Smyrna times., 1897-12-08
County and State Items.

Wilmington has SO churches, mis-
sions and meeting houses.
Six daily aud seven weekly papers
are published in Wilmington.
A new time table went into effect on
the Delaware Railroad last week.
The directors elected Mr.. John F.
Salisbury a director, to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of ex- Gov
ernor James Ponder, of Milton, Del.
The Sentinel, of Dover, has removed
from North street up stairs, to State
street on the ground hoor,-into the
place recently occupied by Slaughter
X Bice.
Layton & Layton, of Georgetown,
were the successful bidders to furnish
the supplies for the coming session of
the Legislature Their bid was
S2S2.5O.
Thomas Reese is an applicant for the
positions of justice of the peace and
notary public at Clayton, to succeed
John S. Casperson, whose term will
soon expire.
Benjamin Fowler, aged about 20
years residing at Leipsic, while cutting
wood Friday, caught his axe in a
clothes line and when it fell it struck
him in the face, cutting his nose wide
open.
The Wilmington Republican says:
"Another railroad down the Peninsula
would do more toward equalizing ship
ping rates than all the Inter State
Commerce law that can be constitution
ally enacted" y"
State Treasurer w. NJ. Ross and
Chief Clerk w. L. Lank were in New
York last week, where they delivered
the S245, 1000 State of Delaware per
cent refunding bonds to n. W. Harris
u Co., of New York.
New MAJOR IN DELAWARE STATE
GUARD.-At a meeting of the officers of
the First Regiment of the National
Guard Theodore Townsend, editor of
the Milford Chroniclc, who has been
connected with the Guard for Is years,
was elected major of the regiment.
The Dover Sentinel has the follow
ing item: political rumors are rife. A
deal is reported between Senator
Golden Gray and Free Silver Handy,
"a bimetalic league, so to speak. 1t
is also reported that Willard Sauls-
bury has bought the clayton CdH for
an organ, and there are some others. "
The Rev. Sam P. Jones filled the
pulpit of Union NJ. E. Church, Will
mingtOn, Sunday, and preached a
strong sermon on Goods Love" The
church was filled to hear the noted
minister, who in the course of his SER
mon strongly arraigned the members
of the Republican and Democratic
parties.
PREACHED HIS FIRST SERMON. The
Rev. George w. King. who was sent
to Milford from San Francisco to be-
come pastor of the Avenue NJ. E.
Church, preached his first sermon Sun
day. A large congregation was pres
ent and Mr. King made a very favor
able impression. He is from New
England.
Miss Maize Townsend, of Camden,
who has held the position of contralto
in a quartet choir in Spruce ST. Baptist
Church, in Philadelphia, has resigned
and accepted similar position at the
Union Methodist Church, Goth and
Diamond street The selection wa,
made from a class of 20 alto and con
tralto voices.
Erery EUenin9 says: Bishop New
man having said that he will not ap
point factionist (Wilsonian) to th,
office of presiding elder, it would seem
that his field in which to select pre-
siding elder is very limited and tina
his friend, the Rev. Ezra Tinker, LII
D., might be asked to occupy that yer,
important and responsible position.
Frank Reedy of Milford, will be
candidate for the Republican nOmina
tion for sheriff of Kent county, an,
F. L. Hardesty of South Murderkil
hundred, is mentioned for the Demo
cratic nomination. J. Frank Alice
George H. Murray. George H. Glider
sleeve, John D. Hawkins and 7. NJ
Gooden are mentioned for State Sena
tor.
An immense audience crowded AS
bury NJ. E. Church, Wilmington, Sun
day night and as the result of power
full meeting twenty persons professe
conversion. Old members of Asbur
Church say that this was the creates
meeting held since the first year of th
pastorate Of the w. L. S. Murray, .
D., some fourteen years ago.
DEMOCRATS WILL HOLD A CONVEX
TGoN.-The New Castle County Demo
cratic County Executive Committee dG
cided to call a convention in this count
to amend the party rules, on the frs
Thursday in February. Willard Sault
bury and John Biggs of Wilmington
were anxious that the conventio
should be held as early as possible an
the date given was fixed.
MILLER Dies AT LEwEs. Ats O. 'cloC
Thursday night Cephas Miller, IL
negro workman on the Queen Anne
railroad, who shot and killed John
Lockwood, a respectable colored cit
zen of Lewes, at church festival {
Thanksgiving night, died from woun'
received in the riot that followed. T
has been lying at the town hall und
medical attendance since the affair.
Chas. NJ. Crittendon, the millionai
evangelist, is in Wilmington, accor
panied by his assistants, Chas. s. Mo
ton and Mrs. K. W. Barrett. Asbul
NJ. f. Church is the centre OF M
Crittendon's efforts, while his assis
ants speak in other churches. Viii
in Wilmington fha eyanoelists NAL