Smyrna times., 1896-12-30
County and State Items,

Dover will elect new town officers on
January II.
Politicians will shortly begin their
march to Dover.
Delaware College Alumni is prepar-
ing for its annual banquet.
owing to dry wells Middletown is
threatened with water famine.
Governor elect Tunnel will soon pro-
vide Delaware with another crop OF
cOlOnels.
The Dover windlords have awakened
and have leased new room for head
quarters.
A squad of Newark young men who
want to fight for Cuba are holding fire.
quent drills.
The Sussex Republican, published
at Georgetown, is preparing to move to
its new office.
A monster revival is going on in Sea-
ford's NJ. E. Church, more 100 sinners
having repented.
John A. Jones, former resident of
Middletown, died Thursday morning
IN Wilmington.
Willard Salisbury will do well to
carry a good line of insurance on his
Senatorial boom.
Delaware colored folks will hold a
convention at Dover on January 10 to
discuss educational matters.
The town authorities of Lewes pro-
pose to enforce the law regarding the
of blanketing horses in winter.
E. L. Jones & Co., of Dover, have
the contract for the heating apparatus
in the NJ. E. Church at Georgetown.
Bishop Coleman has been invited to
act as vice-president of the Church
Congress to be held at Nottingham,
England.
Francis H. Hoffecker, of Wilmington
will lecture before the Brownson Lii
brary on January 12 on Delaware in
the Rebellion.
William G. Simmons has been ap-
pointed Delaware Railroad freight
agent at Wyoming. There were 25 ap-
plicants for the place
William R. McCabe, formerly of
Selbyville, and Speaker of the Della
ware House Of Representatives in 1887,
died in Norfolk, Va, recently.
Charged with the larcency of six
chickens from MilfOrd's chief of police
Louis Purnell and Mary Holland, both
colored, have been sent to Dover Jail.
College men from all parts of the
country have written to Judge Ball,
commenting on his decision in the
LemOn-MOOre case, that kissing is no
crime in Delaware.
Thieves made a raid on the turkey
rOOst of Ex-RecOrder of Deeds J. T.
ShallcrOss, recently and carried off
huC D4lucs uC IOUOCIb uS6u Il
wagon to carry off their booty.
c. W. Barger, of Wyoming has pur-
chased Hiram Reedy's shoe and hat
store, of Dover. Mr.. Reedy will re-
move to Philadelphia, where he will
engage III the wholesale boot and shoe
commission business.
Invitations have been issued for the
wedding of Delaware 7. Hollis and
Miss Edith jackson, which will take
place on January 9Th, at the residence
of the brides parents, at Camden.
Harry McGonigal and Miss Lillian
Tarburton were married in Dover,
Dec.2 90, by Rev. W. E. Avery; by
the same on the same day, Howard
Kelly and Anna Hearn-all Of Kent
county.
Sheriff Finn will sell the stock of
Quigley & Mullins wholesale grocery
store, valued at S2G, 900, on January G.
The firm recently failed for over $7O,-
600, but besides the stock there are
number of book account assets.
Rev A Chandler, of Townsend, was
visited by his congregation on Mon
day night week, a surprise visit, with
a handsome donation, included live
chickens, hams, sugar and various
other articles. A pleasant evening
followed.
Miss Annie Green, of Dover, has
received an order for forty dozen of
her celebrated Delaware work biscuits.
They are to be used at the annual
gathering of the sons of Delaware,
which will be held in Philadelphia,
January 1st.
Fort DELAWARE TO BE GARRIsONED.
The Baltimore NelOs says: cit has
been decided by the War Department
to establish one-company garrison at
Fort Delaware, near Philadelphia.
This fort was abandoned shortly after
the war.
In digging the grave for the inter
ment Of Mrs. Amelia Cam, at the PEN
cadeur Presbyterian Cemetary, the sex
ton unearthed an old tombstone upon
which name "Howell'' was inscribed
IN Welsh letters, and which bore the
date, 1891. The store although en-
bedded in the earth was we'll preserved
DROWNED WHILE SKATING. Howard
Elliott the eighteen-year-old son of
Caleb Elliott, living near McColley's
Mill, seven miles from Milford, Mon
day, was drowned while skating. In
company with cOlored man he skated
over what was supposed to be dark ice,
when it broke. He was pulled out by