Smyrna times., 1896-01-15
County and State Items.

erica NJ. Z. Church.
Greenabaum Brothers of Seaford have
commenced the erection of a new cannery
at Seaford.
J. H. S. Ewell of Georgetown accidentally
threw his wife's watch into the stove with
some apple parings.
Samuel A. Short, who has been travelling
in the grocery business for the last % wears.
has opened grocery and meat store in
Dover.
Ex-RecOrder of Deeds J. T. Shallcross.
has lost 80 hogs from some unnamed disease
that is more fatal and rabid in its ravages
than cholera.
By special request Reuben Scraggs will
repeat his comedy lecture, ION the Whirli-
gig" tomorrow evening, in the Dover
Opera House.
DR.. and Mrs. Henry Ridgely of Dover
and Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel W. Hall have
gone to Orlando, Florida, where they will
spend the remainder of the winter.
The house of Mrs. Frederick White of
Milton was burned early Monday morning
Mrs. White had $500, which was burned
along with the contents of the house.
The FELTON, Cannery has been rented to the
same firm that ran it last year Randall, Ruhl
&CO., of Baltimore. They propose to can
peas, corn, beans, tomatoes and peaches.
DR.. Alvah R. Davis, graduate of the JEFF
ferson Medical College, class of 1895, will
associate himself with his father DR.. w. f.
Davis, of Dover in the practice of his pro-
fessiOn.
At Milford, George Isaacs, sailor from
Philadelphia, assaulted and brutally beat
his wife becuse she would not give him her
money and jewelry. He was arrested and
sent to Dover Jail
The oyster season in our river is closed.
All the Delaware Bay boats are frozen in at
Mahon's The season has been pretty good
one. The bivalyes were excellent and the
prices obtained fair.
Medford H. CahOon has been appointed
bv the Superior Court of New Castle County
Commissioner to take testimony in the
divorce case of Mary E. jackson VS.. Ben
lamin f. jackson. of Wilmington.
The Delaware Glass, Sand and Clay Com
pany, with Philip c. Meade, Patrick Neary
and William Pratt as corp0rators, and a
capital stock OF S5O,OOO, was incorporated
by Judge Grubb, at Wilmington, Saturday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Harper, widow of Thos.
S. Harper, formerly Of Dover, died at her
residence, in Camden, n. j., on Friday aged
13 years. The remains We're inferred in
Riverview Cemetery, Wilmington, on Mon
day week
The Farmers Bank of Delaware presi-
dents as elected at the annual meeting at
Dover are; Dover, DIR. Henry Ridgely
Wilmington, Joseph L. Carpenter; George
town, Charles C. Stockley; New Castle,
DR.. John J. Black,
The Diamond State Manufacturing Com
pany has commenced to rebuild its burned
factory at Frankford. Snow Hill, Md,
made an effort to have the factory located
there, but the Delaware people We're able to
keep the plant in Frankford.
Potatoes have been put to a new use in
a new industry Fifteen tons Of starch have
been made from potatoes the past season in
Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Dakota.
This necessitated the crushing of some
three and half million bushels of tubers.
Presiding elder Rev. L. E. Barret, of the
Methodist Conference, has appointed the
Rev. Z. Day Cantwell, of Elkton, to take
charge of the pastoral work of the Bethel
and Summit churches, in place of the Rev.
L. B. Hunter, who is now under treatment
in a Philadelphia hospital.
Even the morocco men are beginning to
complain of the dull times. Wilmington is
the second largest producer Of morocco in
the United States, Philadelphia ranking
first. few years ago Wilmington was
within a few hundred dozens of being
ahead of Philadelphia in the output.
The sale of the Tobe Merritt property.
corner Front and French streets, Whining
ton, has caused no end of litigation. Mrs.
Merritt had agreed to sell it to two different
parties, hence the need of some lawyers now
trying to entangle the same. The lawyers
are useful in some cases and not so useful as
ornamental IN other cases.
OFFICIALS APPOINTED. - The following
appointments have been made by Acting
Governor Watson: David c. Rose, to be
Justice Of the peace at Odessa George W.
GOrdy of Delmar, to be constable for Little
\ Greek hundred Sussex county, and Charles
w. Sparhawk, to be commissioner of deeds
for Delaware at Philadelphia.
From Denton to Lewes is stirred UP over
the railroad and the papers say the people
of Georgetown, Milton etc., should leave no
stone unturned in their effort to secure the
section Of the Southern route by way of
those places for the new Queen Anne's Rail-
road. While few are doing all in their
power to bring this about, there is not that
interest manifested by the general public
that should be.
Professor Goldey says that he. one week
ago, advertised in all the Wilmington papers
for two good male stenographers. the only
eono''lon being that they be graduates of
Goiuey's College Thus far he has not re-
eelved single reply from an UNEMPLOYED
graduate which means that our Young men
all have positions. This speaks volumes
for Goldey's College and its method Of
teaching the youths.
Benjamin johnson, well known in VII
mingtOn, and a broker in Philadelpbia 40
cording to the Philadelphia papers. has die
appeared from his place of business and his
clients are engaged in looking anxiouslv for
him and his whereabouts. w. b. Kendall
senior member of the firm Of Kendall. New
York brokers, whom johnson represented
in Philadelphia, have sworn out warrant
for his arrest, charging him with embezzl-
ing upwards of $4,000.
The Newark Ledger says: We have
discovered the real reason why Newark does
not boom. All booming towns are marry
ing towns as well but one conclusion can
therefore be drawn. If we want to grow ;
if we want to be active and booming our
marriageabiemen must be upand doing. Of
how much good is bachelor to com
mHnityP Why none He is what might be
called a non-producer. He exists of the
town but does not build homes.
There is another big dispute in the tract
of land about two miles from Harrington.
which in all probability viii have to be set
fled bv the courts II seems the oyvnar of