Smyrna times., 1897-02-10
Mrs. Harriet Din, formerly of Dover

proposed new charter.
4 Milford has five applications for d
: vorce before the General Assembl
and there are more to come.
Mrs. Ophelia Hanchett, daughte
of the late Rev. Thomas G. Murphy ,
Dover, died in Brooklyn last week.
Charles Wharton, 90 years of age,
prominent farmer, residing betwee
FELTON, and Milford, died Saturday.
Saturday Susan Shaw, mother G
Sheriff Shaw, died at her late residenc
In Harrington Saturday, aged IS years
Mr.. and Mrs. Clement Jones, VIII
reside near Canterbury, celebrated las
week the 5Oth anniversary of their wed
ding.
On January 5th, 1897, near Lebanon
Del, Frank H., only son of Webste
d. and Deborah A. Learned, died
aged 10 years.
By the accounts of the State Treas
urer the cost of the maintenance of tn,
commonwealth, for the past year wal
$500, 900.
The Legislature, it is said, will bt
asked to amend the charter of the Del
aware Railroad Co., so that it can run
trains on Sundays.
1t is probable that the Legislature
will appropriate the sum of $4,000 for
the colored State College, located at
Dover. 1t would be money we'll spent
by our Legislature.
During the last session of the Legis-
lature at Dover every member had been
sentapass over the Delaware Railroad.
Representative Walker of Mill Creek
Hundred, sent his pass back and pur-
chased a mileage book.
Counsel fol- Kent county will shortly
ask the Superior Court for a special
term to hear the application for a writ
OF mandamus compelling the Keut
county Board of Canvass to recount
the vote cast at the last election.
The Kent County Levy Court will
appoist county constable next month.
Frank P. Collins, the presnt incum-
bent, Thomas Killon, William F. LOT
land, William Butler and Robert Ar
thurs are applicants for the position.
The revival meetings at Leipsic were
a success, having had fourteen conver-
sions during the three weeks services.
This was at the Methodist Episcopal
church. Rev. Revelle, of the Metho-
dist Protestant church also had several
The Union Republicans of Kent and
Sussex counties will carry their pro-
test of fraud and unfair treatment at
the hands of the Democrats of these
two counties into Congress. They hope
to be able to get an investigation into
the methods employed by the Demo
Gratis in overcoming the majority in
Delaware.
LAsHED IN THE STORM. New
Castle, a heavy downpOur of rain Sat-.
rday added to the punishment of the
ash inflicted on seven criminals con-
'lcted at Wilmington court of petty
arcency. These each received 10 lashes
feorge Brown, Samuel Williams, Os-
ar Seeney, John Jackson, all colored;
rank Owens and James Stewart.
Willard Powell got 10 lashes. A few
pectators saw the punishment.
WAR OK RABID DoGs.-The mad
og epidemic, which has prevailed in
lmost every town in Sussex county
uring the past week, struck Laurel
Wednesday, when dog belonging to
!. X. Baker, residing in the suburbs,
rent mad and attacked Mr.. Baker.
lie succeeded in beating the animal off
'lthout receiving any injury, but be-
ore being killed the dog bit several
theirs, all of which have been killed.
The HEAVY RAINS CAUSE The River
o RIsE.-The heavy rains on Satur-
ay, followed by by warmer weather.
aused the ice in the Schuylkill, Della
are and Susquehanna Rivers to move
loOds resulted from the excessive
ownpOur of water, and great damages
re reported from all sections. This
more especially the case in the
chuylkill Valley, and in the vicinity
Port Deposit, Md, on the Susque-
anna River.
1t is likely that had Colonel E. T.
oOper and the other of Wolcott men
nown the result when they launched
lie Kenney boom to defeat Willard
nulsbury, they would never have
ade the mistake which they did. It is
enerally accepted that the election of
-r. Kenney has settled the chances of
lmes l.. WolcOtt to be senator for all
me to come. Willard Salisbury can
a candidate against Senator George
ray two years from now, but VOL
Ut cannot for the reason that the
ace will belong to New Castle
'unty.
Lavinia Riggs Reynolds, wife of ex-
overnor Robert J. Reynolds, died
her husbands home, near Peters
lrg Saturday, and her remains were
ken to Baltimore for interment on /
nesday. The cause of Mrs. Reynolds {
'ath was rheumatism, of which she {
Itfered greatly for several years past.
hen a young woman the disease be-
me so severe as to make her unable
use her limbs, and for the past thirty
ars she has been an invalid. Mrs. 1
eynolds was a daughter of VIM. E.
ggs of Smyrna, and sister of the late
egister of Wills Riggs, who died a !
W months ago in Dover, and also a
'ter of the wife Of William r. Davis. :
siding near Clayton. ,
Jhicora, Pa, Herald: Richard Vensel
,orts One Minute Cough Cure the great !
success of medical science. He told us
It it cured his whole family of terrible
Ugh and colds, after all other so called {
res had failed entirely. Mr. Vensel said 0
assisted his children through a very bad a