and re-
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Closing of Mails.

Going North, $50 9.25 a. m, 500 4.55 p. m.
,,oing South 900 a. m, and 5.O0p. m.
,fail fer Delaware Il Chesapeake road ano
p.i,;morp 4 Delaware Bay will close at $40 a, m
and SO p. NJ
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Opening OF Mails.

From North. 40. $50 a. m 600 and s.25 p. M
wilmington only.
From south, 40, l0.l5 a NJ, 4.2O Pm.
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FOR SALE.

IN nm BRANDYwINE RASPBERRY
1lLIlllll PLANTS, | have cultivated
SNISNN this variety for twenty wears
and they have paid me better
than any berry have ever grown,
JOHN w. GRAHAM,
zisf Kenton, Del.
Smyrna times., 1896-03-04
MEMS SHOES So 90

Stock adjustments are helped
along by turning the balance
of our lots of Mems Winter
Shoes into cash-not into the
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CHERIFF'S SALE.

SHERIFFS SALE.
y By virtue of a writ of Venditioni Exponas,
to me directed, will be exposed TO Public Sale in
front of the Delaware House. in the town of
Smyrna, Duck Creek Hundred, Kent County and
state of Delaware.
Smyrna times., 1896-03-04

placed about so incandescent lamps. 1
have on hand about $50 16 c. p. lamps, two
street eonverters, so 1O-c. p. lamps, As sc.
p. lamps, so 92-c. p. lamps, 100 80 street
lamps, lot of wire, insulators, &c. En-
glneer Rose has the same amount of tools,
cans, &c, as last report.
SEWERS.
Flush tanks and sewers working all right
to the best of my knowledge. Sixty-two
permits and three extensions have been is
sued; So properties now using sewer.
l would recommend that the rates fO1
electric light be printed for distribution.
and for domestic lights that the first 1f
candles of light be 40 cents and all over and
above at the rate of IL cent per candle
power. Also, trees Will have to be trimmed
little this spring to make a clear place for
the wires.
In conclusion would recommend that al
the proper time Mr. G. H. Rose and Abe
Taylor be re-appointed to all the positions
they now hold.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY S. ANTHONY, Superintendent
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THE MARKETS.
GRAIN.
PRODUCE.
Smyrna.
49, -

fHniI.s ! can al OF Hopkins Steamed Homipv
N''"''so Oorn.) tits delicious. Full .l' ot 'eo
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FOR RENT.

STORE ROOM AT KENTON. DEF,
possession March LIST, 1896. The hest bus
mess stand IN the town, Address,
"a. J. B. MESSICK.
- 4MiddletoNn, Del
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..,nvrna Branch Trains.

Going North. ZIG s.42 9.5s, A NJ, 1852, 5.27 pm
e,,rs South. 9.2S 11.56 AN, S.52 5.27, 90 P. NJ
Smyrna times., 1896-03-04
Greatly Reduced.

This week offering values in furniture as great as
we're carpet values of last week.
Smyrna times., 1896-03-04

CHARLES H. b. DAY STRICKEN WITH
PARALYSIS AND IN CRITICAL CoNDI-
TIoN.-Charles II. B. Day, prominent
lawyer of Dover, was stricken with
paralysis at II o'clock Sunday evening.
His left side is affected and his physi-
clan has announced that death is likely
to occur at any time Mr.. Day is
about 20 years old. Although he has
been feeble for a year he has been able
to attend to business and was busy
Saturday preparing for the Harris wifi
case, which was to be resumed Mon
day morning. He was admitted to the
par OF this county in 1862. During the
war he was internal revenue collector.
he was clerk of the Delaware Honse m
representative in 1877.
Smyrna times., 1896-03-04
Solid Oak
Chamber Suits
S17.OO

quantity OF them low figure bureaus have pattern
shape top and 24X3O bevel edge mirror bedstead stands
feet inches high and has beautiful glass finish In
der that as many Of customers possible may share this
bargain allow only suit of this pattern each
toner.
Tombstone prospector., 1896-08-13

HORACE DUNLAP, who has straddlsd the Wilcox News editorial tripod, in his salutatory shows he is died.in- sbe-wool Republican, even to the e1- tent of iavoring the golds standard. l. is unquestionably the right Of every man to his own opinion and to the free ex- pression of the same upon any question of vital iutsrset to she people of this county. but as business proposition in . community where almost every in dustry receives it. stayand support from the products ot our mines, silver equally with gold, this is certainly the wrong field for a sipg gle standard newspaper to be 6 financial success. Mir, Dunlap in his fret issue ssys: "In politics the News will continue ts be Republican. Born ID the same township ss McKin- ley, we come honestly by our pyotec- ton sentiments, and could not desert the cause of sound money even 10 please our silver loving Arizona friends. Tn proper season we hope to be able to give reason for the faith that is in us."
Tombstone prospector., 1896-08-13

The Bryan and sewAll silvsr club is gaining in membership every day and promises to be of great servi,e 10 the silver cause during the campaign. Sii- yer clubs should be organized ia every town and hamlet in the terri tory.
Tombstone prospector., 1896-08-13
The National Matte Shelter.

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 IL requires no diuary skill. no lead ores. 70 A.x.ns material anG no fuel of any kind for the sne,fer after ii is started. The sulphur in the orc is it's natural fu=l only and it's cost has no comparison with any other proce-s of con- centra,ing
 Wearc prepared 10 furnish any size or capac- i,y plant con plcte to substantial mining people. ser l. up and furnish our men 70 rua it for them on easy payments. Price and specifications furnished with references and testimonials on application.
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 Manufacturers of Furnaces for Nickie. Copper. Gold Silver and Lead Ore
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Tombstone prospector., 1896-08-13
MILL FOR SALE.

A ten-stamp nil C syf-rrE. pans. ses- tiers. an aRitator C. O IS-foot revolving conoen- trsfors, I6x36 Corl:s engine. two bcihrs. all in good wnrking order.- Bui ding nearly new Can be moved as ii $ dose to railroad Mas, be sold. and can be bo..shi for ss.ooo ca<h- Addssas RokrEcIoR oa:ce.. Tombssone Ai
Tombstone prospector., 1896-08-13

THE Kansas City Star, gold stand- ard paper says: "It doesn't look any thing like ss unanimous for McKipley now as it did before the St. Louis con- Yention."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-24

LoNGLIvED DESCENDANTS OF Con-
sUMPT1vEs.-A writer in the Pbiladel-
phia Press from Mount Holly, Pa,
says: Probably the most remarkable
case of longevity in this county is to be
found in the Wilkinson family, the
majority of the members being resi-
dents of Mount Holly. The ages of
the eight persons now living are Mrs.
Martha Groom, 81 years; Priscilla
Wilkinson, Ss; years Margaret F.
Lamb, "a years; Ann Curtis, SO years; |;
Mrs. Ruth R. Barton, 80 years La
vinia Wilkinson, 79 years; William
E. Wilkinson 70 years; Abel Wilkinson,
70 years; their aggregate ages being
662, an average of 80 years. They are
all well, active, possess the best OF
health, sound minds, memory, and un-
derstanding.
"There are many remarkable cir
cumstances connected with the lives of
these people, particularly the fact that
both father and mother died at an
early age, both parents being the vic
Tins of consumption. Abel Wilkinson,
a WeIsham, died in 1928, at the age of
4S, and his wife Deborah, German,
died in 1882, at the age of 81. Not
one of the children has had the slight
est trace or symptom Of that dread
disease"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-24

turn about the decks, and without say
ing anything more about the ghost
went below.
The doctor next day reported that the
Dane was perfectly well and Of sound
mind, and that he stuck with many i'm
precautions to his story. BE described
the ghoet as figure in white that looked
at him with sparkling eyes and yet
blindly. he was unable to describe the
features. Fright no doubt stood in the
way Of perception. BE could not i'm
agine where the thing had come from.
He was, as he had said, gazing at what
looked like spark or star to leeward
when, turning his head, he found the
shape close beside him.
The captain and the doctor talked the
thing over in my presence, and we de-
cided to consider 1t delusion ON the
part of the Dane, phantom Of his i'm
agination, mainly because the man
swooned after he saw the thing, letting
20 the wheel 30 that the ship came up
into the wind, and it was impossible to
conceive that substantial object could
nave vanished Il the time that elapsed
between the man falling down and the
flap Of sails which had called my attan-
ton to the abandoned helm.
However, nothing was said about the
matter aft. The sailors adopted the doc-
tors opinion, some viewing the thing
as a "Dutchman's" dodge to get q
might in"
CONCLUSION NEXT WEDNESDAY.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-24
while one of the hands forked out the
.anI-a nr on, a III nfnnaa

while one of the hands forked out the
rocks or small stones.
"a sluice or two were added to the
Tom. These, as well as the Tom, were
supplied with rifles, which generally
caught about all the dust. Long Tom
were first used in Nevada City in 1850.
Improvements in modes of placer min
ing rapidly followed. Sets of sluices
without the Toms were used /; then
ground sluicing came next, and hydraul-
ic mining, where water and fall could be
obtained, displaced the rocker, bump
er and Tom. Hydraulic mining is an
old thing now."
"How about underground mining p
inquired the reporter.
"Goldbearing quartz was first dis
covered by some miners in the bed of
Deer Creek, below Nevada City, in the
summer of 1850. 1t was found in
narrow vein, but the discovery led to
the opening up of the magnificent
goldbearing quartz mines Of Grass
Valley, in Nevada county. All the
equipments of the mines were at first
crude, but the mines were rich and
paid we'll. Black powder was used in
blasting where blasting was necessary.
Some years after nitro-glycerine was
introduced in the State, but an explo-
sion of the stuff in q San Francisco.ex-
press Office knocked it out, and giant
powder came into use. You know the
rest.''
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-24

DIR. MARY WALKERS IDEA.-Dr.
Mary Walker, who 40 years ago
preached the gospel of dress reform to
the women of this country, and who
was arrested in many cities for dress
ing and appearing in puclic in male
attire, is the apostle of scheme for
the bloomer girls.
Through Lawyer Henry G. Bene-
dict, of Oswego, N. Y, DR.. Mary has
bought farm containing 1876 acres of
land seven miles west of that city and
proposes to form colony in which
man shall have no part. Only females
who will bind themselves to life Of
celibacy while members of the commu-
nifty and to wear bloomers for life are
to be eligible.
They will work the farm in all its
details, plant and harvest the crops,
dispose of them in market and take
care of the stock. She has drawn up
an elaborate plan as to the manner Of
conducting the farm.-Chicago Times
Herald.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-24

his appearance. The ship was got to her
course afresh, by which time the man
who had been steering was so far recov-
cred as to be able to sit on the grating
abaft the wheel and relate what had
happened.
BE was a Dane and spoke with a
strong foreign accent, beyond my art to
reproduce He said he had been looking
away to leeward, believing he saw a
light out upon the horizon, when on
turning his head he beheld ghost at
his side.
ga what?" said the captain.
ga ghost, sir, so help me- and here
the little Dane INDUCED in some very
violent language, all designed to con-
vince us that he spoke the truth.
"What was it ike?" asked the cap
tain.
cit was dressed in white and stood
looking at me. I tried to run and could
not, but fell and maybe tainted"
"The burned idiot slept" said the
captain to me, "and dreamt and drop
ped on his nut.
"Had I dropped on my nut, should
not have woke up then?" cried the Dane
in passion of candor.
"Go forward and turn in, said the
captain. "The doctor shall see you and
report to me-.
When the man was gone, the captain
asked me if I had seen anything likely
to produce the impression Of ghost on
an ignorant, credulous mans mind? l
answered 10, wondering that he should
ask such question.
"How long was the man in a fit, dye
Think" said he, THAT is, before you
found out that the wheel was desertedT
"Three or four minutes.
He looked into the pinnacle. took a
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-24

EFFECT OF LIGHT ON METAL.-A
curious fact has been noted by the fine
steel workers at Sheffield, England. 1t
is this: Fine edged tools assume blue
color and lose all temper ifexposed for
any considerable length of time to the
light of the sun, either in summer or
winter. A similar effect is exercised
by moonlight, large crosscut saw with
which the experimenters were work
ing having been "put out of shape and
it's temper ruined by single nights
exposure to a frst-quarter moon"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-24

apprehensions of danger to the empire.
Besides as Christians, it would be a
laudable undertaking 10 convert the
Armenians to the Mohammedan faith.
We are told of Abdul that, "Ambi-
tious even in piety, he is not content
to emulate the modesty Of his calitf
predecessors and be known simply as
the Servant of the servants Of God !
but gradually has made inordinately
presumptious claims in spiritual, as he
has in temporal, domains. For in
stance, the titles. Shadow of God,
Refuge of the world Slayer Of men,
and Father of all the sovereigns of
the earth,' were unknown to former
sultans and find no support in the
Koran" And so the sultan will
strengthen the empire, and add lustre
to his record as a pious Mohammedan
by converting the Armenians. The
death of thousands is a matter of
small moment in the accomplishment
of such an end as this. He is covetous
of the title "Slayer of men," He has
won the epithet, if $4,000 Armenians
slain at his behest during two months,
would entitle any man to such an
appellation. And yet, as sultans 60,
Abdul is not a monster. He has ac-
complished considerable good results
for bis own people; Schools for the
study of special Subjects have been
established; 1000 elementary schools
accommodating 100000 pupils he has
founded. He has encouraged the ed
ucation of women by providing nu.
merous girls schools in the cities and
towns of the empire. He is the first
Turkish monarch who ever allowed a
Christian woman to sit at his table |;
and it is said that it is easier to gain
an audience with him than with any
other European ruler.
The massacres were begun on a
large scale in October of the year
1894; they continued with intermis-
sions of a few weeks between each
outbreak to the end of November,
1895. During the latter half of this
period a feet of warships, mainly
British, has been off the Turkish
coast, part of the time off Beirut,
Syria, and latterly just outside the
Dardanelles. Yet the discords of the
powers have kept the feet at its
anchors. The massacres have ceased (;
but no guarantee against their occur
renee once more has been made.
ROBERT A. LEE.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-24

p8 One ofthe queerest and yet more
important inventions for which a pat
ent has been recently issued was that
of Emil Reyer, resident of South
Bend, Ind, for poison bottle indica-
tor" The '.indicator" consists of q
metallic crown or cap which bristles
with sharp, needlelike points. The
affairs is placed over the neck of a bot
tie containing a poisonous matter or
fluid, like the tinfoil cap ofa champagne
bottle. In case a person should grasp
this crowned poison bottle by mistake
or in the dark, he or she whould soon
discover their mistake, as the tiny
points projecting from this bottlehead
would enter the flesh of the fingers.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-24

HIS IsCoMPosITIoN.-Teacher-Have
you finished your composition on what
little boys should not do in school?
Little Johnnie-Yes'm.
Teacher-Read it.
Little Johnny (readiDg)-Little boys
when at school should not make faces
at the teacher and should not study
too hard, cause it makes them near
sighted, and should not sit too lonyin
one position, cause it makes their
backs crooked, and should not do long
examples in 'rithmetic, cause it uses up
their pencils too fast.