Smyrna times., 1897-04-07
County and State Items.


The annual session of the NJ. P. Con-
ference will convene in Baltimore, Nd,
this week.
Both Houses accepted an invitation
to visit ChincOteague Island Yesterday
and on Thursday inspect the new
Queen Anne Railroad.
The House and Senate between them
passed ten divorce bills, Mondav.which
makes over sixty divorces that have
granted at this session of the Leois-
lature.
Presiding Elder Adams preached at
LelpS1c Sunday morning, and at Little
Greek at 7.3O. The newly appointed
pastors to the places have been we'll re-
celved and the congregations seem be
pleased with their ministrations.
The trainers of the new Constitution
propose to give us Board of Pardons.
which will be composed of the Lieute-
nant Governor, Secretary of State. and
and the Register of Wills of the res
pectlve counties.
ANNUAL SUNDAY SCHOOL CONvEN-
TION.-The tenth annual Sunday School
Convention of the State of Delaware
will be held in the Hanover Presbyter-
ian Church, April % and 23 Each Sun
day school in this State will be repre-
sented by a number of delegates, in
Guiding superintendents and pastors.
The travel over the New Castle
branch of the P. w. B. road has fallen
off so that only half dozen passen-
gers are to be seen on any of the six
trains that run between Wilmington
and New Castle since the trolley road
has been put in operation. The rail
road company to hold their charter
will have to run two trains a day to the
Battery
The trustees of the insane at Farm
hurst awarded to Cochran & Talbot of
MiddletOwn the contract for furnish
ing 100 pounds of butter a week at IS
cents a pound, and to Joseph H. King
of New Castle for ice. The Finance
Committee reported that the expenses
for the month were 81, ,641 7S, and a
balance of 81, ,2S2.76. The inmates
number 225.
Samual w. Kinder, of Milford has
lost his right eye by having a wire nail
driven through the eyeball Thursday
of last week. He went to the hospital
IN Philadelphia, where the entire eve
was removed last Tuesday. He was
driving a nail when it flew from under
the hammer, and the head imbedded
itself in his eye
NOTED Stock BARN BURNED. The
stock barn of Wynkoop Brothers, near
Milford, was burned Saturday. The
registered imported Durham bull.
Prince, and the fast trOtting mare Mel
lie were roasted in the stalls. Two
tons of tobacco were burned. The
barn is supposed to have been fired by
servant girl for revenge The build
ing was insured for about half value.
No insurance on contents.
1t is predicted that the Constitu-
tiOnal Convention will adjourn in
about a month, and the Legislature
follow soon after. That the prediction
may be realized is the hope of the
people. If there are any mismated
couples in Delaware who have not vet
applied for a severence of their CALLING
matrimonial ties, they should make
application at once. The Legislature
fairly yearns to relieve their woes.
Says an exchange: cit begins to
look as if the prediction that Gordy,
the Georgetown Murderer, would not
hang, would come true. Gordy has
now become insane, or is acting that
part so naturally, that those having
him in charge have come to believe
that such is a fact. Insane or not, the
cold bloOded wretch should stretch
hemp at the expense of Sussex county.
If ever such a wretch needed hanging
for his crime, Gordy surely does. His
trial begins on Wednesday, to-day. 1t
will excite more interest than any
trial that has taken place in George
town for years, and the court room
will be crowded by those who at
tend to listen to the sensational de-
velOpments, as the State weaves its net
of cOnvicting testimony around the
prisoner.
A BETTER ELECTION LAw.-The SEN
ate Thursday cOncurred in the House
joint resolution appointing Secretary
of State, William H. Boyce, William
Salisbury, Jr., John D. Hawkins,
William G. Spruance, Robert G. Hou-
ton and James Pennewill, attorneys
to draw up a new election law. We hope |
that some kind of law will be devised |
to take the place of the blanket ballots
now in use. Another thing, pains and
penalties should be imposed on cleo
tion officers who neglect to perform
their duty, or in any way disregard the
people, as the usurpation practiced in
Kent county, and any manipulation of
SAcuiu DC EeuueIeu lmpOb- |
slble. The delay of settling the dis
putes is travesty on justice and cal
culated to bring our courts into con-
tempt.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONvRNTION.-It is |
expected that the Constitutional Con- |
Tention will discuss two important
matters this week. One of them will |
be the report of the Committee on
Manufacture and Sale of Intoxicat-
ang Liquor and the other will be
the question of dividing the State
into legislative districts. On the
latter question there are several
opinions in the convention. Some Of
the members are in favor Of electing
the legislators by districts, while others
are IN favor of electing them from all
over the county, or, as they express it,
al large. The speeches on the report
OF the Committee on the Manufacture
Sno l sale of intoxicating liquor will be
m, ones and there will be consider
IN rl-e uinerence Of opinion on the report.