Smyrna times., 1897-03-10
County and State Items.

During the year the Associated
Charities of Wilmington expended
$334O.
Thieves broke into the store of n. S.
Burris, at Bear Station, and stole $50
worth of goods.
Bernard Dorsey, who was shot by
Michael Mulqueen at Wilmington, died
from his wound.
The steerle of the FELTON, Methodist
Episcopal Church will be repaired, and
a new bell will be put therein.
The young people of Odessa have
presented an elegant oak reclining
chair to the Reverend E. P. Rob
erts.
DR.. William r. Messick has been
elected Jail physician for Sussex
county. +-@ " -.-.'
The wedding of J. Ogle Mccullough
and Miss Rachel Lake, the former of
Elkton, will take place to-day at Pivot
Bridge
Miss Ella G. ShOckley, of Milford,
and Charles Mag, of Philadelphia,
will be married on Tuesday, March 1G,
at 1.3O O'Clock, P. NJ.
Governor Tunnel has appointed
Jacob G. Lewis, of Dover, collector of
oyster revenue. Mr.. Lewis has been
aspirant for the office for several
terms.
LONG-FREEMAN.- Miss Helen Free
man and MIR. Harry Long, both of
MiddletOwn, were married at the resi-
dence of Mr.. James Orrell, Wednesday
evening at 8 O'Clock, by Rev. I. L.
Wood
The people of Laurel have gotten
their water works plan we'll under
way and the bill to authorize the town
to borrow the necessary money to
put up a water plant is now in the
hand of the General Assembly.
Rev. J. H. Wiley, former pastor of
Townsend Methodist Episcopal church
has received a call to Nostrand Avenue
Methodist Episcopal Church, of Brook
lyn. The salary is $4,000 DIR. Will
ley is at present located in Syracuse.
William p Richards and Miss Pau
line Lord Nicholas, both of Washing
ton, but formerly of Milford were
Tuesday of last week married at the
residence of the brides sister, in Mil
yOrd, Mrs. S. John Abbott.
UNITED STATES SENATOR KINNEY
Senator r. r. Kenney has appointed
Adjutant-General Garret J. Hart. of
Wilmington, to be his private secre-
tary. Gen. Hart is to assume his du-
ties at once, the firm of Lichtenstein
& Hart, of which he is member, clos
ing out its business.
Senator Pyle and Representative
Cheairs, Monday gave notice of COM
pulsOry education bills for Wilmington
Representative Short gave notice of
bill to redeem the per cent bonded
Indebtedness of the State and to renew
the loan of $195, 900 at per cent.
Bishop J. NJ. Walden. who will pre-
side over the Wilmington Conference
at its approaching session, will visit
Dover to-day, and be the guest of Mr.. |
Wilson Cannon. This evening he will |
deliver his lecture ON africa and its |
EvangelizatiOn" in Wesley NJ. E. |
church. He was at Laurel last night |
RIVER APPROPRIATIONS Too SMALL, |
President LawtOn told the Whining
ton Board of Trade that the 1925, 900 |
appropriation made by Congress for
improving the Christiana was of no
avail, as the engineers has reported |
that $47G, 900 would be necessary. The
Board of Trade will work for an in
creased appropriation.
Attorney General White has lodged |
detainers against James and Michael |
O'Brien, two men now in New Castle |
jail, on suspicion of being the murder
ers of Sheriff James Burns, of Sanpete |
county, Utah. The detainers were
lodged at the request Of Officer George
A. Lyons, who arrested the men on a |
charge of drunkenness about three
weeks ago.
Cows GET THE RABIES. COWS |
on the farm of DIR. George W. Mar
shall, near Milford, which were re-
Gently bitten by mad dog, were seized
with hydrOphObia Tuesday and had to
be killed. A hog on Isaiah Cannon's
farm, near Milford, which was bitten
by the same dog, also went mad yes
terday.
Mr. James L. Wolcott's organ, the |
Dover Lilde6, in both sorrow and an
ger, lectures the E'Uerg ,E@eniyig for |
its disapprovar of the appointment of |
the Dover politicicn to the District
Bench. Eoery EVening expressed |
the Bayardesque opinion that Mr.. VOL
cott was too much of a partisan, and
this the Lpdea calls ga stab in the
dark. D." ...
Two candidates are in sight for the
Federal iudgeship. One is Herbert Fl
Ward, the prominent attorney. who
says he will take it if it is offered 70
him. The other is Henry c. Conrad
who has very strong backing for the
place. Mr.. Wards friends are prass-
ing his name very earnestly, and Mr.
Conrad likewise has an enthusiastic
following Wilmington Paper.
The Republicans have certainly
sprung neat little surprise in the
sussex recount, which has strength
ened Mr.. Willis contest to a consider
able extent. 1t is not likely that the
altered figures will change the result
but the finding ofso many serious dis
crepancies between the returns and
the votes in the boxes gives Willis
standing ROOM Wilmington ,S,l,lday
.Herdld.