Smyrna times., 1897-02-03
ro,,n D Mobonav has bouobt a 400

townsend business men object to
having Chinsmsn locate a laundry
there, but the town pines for the erec-
ton of a national bank, within its
limits.
Allen g. Oliver, of Newark, a sue
cessful poultry raiser took big laurels
at the Washington Poultry Show, win
ming forty-eight premiums. He did
lots of ''fowl" deeds down there.
Rev. T. E. Martindale of Milford,
was called a week ago to Litchfeld,
No, by telegraph informing him of
the serious illness of his eldest daugh-
ter, May, wife of Prof. Bryan.
The late spell is said to be the cold
! est spell for sixty years, when the scope
of territory over which it extends is
considered. That is doubtless true,
for no one denies that it was cold as
sixty.
Wilmington policeman have received
notice to arrest all persons who had
failed to clean their sidewalks. The
officers will make the report, and the
chief of police will swear out the war
rants.
The United States Quarantine Sta
ton at Reedy Island has been tempo
rarily abandoned, owing to the ice which
surrounds the place, and the physic-
ians have moved their quarters to the
Marine Hospital office, Philadelphia.
G. G. Brown, who was principal of
the FELTON, schools, for the past four
months, has accepted position with
Strawbridge & Clothier, Philadelphia.
Prof. H. V. Holloway, of Bethel is his
successor as teacher.
The sudden slump" in the wheat
market last week, whereby the price of
that much discussed cereal was lowered
to less than 75 cents per bushel was
probably noticed less by the farmers
than by that class of agriculturists
whose seed is sown in the stock-brok-
ers' offices.
WANT New CHARTERS. Clayton has
already applied to the General Assem-
bly, for new charter. Smyrna will
apply in a few days. New Castle peo-
pie are also talking of asking for new
charter, as they claim that the present
one is antiquated.
The question of equal suffrage,
though not yet brought before the
Constitutional convention for action,
is receiving, we are told, much thought
on the part of the members. The date
fixed for hearing the temperance peo-
pie is Monday, February s.
Through the efforts of the New Cen
tury Club a census is to be taken, in
Wilmington, of the children between
seven and faurteen who are out of
school. An effort is being made to get
compulsory education bill passed by
the legislature now in session.
The farmers who appeared before
the Constitutional Convention com
mittee on agriculture, would evidently
like to see an article prohibitive of
peach yellOws incorporated in the new
Constitution. It is a mistake, how
ever, to expect to much of our new
fundamental law.
BITTEN BY A RABID DoG.-Samuel
Collins, a we'll to do farmer, miles
east of Milford, was bitten by a rabid
hound last Thursday night, and his
physician took him to the Pasteur In
stitute on Saturday. He heard a noise
from the poultry yard and went to
learn its cause, when the dog came
trotting towards him.
The bill introduced in the Legisla-
ture to tax bonds and mortgages in
order to increase the revenue of our
State, will be closely scanned by our
citizens. In nine cases out Of ten such
tax must be paid by the borrower, and
thus it falls on the class least able to
bearthe additional burden.
Senator George Gray once said in a
speech made before the citizens of Will
mingtOn that there would be four Jobs
for every working man in the country
after Cleveland shall have been elected.
That was over four years ago. Cleve-
land was elected, but Senator GRAY
may now have four applicants after his
job.
The scramble for Office under the
new administration will be something
awful. Already there are several ap-
plicants for Marshal Lannan's Office.
amongst the foremost applicants being
Ex- Marshal Harry H. McMullen, Del
aware Clark and Senator Robert
Handy. Each of these gentleman
thinks he has the inside track for the
office.
GROCERY BUSINESS TO RESUME
Alexander ]. Hart has purchased q
part interest in the wholesale grocery
business formerly conducted by Ouig-
ley & Mullen, of Wilmington, which
was recently sold at Sherif's sale.
Edgar Spruance, of Smyrna, who has
been with this firm for 12 years has re-
sumed his travels.
Six persons within afour-mile radius
of Townsend are 80 years old or more.
One of them is "a, and one is 81. OF
the others of this very interesting sex
tette one is exactly SO years, the other
will be SO in about two weeks. They
are Henry Daniels, Charles Perkins,
Joseph Mufit, James Purnell, Morti-
mer Wiley and Hansbrough Newman.
Talk OF HARMONY. There is talk of
harmony in the ranks of the Republ-
cans in regard to the ticket at the ap-
preaching Wilmington city election.