Smyrna times., 1897-05-12
County and State Items.

A suit at law and candidacy for public
oillce "re '"o ol the most uncertain things
Straw hats are gradually coming TO the
front, ana We occasinally see barefOOted
boys. ''N
The dealers in Philadelphia have fixed
the wholesome price Of milk for Nav at
cents quart. ~
ll9 deaths from pneumonia in New York
City was one of the results of Grant Dav
the weather being chilly.
The Delaware Railroad has again been
leased 70 the Pennsylvania R. R. Co. for a
period of thirty years.
Currents are rising in price on account of
the war in Turkey. Flies will soon pass cur
rent for the real article.
c. F. Johns, formerly of Willow Grove.
has moved to Dover and opened a gro
Gerry store on New Street above Division
Thirty-nine prisoners confined in the New
Castle jail will be tried at the May term of
Castle County Court, which began Mon
day.
Ex-Governor Cochran. of Middletown
who has hundreds of acsrs in wheat, says
that he never saw wheat looking better at
this time of the year.
The sturgeon fishermen have been max
ing great catches down the bay this week
On Tuesday, Ovid Davis boats cot 3O
Shannon's 20 and Dolbow's 40.
DR.. George Julian Robinson. brother of
the late Chef Justic Robinson died at the
residence of his sister-in-law, Mrs Kate
kofsnson' Friday after long illness.
Secretary Robert H. Croft gives notice in
this paper of the annual meeting of stock
holder OF the Delaware and Chesayake
Railroad, and the election of officers.
DIR. Carlton Ingersol and bride nee
Miss Edith Barker of Dover, will leave for
Honduras the last of May where he will
make his future home.
Millions of dollars have been lost in the
rise and fall of the price of wheat since the
hrst or the year. Even the war between
Greece and Turkey has not kept the price
of cereals up.
Charles r. johnson of Delaware, was
among the twenty-fOur gentlemen who
constituted the graduating class of the med
ical department of the Columbian Uniyers-
ity.
Weather Prophet De Voc, of Hackensack.
thinks that the summer will be unusually
cool. He has been promised position in
the government Weather Bureau.-Sdlena
SdnbeGm.
W. I. Bundick, of Virginia, gave fine
address IN the Nj. L. Church of Townsend
on Tuesday evening. His subject was AL
cOhOl Is a pOsiOn." He also lectured at
Friendship Church on Wednesday evening
to an audience of about two hundred.
mn
annual meeting of the Delaware Pharmaceu-
tical Society was held at Milford Friday.
The following officers were elected: Pres
ldent, W. f. Dunn, Smyrna; Secretary I. .
W. Fem, Wilmington; Treasurer, Joseph
Z. Williams. Wilmington. Smyrna was
chosen as the next meeting place. In the
evening the delegates were entertained by
Colonel and Mrs. George w. Marshall.
Isaac L. Adkins, of Milford. well known
throughout this county and State, was
found dead in his room at the Eutaw HOsue
Baltimore, on Thursday morning. The
coroner made an investigation and decided
that death resulted from acute gastritis. He
was thirty-nine years old and at various
times had been travelling salesman for Viii
mingtOn and Philadelphia firms.
Governor Hasting has issued procla-
nation announcing that May Is, the day set
apart for the unveiling of the Washington
statue in Philadelphia, shall be legal hol-
iday, and recommending and requesting
the people of the State to participate in the
ceremonies.
The new Bank of Delmar, which opened
its doors on Tuesday, enjoys the peculiar
distinction of being in Maryland. as the
State line runs through the town, The
bank is chartered under the laws of Mary
land and is capitalized at $25, 900, which il
divided among "a large number of persons
Colonel Clarance HOdsOn is president, j
G. w. Perdue, cashier, and Samuel NJ. Ellis
teller.
While 11-years-Old Helen LOngland
daughter of Zena D. LOngland, a well
known farmer near Delaware City. was re
turning from school to her home, near Rey
bold Station, Friday, she was attacked by
three vicious dogs and severely bitten abOu
the hips and legs. The girl had desperate
struggle to escape being torn to pieces
The same dogs recently attacked "A cOlOreC
man in the neighbOrhOOd.
Rev. r. J. jackson and Rev. G. H
Harmon will baptize ten cOlored peOpl,
in the NanticOke River at Seaford
May 10. When they baptized twenty
people two weeks ago some of tn
women became so happy while in tn
water that they were quieted with diff
hBuAby- OAC hOAlCA SOb AhNO aCCl
water and was nearly drowned.
FIRES Children playing with matche
set fire to a barn on the farm of Bert Ben
nett, near Milford, ON Wednesday, causing
loss of $1,000,
The residence of Captain Ebe Chandler
who resides on farm near FrankfOrd, wa
totally destroyed by fire on Wednesday
Loss about $500.
In the county about 600 acres of timber
So, nd kIto Clar
dal.-el track. near Milford, was destrOye
by a fire that started from a lOcOmOtiv
spark.
The Addicks' delegation consisting of ,
Edward Addicks, J. Frank Alice, DIR. MAJ
shall and DIR. Layton waited on the Pre-
ident yesterday and came away feeling ths
they were not in the soup regarding IL
appointments to the federal positions IN OIL
State. With the representatives or the wv
factions in the Republican party callin
upon the President about the distribution
the federal patronage in our State, he
having a hard time of it. The President
policy has been to cement the party T.
gether not to disrupt it and he will no dOu
carry out that policy in making his appoin
ments.
DELAWARE LEGISLATORS UNABLE TO Fin
ANY CROOKEDNKss. The legislative Coz
mittee that is investigating the rumOrs
bribery in connection with divorce SUI
had but one witness Friday, Merris Taylo
editor of the Wilmington EUery E1entn
The paper on Wednesday last stated that
had on good authority that . such tes
mOny is in existence that makes clear q
guilt of at least two members of the Hou
of Representatives" Mr.. Taylor said tha
while his informant was a man of high l
pute in Wilmington. he had since learn'
that an error existed, and that the stai
ment was incorrect. The statement h
probably originated from members
questing the necessary $40 or so from tn
clients to obtain certified copies OF I
divorce bills from the Secretary of state.
The LEGISLATIVE DIsTRIcTs.-Ihe -
atOrial and Legislative Districts into whi
the Counties are to he divided was oDJect
IN the convention, especially that pertain
to Sussex County. The Sussex 1lepN0stc
OF Saturday said The Constitutioi
Convention has this week divided the co.
ties into Senatorial and Representative 9
tricts and the Democratic majority hs
made use of their power and enqeaYorea
Tar as possibls to Gerrymander the count
% as 10 make them hopelessely Democrat
II they would have recognized the pro
principle that an equitable dlyison =
would have been better for al parties IN
future, they would have builded bet
than they have. We hope the time y
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