Smyrna times., 1896-09-23

has passed all the required eXam1na-
tions and has been admitted as a Nava
Cadet in the U. S. Naval Academy al
Annapolis, Md. He was appointed by
Hon. J. S. Willis.
Curtis B, Smith, contractor, has
erected a double stable and carriage
house, 24x56 feet, COW stable, 2Ox24
feet, and hay barracks 24x48 feet on
the Robert Rawley farm, near Clayton
They take the place of the buildings
destroyed by fire several months ago.
SECRET SOCIETY For BOYS. - A
council of the new secret order, the
Coming Men of America, has been
organized in Milford with about 100
members. The order is open to boys
between 12 and IS years of age, and is
said to be similar to the American
Protestant Association in its aims and
purposes.
Attorney-General r. G. White offers
reward of $40 for any information of
each and every case where any one by
force, threat, menace, intimidation,
bribery or other unlawful means tries
to prevent any person having a right
to have his name entered on the regis
ters list in any hundred in the State.
A Wilmington paper says: 1t is re-
ported that the county Office holders
have to give up half of what they make
to the Democratic party for campaign
expenses. Delaware this campaign is
receiving no money from outside
sources, and they have to depend alto
gether on what they can raise by as
sessing the men holding county offices.
TOMATO CROP SHORT. THE tomato
crop of this Peninsula is short this
season, and in consequence the can
merry product of the Peninsula will also
be short. In one cannery alone there
will be II, 200 cases less of the vegetable
put up than there was last season. If
the crop is as short in other places as
1t has been in Delaware and Maryland
the price of canned goods is likely to
go up this season.
Charles Wharton of Smyrna has been
elected captain of the University Of
Pennsylvania foot ball team of 1896.
The election was held at Water Mill,
n. Y. Wharton, Minds and Woodruff
were nominated, but the last named
withdrew and Wharton was elected un-
animOusly. Wharton plays at guard.
He did great work for the Varsity team
last year. Success to him as its leader
on the gridiron for the season of 1896.
The corner stone of the Chapel con-
nected with the Industrial School for
COlOred Orphan Boys, at Clayton, was
laid last Thursday by Father Welbers,
the bishop having granted him special
permission to perform the ceremony.
The building was commenced by the
late Father De Ruyter, whose ambi-
tiOus efforts in behalf of the colored or
phans is to we'll known to need COM
ment. The total dimension of the
chapel are IS by 35 feet, and it will have
seating capacity of 800.
FOLLOWED BY PICKPOCKETs.- While
Mr.. Bryan was making his Dover
speech Detectives Kratz and Brennan,
of Baltimore, and Witsell and McVey,
of Wilmington, arrested two pickpock-
cts, who gave there names as Whaling
and Edwards. They are alleged to be-
long to gang of Western "crooks"
who have been following the Bryan
meetings. Among those who were rob-
bed Messrs. Alexander Pascault, of Eas-
ton and Col. F. H. johnson, both of
whom had their monev stolen. John
Jump, also of Talbot, lost $32.
The biggest fight that has taken
place in the Democratic party ended
Thursday when Senator Grays name
was selected by the Wilmington dele
gates as one of the four delegates to be
elected to the Constitutional Conven-
tion. The opposition was so strong that
the Wilmington delegates were in eau
Gus over one hour, while their other
caucuses hardly took fifteen minutes
each for them to decide on whom they
wanted. One Democratic delegate
said "why, Gray is not Democrat any
more. He will not even vote for Bryan
and Sewall, the Democratic nominees.
We are tired of him." 1t was then
that John P. Donohoe got his friends
to put forth the olive branch, they vo-
ting for Gray and John P. being made
one of the delegates. Only two men
stuck out to the end, one of them be-
ing Milton 7. Hawkins. The name of
Peter ]. Ford has been put before the
caucus, but Mr.. Ford refused to allow
the use of his name and it was then
REPUBLICAN MEETING IN WHINING
TON.-Thursday evening in Wilmington
two Republican meetings were held, at
which over 8, 500 persons were present.
The Union Veterans Patriotic League
celebrated the battle of Antietam at the
Opera House by mass meeting at
which fully 1900 persons were present
A martial appearance was given to the
affair by stacks of muskets on the stage
alongside of two cannons. Bunting
and flags made the hearts of the patriot
go back to the famous battle of '62.
General Daniel E. Sickles, was the
orator and as he entered the Opera
House he was given an ovation and the
band played "Hail to the Chief"
Among those on the stage were Con-
gressman Willis, John H. Hoffecker,
candidate for Governor, and the mem
bers of the League.
The Republican Business Mems Club
held an interesting meeting in the Au-
ditorium. Addresses were made by
Frederick Taylor of New York, VIM.
Michael Byrne, VIM. S. Hilles and
Johnn G. Higgins, candidate for Gov
ernor. The meeting was presided
over by Mr.. Alfred Warner. Some fif-
teen hundred persons were present to
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