Smyrna times., 1897-01-20
County and State Items.

stores are closed at night.
Milford's library has 1897 Volumes.
thirty were added during the past year.
Lieutenant Walter H. Gordon will
assume command of the Delaware Col
lege Cadets on January 96.
Jacob H. Adams, the new prothono-
tary of Sussex county, has assumed
his Office.
The Kent county Changers oppose
by resolution the election of lawyer
to the L. S. Senate.
In the stomach of an OK recently
killed near Milford was found half a
pound of wire shingle nails.
Wilmington Lodge, Order of Rail
way Conductors, will give banquet
in Wilmington on January 2sth.
Mrs. J. Wood, wife of ex-postmaster
William Wood, of Middletown, died of
heart disease Thursday night, aged 81
years.
Representative EliasOn, of ST. Geor-
ges hundred has voted with the Dickey
men in the votes in the Cheers Dickey
contest.
George Echenhofer and family, of
Middletown, expect to move to Phila-
delphia this week, where they will
take boarders.
The Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad Company added
four new trains to its schedule Tues
day morning.
A National Bank will be organized
at Delmar. Several Sussex county
men Of prominence are interested in
the project.
A bill will be introduced in the Leg
islature by Representative Mccoy, of
New Castle, providing for the single
tax system in that town.
The stock in the general store of
John Jones, Jr., Wyoming, was levied
on, Wednesday, by Sheriff Shaw, on
claim of 81, 400 held by Jakes & Son of
that town.
An extra session of the Superior
Court was held in Georgetown Monday
to dispose of the damages awarded to
persons through whose property the
Queen Anne Railroad will pass.
The canning factory of H. A. Reik,
at Frederica, has been sold by the
Sheriff to P. T. Carlisle for $4,000, and
Mr.. Reiks residence to Mr.. Carlisle
for S715. There were claims against
Reik for 1890
The efforts to secure local option
clause in the proposed new Constitu-
ton for the State is not regarded with
favor by the business men of Whining
ton, The liquor men pay $40, 900 an
nually.
Delaware wheelmen will make an
extra effort this winter to have the
Legislature appropriate money to be
used in building good roads and change
the existing laws relating to road
mending.
John G.. Crap, the Free Silver can
didate for Senatorial hOnors, has been
in lower Sussex, urging upon the Sill
verites the importance of inducing
their representatives in the General
Assembly to vote for pronounced sill
yer man.
There was but one ticket voted for at
DOvers's annual town election last week
The result was as follows: President of
Council, John S. Collins. Councilmen
First district, Frisby B. Clark; sec
Ond district, John Hutton; third
district, W. A. Wise. Henry c..
Collision was elected assessor.
There are several Delaware Demo
Gratis who would like to see Col.
Dupont seated in the Senate. There
will be others after the factional fight
at Dover ends. And it may be they
will see it. The case of Col. DUPONT
is being pushed at Washington.
Sheriff Shaw, of Kent county, has
sold these properties: Farm of Jacob
G. Brown, North Murderkill hundred,
to Edward NJ. Needles, $4,000; the
Thomas A. Weldon farm, same hun
dred, to George Mason, s225O; William
Patton's house, Dover, to George NJ.
Jones, attorney. $675.
A large delegation of women suffra.
gists visited the constitutional conven-
tiOn Wednesday and appealed for the
enfranchisement of women in Della.
ware. Mrs. Caroline G. Gait, of New
York, national organizer of the Woman
Suffrage League, made an address
She was followed by Mrs. Robert G.
Houston and Mrs. A. D. Warner.
William Candy, one of Wilmington
best known citizens, died Friday OF
paralysis. Mr.. Candy was stricken OF
december 10, and since then he ha.
been In a critical condition. The de-
ceased was IA years, and spent hi.
early life on farm near Newport
Sussex county has three candidate,
for the Office of State Treasurer. viz
ex-Stste Senator w. NJ. Ross. ex-Tn
surance Commissioner Isaac N. Fook,
and e1-Speaker of the House William
l.. Sirman. The other prominent can
didate is John M. Carswell, of viii
mlngton, the defeated candidate 70
receiver Of taxes and county treasurer
The annual meeting of the Farmers
Mutual Fire Insurance Co., was he'll
at its Office in Wilmington, last wee
The following managers were electe
to serve three years: William H. Swift
Wilson I. Cavender, William Z
Boyce, Manlove Hayes and Andrew s
Eliason. Policy holders Of the con
pany were paid their premiums. TIL
eompany's net gains for the year ha
been SIG. .s58.37
MIDDLE OF ROAD MEN, Senate,
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