Smyrna times., 1896-12-30

late session of the convention, provides
for Board of Pardons, composed of
the Chancellor, Speaker of the Senate.
Attorney General and Secretary of
State, or any three of them. This will
limit the executives present pardonine
power.
REAL ESTATE SALEs.-Sheriff Shaw
on the 18th inst. sold the farm of Eber
n. Thomas, IA acres in North Muir
derkill Hundred, to W. K. Evans, for
$3.50, subject to mortgage and interest
of 1879.
December % the Sheriff sold the farm
OF Joseph Gould, 1866 acres in North
Murderkill Hundred, to Ezekiel Hum
Jr., for $4,000.
AT DELAWARE HOPITAL.-The board
OF trustees of Delaware Hospital has
decided to establish training school
for nurses. 1t has also been decided to
endOw beds in memory of Thomas
Boyd. William Boyd, and Mary S.
Boyd. The hospital has received over
$4,000 from the estate of the last
named. DR.. Briggs has been elected
to the dispensary staff to succeed DR..
Walker.
Nathaniel B. Buckmaster, a we'll
know resident of Wyoming, died sud
denly In New York City on the 18th
inst. aged 63 years. He was visiting
his sister in Brooklyn and went over to
New York and was stricken with appo-
plexy Immediately after leaving thea
tire. The remains were buried at Bar
rett's Chapel. Mr.. Buckmaster was
trusted agent of the Delaware rail-
road having served at Wyoming for
forty years.
ADDICKs TALKS SIGNIFICANTLY
ABOUT THE SENATORsHIP. j. Edward
Addicks when in Wilmington for
short time Saturday, said that he con-
tidently expected to be the next United
State Senator from Delaware. Said
Mr.. Addicks, "You can say that shall
be elected United States Senator at
Dover this winter. OF course some
people may laugh at this, but the laugh
will be on the other side before the
Legislature adiourns.
WANT A New INDEx.-It is possible
that the next General Assembly NAV
be asked to provide for the making of
an index for the State Library at Dow
er. The last index was made eighteen
years ago, and since that time hundred
of additions have been made, the new
library building has been erected and
the books rearranged. Few people
have any idea of the size and value of
the State Library. 1t occupies the
large addition built to the State House
for its accommodation and numbers
about $4,000 volumes.
The DeIawarean has gotten to the
point where it thinks there was no
legal election in Kent county, hence
no one was elected It bases this con-
clusiOn on the failure to hold an cleo
tiOn in one of the districts of Smyrna.
The same reasoning would apply to
Sussex county, there not having been
any election in DagsbOro hundred, ex-
cept that in Sussex the Returning
Board gave the certificates of election
to those having majority on the face
Of the returns, they being Democrats,
while In Kent county the Returning
Board under the advice of its revolu-
tionary leaders refused to give certif-
Gates of election to those receiving the
majority vote, they being Republicans.
JOHN F. AFTER HANDY's SCALP
John F. Salisbury, who wants his
gold cousin, Willard Salisbury. cleo
ted senator, Monday went to Wash
ington in hurry. It is said that the
object of Mr.. Salisbury trip is to have
the free silver leaders call off Congress-
man-elect Handy, who is making a
fight to have John G. Gray elected
senator. The Democrats have realized
that unless Mr.. Handy is stopped he
will split the Democratic Legislature
so badly that they will be unable to
marshal their forces to fight the Union
in Kent county. Mr..
returned to Wilmington and
said that if the Union Republicans or
ganized trump" Legislature it would
have to meet in the cellar of the State
House. e.-Morning NclOs.
The LEGIsLATURE.-Mr. Addicks'
declaration is taken as confirmation
that his followers propose to organise
a rump Legislature, but, beyond fears
of excitement at the opening of the
Legislature, the Democrats do not ap-
pear to be anxious about the final re-
suit. The Kent county Republicans
plan to have the clerk of the last ses-
sion of the Legislature swear in the
of Kent, the Democrats
say it will not work. They will not be
bound to reconize a Republican clerk,
and besides the New Castle and Sus-
sex county Democrats will appear at
Dover with their certificates regularly
signed by the Boards of Canvass OF
those counties, and this, the Demo-
Gratis contend, will give them the legal
right to organize the House. Each of
the delegations of Kent will have GER
tifcates signed by the Republican and
Democratic members of the Board of
Canvass, and the trouble will be over
the seating of these men.
The only name prominently men
toned for Speaker of the House is E.
B. higgins, of Sussex county, John T.
Dickey, who has been named in this
connection, says he is not candidate
for Speaker and is making no canvass.
Mr.. Addicks and his followers say that
the Republican State Treasurer will
reconize the Republican Legislature
that will be organized in case the Kent
and Sussex men are not seated. This,
they say, will assure some sort of rec
ognition of the Republicans. The
State Auditor is a Democrat and the