Smyrna times., 1896-03-11
County and State Items,

Harry f. Ford and L. G. Smith have
taken charge of the hotel HenlOpen at
Rehoboth and will conduct the bust
ness there this summer.
W. c. c. Knowles, Odel Moore, w.
f. King, A. j. White and W. H. Lloyd
have been elected members of the
Laurel Town Council.
The Milford Building and Loan As
sociatiOn has sold $1,000 to matured
stock at nearly per cent, and $1050 to
current stock at II to 10 per cent.
Benjamin Nields, trustee, has sold
the ice plant belonging to Caroline Il.
Eccles and Randell E. Cross, to the
York Manufacturing Co., for $4,000
Governor Watson has appointed
Caleb Clark, of Dover, fish police
man, and Joseph Dean, of Newark,
notary public, to succeed William H
Smith.
A. c. Mench, of Magnolia has tail
less calf. Should it live until next
summer It will be in the same cOndi-
ton as the proverbial "bob-tailed bull
in fly time.
Mr.. Edwin Prettyman, formerly Of
IlhbOus Dll W III lAOM 1CoANACo III -LANl
dletown, Del, has rented the Maxwell
Hotel in that place formerly run by
Mr.. Alex Maxwell.
H. L. Phillips, F. A. Shipley and
Luther Hearn were elected Town Com
missiOners at Seafords local election,
on a ticket pledged to secure fire pro-
lection for the town.
H. A. Richardson and Walter Morris
have been appointed appraisers of the
estate of Charles Harris, of Dover,
whose will is now being contested be-
before Register of Wills Cooper.
The Dover Telephone Company have
purchased from \. B. Conner and
others the telephone connection be-
tween Frederica and FELTON,, and are
extending their line to Georgetown.
The people of Milton are talking of
buying a fire engine of some kind. A
fire there last week caused the matter
to be considered and it is probable
that some action will now be taken.
Rev. William P. Swartz, pastor of
the Central Presbyterian Church, Will
mington, announced from his pulpit
Sunday that he had accepted a call to
the First Presbyterian Church, of
dered him several weeks ago.
The General Sessions Court refused
to grant a new trial to Daniel Brown
and John J. Swan, the two keepers of
the State Insane ASYLUM at Farnhurst
who were convicted of manslaughter il
causing the death of Leon Pisa, an in
mate of the institution, by brutal treat
ment.
The water and light plant of Milford
appears to he a paying investment
The commission will have more than
S26O0 after all the bills and interest is
paid, which represents the profits of tn,
plant. Other plants owned by town:
on the Peninsula, with a few excep
tions, lost money last season.
Diphtheria has again broken out i
Georgetown and the public school
there have been closed. There is nc
much of the disease i'll the town, bu
the people are afraid that it will sprea
and the town bailiff has been instructe
to keep children off the streets q
much as possible.
While Joshua Jefferson, of PO
Penn paralytic who resides alon
while attempting to light a lamp h
bed became ignited. His cries wei
heard by Mail Driver Wright, wh
summoned neighbOrs and the fam,
were promptly quenched. Bed clOt
ing and carpet were burned.
Notice.-BefOre placing your ord
with a stranger, drop me a card fl
catalogue and price-list, or call and &
prices. Closer to cost of prOductiC
on all kinds and varieties of nursel
stock. 1t will save you hundreds
dollars unnecessarily paid out eat
year. P. EMERSON, Wyoming, Del.
Ex-State Senator John Pilling
outspoken in favor of having the mel
bership of the Constitution COnventi
to be held in this State next wint
evenly divided between Democrats a
Republicans s- - of each. Mr.. Plll1l
will 90 to the next Republican ST.
Convention and urge that this plan
endorsed.
The yearly statement of the Trust'
of the Poor for Sussex county shO
that the revenues of the almshOI
farm more than meet the annual
penses Of the institution. The rece
from all sources amounted to 81, 346
during 1896, while the expenses W
much less There are Al inmates
the almshOuse.
BY the report of the Legislative &C
mittee, appointed to settle with
state treasurer for the year 1894,
following balances were found to e,
December 81. General fund, $1,C
50: school fund, 16,017 33, sink
fund, 81, 500 3s, state hospital impro
ment fund, S36, ,Oj2 GA; state hosp
current fund, $3.50.
The Washington correspondent
the EUery EUening says Sem
George Gray of Delaware may be
next Democratic nominee for PreslC
Of the United States. At any rate
rumOred that there is a strong m
movement on foot i'll the DemOcl
ranks to induce the Senator to ac
the nomination at the national con
ton.
The people residing in New CT
and vicinity and in Newport are a
GUS for the Wilmington City Rail
Company to extend its line to
ancient town. By building the
way to Newport It can be easily
tended to New Castle without eros
any of the bridges and only eros
over the railroad twice. We think
road would In few years be a pa
investment, as well as a help to
merchants of Wilmington.
Charles H. b. Day, a well-k1
lawyer, died at 6 o'clock Satu
night, from the effects of a para
stroke, aged 6S years. Last Su
night week Mr.. Day returned
church, and as he entered his
was stricken. Last week he was b
engaged preparing briefs for the
brated Harris will case Decease,
been Collector of Internal Rev,
Clerk of the Delaware House of r.
sentatives, and City Solicitor Of ID
One day you read in the news
that Colonel DUPONT will not be s
owing to the Senate not having a
cient majority, then again YOU
that he will positively be seated il
near future. One report says a
Republicans are in line and will
Tor the majority report which wi
sure Colonel DUPONT being 4,
The Republicans have fortv-four
TIE Democrates thirty-nine an,
fopulsts six. Tie Republican,
pect to procure one Populist vote
The mastering III Of the new M;
company at Harrington bv tba
tOnai (4uard of IL - e1u