Smyrna times., 1897-10-27
County and State Items.

December 1st next.
w. L. Dawes of Jones Neck has
left the State to take a position in
Girard College, Philadelphia.
Two judges beat one in the granting
of liquor licenses, as shown in the
granting of licences in Sussex county.
Newark's New-Century Club has ar
ranged an interesting programme of
subjects to be discussed at its meetings
this winter.
William Dyer has resigned the treas
urership of the Wilmington Confer
ence Academy. John w. Casson was
elected to fill the vacancy.
Keiffer pears have gotten to be an
important crop: 60 carloads, making
about $4,000 baskets, shipped from
Wyoming station, tells a very impor-
taut story.
1t promises to be a dull Thanks
giving for the Union Republicans of
Delaware this year. All the turkey is
going to the Regular factionists.-
Eccfy EUening.
Miss Margaret Hastings, of Millsboro,
who is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edgar T. Hastings, was married We'd
nesday to Joseph life, telegraph oper-
ator at Millsboro.
John J. Cooper, of Cheswold, who
has been operating the ELEVATOR at the
Federal building in Wilmington, for
six months on probation, has had the
appointment made permanent.
Glendale people expect that their
town will soon be one of the largest on
the Peninsula, on account of having
two railroad lines there. It has al
ready become a well-know shipping
point.
Robert A. Cochran of near Middle
town, whose barn was burned last
week has been particularly unfortunate.
Recently his granary collapsed, six
cows were poisoned and calf killed on
the railroad.
The peir to be erected at Lewes by
the Queen Anne's Railroad Co., will be
1900 feet long, will contain office
buildings and three tracks, will be fin
ished by next spring and will cost
about S2j, 900.
Perhaps says an exchange, when all
the Federal patronage in this State is
disposed of, it will be the Regular Re
publicans who propose the harmony
Overtures and the Union Republicans
who reject them.
The Milford Hcrald knows how to
take an inside turn on the DeJawarean
or its editor "Zeke" does. When he
shuffles it is not for nubbins but for
great big ears, the largest in the polit-
ical crib, ride, the Clerks list of Lii
censes.
Abraham n. Brown, administrator of
Jacob G. Brown, deceased, has sold
1O3 acre farm near Wyoming to Ma
thaniel ?. Luff, of FELTON,, for $4,000;
also the farm of 1876 acres near Wyo-
ming to George NJ. Jones, of Dover,
for $4,000.
WORK AT SCHOONER LEDGE. About
1,jO0 cubic yards of broken rock are
removed in a month from Schooner
Ledge in the Delaware River. There
are about 5000 cnbic yards still to be
removed and the time limit expires in
January.
SEED STOLEN FROM ALMsHOUsE.-
Edward Deets and Sherman Ross,
young farmers, were Saturday COM
mitted to Jail in default of bail for the
alleged theft of a large quantity of
seed from the keeper of the county
almshOuse, Mr.. Downs.
The Sussex county Sunday School
convention will be held in the Bridge
vile Methodist Episcopal Church on
November 4th. Nearly 100 persons
have been converted at the revival SER
vices which are being held in the Meth
odist Church at Bridgeville.
The Rev. J. H. Caldwell, d. D., and
his family of Dover, have removed to
Georgetown, where they will hereafter
make their home with the Rev.
Vaughan S. Collins. who is DR.. Cald-
wells son-in-law. The doctor is so
years old, and has been in feeble
health for some time.
WILL SNUB THE UNIONIsTs. The
Regular Republican leadears held a
conference Monday, discussing the
formal reply that is to be made to the
recent harmony conference. The Reg
ulars also considered the coming Union
State Convention, and declared that il
will have no effect ON their attitude
A certain Democrat gifted with an
inquiring mind has been engaged re-
Gently in taking a census of the Regu-
lar Republicans in Kent county. II
Smyrna he found six, all of whom are
candidates for the Post-office. In
Clayton he found two, and they were
split. Comment is needless. -.Senti
mel.
The Dover IndeT inquiries why it il
that vaudeville and variety entertain
ments in that town are we'll attended
while lectures and other entertainment
of an intellectual character attract bu
few. 1t is merely a matter of choice
Most Dover people prefer vaudeville
and variety, that's all.-EUeTy EUe
ming.
SUPERIOR Court DONGs. s.-The Su
perior Court Saturday, granted Ii
cense to w. F. Morris for the sale o
liquor at the Greenwood Hotel. whicl
has not been licensed for four years
The application was vigorously op
posed, and at the hearing on Saturday
nearly all the male citizens appeare'
for or against the license.
The sudden death of Michael McCor
mick, of Philadelphia, who dropped
dead from fright, thinking he had los