Smyrna times., 1897-05-19
County and State Items.

July 2S. -
Drum fish weighing rs to 100 pounds
are retailing in Milford at "a cents
each.
j. l.. Ritchie will again go to Reho-
both, Del, to play during the sum-
mer.
A bill will porbably be presented to
the Legislature asking for workhouse
for New Castle County alone.
The New Castle, Newport and Will
mington Passenger Railroad Company
can go ahead now and build it's road.
The MiddletOwn NJ. E. Sunday
School has decided to celebrate Chill
dren's Day on the first Sunday in
June.
Rev. I. A. H. O'Brien, of Federico,
was presented with fine trout which
which weighed nine pounds and five
ounces.
On Monday night, last in the town
hall as held the First Annual Com
mencemeut of Frederick Public
schools.
Benjamin DonohO has purchasd of
John Behen, Jr., lot on Governors
avenue, Dover, and will erect a dwell
ing thereon.
The mother of Rev. H. L. Phillips.
late rector of Christ Church, Delaware
City, died Thursday at Charleston, S.
c., aged 100 years.
The Methodist Episcopal Sunday
schools of the Peninsula will observe
June 13 as Children's Day. Smyrna
will be the Sunday previous.
Ring necked pheasants are being
distributed throughout New Jersey by
the State Fish and Game Commission,
and 1t IS hoped that they will thrive
Friday at Lewis, Del, Mrs. Maggie
r. Burton, wife of DIR. Hiram r.
Burton and sister of Mrs. Charles C.
StOckley wife of Ex-Governor Stockley
died.
Six Wilmington men made the run
from Camden to Atlantic City and re-
turn Sunday. The distance is 15Omiles
and it was made in less than fifteen
hours, the schedule time.
The Townsend creamery is receiving
more milk than it ever did before.
Receipts for Monday was IA, 900 pounds.
They are making about 500 to Goo
pounds of butter daily.
The postage stamp was fifty-seven
years old May 9th. It's inventor was
printer, James Chalmers, of Dundee.
It's introduction into the United States
dates back from the year 1S41.
In the Superior court, of Whining
ton, Henry G. Conrad was appointed
commissioner to take testimony in the
case of Mrs. Sarah May White Cause,
who is suing her husband, H. Victor
Cause, for divorce.
The fishermen of Mahon's Ditch
are stirred up over the encroach-
ments of their Jersey competitors, and
they blame Fish Commissioners J,
Stanley Short, of Milford, for the
situation.
Senator Kenney has been appointed
a member of the following committees:
Civil Service and Retrenchment; Dis
trict of Columbia, Organization; Con-
dnct, etc, of Executive Departments;
Pensions, and Post-Ofices and Post
Roads.
VIM. G. Money at Townsend has
purchased of Perry Othoson, his dwell
lag on South street. Mr.. OthOson is
farming. At the regular monthly
meeting of the Loan Association, on
Monday night, money sold at 25c
premium.
The Sussex Republican ends an ed
itorial thus: Altogether it is a good
thing that Constitutional Convention
is in session to make provision for flu
ture Legislatures, or we might in
truth have the present one on our
hands indefinitely.
The House of Representatives did a
splendid days work on Thursday in
unanimously defeating the Acklan di
vorce BILL We have already referred
at some length to this bill and to the
urgent reasons for its defeat. The
passage of the bill by the Senate is
matter of regret and surprise.
Thomas F. Bayard, ex Ambassador
of the United States to Great Britian,
arrived at New York on Saturday, on
board the steamer st. Paul, from
southampton. He had with him the
document known as the log of the
MayhOwer, which was recently en-
trusted to his keeping by the Arch
bishop of Canterbury for transmission
to the Governor of Massachusetts.
Riot AT LAUREL.-A crowd of rum
crazed berry pickers from Deals island
and colored men of Laurel engaged in
a dispute on Saturday night. Re-
volvers and knives were hourished.
Mary johnson, colored, was shot in
the side. George Philips, white man,
was struck in the stomach by spent
ball. Others were hurt. The Deal
Island negroes were driven from the
town.
The Peninsula Camp-meeting and
Summer School Association has elected
the following officers: President, r. FL.
Adams; secretary, V. S. Collins; treas
urer, J. 7. Van Burkalow; directors;
G. M. Marshall, w. ID. Wilson, J. e.
Graham, J. ID. Reese, Il. q. Atkins
I. B. Schellenger. The summer
school at Rehoboth well open on July
8 and close on August 8. Camp-meet-
ing will probably begin on August z.
The bicycle path, which was talked
of last season, between Middletown
: and odessa is now an assured thing.
- l. I,ory