Smyrna times., 1897-01-06
County and State Items.

"OOV'OA, aS0u w, OuerlU OF sussex
county, in 1882.
Mrs. Annie Goodwin, of Camden,
died last Monday week in the SOth
year of her age.
Wilmington life insurance men will
ask the Legislature to pass a bill con-
cerning rebates on policies.
Died at Leipsic, Dec. %, Sarah Mar
garet Thompson Davis, aged 81 years.
Also Dec. 80, Farris Potter, aged 80
years.
At the residence Of John w. Wright.
at Magnolia, Miss Frances L. White
and Charles A. White were married by
Rev. E. H. Derrickson.
Geo. V. Peverly bought the Jacob
Hill land in Blackbird Hundred, sold
by NJ. B. Burris, trustee, at Townsend
on Wednesday, for S295O.
The Rev. P. H. Rawlins, who served at
Harrington for three years previous to
the last annual conference, has removed
with his family to Seaford.
A fOrty-fve acre farm in Kenton
hundred belonging to Isaac w. Berry
was sold by Sheriff Shaw on Tuesday
to Samuel w. Hall for $3.50.
Sheriff Shaw sold the Emory Bur
mite dwelling and storehouse, FELTON,,
on Thursday, December 81, to Geo.
M. Jones, attorney, for 800.
Race track followers have organized
under the name of the Newark Social
Club and have fitted up the second
story of !Caskey Hall as a club room.
Miss Annie J. Cannon, of Dover,
will deliver a lecture in the Presbyter-
ian Chapel on Thursday evening, Jan
nary 14th, at 730 o'clock. Subject:
ga Summer in Spain. -
The Sapp farm on the road from
Dover to Leipsic was sold to r. R.
Kenney, attorney, last week, for S4OO.
This included the interest of Elias
Sapp and Robert H. Sapp.
Reports are unanimous to the effect
that the new year was warmly well
coined throughout the country. 1t will
not be the fault of the people if it does
not prove to be good year.
The appointment of Winfield S.
Quigley as receiver of the Golden
Sceptre Mining Co., of Montana, has
been confirmed, and Mr.. Quigley is
now in Montana settling the affairs of
the concern.
A good New Years resolve for the
members of the next Legislature will
be one to insist upon the enactment by
the next session of law that will alb
solutely guarantee free, pure and
peaceful elections in Delaware.
John F. Goldsborough. of Smyrna,
one of the originatOrs of the Delaware
Game Protective Association, has been
fined $40 and costs for having game in
his possession in violation of the law.
Virginia Wood, Administrative of
Joseph Wood deceased, on Tuesday
sold the hotel property at Bowers
Beach with outbuildings and g. acres
of land, to R. r. Kenney for $500
subject to the widows dover
Almost the first prominent person to
die on the first of the new year in Will
mington, was Mr.. Albert NJ. King,
superintendent of the Jackson & Sharp
Co., who suddenly died at 70 o'clock
on Friday.
A citizen who visited the Constitu-
ton Convention Monday in their new
quarters in Dover, said with their little
desks, baskets and grave demeanor,
they remined him more of picture of
Brownies than anything else.
For BETTER ScHoOLs.-Call for an
Educational Convention has been is
sued to the colOred citizens of rural
New Castle, Kent and Sussex counties
requesting them to assemble in
convention at WhatcOat church, Dover,
Friday, Jan. 10, II A. NJ, to consider
the educational condition of the race.
Kent county Pomona Grange will
meet at Camden on Jan. II, at II A. N
Address of welcome by c. G. Brown
response by L. n. Rawlins. State
Master Messick, DR.. A. 7. Neale anC
J. J. Rosa will make addresses. A
W. Slaymaker will report the HOrti
cultural meeting. Miss Alice TAFT will
have a paper on music in the home.
John T. Taylor died suddenly o
heart disease on Friday morning a
Dover about 8 80 o'clock aged 36 years
The deceased had left his home OF
Governors Avenue after eating
hearty breakfast, had gone to thu
meat market, and while there wal
striken and died in a few moments
Funeral services at Bryn Zion Baptis
Church, near KentOn, at P. NJ Sun
day, conducted by Rev. G. 1. Stengle
To PUNISH ADDICKs. We would sug
gest that the politicians of our Stat
should try and induce Mr.. Addick
to invest his surplus funds in the stoc
of the Golden Sceptre Mining Com
pany." The placing of that compan
on its feet might lead to better fee
ing towards him, if it did not reconcil
Senator Higgins and his relations tC
ward Addicks' candidacy for the U.
Senate. But without joking a numb'
of Wilmington men are in a bs
way.
It seems that the volubility or indi
erection of ]. Edward Addicks has l.
naturally to the condemnation of Va
ious newspapers in different sections
our country. Their tenor remin
very forcibly of the different articl
which were sent out from the litera
bureau in Wilmington, with the avo
ed intention of driving Addicks out
the State. The articles appeared in /
Philadelphia and New York papers
well as at home. Addicks has mn
TO learn in political tactics, but he cs
not ne says be driven ont of the Sta