Smyrna times., 1897-01-27
County and State Items.

Governor Tunnel has appointed S.
L. Kenny, of Laurel, Inspector of
Arms of the Guard of Delaware.
The citizens of Laurel held a town
meeting Thursday evening to consider
the feasibility of building water-works.
The epidemic of robberies in Will
mingtOn continues, and SO far the po
lice seem to be baffied by the burglars.
The Addicks men have petitions ask
ing Congress to appoint a commission
to investigate political matters in Del
aware.
The New Castle Gas Company has
bid $1,000 for lighting New Castle Jail
and the Electric Light Company's bid
is $1,000.
Betting men are alarmed over the
strict provisions of the section govern
ing elections adopted by the Constitu-
tiOn Convention.
Rev. Felix Hintermeyer, of North
Carolina, is to succeed Bishop Alfred
Curtis, of the diocese of Wilmington,
who resigned last year.
Professor and Mrs. James E. Car
roll, of Dover, celebrated their twenty
first wedding anniversary, Monday
evening, 25th inst.
Joseph Dillon, postmaster and JUS
tice of the peace, at Lelpsic, resigned
the latter office on Wednesday last.
He will remove from the village.
Trustees of the Farnhurst Hospital
say that the Legislative appropriation
of $4,000 will be needed to conduct
the institution during the next two
years.
We hope the news coming from Do
yer that the Legislature will not pass
any partisan laws is true. We are
more than pleased to even think that
such will be fact. But still we can
tell more about it by the time the Leg
islature adjourns.
Lieu. Walter H. Gordon, q. S. A.,
the new military instructor at Della
ware College, has arrived and assumed
his duties on January Goth. Lieu.
Frier, who has been at the college for
several years, will join his regiment,
the Twentieth Infantry, which is sta
iOned at Columbus, 0.
The Farmers Institute of Kent coun-
ty will be held at FELTON,, Wednesday,
January q. There will be two ses-
siOns, one commencing at o'clock, P.
NJ, and the others at o'clock, P. NJ
Miss Anna Barrows will deliver ad-
dresses on Cooking.
The joint resolution appointing Will
lie NJ. Ross State Treasurer and reap
pointing DIR. B. L. Lewis State Audi
tor was adopted by both houses, and
both officers will assume theirs duties
at once.
Edward Hart, a prominent lumber
dealer of Townsend, and Miss Addie
Reynolds, daughter of Station Agent,
William E. Reynolds, of Townsend,
were quietly married at Odessa on
Wednesday evening, January 18th, by
the Rev. E. p Roberts.
The Philadelphia Ledger says: Col
Onel Henry Dupont has the best claim
on the seat and will make final fight
for it.-Although the seat is locked
upon with longing eyes by each of
these three contestants from our State.
Just now, and for some time back,
the county constable is having the fact
forced upon him that the times are
very bad. Of course it is only natural
that the constable would come in con-
tact with hard times, but the trouble is
that he is finding the times pressing
himself.
Both factions claim the promise ot
the distribution Of federal patronage
under the incoming administration
What weeping and wailing and gnash.
ing of teeth will occur in Wilmington
if Congressman Willis should be the
means of dispensing the federal pat.
rOnage.
Governor Tunnel attended the Char.
ity ball in Philadelphia on Thurday
evening, and also dined with Mr.. and
Mrs. G. G. Harrison in that city. Gov
ernOr Hastings, of Pennsylvania, Gov
ernOr LOwndes, of Maryland and Gov
ernOr Grigg, of New Jersey, were alsC
in attendance.
The local option law for Delawar,
as the Constitution makers 80 deter
mine, would simply give the people o
any cOmmunity-whether a town,
county or a hundred-the righ to sa7
whether or not they wished to hav,
liquor sold within the limits of sucl
town county or hundred. The people
clearly have the right to so express
their preference for or against the sale
OfhquOr.
1t begins to look as if no extrem,
partisan laws will be rushed through
the Legislature as at first contempla
ted. Governor Tunnel in his inaug.
urai address to the Legislature tool
particular pains to express clearly ant
forclbly on the facts that he did not be
iieve IN fraud and partisan legislatio,
and SO set himself right before the pso
pie on these two vital political oues
tions.
The race track will soon make its ar
pearance in the Legislature. Loo
for it. There will be plenty of none
spent to push the bill through and {
influence" votes for its cause. Bill
Thompson is not the man to stop
halfway measures, but is ready an
willing to put up several thousand do
lars in silver or paper money to g,
the right to conduct a race track in OF
State
Gov. Tunnel will be called upc
to name successor to Oyster Revenr
Collector Walter Hendrickson, of Ii
tie Creek, whose term has expire
Jacob Lewis, of Dover, is candida
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