Smyrna times., 1897-04-14
County and State Items

The wilmington Conference Acad-
emy baseball club will play the Della
ware College club at Newark on April
oath, and they will return the game
in Dover May Goth.
BICYCLES CHECKED AS BAGGAGE
The Pennsylvania Railroad has issued
circulars announcing that bicycles will
hereafter be checked as baggage over
all its lines East of Pittsb burg provided
the passenger has no other baggage.
Gov. Tunnel has appointed Thomas
W. Jefferson, of Broadkiln hun dred,
Sussex county, to be State librarian,
to succeed Peter G. Gruwell. Mr.. JEFF
fersOn is So years of age, and taught
school for several years. Mr.. Gruwell
had the Office two terms.
E. B. Frazier, of Newark, is an sp-
plicant for the office of Clerk of the
Orphans Court in New Castle county,
Delaware. A delegation headed by
Congressman L. Irving Handy called
on Governor Tunnel at Dover in Mr..
Frazier's interest on Thursday.
The bill introduced in the Legisla-
ture making it legal for certain officers
to dispose of dead bodies from the
county or State institutions that may
be uncalled for by friends is rather an
burlesque on some one, probably the
members of the Legislature
As our State treasury is in depleted
condition, it hardly needs argument to
convince any man that we are not in a
financial condition fit to commence
such a mOnstrous undertaking as the
building of a State penitentiary. The
annual interest on the outlay for such
an undertaking would not be less than
$50, 900.
MEMBERS OF THE CONVENTION PAID.
The State Treasurer has paid the
members of the Constitutional Con-
vention their salaries and they will not
need to apply to the Legislature for re-
lief. He was enabled to do this
through the receipt of $4,000 from
other sources. The members allow
ances aggregated about $4,000.
In many States the distribution Of
Federal offices are termed plums, and
great anxiety is shown as to whom the
plum will fall. Now in Delaware it is
the persimmon, hence the saying that
''the longest pole knocks down
the most persimmOns. The persim-
mon on the District Judicial tree is
over ripe but it hangs high and thus
far no pole long enough has been found
to reach that fruit
Local fishermen in Appoquinimink
creek enjoyed "gOod luck" last week.
A party Of some five or six, made an
experimental haul at the ''Mud Fort, -
and were surprised to haul in SO fine,
large shad and BOB herring the first
round. They Immediately made two
more hauls and brought home "a shad
and hundreds of herring-a most salts
factory afternoons work and sport.
Shad are running unusually large
this year. Seven Founders are numer'
Gus, while many larger ones are re-
ported. The Fish Commissioners Of
Pennsylvania and New Jersey ar,
earnestly protesting to Gov. Griggs, o.
New Jersey, against the signing of the
bill allowing the damning of the Della
ware at Trenton. They assert that i
will ruin the fishing industry in thu
river, an industry that furnished liv
ing to thousands of our people and il
which probably a million of dollars
capital is invested.
HAENA's HAND IN DELAwARE.-Sen
ator Mark Hanna, of Ohio, is making
an effort to get the warning factions o.
the Republican party of Delaware to
gether He has been waited upon b.
the leaders of both factions within tn
past few weeks. The Regulars wante
him to intercede with the President i
the interest of their recommendation
for the offices which will fall to the lC
of Delaware Republicans. The Ad
dicks people are as equally persistant
and claim the result of the cleo
ton of Republican electors from
Delaware was due to the work in tn
last campaign. Mark Hanna listene
very patiently to the tales for som
time, and then informed both faction
that they must get together. If the
did not the Democrats would cOntinU
to hold the offices in Delaware durin
the present administration. This
having a very depressing effect on IL
different candidates for Office.
New CASTLE jurors DRAwN.-Tl
grand and petit jurors for the May ter
of the Court of Oyer and Termine
were drawn last week. The eiurOrs wi
serve only for the May term of cour
which begins on May 10.
Formerly the second panel drawnf
the May term served in September. =
Grand Jurors. Appoquinimink
John F. Stats, S. L. Pinley.
Blackbird- James L. David, Benz
min r. Stevenson.
ST. Georges-William p. Biggs, w
liam Bland, Andrew s. Eliason.
Regular Panel Petit Jurors. apr
quinimink William Burge, Freem
E. Waller, James A. Hart.
Blackbird- George r. Johnson, W
liam L. Reynolds, George G. Rot
we'll.
st. Georges-John NJ. Evans, W
liam H. johnson.
Additional Panel Petit Jurors. A
pOquinimink-G George ]. Crouch, W
liam J. Guessford, Israel Pritehard.
Blackbird- James r. Pryor, j
William T. Collins, Robert Powell.
st. Georges-Julian Cochran, Her
Heller.
The example of w. w. Brewer, Els
justice of the peace and prominent C
Zen of Mt Iawatt Pa is worthy